Volume 11 Issue 1 December 2017

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1 Newsletter Brief High Plains Decorative Artists December 2017 High Plains Decorative Artists, SDP PO Box 3603 Littleton, CO Volume 11 Issue 1 December 2017 Note from Janet, 2017 HPDA President Dear Members, 2017 is rapidly coming to a close. I hope you enjoyed this year s programs as much as I did. Thank you, Cec Rae, for arranging such a diverse offering of painting projects for us! I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with for next year. We also enjoyed several wonderful seminars. Thank you, Carolyn Culwell, for arranging them. This is a big job and we appreciate all your efforts! Thanks also to Jan Wells for infusing new life into our Ways and Means and Community Outreach projects. And thank you members for responding in a big way to our plea for memory boxes. This was an amazing year for the Chapter! We will end the year with one last event! Please plan to attend the Holiday Party on December 9. We will begin set up at 10:30 am. Please bring decorations so we can make the cafeteria look festive. Thank you to those who have volunteered to bring the soups and salads/vegie tray. If you have not let me know you are coming, please do so. I want to make sure there is enough food, etc. Our new board was elected in November. I look forward to being your President for 2018 and working with this new board. As members, it is your responsibility to let your board know what you would like to do in 2018 and then support those decisions by attending the meeting and program. One way to do that is to bring ideas of projects you would like to learn to the December meeting. If you are a teacher, bring projects you would like to teach. I am sure you can bring some interesting and exciting learning possibilities. If you were at the meeting in November, you are aware I was waiting for Mark Polomchak to send his contract. Well, he did! His seminar is scheduled for March 10 & 11, 2018! We will open registration at the December meeting. There are limited spaces so please act quickly. For details, see Carolyn s seminar article in this newsletter. I wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukah and a wonderful New Year. See you soon! Janet

2 Monthly Programs Future Programs All on second Saturday of the month and 10 am unless noted with * (Seminars also listed in italics) *December 9th 10:30 Holiday Party Your packing list Program suggestions Food/drink Hand-made ornament Optional centerpiece Form and $15 payment for 2018 membership Monies for January program Monies for March Seminar 2018 *January 9 am Owl Wendy Goldberg TBD Tracey Moreau s Poppies Wendy Goldberg March 10 & 11 Mark Polomchak - watercolors April 14 &15, Laurie Speltz Oct 13 & 14 Janelle Johnson Programs Cec Rae Hi Ladies, The Holiday Meeting next month will be a potluck, People have signed up for 5 soups, 5 salads, bread/side dish and desert. Please RSVP if you did not sign up already so we can prepare. We will begin set-up at 10:30. Bring a wrapped hand-made ornament ($15 limit) for a gift exchange. Bring a centerpiece or decoration if you like Everyone start thinking of programs you would like to participate in for We are changing things up a bit--the programs for 2018 will be selected at the holiday party instead of in January. Therefore, please, bring pictures and ideas of what YOU would like to see presented. If you would like to teach a program, bring a sample of what you would feel comfortable teaching. I can't wait to see what ideas you creative ladies will come up with. Cec

3 January Program HOOT & ANNIE OWL CLASS - a combination of painting and colored pencils! Many of you have already signed up and paid...thank you! The last day to sign up is 12/9 at the Holiday Party. For $30 (payable to Wendy Goldberg) There is no class fee!!! You get 2 artist panels, Erika Joanne pattern packet, a wonderful step-by-step with photos, JoSonja paints to use, 7 colored pencils to keep. If you want to bring your own pencils, its $20. The pencils needed are Prismacolor Pencils- 905 Aquamarine, 935 Black, 1082 Chocolate, 932 Violet, 1090Kelp Green, 921Pale Vermillion, 1002 Yellowed Orange. I will also have the mini black easels 2 for $3, they are optional. The JoSonja colors (in case you want to bring your own) are: Aqua, Brilliant Violet, Carbon Black, Fawn, Raw Sienna, Titanium White, Wild Rose, Yellow Deep, Yellow Green. Other Supplies Regular painting supplies, I used mostly a 3/4" flat, #3 round, #8 Filbert, #1liner. Bring a good assortment of brushes, as we all have our favorites. Pencil Sharpener, duster brush (could use a clean mop), grey graphite paper, stylus, eraser, paper towels, toothbrush or spatter tool. Please call or text if you have any questions - Wendy Goldberg Seminars Carolyn Culwell & Janet Gropp From Seminar Chairs We are happy to announce our March 10 and 11, 2018 seminar with watercolorist Mark Polomchak. We will be co-sponsoring this class with Rocky Mountain Hi Chapter. Registration will begin at our Holiday Party, December 9. The fee will be $200 for the 2 day class and will include paints, mediums, surfaces and lunch. (please no early s or phone call requests). Each chapter will have 13 seats, so be sure to attend Holiday Party and bring your check books! His website is: Other Seminars: April 14 & 15 : Laurie Speltz, Projects to be determined, Laurie is attempting to provide us with new projects, acrylics and stamps Her website is: Her blog is at: October 14 & 15 : Janelle Johnson, Projects to be determined, colored pencils Her website is: janellejohnson.com Don t forget to give Janet(tjgropp3071@msn.com ) or me your ideas for future teachers. Carolyn Culwell cvculwell@bresnan.net

4 Editors Note It s been a pleasure being your Newsletter Editor the past 2 years. Thank-you to all the contributors that keep the content lively and useful. Change and a fresh approach is good for everyone. Chris Hoynes November Project What great little faces! Membership - Renewal Time For SDP, simply logon to SDP with your and pw, then hit the RENEW button. Then renew your HPDA membership at one of the meetings or the Holiday Party. You may also renew by mail by going to the HPDA website, printing out a membership form, add a check for $15.00 and mail to the PO. Box listed on the form. We need all your checks in by the December. Sorry, but we require a form every year even if your information has not changed. Bring a friend to join in our fun monthly projects. They are welcome to come to one meeting before joining. Our updated member list is kept on our website. Login as member to see or print. Do you need the password for the members only section of the HPDA site? Please contact anyone on the board. We do not want to put it in the newsletter since it is posted on the web.

5 Sunshine Beth Newton Please call Beth Newton if you know of a member who needs a little sunshine in a card. December Birthdays Chris Hoynes Beverly Martinez Karen Ramsey Linda Cook Carolyn Culwell Wendy Goldberg Bonita Knepp Verlene Siska HPDA Community Outreach Ways and Mean Jan Wells Ways and Means Door Prizes Because our enhanced door prize money-making efforts for the chapter were so successful in 2017l, we ve decided to bump it up again for 2018! Be watching for an from me after January 1st which will give all members information on changes to our DOOR PRIZES project. Community Outreach Memory Boxes As of November 11, 2017 chapter members have donated 87 Memory Boxes to our community outreach project for infant bereavement. Congratulations and a great big THANK YOU to Judy Hopkins for donating the most memory boxes this year!! Judy decorated and donated 26 beautiful memory boxes and even encouraged her painting buddies to donate another 9!! Judy will be awarded her prize at the HPDA Holiday Party. For 2018 we will continue the MB project just as we did in Members are encouraged to decorate and donate as many boxes as possible during the year. We will have show and tell at each meeting (time permitting) and there will be a prize awarded at the end of the year to the person donating the most boxes. Great news for all members: Verlene Siska asked if there was a way she could help with the project until her painting skills are a little more refined. She was asked if she would like to basecoat boxes in order to help speed up the painting process for the seasoned painters. Verlene enthusiastically agreed she would be happy to help in that way. If anyone else would like to help move things along by base coating boxes, please let me (Jan Wells) know.

6 Painted Pig Project Update I contacted Adam Robe, Executive Director of Families First, for an update on the PPP. Here is a portion of the response from Adam: The bank display fell through and they never got back to me about a new date to be able to display them. In the meantime, four or five of the pigs were purchased while we had them on display in our office. I will double check how many we have left of the ones your group painted. I will tell you that almost every visitor we had in the office had nice things to say about the work your group did! We had planned to take them to our November event as well, but given the limited space we ended up having, we couldn t display them properly, so we did not take them. I will keep you posted on the other ways we will be displaying them and putting them up for sale. Thank you again for everything. Your group is fantastic, and we really enjoy working with you! I asked Adam to let us know if they would like our help with the PPs in Officers and Key Contacts President 1 st Vice President Janet Gropp Cec Rae Decorativesolutions@msn.com cecrae@yahoo.com 2 nd Vice President Secretary Beth Newton Wendy Goldberg elizabethnewton42@gmail.com wendygoldberg@q.com Treasurer and Past-President Seminar Co-Chairs Bevery Martinez Janet Gropp tjgropp3071@msn.com BJ_Martinez701@msn.com Carolyn Culwell cvculwell@bresnan.net Webmaster Newsletter Editor Melinda Barnes Chris Hoynes Melinda@webworldplus.com chris.hoynes8@gmail.com Community Outreach/Ways and Means Jan Wells gypsyzroamer@gmail.com