.............PAINTOUT & RIVERFEST SCHEDULE.............

HERE IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE WEKIVA PAINTOUT AND THE RIVERFEST. The Paintout starts on March 1st and the artists will be painting all week. Check in at the WEKIVA ISLAND wetroom/gallery to see where the artists will be painting for the day. As they finish the paintings, we will be hanging them for you to view and purchase! Proceeds benefit the host, Friends of the Wekiva River (FOWR) and will be used to protect and preserve the Wekiva River Basin.

2 Workshops - PAINTING ON COPPER by Renee Lammers & PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE "FAST & FURIOUS" by Berto Ortega

All workshops will be held at WEKIVA ISLAND. Click on the link to see where they are located. Check in at the Wekiva Paintout tent by 8:45 am so you will be set up and ready to start at 9:00. Workshops will break for lunch for one hour. Feel free to bring a lunch with you or you can pick up lunch; there is a Wendy's and a Publix very close by.

PAYMENT IS TAKEN ON THE DAY OF THE WORKSHOP. CASH, CHECKS OR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED! Plan on arriving by 8:45 at the latest so you will be set up and ready to start at 9:00. The Gallery will be open at 8:00 on Friday ONLY to enroll Workshop students.
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PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE "FAST & FURIOUS" by Berto Ortega: Workshop will be on Friday, March 5th from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm FEE: $100

TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP, CLICK HERE. You pay on the day of the class.

Painting the landscape takes certain knowledge before we can focus on creating paintings with meaning and passion. This workshop is geared for the absolute beginner (NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY) or for the more advanced painter. After completing this workshop, students will leave with a fresh perspective on tackling the challenges of painting "en plein air."

MATERIALS Students need to bring: CANVAS OR BOARD; 8x10 or 11x14: BRUSHES; #2 and #8 Filbert Bristle and 1 Rigger or small round brush: PAINT COLORS; Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow (Med.), Alizerin Crimson, Cadmium Red (Light), Burnt Sienna, and Titanium White. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: Plein Air Easel (any kind), paper towels, painting cup to hold medium, container to hold mineral spirits to clean brushes; odorless mineral spirits (like Turpenoid or other).

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Workshop - Oil Painting on Copper Panels by Renee Lammers Workshop hours: 9 am till 4 pm, Fri. March 5, 2010 / Copper Panel Provided - FEE $30

TO PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS WORKSHOP, CLICK HERE. You pay on the day of the class.

Materials students need to bring: Oil Paints, Brushes, Turpenoid, easel, paper towels, palette.

Learn how Medieval Artists painted on Copper Panels. Learn the benefits and modern techniques of plein air painting on copper with Artist RENEE LAMMERS. Find out modern techniques discovered by Lammers such as a preliminary drawing, preliminary preparations, sealing copper, and framing. Discover copper panel sources. Painting on copper is an exciting and unique painting surface to explore!

Renee Lammers studied Fine Art at Stetson University, a private college in Deland, Florida with Art Professor Gary Bolding. Lammers studied with Morgan Samuel Price, Daniel Greene, Jan Kunz, Arne Westerman, Judi Betts, Barbara Neiche, and many more successful Artists. Today Lammers studies Fine Art in Museums and reads out of print Art books such as Artist Emile Gruppe and Richard Schmid. Renee Lammers loves to paint with Oils on Copper and is excited to share this knowledge with Artists.


Paints Artist prefers to use: Gamblin Artist's Oils: Cadmium Red Light, Permanent Alizarin, Cadmium Lemon yellow, Indian Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Phalo Turquoise, and Zinc White. Brushes Artist prefers to use: sable filberts and rigger brushes.
Other Materials Artist prefers to use: palette paper, Turpenoid Guerrilla Painter Easels.

Student artists may use any oil paints, easels and other materials they already have. Please no turpentine – only Turpenoid.

The 2010 Wekiva Paintout Poster

Click HERE to see the 2010 Wekiva Paintout Poster. Download and print one to put in your office.

2010 PAINTOUT PRESS RELEASE...

2010 PRESS RELEASE

Come and witness an exciting phenomenon known as Plein Air painting in Wekiwa Springs State Park from March 1-6, 2010 for the fourth annual Wekiva Paintout! Approximately 40 of the best national landscape painters will be painting in the park and along the river for an entire week! These artists paint outside “en plein air,” meaning “in the open air.” Most Plein Air painters are nature lovers, using the great outdoors as their primary studio, trying to capture our rapidly vanishing landscape to preserve it for future generations. They learn to adapt quickly to changes in light and weather, capturing shadows before the sun inevitably shifts, literally trying to harness the natural light and colors of a specific moment in nature, and transfer it directly onto the canvas. This style of painting allows the public to interact with the artists while they paint and offers a great opportunity to purchase an original work of art from a well known artist.

The artists will be painting daily, Monday, March 1st thru Saturday, March 6th. Most will begin at first light and continue painting until sunset. The finished artwork will be available to view and purchase in the Wekiva Island Wetroom/Art Gallery, open Monday thru Thursday from 10:00-6:00 and 10:00-4:00 on Saturday. Each year the artists produce around 250 paintings during the week, all of which are for sale as soon as they are hung. The Wekiva Island (formerly Wekiva Marina) is located at 1014 Miami Springs Road in Longwood and is a supporter of the Paintout.

On Saturday, March 6th, we join forces with our hosts, the Friends of the Wekiva River for the 5th Annual Riverfest from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the park. We will have art on display in the Live Oak Pavilion and there will be live music near the Springhead, food vendors, live animal demonstrations, canoe rentals, children’s activities, Wekiva Scenic Investigation – WSI, guided hikes and exhibitors from eco-friendly organizations to help increase public awareness of our nationally designated Wild & Scenic Wekiva River and its importance to our central FL community. All Riverfest activities on Saturday are FREE and the art can be purchased throughout the day. There will be shuttle busses going back and forth between the park and Wekiva Island all day from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm so you can park at either place. There is a special State Park Entrance Fee of $2 per person ON SATURDAY with children under 12 free. Daily Park Entrance fees are $4 per person or $6 per vehicle up to 8 people.

The most exciting part of this event is that the proceeds from art sales will be donated to the Friends of the Wekiva River (FOWR), a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to preserve and protect the beauty and natural functions of the Wekiva River basin: For more information about this organization and its’ supporters, please visit www.friendsofwekiva.org or To find out more about the artists schedule and view their work, visit wekivapaintout.com, or follow us on Facebook by searching for Wekiva Paint Out. Send an email to the Event Director thru the website if you need additional information: Leslie@wekivapaintout.com

ArtFest this weekend! Sat. & Sun. Jan. 9 & 10 University Club of Winter Park

ARTFEST HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER! DISREGARD INFORMATION BELOW! NO RESCHEDULE DATE YET!
Happy New Year to everyone! This is an announcement about the ARTFEST this coming weekend. It’s an annual event that is hosted by The University Club of Winter Park and it’s free to the public. There will be refreshments, entertainment and a multitude of vendors selling their wares from around the country. Several of our Wekiva Paintout artists (Kathleen Chenet, Cynthia Edmonds, Sally Evans, Tom Sadler) will be participating in this event so if you want a preview of their work, drop by and pay them a visit.

WHERE: The University Club of Winter Park
841 Park Avenue North, Winter Park FL 32789
(Corner of Webster & Park Avenue North)
www.uclubwp.org Ph. 407.644.6149

WHEN: Sat. & Sun. Jan. 9 & 10, 2010 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm each day.

Dress warm and don’t miss this opportunity to see some fabulous crafts and artwork! You can visit these artists and others by clicking on their names on the left sidebar of this website.

Winter Park Magazine Cover Artists

Winter Park Magazine is a great supporter of the arts in central FL. Each month they select a FL artist and use their work as the cover. This is a great way to showcase the outstanding artists we have here in the Orlando and surrounding areas.

In 2009, they asked six of our Wekiva Paintout artists to be on the cover. This tells you that our artists are some of the best landscape painters around. The latest artist chosen is Elisabeth Ferber for the November Issue. Elisabeth has been a Wekiva Paintout artist since our inception in 2007. She is not only a fabulous painter but a teacher, a good steward of nature and a great friend to Friends of Wekiva River. One of her paintings, Along the Wekiva, has been published numerous times and is the piece of art that the Winter Park Magazine chose for the cover. She has generously donated prints of this painting to the FOWR so we can sell them as a fundraiser. You can buy a beautiful, matted and ready to frame print for only $40. Click HERE to order yours today and support the Friends of Wekiva River and our mission.

In addition, the same painting and others of Elisabeth's have been published in a photo book about the history of the Wekiva River, appropriately named after the painting, Along The Wekiva. You can buy the book HERE and a portion of the proceeds are given to the FOWR to further our mission. Your support is invaluable and we thank you in advance for your purchase.

The other cover artists chosen in 2009 by Winter Park Magazine are: Brenda Hofreiter - January, Bernie Martin - April, Charles Dickinson - June, Mitch (M.L.) Kolbe - July, and Peter Pettegrew - October. You can read and see the magazine thru the artist name links above but you can also use the links on our website to visit their individual websites and see their available artwork.

For more information relating to this topic or any other blog on our site, click HERE to send an email to Event Director, Leslie Long.

Gearing up for Wekiva!

We just added two new artists to the web site. Susan Renee Lammers from Maine and Nancy Moskovitz from FL. Click on their name link below left to visit their websites and learn more about them and their work. In fact, take the time to visit all the artist websites to view their beautiful works of art!

It's that time of year for me to start gearing up and really focusing on the Wekiva Paintout! We are only 3 1/2 months away and that's not a long time.

I will be introducing artists weekly and if you ever have questions or if links don't work, please use the "contact" link above left in the navigation section to get in touch with me.

I am excited about this coming year and intend to make it the biggest and best ever! Help us out. Become a sponsor! If you don't find details on the website, contact me and I'll send you more information! No contribution is too small. You can make a straight donation using the DONATE button on the right column of the website. It takes you to Paypal, which is a secure payment site, and you don't have to have a Paypal account to use it. You just have to have a valid email address! So, donate today and make the 2010 Wekiva Paintout fantastic!

Jacqueline Modesitt Schindehette wins "AWARD OF EXCELLENCE"

One of our plein air artists, Jacqueline Schindehette participated in the Ocala Art Festival this weekend and has won the"AWARD OF EXCELLENCE." I want to congratulate Jackie on this fantastic win and invite all of you to visit her website link above and check out her outstanding paintings.

Jacqueline is one of Florida's premier landscape artists and we are honored to have her participate in the Wekiva Paint Out.

She has a new gallery in Ocala and I encourage everyone to drop by.

Voilart! Art Gallery & Working Studio, 108 E. Ft. King Street, Ocala FL.

It is located one block south of the Historic Ocala Square on Silver Springs Blvd. right behind Bank of America.