Changes for our Chapter: A note from our New President (Elect)

Dear CPSA - 219 Members,

For those of you who do not already know our President Betty Lehnus, was in the hospital with a serious heart condition. She is out of the hospital at this writing and recovering. Betty has great leadership skills and did more than her part for our local chapter. I wish her a fast recovery and look forward to her return. Melinda made a get well card for Betty and it will be available at the October meeting for all present to sign and add well-wishes to.

Unfortunately, the board has not been in touch with Betty for some time. This showed at the last meeting of our chapter in disorganization and a general lack of information and leadership. In short the board of CPSA was under crisis and it showed. Melinda Beavers, Les Lamkin, and I do regret not being prepared and apologize for lack of dynamic & informative meeting you are use to attending.

I volunteered to take over the position of President, with the support of our existing board and particularly you, our members. We will have the usual e-mail, and a new version of the "Ben O Gram" letter to keep you informed. We look forward to seeing everyone at the October 22nd meeting.

Sincerely,
Jeff Stephenson
President Elect
CPSA-219

Submissions Needed!

A new chapter brochure is in-progress! But we need membership artwork submissions to help make our new brochure more beautiful and diverse. Please bring a submission to the next meeting and/or contact Chapter Secretary, Melinda Beavers, about sending a digital submission. EMail questions to melinda (at) melindabeavers (dot) com.

Member News: Rex Barron in the 2nd Annual Spectacular Colored Pencil

Rex Barron's piece, My Favorite Outlet, was recently accepted in the "2nd Annual Spectacular Colored Pencil" show in Oklahoma City. Congrats, Rex!

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

MEETING 3/26/11 - FOLLOW-UP / Tips Handout

A while back we asked all our chapter members to submit tips and hints and favorite techiques to use while working with colored pencil. Click on the image to link to a dowloadable/printable PDF doc of our compiled list of tips. This is a great asset to our chapter - use it wisely! ;)

Sales Event at Daniel Smith (online)

I received an email from Daniel Smith - They are having a 40% off sale until March 7th. However, one needs the code W4TMARCH that goes on the final order screen. Just thought others should know.
from Lin McKay

MEETING 2/26/11 - FOLLOW-UP / Special Auction Event

Our chapter is proud to offer an extremely special opportunity to its members! We are holding an online silent-auction for one spot at the upcoming Masterwork Miniature Colors Pencil Workshop (full description below)! Members can simply make a bid in the comments section of this blog post, or by emailing me (melinda at melindabeavers dot com) -- make sure to include your name and bid amount! DC 219 will cover the remainder of the workshop fee.

Folks this is an AMAZING opportunity to attend an wonderful workshop by an extraordinary colored pencil artist at a discounted rate!! I also need to mention that we need as many attendees as we can pack in here if we ever want an opportunity this like again in the future! So here's a fantastic opportunity to get in on the action, especially if you were on the fence because of cost.

We opened the bidding at our meeting and leaving it open here on the blog for one week (from today since I am late getting this post up) - so bidding will close at 11:59pm March 8th!!
*please note you must be a current member of CPSA DC219 to be eligible to place a bid.

Workshop description:
Secret Weapons of Colored Pencil Workshop
Presenter: Melissa Miller Nece, CPSA
This workshop is all about colored pencils with an emphasis on using them in miniatures. Ms. Miller is regarded as one of the foremost colored pencil artists in the United States and has been published in national magazines and numerous books.

April: 10, 11 (Sun & Mon) Time: 9:30 am-4:30 pm Cost: $225 (if paid in full before 1/1/11 the cost is $200)
Further information and to register: Lin McKay at 505-294-2935 or email: wclinda@comcast.net