Great meeting Wednesday night! My take on the whole inspiration/creativity thing as stated by our wonderful speaker......sit down and allow yourself to play.....doesn't have to be a masterpiece every time.....and sketch daily!

Gazette.Net: Good Article on the Glenview Show!

Topher Forhecz, staff writer for Gazette.Net, has covered our show in a very nice article...

Great Show at Glenview Mansion!

I hope that if you were not able to get to the opening of our show at Glenview Mansion on Sunday, October 2, that you have an opportunity to see the work before the show ends on November 1. It's an unmistakable testament to the versatility of colored pencil and the remarkable talent of our many members. Congratulations go out to Karin Heath, who took first place for her "Winter Rose," to Deborah Maklowski, whose "Black Bird" took second place, and to Blair Jackson, for taking third place with "Walking Tall." And our special thanks to Julie Farrell at Glenview Mansion, for all her help and support in getting this show together and up on the walls and for her services as our juror of awards. Thanks, Julie!!

Next Meeting! Pot-Luck at Blair's Farm

Don't forget that Sunday, September 25th is our annual pot-luck at Blair's farm! Kitty will lead a mini-workshop: bring your pencils, a pair of scissors, and "one or two favorite words." Also bring a covered dish and, if your work is scheduled for the Glenview Mansion show, bring that, too. The fun starts at noon: see you there!

Wonderful 109ers

I finally got around to looking at our February newsletter and can't get over how lucky we are to have the kind of people we do volunteering for our group. Vicki gives us the most beautiful, inviting newsletter I can imagine. Blair just doesn't slow down does she, exuding that energy?! Then I went to the website and was blown away by the job that Deborah does there. She put together another great collage of our works to adorn the top of the home page. (Contact Deborah if you want to share anything on the blog.)

Talented, generous people all. Thanks. Betty

Great Meeting

Robin and I really enjoyed the meeting last night at Blair, Inc. The video showing how the Prismacolor pencils are made was extremely interesting, and getting the free stuff was very nice also. Robin and I both thought that the jpg images of the art that our chapter has produced were the best ever! "Way to go y'all"!

DC109 Now on Facebook

CPSA District Chapter 109 now has its own Facebook page! Click the link to the right to become a fan, and post your news, photos, ideas, and work in progress on our Wall.