December Meeting

Our December meeting was a fun one. Maria, Corrin, Sue, Pam, and Sophia are showing off their great prizes.There were delicious goodies, thanks to Sophia and Corrin. How about posting the recipes? We shared a lot of information and tried some different materials.

Corrin tried out some neocolors while some of the other members worked on setting up and photographing a Christmas still life. We had so much fun that we are already planning next year's December meeting!

This is the link to purchase the proportional divider I had at our last meeting. It is a very helpful tool. Accurasee Proportional Divider http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QSBA2S/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00

watermarking our images

The following link takes you to an article on how to watermark your images in photoshop, something we all should be doing so they can't be used.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/watermark-images-photoshop/

This is my finished painting of a Pelican. Subject was done with Colored Pencil and the background is a combination of Colored Pencil and Oil Pastels. It was done on green Canson Mi Teintes paper. The painting is 12" X 16.25"

This the finished picture I did of my son Aaron. It is done entirely with Colored pencil on black Canson Mi Teintes paper. Painting is 14.5" X 16"

I just finished this 6" x 6" colored pencil on watercolor board. I used both dry and wet pencils and also the Icarus board which actually heated up the watercolor board pretty well. I really struggled with the grain. The board is too hard to get into the nooks and crannies and I was unhappy with the amount of specks.

Membership Renewal

It's that time again!
Membership renewal for Local and National are due November 1. Renew your national at cpsa.org and watch your email for your local form. Local dues can be paid at next meeting (nov. 10) without any lapse.

Wouldn't this be great for cps?

http://www.crafterscompanion.co.uk/spectrum-noir-1421/accessories-1502/crafters-companion-ultimate-storage-20146.htm

go on fishing

this is a color pencil work on pastel paper

Explore This is now taking submissions until November 25. You can download a prospectus at http://cpsa.org/images/stories/exhibitions/et9-prospectus-20120819.pdf
Don't miss the October meeting where we will be photographing and learning how to upload work for submissions. You do not need to submit to this exhibit to participate.

Go to the bottom on the right hang column and click "join this group" then if you like go to the top right and type in your email address so you are notified whenever there is a post.

Members of the chapter should have recieved an invitation to become "author" on the blog, which means by going to the "post" button on the very top right you will have the ability to post to the blog and upload photos. I would like to see all members sign up as followers to this blog. You can do that in the right hand column.