Congratulations!

Congratulations to our chapter members who were accepted into the 17th International CPSA exhibition: Holly Bedrosian, Nicole Caulfield, Debbi Friedman, Gary Ruuska, Susan Tait Porcaro. Great job! (I hope I didn't miss anyone else .... )  Are any of you receiving Signature Membership this year?

Its Almost Time For ......

....  Our April Chapter Meeting

Saturday, April 18 at Noon

Fitchburg Art Museum

185 Elm Street

Fitchburg, MA 01420

www.fitchburgartmuseum.org

Kendra will give a mini workshop about working on Colourfix sanded ground on gessoed hardboard. Techniques taught will be layering to achieve color, value and form and working with odorless solvent to dissolve the pencil and make it flow like paint. There will be a small fee for the boards. Please respond to this blog or (email me at kjfdesign@cox.net) if you are coming so I can purchase & prepare the boards. 

Unfortunately, Gary Ruuska will be unable to demonstrate his airbrush varnish technique at the meeting but we will reschedule him for another meeting.

Exhibits on view at the museum will include "All Things Bright and Beautiful: California Impressionist Paintings from the Irvine Museum" and "Seldom Seen: Treasures from the Collection II Art of China, Japan and India".

Meeting update and News

It's been almost a month and a half since the last post on this blog, so I thought I would break the silence and write a little bit. We had a great meeting on March 7th at the Davis Art Museum and then back at my house. It was great to have so many people show up and bring their artwork, enthusiasm and lunches! I think everyone really enjoyed the exhibitions at the Davis. They hang things not always in chronological order, but in relative terms of subject matter, which is more thought provoking and interesting, in my opinion!

I also wanted to share the mock-up I received today of the new Derwent "Soft Graphite" Pencil tin that will be coming out in July. They're using the piece they commissioned from me, and have put it on the front cover. Needless to say, I'm very excited about this! (And please, not that anyone would, but no transferring of this image anywhere else, since it's still in the "planning" stages).

Judging by the lack of posts these past 6 weeks, I imagine everyone is busy getting ready to submit work to Nationals. Maybe everyone can share what piece(s) they are submitting? I'm planning to submit "Garden, Late Summer" and "Nocturne at Sea", both of which are on my website at present.

Chapter Meeting March 7

Our next chapter meeting will be Saturday, March 7 at 11 a.m. We will meet at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College. The address is 10 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481. We will view the museum's permanent art collection. I called to schedule a tour but they don't give tours on Saturdays but do have a booklet at the front desk in which we can use as a guide to see the museum. For more info look at the websitewww.davismuseum.wellesley.edu.

Afterward, Debbi Friedman has invited us to her home in Wellesley, so bring a brown bag lunch and artwork to show the group. Debbi has a beautiful studio in her home in which we will also tour! 

I will bring everyone's artwork from the H20 exhibit, I'm sure you are all anxious to get it back. I have also emailed everyone about this. Please respond by mid February if you will be coming. Looking forward to it! 

Mylar and to fix or not to fix

I just finished a piece on mylar and can't remember if I need to fix it or not. I have never fixed a piece before and never had a problem with bloom. I use prisma color with many layers.

Blog Roll, Subscribing, Following, etc...

I just noticed that the "Blog Roll" is no longer posted to this site - I kind of liked it...
Recently I accidently added duplicate blogs to my Google Reader by "Subscribing" and "Following" them, and then I went through and deleted a bunch, and now I'm trying to add them back... what a mess! Anyway, is it possible for the blog roll to be added back so I can make sure I have them all in my Google Reader?

Fisher 400 Paper Question

Hi,

I was wondering if any group members whom have previously worked with this brand of paper could answer some questions. I ordered a long roll of it (nearly $85.00 worth) from England. I finally decided to unroll it and measure/cut a piece to attach to my drawing board, this morning. I've run into some challenges.

1. It picks up hand marks easily..too easily. What would be the best way to erase these marks?
2. How on earth are you attaching it to your drawing board? Drafting tape, thumbtacks, finishing nails etc? I tried thumbtacks and tape- they aren't taking.
   
3. I notice that if bubbles in the center too. Are there remedies for this issue?

Any advice would be appreciated. I have a feeling that this first piece is going to end up in the scrap pile. :-/ Thanks in advance.