MEETING 7/25/09: Paint-In

Hello, please come to our chapter's first summer Paint-In on Saturday, July 25, 1:00pm until 3:00pm at Bear Canyon Senior Center.
Bring a colored pencil project you'e working on and we can visit with our fellow colored pencil artists while we work on our ongoing artworks, discuss our processes and techniques, and ask about any questions we may have. This is our time to get to know each other better. And don't forget to bring a Show 'n' Tell piece, if you have one.
Please come, we can't wait to what you've been working on!

-Ben-
Ben Nurry
Secretary, CPSA Ch. 219

Member Suggestion: Colored Pencil Demo

Melody of Fallen Leaves (colored pencil, 12½ x 9½) by Alyona Nickelsen

Click here for an article called Colored Pencil Demo: Alyona Nickelson (from the Artists' Magazine online).

Suggested by CPSA 219 Member, Betty Lehnus.
Thanks Betty!

Announcement: New Mexico State Fair

Well, it's time to get your stuff ready for ExpoNM State Fair.

Please visit their website for more details.
On subsequent menus click on
>Competitions
->Premium Book
-->Arts logo
--->Fine Arts - which is Division 14.
---->Traditional (236)
----->Class 6 (Drawing).


I have no idea why there is no Class for Drawing under Contemporary. You can hand deliver up to 3 artworks on:
July 30 and 31 from 9am-5pm and on
Aug 1 from 9am-2pm.

Pickup for non-accepted stuff on Aug 15.
Good Luck!.

-Ben-
p.s. Don't forget to start working on miniatures for next April.

Member Art: from of scanning session

Just wanted to share these two beautiful pieces that were scanned during our scanning demonstration.

Waterfall, from Nicholas Ng.
















And Pears, from Corrine Armijo-Vialpando.

Discussion: Making Your Art More Salable

An article titled 8 Ideas to Help Sell Paintings from the blog of M. Steven Doherty, was suggest by chapter member Betty Lehnus:

These ideas on how to make paintings more salable are surely open to debate . . . but worth thinking about . . . Betty

The comments section is open - let's make an effort for each member to leave an opinion!!

MEETING 6/27/09 Scanning & Digitally Processing Your Artwork

Hello CPSA Members!
Get ready for our meeting this Saturday by selecting a piece of artwork you would like to have scanned!
Chapter member, Melinda Beavers, will be running though the scanning process and also touch on some basic digital editing processes. Bring your sketchbooks and pencils as well, after the overview presentation, Melinda will invite members with artwork to scan to go through the process individually - other members will be welcome to watch or draw on their own during that time.

*Please note: If you are bringing a piece of artwork to scan, it must be smaller than 8.5 x 11".
Also, due to time constrictions, we cannot garuntee that every person who brings a piece of artwork will have the to opportunity to have it scanned. If you have a small portable USB hard drive or a blank data CD-R, please bring it along to receive your scanned artwork file immediately, otherwise delivery will depend on email - and not all mailboxes can receive large digital files (3MB or larger).

Melinda will be demonstrating with the VueScan program, software that is available for both Mac and Windows platforms and for various consumer scanners. The software is available for online purchase/download here.

EVENT: Artists' Materials Expo: Santa Fe

Artists' Materials Expo: Creative Expression 2009 - Sept 17, 18, 19, 20
Here's a link for a interesting event in Santa Fe in September: Artists' Materials Expo . . . looks terrific, thought people might want to put it on their calendar!

-Betty Lehnus