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CPPG Colored Pencil Points JUNE 2018: THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA VOLUME 7 ISSUE 6 President s Message I want to start by thanking all of our members who participated in our first Miniature Judged Show.

A special thanks to our committee chairs and members who supported this effort: Donna Caputo, Barbara Varnadoe, Bob Koudelka, Ellen Miller, Jackie Ullrich, Alison Freeman, Diane Penci, Laura Petrera,

1 CPPG Colored Pencil Points JUNE 2018: THE VILLAGES, FLORIDA VOLUME 7 ISSUE 6 President s Message I want to start by thanking all of our members who participated in our first Miniature Judged Show. It turned out to be beyond our expectations. A special thanks to our committee chairs and members who supported this effort: Donna Caputo, Barbara Varnadoe, Bob Koudelka, Ellen Miller, Jackie Ullrich, Alison Freeman, Diane Penci, Laura Petrera, Cathy Stone, Marsha McGill, Cheryl Gates, Ruth Paul, Sally Guerette and Charlene Chapman. Our judge for the show was Kathy Pollock, president of the Miniature Art Society of Florida. Thanks to Cathy Stone and her husband, who invited Kathy Pollock and her husband to stay in their home for two nights, making it possible for our participating artists to meet and chat with our judge during the reception on Sunday. The new exhibits are hanging at Rohan, and if you have not seen them yet, it is worth your time to go and see it. Our featured artist is Ruth Paul. I want to thank Victoria Peterson for coordinating these exhibits, and thank you Cheryl Gates, Marsha McGill, and Sue Franz for your help and support. Our activities are slowing down; however, plans for future activities continue to be

2 worked on behind the scene. Our Membership Committee will be busy this summer putting together the 2019 Membership Directory. If you would like to be listed in the new directory, please renew your membership for October 2018 September 30, 2019 by June 30. We have started to put together a committee to take charge of the 2018 Rohan Fall Festival on November 10. More information will follow in the July edition of the newsletter. If you would like to help out, please contact Mary Tougas, tougasfm@gmail.com, Victoria Peterson, victoriapeterson2000@yahoo.com, or Renee Conboy, renee3088@embarqmail.com. I am looking forward to seeing many of you at our June 13 monthly meeting. For those of you who have gone back north for the summer, I hope you will have a great time with family and friends, and look forward to seeing you in the fall. Please remember that we will not have a monthly meeting in July, but looking forward to seeing you again in August. Renee May s Featured Artist Dawn Mastrodonato Mom s Gardenia on our frontispiece this month is by CPPG artist Dawn Mastodonato. It looks perfect for a month associated with weddings and brides. Dawn is a long-time member of CPPG, and she has won several awards for her work. She also cheers up people with fun and beautiful pictures through . Below are some of her other charming works.

May Miniature Show was a Giant Success Although the focus

not keep the pictures from being interesting and powerful

3 May Miniature Show was a Giant Success Although the focus of May s show was on miniatures, there was nothing small about the success of this exhibition. Members showed 37 works of art, all in the same sized frames. No work exceeded 25 square inches, but the small size did not keep the pictures from being interesting and powerful works of art. First Place was awarded to Sue Franz for Old Busy Shopping Street. Second Place was awarded to Donna Caputo for Orchard Fresh.

4 Tom Kunnath took the third place award with Junior. Honorable Mention Awards went to Top Left: Jane Connolly Piling on the Coal ; Top Right: Joy Martin Morning Market ; Bottom: Kathy Enos Yellowstone 3

5 Awards of Merit were awarded to Top left: Connie Chandler Flora ; Top Right: Victoria Peterson Forest Walk ; Bottom: Charlene Chapman The Guardian

6 The rest of the entries in the show were miniature miracles as well

May Meeting Our 2017 Art Award Recipient Shared Her Successful First Year in College Melany Torres, our 2017 Art Award Recipient, shared with us her art from her first year at the University of South

9 May Meeting Our 2017 Art Award Recipient Shared Her Successful First Year in College Melany Torres, our 2017 Art Award Recipient, shared with us her art from her first year at the University of South Florida. Members were impressed by the amount of art Melany produced during the year in various media. Melany s poised and wellplanned presentation assured us that our award went to a deserving participant.

Barbara Perron Engaged the Membership with an Insight into the Camp Villages Experience :

colored pencil painting, blending, shading, and burnishing to the Camp Villages attendees.

on June 18 and 19 from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m, and on July 30 and 31 from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.

10 Barbara Perron Engaged the Membership with an Insight into the Camp Villages Experience : Using only the three primary colors, Barb showed us how the Camp Villages volunteers teach colored pencil painting, blending, shading, and burnishing to the Camp Villages attendees. Camp Villages Colored Pencil Painting classes will be held at Big Cypress Recreation Center on June 18 and 19 from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m, and on July 30 and 31 from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. The membership enjoyed being engaged in a morning of using our basic colored pencil skills.

11 Programs June 13 Meeting - Eileen Sklon Tips and tricks for taking photos with your cell phone Eileen Sklon has been a photographer for 40 years and enjoys using the many ways that she can make an image look like a painting. She will be focusing on using cell phones to take pictures and will provide tips to take better reference photos and apps to make them more artistic. July 11 Meeting cancelled Camp Villages will be using our meeting room that day August 8 Meeting Kelly Lynch Techniques for using colored pencils on Colorfix paper Kelly will display her beautiful paintings of birds and demonstrate her technique using brushes and burnishing on Colorfix paper (sandpaper like). Members will have an opportunity to follow along and use this technique to paint a feather on Colorfix paper. Paper will be provided by the Guild. Members are asked to bring a work surface, sharpener, kneaded eraser, and Prismacolor colored pencils. Pencils include warm and cool greys, black 935, white 938, bronze 1028, light umber 941, and dark umber 947. Kelly also uses a ¼ inch wide short, stiff brush for blending. If you do not own this type of brush, you can either work on your feather using her technique with just the pencils, or, optionally, bring a brush you can buy at On the site, choose Pat Lentine s blender and the small blender brush for $6. Contact Diane Dumas at or ddumas100@comcast.net with any questions.

SEYA ART AWARD FOR 2018 CPPG 2018 Art Award Presentation at June Meeting We welcome this year s winner, Jonnia Reeves, to the June CPPG meeting where she will be presented with an award of $1000 to

At that time, she will talk to the Guild about her portraits, family influence on her art, her college program, and future goals.

12 SEYA ART AWARD FOR 2018 CPPG 2018 Art Award Presentation at June Meeting We welcome this year s winner, Jonnia Reeves, to the June CPPG meeting where she will be presented with an award of $1000 to help her gather the materials she will need to pursue her study in the visual arts. At that time, she will talk to the Guild about her portraits, family influence on her art, her college program, and future goals. Please join us to view Jonnia s beautiful portrait art and congratulate her on this award. ************************************************************ Pam Young s Colored Pencil Classes Classes for this Semester July/ August 2018 Register Now Colored Pencil Beginner 1 A brand new Colored Pencil 1 has been added! Colored Pencil Beginner 1 If you are a beginner to Colored Pencil then this class is for you. You will learn all about the techniques involved in producing realistic colored pencil paintings. Additional supplies must be purchased from the instructor for $ No art or drawing background is required. The new class will begin Tuesday, July 24, 31, August 7, (skip Aug. 14), 21, and 28. It will be held at Eisenhower Recreation Center from 1-3 p.m. You can register NOW. Online registration is at Districtgov.org or you may register in person at Lake Miona, Eisenhower, Rohan, or Hacienda Recreation Centers. Supply list will be given at registration. Colored Pencil Intermediate 4 This class is an independent study class. Optional lessons include using dark paper and different surfaces, watercolor pencils, and drawing glass. Students bring what they are currently working on in colored pencil, and the instructor will provide individual instruction on blending techniques, composition, and color selection. Colored Pencil Experience is a prerequisite. Class meets Wednesdays from 1-3 p.m. at Eisenhower Recreation Center. It goes from August 1 through August 29. Supply list will be given at registration. New Semester- October March 2019 August 2, the new semester begins, and you can sign up for classes then. There will be an Expo on August 2 at Lake Sumter Landing. Meet the instructors and find out about the classes. You may sign up there or online.

Product Review: Derwent Pencil Sharpener by Jan Jones You are probably going to think that I need my head examined, and you would be correct. Why? I bought ANOTHER pencil sharpener.

After I received it, I took it into a workshop at Laurel Manor and enlisted the help of my fellow artists to help rate this cutie. Well, the cutie fast turned into a ####@@@^^^^^!

13 Product Review: Derwent Pencil Sharpener by Jan Jones You are probably going to think that I need my head examined, and you would be correct. Why? I bought ANOTHER pencil sharpener. But this sharpener is so cute, how could I resist? Notice in the photo that it looks like a revival of a 100-year-old sharpener with a hand crank. I just had to give it a try. After I received it, I took it into a workshop at Laurel Manor and enlisted the help of my fellow artists to help rate this cutie. Well, the cutie fast turned into a ####@@@^^^^^!!! I broke so many tips off my pencils I had to enlist the help of Joe Krizek to dislodge them when I couldn t do it. Well, that was until Cheryl Gates read the directions and told me that I could take it apart and easily view the interior mechanism to dislodge the offending tip myself. But why were the tips breaking off anyway? Well, more instructions were read, and, lo and behold, I was finally able to sharpen a pencil to one of the longest, sharpest points I have ever seen! The group cheered my success but were probably disappointed that the howls of laughter would now change to murmurs of appreciation. I think the other workshop attendees, however, were probably delighted that some peace and quiet might now allow them to enjoy doing their art. Because you need to see the long sharp point this sharpener makes, I took a photo of one for you. I really love the long point because I don t have to sharpen the pencil as often. But, did I think that this Derwent sharpener would become my number one go-to sharpener? No, I didn t because there are several steps you have to take prior to sharpening the pencil that were aggravating to me. I was giving this sharpener a rating of 1 out of 5 stars. At home I took the sharpener out while I worked on a new project. I used it once, twice, 20 times and I began to really like it. The points are fantastic! No batteries, just a hand crank. Only a few turns of the crank and, voila!, a point to rival the best of the sharpeners. Quiet, no aggravating noise like the electrical sharpeners. Tiny and easy to transport. It can be clamped to the table so it doesn t move around, but I prefer just to hold it. My rating has now changed to a 4 out of 5 stars. I m sure that is an enormous surprise to my fellow artist-evaluators and me, too!

Derwent Super Point Mini Manual Pencil Sharpener (2302000) on Amazon $18.

14 Derwent Super Point Mini Manual Pencil Sharpener ( ) on Amazon $18.66 Oh, no, while I was looking this one up on Amazon to find a price for you, I found another Derwent sharpener similar to this that costs $ Hmmm, I wonder if it is a new and improved version of my model??... Announcements Sunshine If you know of a member who is ill, recovering from surgery, or has had a death in the family, please let me know. I ll send that member an appropriate card on behalf of our Guild. Eleanor Kinney T-Shirts Just a reminder that I have some T-Shirts in stock for sale, or if you prefer, you can bring in a T-shirt or Polo shirt of your choice, and I will be happy to put the logo on the shirt at the cost of $ You can also just buy the logo for $ If you have any questions, please give me a call. Thanks, Don t forget to submit pictures to be featured in CPPG Pencil Points! We need submissions for future issues. Send them to routtejane88@gmail.com. Don t be shy!! We want to see your work!!

Don t forget that the refreshment table at our monthly meetings welcomes contributions from the membership. CPPG Calendar for 2018 Monthly meetings begin at 9:00 a.m. for social time with the business meeting and program beginning at 9:30 a.

15 Don t forget that the refreshment table at our monthly meetings welcomes contributions from the membership. CPPG Calendar for 2018 Monthly meetings begin at 9:00 a.m. for social time with the business meeting and program beginning at 9:30 a.m. Meetings are on the second Wednesday of each month at La Hacienda Recreation Center. Planning meetings begin at 1:00 p.m. at La Hacienda Recreation Center. Planning Meetings begin at 1:00 p.m. on the first Friday of each month at La Hacienda Recreation Center. Lake Miona Workshops are on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. Laurel Manor Workshops are on the first and third Monday of each month at 9:00 a.m. Rohan Regional Recreation Center Workshops are on the third Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. CPPG Calendar for 2018 (as of June 1, 2018) JUNE June 1, 2018 Planning Meeting June 4, 2018 Laurel Manor Recreation Center Workshop Pam Young June 7, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas June 13, 2018 Monthly Meeting - Artist/Photographer Eileen Sklon, How to Use your Cell Phone to Take Pictures and Introduction of CPPG s 2018 Art Award Recipient June 14, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas June 18, 2018 Laurel Manor Recreation Center Workshop Pam Young June 20, 2018 Rohan Recreation Center Workshop Victoria Peterson June 21, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas June 27, 2018 Lake Miona Recreation Center Workshop Jan Jones June 28, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas JULY July 2, 2018 Laurel Manor Recreation Center Workshop Pam Young July 5, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas July 6, 2018 No Planning Meeting July 11, 2018 No Monthly Meeting July 12, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas July 16, 2018 Laurel Manor Recreation Center Workshop Pam Young July 18, 2018 Rohan Recreation Center Workshop Victoria Peterson

16 July 19, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas July 25, 2018 Lake Miona Recreation Center Workshop Jan Jones July 26, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas AUGUST August 2, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas August 3, 2018 Planning Meeting August 6, 2018 Laurel Manor Recreation Center Workshop Pam Young August 8, 2018 Monthly Meeting Kelly Lynch Demo Using brushes and burnishing on Colorfix paper August 9, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas August 15, 2018 Rohan Recreation Center Workshop Victoria Peterson August 16, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas August 20, 2018 Laurel Manor Recreation Center Workshop Pam Young August 22, 2018 Lake Miona Recreation Center Workshop - Jan Jones August 23, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas August 30, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas SEPTEMBER September 3, 2018 Hanging Laurel Manor Exhibit Sue Franz Workshop Laurel Manor Pam Young September 6, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas September 7, 2018 Planning Meeting September 12, 2018 Monthly Meeting 7th CPPG Anniversary Potluck & Surprise September 13, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas September 15, 2018 Judge Show Hanging at Lake Miona September 16, 2018 Judge Show Reception at Lake Miona September 17, 2018 Laurel Manor Recreation Center Workshop Pam Young September 19, 2018 Take Down and Hanging Rohan Recreation Center Exhibits Victoria Peterson Rohan Recreation Center Workshop Victoria Peterson September 20, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas September 26, 2018 Lake Miona Recreation Center Workshop Jan Jones September 27, 2018 Fenney Recreation Center Workshop Mary Tougas

NEWSLETTER JUNE 2014 / Volume 4 Issue 6

NEWSLETTER JUNE 2014 / Volume 4 Issue 6 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE JUNE PROGRAM WE DID IT!!! You are probably wondering why I am so excited. For the first time since the inception of our Guild in June of 2011,