PROFESSIONAL DIVISION

Folk Art/Strokework
1st Place
Telemark Elegance (Acrylic)
by Gayle Oram MDA
Pleasant Hill, Oregon

2nd Place
Mirror of Chippendal (Acrylic)
by Chiyomi Kosugi CDA
Osaka, Japan

3rd Place
Covered Pedestal Bowl (Acrylic)
by Lois Mueller VGM
Platteville, Wisconsin

Floral
1st Place
European Spring Flower (Acrylic)
by Gayle Oram MDA
Pleasant Hill, Oregon

2nd Place
Three Irises (Oil)
by Peggy Stogdill MDA
Mishawaka, Indiana

3rd Place
Pierre de Ronsard Iron Tray (Acrylic)
by Naomi Shimanuki CDA
Tokyo, Japan

Still Life
1st Place
Late Harvest (Oil)
by Cheri Rol MDA
Greenville, Indiana

2nd Place
Over the River (Acrylic)
by Sandy Scales
Dumfries, Virginia

3rd Place
Summer Harvest (Watercolor)
by Patricia Saunders CDA
Fallbrook, California

Animals
1st Place
Adidas (Colored Pencil)
by Deborah A. Bonnewell CDA
Churchville, New York

2nd Place
Patterned After Its Mother (Oil)
by Gloria Bogs
Lansing, Illinois

3rd Place
Cardinal (Acrylic)
by Naomi Shimanuki CDA
Tokyo, Japan

Holiday
1st Place
Rose Maria (Acrylic)
by Naomi Shimanuki CDA
Tokyo, Japan

Original Design
1st Place
Angel’s Tear (Oil)
by Nobuko Shimizu MDA
Kanagawa, Japan

2nd Place
By the Window (Watercolor)
by Junko Nasui MDA
Chiba, Japan

3rd Place
Morning Glow (Watercolor)
by Ming Franz
Edgewood, New Mexico

HOBBYIST DIVISION

Folk Art/Strokework
1st Place
Hindeloopen Box (Acrylic)
by Cheryl Banwarth
Redbluff, California

2nd Place
Russian Still Life (Acrylic Gouache)
by Eleanor Holt
Camino, California

Floral
1st Place
Birthday Rose (Colored Pencil)
by Camilla Hammer
Mack, Colorado

2nd Place
Grandma’s Roses (Colored Pencil)
by Sharon Carter
Riverton, Utah

Still Life
1st Place
The Secret (Oil)
by MaryEtta Roeser
Lockport, New York

2nd Place
Chipped Pitcher (Colored Pencil)
by Camilla Hammer
Mack, Colorado

3rd Place
Coffee & Apples (Oil)
by Rebecca Talbott
Parachute, Colorado

Holiday
1st Place
Nativity Story (Acrylic)
by Ann McClary
Seattle, Washington

3rd Place
Majestic Eagle (Acrylic)
by Darleen Hyde
Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania

Original Design
1st Place
My Grandmother’s House (Acrylic)
by Maria Boscan
Macedon, New York

2nd Place
Vineyard Impressions (Mixed Media)
by Beatrice McIntosh
Sonoma, California

3rd Place
Serenity (Colored Pencil)
by Sharon Carter
Riverton, Utah

BEGINNER DIVISION
Sponsored by Hofcraft: The Painters Source

1st Place
Angels Among Us (Egg Tempera)
by Jacqueline M. Johnson
Whiting, New Jersey

3rd Place
Serenity at Sunset (Heat-Set Oil)
by Jacqueline M. Johnson
Whiting, New Jersey

BEST IN ACRYLIC
Sponsored by DecoArt Inc.
Telemark Elegance
by Gayle Oram MDA
Pleasant Hill, Oregon

BEST IN OIL
Sponsored by Kingslan & Gibilisco Decorative Arts
Late Harvest
by Cheri Rol MDA
Greenville, Indiana

BEST IN WATERCOLOR
Sponsored by Martin/F. Weber
Taboo
by Denice Ducote
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

BEST IN COLORED PENCIL
Sponsored by World of Color Expo
Adidas
by Deborah A. Bonnewell CDA
Churchville, New York

BEST IN MIXED MEDIA
Sweet Collection
by Makika Kobayashi CDA
Sapporo, Japan

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Sponsored by Dick Blick
Late Harvest
by Cheri Rol MDA
Greenville, Indiana

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE—BEST IN SHOW
Sponsored by Pampered Palette
Stripes
(Oil)
by Gloria Bogs
Lansing, Illinois

Before jumping into a large painting, pick four colors and do a smaller painting (7 x 9 inches is a good size). By doing a smaller practice painting first, you will automatically keep the subject simple and you will not feel overwhelmed by having to fill a large sheet of paper with color. When you move to the larger painting, grab the same colors and a large 1-inch flat brush and lay in the color with the same simplicity. Then use a no. 8 round brush to complete the final detail work. Spend more time playing with watercolor and you will be a better watercolor painter.

I hope this will make your approach to painting watercolor easier and more fun.

Tom Jones
www.TomJonesArtist.com

It is obvious that Blixen loved both Africa and her life there. This book has inspired me in many ways and I was thrilled to share it with my group, who had never read it before.

My dear friend was to host the book group when we met for this title. And though Patty is the greatest of friends and the dearest of hearts, when it comes to parties she is lost. So I suggested that we do an African Safari night, with theme food. I brought along a great paint project designed by Patience Campbell of Birmingham, Alabama. Maybe this group needs to change our name to Wheatland Books and Paints!

We had a great time exploring the Africa of the early twentieth-century through Blixen’s eyes, and painting Safari-inspired jewelry for ourselves.

Share this party with friends, family, painters and non-painters alike. You never know who will find the spark of creativity in decorative painting!

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2013-2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Donna Frost – President
Pat Marler – VP, Pres Elect – ELECTED
Allison Leeds – Secretary – ELECTED
Marge Thompson – Treasurer
Karen Allen – Board
Toni Hoffer – Board – ELECTED
Linda Sharp CDA – Board – ELECTED
Kathy Swigon CDA – Board – ELECTED
Wendy M. Watson – Board
Linda Neilson Biedermann TDA – PAST PRES

NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Susan Phillips – Nominating Chair
Sharon Buononato CDA – ELECTED
Debbie Carrell
Kim Falk – ELECTED
Antonia (Toni) Girten – ELECTED

Proposals–

Student Membership: Passed
Changes: $15 fee, non-voting, cannot hold office

Trial Membership: Passed

Proposal #3, ARTICLE VIII—OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS-AT-LARGE, APPOINTIVE OFFICERS:  Not Passed

Read the full proposals

SDP Foundation Scholarships

Individual
Sandra Harvey $275
Comprehensive core painting course with Art Appreciation Online

Denise Finnestad: $450
Taking a class at Madeline Island School of Arts (MISA)

Community Outreach
Joyce Costelak: $400
Star a series of dec. painting classes for high risk high school students

Harbor Lights Painters Chapter: $500
Three half day workshops to introduce non-painters to decorative painting

Awards

Silver Palette Award: Mary Kingslan–Gibilisco CDA
Priscilla Hauser Business Award: Bob and Katie Van Horn of Bear with Us
Outstanding Chapter Service Award: Sherry Coquette member of Pacific Coast Artits in California
Dedicated Service Award: Phyllis Gibbs–Former SDP board member (4 years) and or former President of
Heart of Ohio Tole (4 years)

Passing Certification Entries

CDA Still Life
Sanae Deguchi CDA Chiba, Japan
Kyoko Matsubara CDA Shiga, Japan
Masami Yamada CDA Hyogo, Japan
Deborah A. Bonnewell CDA Churchville, New York

CDA Stroke
Ji Young Lim CDA Gyeonggi, South Korea
Seon Mi Jin CDA Gyeonggi, South Korea
Jaesun Yu CDA Gyeonggi, South Korea
Ji Suji CDA Gyeonggi, South Korea
Su Hee Lee CDA Chungcheongnam, South Korea
Ling Zhang CDA Beijing, China
Mi Suk Kang CDA Kyung Ki Do, South Korea

MDA Stroke
Young Hee Park CDA Gyeonggi, South Korea
I-Fen Chang CDA Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

MDA Still Life
Akemi Yamazaki CDA Kanagawa, Japan
Kimiko Maeda CDA Kanagawa, Japan
Eriko Nakamura CDA San Francisco, California

MDA Floral
Noriko Fukuda CDA Kyoto, Japan
Hiroko Kibushi CDA Niigata, Japan
Atsuko Tanaka CDA Saitama, Japan

New MDA – (Floral)
Hiroko Okada MDA Osaka, Japan **

From the tracing I enlarge or reduce the tracing to fit my surface. A good investment is a printer that allows for enlarging or reducing up to 400 percent. Printers are pretty reasonably priced. Use the color in the picture to help you choose colors, or make up your own. Often the picture has captured a good light source, especially if it was taken outdoors on a sunny day. Below are a couple of photos and the resulting paintings that came from them. The zinnia was painted in acrylics and the iris and tomatoes in oils. The iris was painted in sixty minutes as part of our local museum’s fundraiser called 60/60, 60 artists in 60 minutes. I went to the fundraiser with just the pattern on an acrylic prepped background.

Sandra Phillips
sandyphilipsartist.com

We both agreed that we should pursue the idea further. We researched the competition to see what they were offering and mulled over what we could do that would entice people to come to us. Our findings were that the competition was teaching simple projects that seemed to be more suitable for kids, and that the classes were held in places that offered food and drink. One local program, held in a bar, is aptly promoted as Bar Art.

As we talked, a new program began to develop. This program had all the elements of the competitors plus more. We put together classes that were based on paintings by the masters, including van Gogh, Monet, Cézanne, and Degas. And we set up a classroom with easels for our budding artists and space for wine and snacks. We agreed on a whimsical name, Arty Art, for our classes to let students know they weren’t to take themselves too seriously.

Now the challenge was how to successfully teach new painters to re-create a masterpiece in one evening. After a moment of panic, I looked to my decorative arts teaching methods and found the solution I was seeking. Teaching a step-by-step method, right down to which brushes they should use, became my key to success. The students truly enjoy their experience and take home some great renditions of the old masterpieces.

Our program has been running for more than a year now, with new and returningstudents. Many of the students were so excited about what they could accomplish that they asked for more skills building painting classes. And that’s how the new venture and adventure began.

Randi and I have developed and recently launched a basic acrylic class that teaches beginning students the skills they need to be successful painters.

Want to know more? Check back in late May for part two, where Anne will discuss more details about how she got her program off and running, and turned it into a success!

You may email Anne Hunter at creativetouch@earthlink.net and Randi Isaacson at randi@postroadartcenter.com.

The Rhody Bucks Program (it’s like Monopoly money, no real cash is ever earned) became an instant hit, and though we still have some members who don’t volunteer, they participate in chapter functions in many other ways. We’ve since modified the program and broadened it a bit. Tweaking has made Rhody Bucks better along the way. A Rhody Buck distribution chairperson handles all the bucks awarded.

By volunteering, and depending on the position volunteered for, a person is awarded play money in increments of 10. For instance, if a volunteer brings refreshments to a meeting, a $10 Rhody Buck is awarded to that person.

Chairpersons receive larger increments, and their helpers of co-chairs receive Rhody bucks. Everything that requires volunteers is a way for members to earn Rhody Bucks. The only time the bucks are awarded is when the job undertaken is complete. If a job is ongoing, the recipient won’t receive bucks until completion (this applies more to chairpersons than volunteer worker bees).

This past year, we implemented a notebook where each volunteer checks the list of rewards due to them at each meeting. This way the Rhody Bucks can be handed out at the following meeting.

At the end of the year, an auction of new merchandise is held. This affair is exciting. Members look forward to the prospect all year long and readily spend their Rhody Bucks. No real cash is allowed to be used for purchases at this auction. I will say this, Rhody Bucks are coveted by the members and often mean more to them than real cash. It sounds ludicrous, but it’s true. A Rhody Buck Chairperson and her committee handle the auction at the end of the year.

The auction chairperson shops throughout the year, staying within the budget they have. Some members offer merchandise, they had bought in the past and know they’ll never paint, and earn bucks for donating those items. There is no limit to how much or where it can be earned, as well.
If you can’t get members to volunteer, try a rewards program and tailor it to your needs. Our distributor is Jan Fuller and our Rhody Bucks Auction chairperson is Carol Kernozek.

The first session, held in October 2012, was a Halloween jack-o-lantern painted on a piece of linoleum. November’s project of choice was a festive snowman painted on a slate plaque. Both October’s and November’s holiday-themed pieces were taught by HDASM member Peggy Mack. By December the painters were dreaming of warm sunshine, and so the chosen project was a brightly colored clipboard adorned with spring flowers and colors. The clipboard project was one of Shara Reiner CDA, and was discovered on the DecoArt website.

Diane Glover, HDASM member who taught the floral clipboard project, said that bundling Learn to Paint sessions was a great idea, and it is the second time the chapter has done it. Glover indicates that holding just one Learn to Paint, and then simply letting their participants ‘drop’, just didn’t feel right to HDASM. Inviting painting participants back multiple times, in relatively quick succession, helped to cultivate their guests’ interest in decorative painting, ensuring that they would come back.

And come back they did! Glover reported that because of their three-part Learn to Paint sessions HDASM gained four new members in 2013. What a great accomplishment! This just goes to show how instrumental SDP programs like Learn to Paint can be when it comes to growing chapter and Society membership. To find out more about how your chapter can reach new members with the Learn to Paint program visit decorativepainters.org/learntopaint.php. And, as always, share your success stories with us!

Materials List
1. Ma or Pi rice paper
This type of rice paper is the best for a successful Splash Ink painting because it will not tear or rip when the colors are poured.
2. Brushes
Use Asian, acrylic, watercolor, or oil brushes of various sizes, brushes that you are used to and feel comfortable using.
3. Asian black ink
Use this full strength directly from the bottle or mix it with water for medium and light shades of gray.
4. Transparent primary watercolors
I recommend Winsor & Newton tubes in blue, red, yellow, and white. Mix each color with water until liquefied and free of lumps. Alternatives are liquid watercolors made by Lascaux Sirius or liquid ink by Dr. Ph Martin.
5. Six or more small glass or plastic mixing cups with spoons or small whisk
6. Spray bottle of water and water container
7. Masking tape
8. Set of Chinese watercolor (Marie’s) or acrylic paints, including gold and silver (optional)
You need a set of opaque or semi-opaque watercolors for the finishing touch. Use stronger pigment, which is easier since you will already have one layer of watercolor on the paper.
9. Salt, toothbrush, alcohol, plastic wrap, sponge, liquid detergent
Experiment with these to create interesting watercolor effects.
10. Backing board: Gator board or corrugated plastic board
You’ll place the sheets of rice paper on this firm backing before pouring the ink and watercolors.

Where to Start
Splash Ink painting is called splash ink because the artist splashes, throws, or pours black ink and the three primary watercolors onto the layers of rice paper in order to create intended and unintended effects in abstract forms and colors. Be sure the five layers of Ma or Pi paper are taped to the backing board. Premix the colors.

When Pouring
Always splash or pour the black ink first to establish a dark base. Then pour each of the primary watercolors in sequence: blue – red – yellow – white. You can pour from the top, bottom, side, or center. You can pour one color and drop in or splash the other colors. This is the creative, free part of Splash Ink. There are no rules here. You can spray with water any areas you want to lighten or to blend the colors. For vivid, brilliant color, do not spray. You may pour opaque white watercolor as the very last pouring in places where the colors merge in order to create a transparent neon effect.
Leave to dry for a couple of hours depending on weather. The result is five sheets for finishing five Splash Ink paintings, each one lighter than the top sheet.

Listening to the Colors
When the poured Splash Ink has dried, peel the five layers of paper apart. Look at each one carefully. All five may have the same general shapes of the poured ink and watercolor, but all five will be different because the ink and colors have soaked into the paper with different intensities. The shapes will be similar but not the same. Look at the dried sheets for a while turned upside down, turned sideways to the left, and turned sideways to the right. Study it in each position to see which aspect inspires you. Absorb the shapes and colors. Note: If your dried abstract form is striking, leave it as a finished abstract painting.

Finishing Touches
How to apply your thoughts and the image in your mind to finish your Splash Ink painting is the most difficult part of the creative process. You may have already sketched your idea in pencil or on a graphic plastic overlay after studying the dried abstract colors.
You cannot learn it in one day or one lesson. You have to experiment and do it many times. Planning ahead will greatly facilitate this process of getting your idea matched with the abstract for a successful Splash Ink painting.

Sources
Awesome Art Supply, www.awesomeartsupply.com, (425) 497-9915
Jerry’s Artarama, www.jerrysartarama.com, (919) 876-6610
Oriental Art Supply, www.orientalartsupply.com, 1-800-969-4471

Ming Franz
mingfranzstudio.com
mingfranz11@yahoo.com
Paint ‘Peony’ with Ming Franz at the 2013 SDP Conference!

I officially have spring fever and you probably do, too. Punxsuawany Phil was a little off this year. Late winter storms kept us bundled up and shoveling walks, but I can smell spring in the air.

I wake up each morning to the sound of birds chirping. This morning my big cat was prowling around, on the hunt for a sweet red robin he saw outside. The little female robin picked up items to make and decorate her nest. Of course, the cat (named runamuck tuck) could never get to the birds through the plate glass window, but it doesn’t stop him from thinking big thoughts of the great hunt.

Spring always brings to mind the endless back and forth of cat versus bird. Then I remember this won- derful, project designed by sammie Crawford (often known as the Fairy Gourdmother). It is the perfect project for a spring Paint Party. It is really two projects! One is a beautiful (and fully functional) redbird Bird Feeder; the other is our little kitty on the prowl. They make great yard or patio ornaments.

Knowing how unpredictable spring weather can be, we have set this party up to be either an outdoor event or an indoor get-together. Invite your painting pals and spend some paint-quality time together. If weather permits, get everyone outside for an old fash- ioned game of croquet—the fresh air and sunlight are good for the artist’s soul.

Download the plan and invite over your painting friends, or someone who has never painted before. Throw a gourd party and share your love of painting with someone new this month!

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