 (Be sure to Add to Favorites/Bookmark this page) March 2006
Welcome to the Oil Pastel Society! New Professional Members: Desiree Sterbini Sarah Theophilus New Associate Members: Cindy Betzer Pharis WORKSHOPS & DEMOS
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Patricia Isaac will be doing an oil pastel workshop on April 8, 2006 from 9:30 to 2pm at: The Plymouth Guild, Inc. Plymouth Community Art Center 10 Cordage Park Circle, Suite 119 Plymouth, MA 02360
This is a workshop on the ins and outs of oil pastels and various techniques. The class will work from a still life. Space is limited. Call for details. Patricia Isaac is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art with a BFA in drawing and painting. She has also studied at the Art Institute of Boston, and Lesley College. Recently retired from the field of art education as an art and photography instructor as well as the art director of the Rockland Public Schools, Patricia is now working as a full time artist. Her award-winning work has been exhibited in many of the shows around the South Shore. ********** S. H.
Bill Burgin will be holding an Oil Pastel Landscape Workshop at the
Running Deer Retreat near
Danville, Arkansas
April 21-23, 2006. MEMBER NEWS
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Luba Sterlikova and Congressman Brian Baird at the show
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The show, sponsored by the Egyptian Embassy and Congressman Brian Baird, featured artists from different countries. In February 2006, some of Luba Sterlikova's works were among those |
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Featured Artist of the Month – Marie T Harris Marie works in both abstract and representational art. She has found that abstract art has helped her to better see her representational art. Join us as we have…
A conversation with Marie T Harris Oil Pastel Primer Ann Tucker is compiling an extensive list of information for us about the oil pastel medium, for beginners especially. With each article new ideas, helpful hints, etc., will be added to this page. This month’s addition to the OP Primer is: Melting Some New Colors by Wendy Manning
Click here for the Oil Pastel Primer A Tip on Creating Fine Detail By Sarah Theophilus It's lovely having the OPS site to refer students to who enquire about OPs, as there were so few places on the internet before. It gives me great pleasure to see more and more serious artists trying them, they're such a fabulous medium. I work in relatively small sizes under 12” x 16”. The concentration of creating detail in this dimension, I must admit, does sometimes do my head in. But it's a challenge, and that I enjoy. The firmer Holbeins help to a certain degree for finer lines, but I find I use mostly blenders and shapers for the finest details. I added a new page on oil pastel techniques to my web site a little while ago. It's not much yet, but hopefully as time goes on I'll be able to add more information and tips. Editor’s note: There are several very useful tips on the page at her website. http://www.petsinpastel.com/oilpastels.htm Local Chapter News As members begin forming local chapters, we will put links to the chapter information here. If you would like to start a new chapter in your area, contact us. We will see if any other members are in your area. Oil Pastel Society - Chicago Chapter Charter Meeting of the New Chicago Chapter by Ann Tucker
The new OPS-Chicago Chapter had its Charter meeting this month. I sent out an email to all OPS members in the Chicago area. There were about 8 of us interested setting up a group. We traded email (by hitting “reply all” so everyone could see responses). Schedules did not allow for all of us to meet. However we were able to set up an initial meeting with a few of the members. Carol Zack, Maureen McKee and I met over lunch to discuss art, oil pastels and forming a chapter. It was a great time. We each brought photos of our work. It was fun to see the different styles.
We decided that we want to meet once
every 3-4 months. For our next meeting we will do a Plein Air painting event
on Saturday, May 20th with a rain date of Saturday, June 3rd.
We’re looking forward to painting together outside. If you plan to be in the
Chicago area, please plan to join us! If you would like to be a member of this chapter, please visit the blog or contact me at ann@oilpastelsociety.com Future Articles Many of our best articles, demos and tips have come from members. If you have something of interest that you would like to share, please send us an email. Even if you don't think what you have to share could be a whole article, sometimes it can be a starting point for an email conversation which then can turn into an article. There are only a few of us working on this newsletter and it is very easy to run out of ideas. So..... If you have something interesting that you would like to share, please send us an email at: newsletter@oilpastelsociety.com
One way that all of you can help to make the Oil Pastel Society more visible is by placing a link from your personal website to the Society's home page or you can link to your artist gallery from your homepage. Feel free to use the new society logo as a graphic on your links page! Below is the reference and the logo which has been downsized. Copy and paste the reference into one of your web pages and download the graphic and upload to your site. If you have a new email address, please notify membership@oilpastelsociety.com so that our records can be updated and you don't miss out on any of the news! And don't forget, Cafe Press has items for sale featuring our beautiful OPS logo and can be seen at: http://www.cafepress.com/oilpastels Your OPS Staff
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