August 2010 Meeting
by Shelby Waldecker
According to Ede Streiff, "Painting should be about having fun," and that is just what we did at our August 12th meeting.
Her demonstration began with a lesson on board preparation for her artwork. First - paint mat board with acrylic paint (your choice of color), let dry. Next - mix pumas gel with a splash of water & apply to paper with brush, leaving brush strokes for texture. Let dry. It was amazing what this surface added to the appearance of her finished product.
Ede used a photograph and worked rather quickly (for someone claiming to be a beginner in pastels). I thought she was magical. I loved the simplicity of her composition and her beautiful bright colors. Her picture took shape immediately. She made the entire process appear completely effortless and it was a lot of fun to watch.
She passed around a set of “Girault“ pastels - medium soft and her favorite for pleinair. We were introduced to several colors I have not seen before one being "Eggplant," by Terry Ludwig which was beautiful. And last, but not least, we were all treated to some wonderful samples: mat board, new paper product by Clairfontaini of France, a choice of 2 pastels by Terry Ludwig, a Dakota catalog & $5.00 gift certificate.
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June 2010 Meeting
Alicia Sotherland
Alicia Sotherland presented the demo
at our June 10th meeting at the El Toro Library. Those in
attendance were "wowed" as much by Alicia's stunning painterly
portraits as by her effervesant personality. She made fans of
us all and she conjured up a portrait before our eyes on
her favorite mount, suede matboard.
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May 2010 Meeting
Joann Quinlivan
Such an entertaining lady our past president!! As
charming and delightful as her paintings!!
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April 2010 Meeting
Scott Jones
USPA member Scott Jones presented the demo at our April meeting at the El Toro Library, where he shared his technique of using an India ink wash to build up the values of his underpainting before applying pastels to the surface. In Scott's own words...
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February 2010 Meeting
September McGee
Our February meeting was the second demonstration hosted at the studio of September McGee.
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Our Next Meeting
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The USPA Paint-Around!
Are you the type of person who, when you are sitting in your chair at the monthly USPA meeting and watching someone demonstrate a new technique or style, sometimes just feels this itching in your fingertips? Do you want to feel those sticks in your own hands, want to be the one getting a little "down and dirty" with your favorite pastels? Oh, have we got a meeting for you!
Saturday, September 11, at Shelby Waldecker's home (21 Paseo Carla, San Clemente), from 10am ‘til 1pm we are having the first, and hopefully annual, USPA Paint-Around! Never enjoyed a paint-around before? Well, here is how it works.
We will have five easels around the room, pastels and a pastel board at each along with a reference photo of what is to be painted. Each setup also has a sign-up sheet for members, with starting times. You'll have time before we begin in earnest to peruse the photos, and sign up for your times, each one being a 10-minute stint at the easel, working on the painting at hand. Members just need to make sure they don't "double-book" their time if signing up for more than one piece.
We are going to create five paintings in one hour and ten minutes, each one painted by six different USPA members. When you are not painting you get to enjoy watching other members paint. If there are any "open time slots" on the sign-up sheets, we will draw a member's name out of a hat and they will have the honor of painting during that open slot.
When the painting is over we will have a raffle for each of the paintings, so you may come out of the meeting the proud owner of a USPA masterpiece.
Think Food, fun, personal interaction with your fellow USPAers and pastel painting! Just know, you don't want to miss this one!
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