Meeting Recap 5/25/13 - Drawing Shiny Surfaces with Mike Austin

Mike Austin did a wonderful job of showing how to create those shiny objects. Mike reminded us we draw what is in a mirror not the mirror itself. Light in objects, like mirror and chrome bumpers can be reflected straight back at us or distorted. He instructed us to make an impressed line for fine work, using a stylist or empty ball point pen cartage, and Mike’s example was his own drawing of a super guitar! Mike reminded us to notice if the objects are convex or concave. He told us the importance of doing a line drawing, and shading in the light areas first on the objects we are trying to draw. We had a wonder chance to put his advice to work too! It was an afternoon of experimenting drawing a chrome tea pot, silver ware or reflections in a mirror! Thank you, Mike, you did a super job!

*A shout out to Linda McKay, who brought permanent name tags for our group. This gives our new members a chance to know all of our names. Also want to thank Midge Kilgour & Philip for representing NM CPSA at the international show in Los Angeles!

• Congratulations to Jean Thurow, whose work was accepted into the CPSA 2013 International Exhibition! Way to go and thanks for representing NM CPSA!
• A reception will be held on June 7^th (5-8pm) at the Old School House Gallery featuring Betty Luhnus! What a wonderful way to see Betty’s work and catch a cool mountain breeze. 
• The Pastel convention will be held June 6^th – 8^th at the Albuquerque Hotel in Old Town. You don’t have to register for the convention to go see what the art venders are showing, it is a great way to pick up paper, brushes, a various art materials, and see what is new from the art suppliers. 
• I know this is a repeat but have to give a shout out to all of our members who did well at MasterWorks Show last month: Rex Barron, Melinda Beavers, Barbara Nahler, Shirley Levy, Betty Lehuns, Audrey Minard, Midge Tosten Kilgour, Linda McKay, April Radill, and Corrine Armijo Vialpando! How exciting and what an honor to be associated with such a talented group of people!
• A reminder we have an art show at St Marks on the Mesa. August 29^th is the drop off date, and September 27^th is the pickup date. 

Sincerely,
Jeff Stephenson
President / CPSA – 219 – NM 

President's Message: Spring 2012

I am excited for our next meeting at The Artist Studio this Saturday (please see side bar for location & time details)! Mr. Fred Miller is an exceptional portrait artist based right here in Albuquerque. He is a treasured local artist, a past president of the Pastel Society, and has proven his outstanding commitment to the world of art though teaching & workshops!

I believe his true dedication can be seen through his own words: "…I am a full time painter and teacher of portrait painting." His sincere hope is to be considered by his students as one of the teachers who profoundly helped them realize their potential in the field of art. He has studied with a number of outstanding artists, including Jackie Goodyear, Sally Strand, Albert Handel, and Bud Edmondson. And like our own group - they shared, taught, and pushed each other to a higher level.

On his website, I found not only portraits, but impressive landscapes in oil and pastel. I encourage our members to look at Mr. Miller's website before the next meeting.

I cannot wait for this meeting and am looking forward to seeing Fred Miller in action, and all of our talented members as well!

Sincerely Your Prez
Jeff Stephenson
President, CPSA - DC219

Meeting Recap 2/25/12: ZENTANGLES

Another meeting day has come and gone - and oh, what fun we had! It was a full-house at the Bear Canyon Senior Center this past weekend, where CPSA members got together again to share their joy of colored pencils and experiment with a new process, Zentangles!

We began with a brief meeting :

• President Jeff handed out a list of program ideas for upcoming 2012 meetings … AGAIN (he wants your feedback, so keep it coming - email President Jeff).
• There's still time to get your National CPSA entries in - submission deadline is March 31st, 2012.
• Reminder to anyone who hasn't paid their membership dies: YOU'RE PAST DUE! ;)
*Also - we are in the process of updating all email contacts, if you know of a member that's not getting our emails & blog updates - please let us know or have that member send their active email address to Treasurer Les.
• We continued discussing the fact the Bear Canyon Senior Center will have some renovation coming up, and what locations we'll changing to for several upcoming meetings:

*March: The Artist Studio at Hoffman Town Shopping Center
*April: Hispanic Arts Building, NM Farigrounds -- Masterworks exhibit space
*More details to be announced - check back here often for updates.

• The Orchid Society is sponsoring a flower art show at the ABQ Bio-Park this May (no entry fee!). For details contact President Jeff or Secretary Melinda.
• Member, Lin McKay, reminded everyone that the Masterworks Miniature entry deadline is coming up and there's still time to enter! (March 17th, 2012)
• Several members shared completed miniatures and other works in process as part of our "Show&Tell" portion of the meeting.
• MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS:
•Shirley Levy had one of her pieces accepted into the CPSA National Show, Explore This!
•Rex Barron also had one of his pieces accepted in the CPSA National Explore This! show and earned himself CPX Signature Status for his third time being accepted. Additionally, Rex had two pieces accepted into the Masterworks Standard Fine Arts Show, in the Oil&Acrylic category.
•Audrey Minard had two of her pastel pieces accepted into the Masterworks Standard Fine Arts Show - her first time entering her large works!
Congratulations to all!

After a short break, Ann Jeffries gave a lovely presentation on Zentangles and shared several examples. Although Zentangles are traditionally done in black&white or pen&ink, Ann showed us how much fun could be had using colored pencil as a variation to this technique! Then we all got down to the business of fun & experimentation:

MEETING 2/25/12: Reminder

Dear CPSA - DC219 We're back on at Bear Canyon Senior Center this coming weekend, February 25th! In addition to our regular group-news and show&tell sessions, Ann Jeffries will be leading the Zentangles program we teased you with in early January, that had to be postponed due to cleaning at the center. A little reminder of what to expect:

Zentangles is the name given to a popular new linear technique which can be described as "extreme doodling." Zentangles are usually done with black ink but we will make them a little more interesting using our colored pencils. This method creates richly patterned images with just a few simple guidelines. Bring your sharpened pencils, a regular pencil, an eraser, and a few pieces of drawing paper. It will be fun, mistake-proof, and relaxing (after all, its "zen"tangles). If you want to find out more about this technique before the meeting there are many zentangle websites.

See you there!

MEETING 1/28/12: Sketchcrawl Recap

Just wanted to share with all of you that were there, or that may have missed out, some pics from our wonderful on-location meeting this past Saturday at the Rio Grande BIO Park.

Beginning with a brief meeting outside the Mediterranean Conservatory:

• President Jeff handed out a list of program ideas for upcoming 2012 meetings (he wants your feedback, so keep it coming - email Jeff).
• We also talked about the fact the Bear Canyon Senior Center will have some renovation coming up, so we need to be on the lookout for a new regular location for meetings (BCSC Renovation schedule needs to be confirmed).
• Rex mentioned a local art sales opportunity.
• New member Jean Thurow celebrated her first meeting with us by sharing a portfolio of her recent work.

Then members where set loose in the park for a group sketchcrawl:


After about an hour, members gather back together to look at each others work:


We are such a talented group:


And good looking too:

President's Message: Winter 2012

Dear CPSA - DC219 Members,

I had a wonderful holiday season and I trust you did too! I am looking forward to our meeting on Saturday, January 28th at the Bear Canyon Senior Center!

Please bring something you've been working on for our "Show & Tell" segment of the meeting - we all love seeing our fellow members' work. Remember the drawing can be completed, in-progress, or works that did not turn out as hoped. We can all learn together from the sharing time.

We have exciting programs set up for the first part of the year. January's meeting is going to involve a drawing exercise called Zentangles. Ann Jefferies will walk us through it. Plus, we will be experimenting with music themes, to see the effects of music-mood on our drawings.

Coming up:
February: Business of the Art World: The ins and outs of entering an art show.
March: TBD - a new Presentation on Miniatures or the esteemed artist, Fred Miller.

In short, I have missed seeing all of you and the wonderful works you create. I'm looking forward to see you all at the January meeting.

Sincerely,
Jeff Stephenson
President, CPSA - DC219

MEETING 5/28/11 - FOLLOW-UP / Pictures

Audrey Minard, Betty Lehnus, Barbara Nahler, Lin McKay

Just a little follow-up to our meeting a couple weeks back… wanted to share some of the photos we got. It was a lovely meeting out at Betty's house in the east mountains and a lovely warm afternoon drawing with yummy snacks and good company. I posted the drawings I completed that day over on my own blog, with a couple reference photos if you want to take a look.

Rex Barron, Lin McKay, Mike Austin

Member Suggestion: Free e-book from Artist Daily

This little 9 page e-book is worth printing out for the drawings alone: download here.
Betty Lehnus
CPSA Ch.219 President
(you may need to sign-in or create an account with Artist Daily to download).