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| Artists Information for our artists members will be posted here. |
| About Us Read about our art league. |
| Contact Us To ask information, or to drop a suggestion, please send us an email. |
| The members of the Saddleback Art League are all local artists and supporters of art in the community. Our members come from the area of Saddleback Valley, Orange County, California. Our members range in levels from beginners to professional artists. We welcome all artists in the fine arts media who are actively pursing their goals of developing and promoting their artwork. Please click here for more information about the Saddleback Art League. If you would like to become a member, you can download the membership form here and/or come visit one of our meetings. Annual dues are $30. |

| Marleen Gerloff discusses a painting at our meeting |
| New Member To become a member you can download your membership form here. |
Demo scedule for the rest of the year: Sept. 9 Tom Fong watercolor Oct. 14 Steve Wang oil, architecture and landscape Nov. 11 Mary Aslin pastel Dec. 9 Holiday Party |
| The Saddleback Art League is a non-profit organization that meets the second Tuesday of each month (except July) at the Mission Viejo Library Community Room, 100 Civic Center Drive, at the corner of La Paz & Marguerite in Mission Viejo at 6:45 PM. Free parking is available at the library. Please stop by to visit one of our meetings as our guest. |
| Learn New Techniques Share Your Talents Network with Artists Show & Sell your Art |
| Mail address: Saddleback Art League 24000 Alicia Pkwy, PMB 17-374 Mission Viejo, CA 92691 |
| Attention Fellow Artists! Did you know that the league has a library of art books? You can borrow these books for a month at a time! A refundable deposit fee, per book, secures each item for you. What a great idea! Check it out! At each monthly meeting, Joyce will display the books for your perusal. |
| Are you interested in becoming involved with our rotating galleries? This is a great way to market yourself to the public, exhibit your work at a bank, and sell your work to eager collectors! Please contact Buff Webster, 583-0216 for further information. |
| President's Message Welcome to the Saddleback Art League web site. We are glad you’ve found us! We hope we can be of help to you in your art journey, your art career or if you are looking for some fine art and your search has brought you to our site, we hope you find what you’re looking for. The Saddleback Art League is a community art league organized to help members learn about art techniques, media, and have opportunities to sell their artwork and to socialize with other artists in the community. Our principle activities include a monthly meeting with a demonstration artist, an annual juried art show and art show opportunities to promote and sell your art work. Demonstration artists are usually well known artists will excellent credentials and often national reputations. They typically work in oil, acrylic, watercolor or pastels. Our annual juried art show draws hundreds of entries and allows members an opportunity to showcase their best work, vie for awards and to display their work for the public to enjoy. The Saddleback Art League also allows members to display their artwork on its web site. Our members enjoy many benefits of the Saddleback Art League and we invite you to attend a meeting and consider joining. We meet on the second Tuesday of each month at the Mission Viejo Library in the Community Room. The Library is located at the southwest corner of La Paz Road and Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo, California, a family-oriented community in Orange County. Stop by and join us. We look forward to meeting you and learning of your talents and interests. Sincerely, Rich Hall President |
| Membership dues are now accepted for the year 2008 You can fill out the membership form in the newsletter and/or send your check ($30.-) to: Treasurer SAL 24000 Alicia Prkwy, ste.17 #374 Mission Viejo, Ca. 92691 |
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Next meeting will be August 12 demo artist: Steve Wang with a lecture/demo on perspective Born in China and raised in Taiwan, Steve has been drawing and painting nearly all his life. In his early childhood, he learned to paint under ghe guidance of his artist father, and he has won awards for his painting and calligraphy ever since. Steve earned a bachelors degree in architecture. Later, he won a national scholarship to study abroad and contined graduate study in product design at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. He has worked as an architectural designer and illustrator for over thirty years. By combining his background in desigh wth his passion for art. He has created a unique style of painting in a wide range of subjects. His works have won him munerous awards and recognitions. His work also has attracted many enthusiastic collectors and admirers. Steve currently teaches plein air oil painting and watercolor at Irvine Valley College. He lives in Irvine with his wife. He is a member of Southern California Plein Air Painters'Association, Laguna Plein Air Painters'Association, California Art Club, Oil Painters of America and Orange County Chinese Artists Association. Steve has also seved as a juror for the SAL Spring Reflections annual juried show. His websit: http://www.stevewangarts.com |
KEVIN DAVIDSON WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP Kevin Davidson will be offering a 3 day workshop in watercolor on yupo, en plein air, August 25-27, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., cost for the 3 days is $300. Please contact Karen Shaw if you are interested in this workshop and would like further information. Her cell phone is 949-554-4638, or her email address is karshaw@gmail.com You may check out Kevin's website at www.watercoloryupo.com |
| Congratulations to all our SAL members who wo were accepted in the OC Fair juried art show. Special congratulations go to our member prize winners: Caroline Verhagen First place drawing/illustration mixed media/collage Dolly Meyerhardt Second place computer images June Walker Honorable Mention watercolors Denise Katzenberger Honorable Mention drawing/illustration mixed media/collage |

