DC210 Colored Pencil Exhibition

Explorations in Colored Pencil
2012 CPSA DC210 chapter show
Main Street Cafe and Books
Los Altos, CA

The prospectus and entry form for our 2012 chapter show at the Main Street Cafe and Books in Los Altos is now available for download! Entry deadline is August 22.  It's easy: just read and fill out the form, sign the waivers and mail them with your entry fee, and you're in! Then all you need to do is get your work to the cafe on September 1.  

Please forward the prospectus to anyone you know who also works with colored pencil in any fashion, whether they are CPSA members or not. We can't wait to see what everyone's producing right here in our area!

If you have any questions or you're interested in helping with registration, hanging or setup of the show on September 1, email Denise Howard, pres@cpsa210.org.

For a prospectus please go to our website at http://www.cpsa210.org/.
There are links on the home page and on the news page for the entry form.
OR click: Explorations in Colored Pencil Prospectus

Important dates:

August 22 Submission deadline
September 1 12-2 PM Hand-delivery of work
September 2 Show opens
September 22 People's Choice awards announced
September 29 Show closes
September 30 12-2 PM Pickup of work

Next Meeting

Saturday, August 25  11:00 AM

Gemma Gylling's home

3481 Priscilla Court, Valley Springs, CA

Please RSVP to Gemma at gemma@glassgems.net by Wednesday, August 22 so she can plan seating, etc.

Yes, it's a long way, but it will be worth the trip to the beautiful Sierra foothills!  

- Gemma will demonstrate how to draw with colored pencils on suede mat board

- Denise will summarize the CPSA convention and workshops and have product samples to try

- Show and tell with fellow members

- Last-minute planning for our chapter show which we'll be hanging just three days later

Carpooling is encouraged.  Denise lives in Santa Clara and has two available seats in her car - contact her at president@cpsa210.org if you'd like to ride along.  Check your chapter membership roster to see who lives near you, or contact Denise for help arranging a ride.  If you don't have a membership roster, email Linda Huffman at membership@cpsa210.org to get one.

Happy Summer!

Happy Summer! Have you noticed that your Prismacolors are extra "creamy" in this weather?

I just realized it's been almost a month since our chapter meeting. Hopefully that means you're a month farther along on your entries for our chapter show in September! Watch for the entry forms to be available in the next week or so. We'll need some volunteers to help with registration, hanging, takedown, etc. so if you can help in any way, let me know. Our chapter is only as strong as its volunteers! And, even if you've never entered a show before, I encourage you to enter ours: it's a great way to "get your feet wet", and you'll be helping raise local awareness about colored pencil as a legitimate art medium, one of the goals of the CPSA.

The photo is me with the lovely starter set of Faber Castell Polychromos I recently won by getting the most right answers (19out of 20) in a "scavenger hunt" quiz on a Facebook group named "Colored Pencil Artists and Lovers." There is no affiliation whatsoever between it and the CPSA, but there are a lot of CPSA members on it and it's quite a nice resource for information about anything colored pencil related! Many folks post their new work as they finish, so it's like a non-stop revolving art show, too. So if you 're on Face Book, check it out.

You've already read the meeting minutes that Linda Loder sent out, but I want to reiterate what a great presentation Gil McMillon, owner of Accent Arts in Palo Alto gave us. If you weren't able to attend, you really missed out! Just when you think you've got a fair grasp of the materials available that work well for colored pencil, here's a man who's not only a walking encyclopedia of art materials, but is a working artist who has tried them all himself and has the lowdown straight from the manufacturers. I hope to have him back for a future presentation!

I'm going to be attending the national CPSA convention in Covington, KY July 31-August 4, so if you're not attending and there is anything specific you'd like me to report back about, please e-mail me and let me know. I will be representing our chapter so your concerns are our concerns!

Our next meeting will be Saturday, August 25 at 11:00 A.M. The best way to ensure you'll be able to attend is to host it! We don't have a location yet so if you'd like to host at your house/apartment or know of an economical (or better yet free) venue nearby, please contact me. We promise not to draw on your walls ... unless you want us to!

I want to give a shout-out this month to one of our hardest-working chapter members, Yevonne Reynolds. She's not only our webmaster, who undertook a complete overhaul of our website last year, she also is our graphic designer anytime we need a unique certificate, a chapter brochure, an entry form, a blog posting, you name it! Yevonne lives way up north in a rural area near Eureka so she's proof that you can be a very active member no matter how far from other members you live. Thank you for all you do, Yevonne!

Finally, on a technology-related note, I want you to promise you'll back up your computer files tonight. Yes, tonight. And then make sure your backup is good. Just do it. I am still recovering from a hard-drive crash on my main computer earlier this month. Of course all of my digitized artwork, art business files, e-mail, potential reference photos, etc. were on it! I had gotten out of the habit of regular backups over the past year, shame on me. Simply making backups doesn't solve everything, either — the last time I suffered a hard-drive crash, my backups were all bad because the drive was already going bad when they were created. It's costing me $2000 to try to have my files recovered this time. Don't let it happen to you! Once your original artwork is framed, sold and gone, it's not around to rescan.

Happy Drawing!

Denise



Prismacolor and the Sketchbook Project

Prismacolor and the Sketchbook Project are setting up shop in the Bay Area.

06/1,12 to 06/20, 2012

12:00 PM-12:00 PM

Sketch Book Project Pop-Up Library

1485 9th Street, Suite 100

Oakland, CA  94607

http://www.facebook.com/events/308284892589026/ |cait@arthousecoop.com

Dates:

June 1-20th, 1-5pm

Description:
Drop by our pop-up library to check out the 2012 sketchbook Project and Tour Mail, our new creative project we're sponsoring with our friends at the Art House Co-op, creators of the Sketchbook Project.

The Sketchbook Project is a library of personal sketchbooks featuring the work of thousands of creative-minded people traveling to 15 cities around the world. The 2012 World Tour, a project from Brooklyn's Art House Co-op with support from Prismacolor, invites the curious to peruse these unique works from talented people while being the first to experience Prismacolor's new Brush/Fine Art Markers.

You'll also get the chance to participate in Tour Mail, a new tour-wide project from Prismacolor and the Art House Co-op. Create a work of art with prismacolor markers, and it'll be delivered to a Sketchbook Project attendee somewhere in the world. In return, you'll get to pick a random envelope containing a piece of Prismacolor art from another attendee in a different state.

We'll be on-hand with free giveaways, and we'll also be demoing our new Prismacolor Brush|Fine Art Markers. Our Brush|Fine Art Markers are double-ended, and are perfect for making varied lines in just one stroke.

Please join this community of artists, designers and inspired creative people when the Sketchbook Project stops at a city near you.

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The Sketchbook Project is a worldwide creative experience. Together, thousands of creative people from around the world are creating a traveling library of artists' books.

Learn more;
www.thesketchbookproject.com

Prismacolor is a leader in professional art supplies. Our complete line of markers, pastels, and colored pencils have been helping art students, teachers, and design professionals realize their creative vision for over 70 years.

Learn More
www.prismacolor.com
facebook.com/prismacolor

Members of DC210 accepted into the National Show

Congratulations!

Members of DC210 juried into the National Show

Denise Howard, Gemma Gylling and Mike Purdy

Their Origin by Denise Howard

Here's Lookin' at Ya! by Gemma Gylling

Splendor in the Sun by Mike Purdy

DC210 Chapter Meeting

Chapter Meeting
Date: May 19, 2012
Location: Accent Arts, 392 California Ave., Palo Alto, CA
Phone: 650-424-1044
Speaker: Gil McMillon, longtime owner of Accent Arts, will talk to us about various brands of colored pencils and papers, and perhaps share some stories about the crazy art supply business.

Please join us.

Gemma Gylling Workshop

Gemma Gylling Workshop

Cat Workshop on Suede Mat Board

Saturday & Sunday • May 5 & 6

Gallery Copper

10:00 am - 3:00 pm with lunch break

Cost: $60

Create a beautiful animal drawing

with Gemma Gylling of Valley Springs!

Have  you ever looked at animal art and wondered how the artist created the fur's shine, or have you thought the eyes looked so real you believed the eye was really wet? When an artist uses the right side of their brain, it becomes easy for them to see the object, which they want to create. Gemma will teach you to break an object down into small sections so you see only lines, shapes and colors, it then becomes much easier to achieve the realistic look of shiny fur or a wet eye.

Participants in Gemma's workshop will learn to create realistic animals using colored pencils. Gemma will share her secrets on the best ways to break a reference photo down into small manageable sections rather than viewing the drawing as a whole. Participants will do this by drawing an animal portrait on Suede Mat Board (Mat Board supplied by Gemma). If the animal portrait is not completed in the class they'll have the Step by Step instructions along with a photo for them to take home. When completed, they'll have a beautiful animal drawing that they created.

Town Hall Arts

under the clock

Copperopolis Town Square

785-2050

$30 deposit required