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PWP memberMelissa Crowther

will be demonstrating painting on Silk.

Vol. 25 No. 2 March/April 2014

Please RSVP to Dee DeLorenzo:ddelores@verizon.net or call 717-728-9470 with a

“Yes, I’ll be there”, or “Sorry, I can’t make it” response by Wed., Mar. 12th

so that we can set up the room.

EVERYBODY’S IRISH on St. Patrick’s Day!

Doors open at 6 p.m, the business meeting starts at 6:30 & our Program begins at 7 p.m. We meet at Messiah Village

Wherever you go, whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be there with you!

Penns Woods Painters March Program

Our March Program is drawing near; We’ll share a bit of Malarkey

And lots of Root Beer. (Make no mistake, you’ll want to be here!)

So, put on your green, and join us

on March 17th.

Hello Fellow Painters!I would like to thank everyone that came to the Installation meeting in January! I really enjoy see-ing everyone and talking with you all and loved doing our glass pendants, they all came out so beautiful!I am eagerly anticipating our Member Appreciation Retreat on March 1st and I just know (wink) (wink) there won’t be any bad weather!! I’m thinking Spring so much I think my head will burst. HA! HA!If you haven’t attended a meeting recently we would really love to see you this year. We have proj-ects scheduled after our meetings throughout the year that are differ-ent from what we normally do. We are trying to spice things up and shake them around to make sure our creative juices continue to flow.A big THANK YOU to Linda Kapp and Wendy Beckmann for agreeing to head up the Tea & Art Show this year!!! Please contact them if you would like to help out with refresh-ments and getting our Tea & Art Show up and running again.Remember to check out our new website for all the details and dates of what’s happening at Penns Woods Painters: pennswood-spainters.wordpress.comI hope to see you all soon!! Keep those brushes busy!! Joyce

Members who attend the May meeting will be able to participate in

a Silent Auction.

Chair painted by Judy Diephouseand a Raffle

Flowers painted by Maureen McNaughton.Silent Auction items –

prices are based on bids Raffle tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Put

your tickets in the ‘bucket’ for your selected item! See Hilary to purchase your tickets.

President’s Message Get excited for the May 2014 Meeting

 

 

 

andRoses by

Trudy Beard

(Lazore)

As you read this edition of our PWP newsletter, our Member Ap-preciation Retreat plans are still underway. We are anticipating a day that will let us all have some fun, learn something new, and paint with friends. Let’s hope the weather holds! You know, I am sure, that your MAR committee members are checking the forecast daily!

Thank you to Sandy Scales, who is bringing us Betty Caithness’s techniques, and teaching us a brand new unpublished pattern. Thanks to Jackie Nowak, too, for

welcoming Sandy into her home, while Sandy is here with us. Linda Kapp and her husband, Kirk, made the boxes that we are painting for this Retreat class, and Sue Wenning prepped all of them, so they are ready for you all to start when Sandy gives us the go-ahead! A buffet lunch is being pro-vided, thanks to the Fireside Grill staff. Your committee members have planned a day of learning, painting, prizes and goodies!Take a look at the pictures of what we will be painting with Sandy.

Membership Report

PWP Member Appreciation Retreat, Saturday, March 1, 2014

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Please welcome our two newest members, Pat Keeler and Donna Tucker. We currently have 48 members. It’s not too late to be a part of PWP. Join us today!

Thanks to Lois Eckert, and her daughter, 12 more boxes were de-livered to Her-shey hospital in late January. At the Janu-ary meeting, 6 boxes were taken and 11 were returned. We have a total of 40 painted boxes on hand at Hilary’s, and Dottie has some on hand in case Harris-burg Hospital has a need, before we can have our Memory Box Paint In. Unfortunately, we had to postpone the Paint-In originally scheduled for February 15. Our Memory Box Paint-In is now

scheduled for May 3. Perhaps, with the nicer weather, more of you will

be able to join us. Let Hilary know via email (hilaryfelin-ski@comcast.net) or phone (leave a voicemail) (717 730 9220)). For both proj-ects, it is recom-mended that the basecoat color be a medium to dark value. For the lace design, a corre-sponding white value is needed.

Hilary has the color list for the Dove project, so let her know if you need it to get ready for May 3!Here are some pictures of both designs.

Memory Box Paint-In Redo May 3rd

 

How happy do you think Lois is with her Ginger Edwards chair?

We are looking forward to our next officially scheduled Paint-In on June 7, 2014 with Pat Meyers. We will be painting Pat’s “Cat Playing With a Ball of Yarn”. Here is the picture for you to review in order to decide which surface you want to use. I will have a sign-up sheet at the March meeting. For those that sign up, the instruction sheet and pattern will be e-mailed to you. For those who don’t have e-mail access,hard copies will be provided to you. Let’s have a great year painting with our very own talented instruc-tors. Hattie

Painting at the Library

June 2014 Memory Box Paint-In

RemindeRYou must be a member in good standing to participate in paint-ins.

We want you to join us!

An opportunity came to Barb Lehman’s attention that the Library in Mechanicsburg was looking for differ-ent commnity programs. PWP is set up to instruct a make-it/take-it project for Wednesday May 7th. The faux salt glaze pottery was suggested to be a good be-ginner project. So, mark you calendars if you can lend a hand. Program will start at 6:00 p.m.. PWP will be represented by a few members, so far, who would teach and assist in doing the project you see pictured to the left. If you have some time and would be able to

help with this, it would be wonderful. Contact Barb Lehman if you can.

Messiah Village is looking for our artwork! As we have done in the past, we will be displaying our art in the Village Commons hallway, near the gift shop. Like the last time, we will also have the curio cabinet for non-hanging items.If you choose, you can sell your pieces. Each artist is responsible for pricing their items. Messiah has a great hanging system but it isn’t al-ways friendly with picture hangers. The best way to hang your artwork is with wire but we have been able to customize most artwork to hang.We will be meeting at Messiah Vil-lage Commons on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 3pm. I would like to know ahead of time how many paint-ers will be sharing their pieces, so please email me at lindakapp21@gamil.com if you are interested in hanging your artwork for the month of April. Penns Woods Painters donates 10% of all sales to Messiah Village and collects 6% sales tax. Linda Kapp

Art Display, Messiah Village Commons, April 2014

Art & Tea Show coming Sunday, October 26. Watch for more information in the next newsletter, on line and on Face-book. So, lucky you, Linda Kapp and Wendy Beckmann stepped up to the plate to plan the Tea for this year. We will surely want others to join in on the fun, so lock this date down on your calendar now. Having done so, there won’t be any reason in the world not to come out for a cup of tea and a chance to converse with everyone else who is as passionate as you are about painting. A chance to show off some of things you have been working on and to see what others have done that might inspire you for the next year. Who knows where it might lead?

First – if you are planning to join us for May 3, Memory Box Paint-In, and you do not have the Scharff brushes that Arlene Linton recom-mends, please be reminded that we need a minimum order of $300 retail to benefit from the chapter fundraiser order. We have a second chance to get ready for May 3! As you may remember, for 2014, we will be having both a Silent Auction and a Raffle of some big

brush items at our Saturday meet-ings. At our January meeting, Lois Eckert won the Ginger Edwards Chair, Pat Meyers won the Judy Diephouse Stroke Plate, and Doris Kohler won Maureen McNaugh-ton’s White Poppy. Congratula-tions to each of you! For our May meeting, we will have another Judy Diephouse piece for our Silent Auction, as well as

a Trudy Beard piece and a second Maureen McNaughton piece avail-able for your raffle ticket selections. For the Silent Auction, you each will need to write in the amount you are bidding on the chair. For the raffle pieces, when you pur-chase your raffle tickets, you will put 1 ticket of the pair in the ‘bucket’ next to your selection.

Ways and Means

Treasurer’s Report

Starting  Balance 11/30/13 15,793.20                                                Income

Membership 500.00                                Dorothy  Miller  Donation 1,000.00                          ways/means  Art  Sales 444.84                                ways/means  RADA  sales 140.63                                seminar,  gift  certificate 50.00                                    

Total  Income 12/1/13  to  12/30/13 2,135.47                                                    

Expensesseminar  set  up  fee 50.00                                    ways/means  art  sales 375.63                                Operations  -‐  domain  and  check  copy 15.95                                    

total  Expenses 12/1/13/  to  12/30/13 441.58                                                          .Balance 12/30/13 17,487.09                                                 corrected

Begin  balance 17,487.09                                                 correctedIncome

Membership 100.00                                Ways/Means  Rada 70.25                                    Ways/Means  meeting 226.00                                Donations  for  MAR 50.88                                    jan  program   97.75                                    

total  Income 544.88                                                          Expenses

Programs 74.25                                    Operations/Rent 85.00                                    MAR   50.88                                    

Total  Expenses 210.13                                                          Ending  balance  1/31/14 17,821.84                                                

December  2013  activity

January  1  to  January  30

Messiah VillageJanuary 18, 2014

Call to Order: President Joyce Gutierrez called our meeting to order at 9:32 a.m.

Installation of Officers: Joyce called the 2014 officers to the front of the room. Joyce’s sister, Cindy Black, served as M.C. The new of-ficers were each presented with a scarf hand-made by Joyce.

New officers presented were:President: Joyce GutierrezVP Programs: Dee DeLorenzoVP Membership: Barb LehmanTreasurer: Hilary FelinskiSecretary: Elaine Moran

Programs: Dee DeLorenzo, VP of Programs, announced the program for the day – Seasonal Pendants taught by Hilary Felinski. Each member present got a kit which contained 4 glass pendants, a chain, and bails. Extra chains were available for $1.00.

Dee announced the Monday, March 17 membership meeting will feature Melissa Crowther who will be do-ing a demo of painting on silk with dyes. The Saturday, May 17 meeting will feature Doris Kohler who will be teaching us how to paint on silk scarves with Sharpies. PWP will help augment costs. More details will follow.

Membership:Barb Lehman announced that we currently have 44 paid members, and two more will be coming in the mail.

Treasurer’s Report:Treasurer Hilary Felinski gave the following report:

Beginning Balance $ 15,821.00 Income: $ 3,566.57 Expenses: $ 2,005.74 Ending Balance: $ 17,381.83

Memory Boxes:The February 15 paint-in will be memory boxes. Examples were on display of dove boxes and various lid designs. Members were asked to sign the sheet and

indicate how many boxes that they could prep. The base coating must be done before the paint-in.

Ways and Means:Hilary mentioned that we’ve raised over $150 so far from the sale of Rada Cutlery. She mentioned that this is an ongoing sale and encouraged orders.

Membership Appreciation Retreat:The March 1 member appreciation program will fea-ture a Betty Caithness design of a 4-sided lamp base taught by Sandy Scales. The sides are small (3” x 4”), so Sandy suggested members bring a magnifier as a full-day project of this nature without magnification could strain eyes. Joyce suggested checking at BJ’s for magnifiers. Others suggested trying out the magni-fier before buying. The chapter will cover the costs for the whole day including lunch, instructions, and paints, for everyone who has paid their 2014 member-ship dues. (Bring your own small brushes and regular painting equipment.)

Proposed Budget:Hilary mentioned that copies of the proposed budget were handed out at the November meeting. No one had any questions. She indicated that the 2014 focus will be to help other chapters in the area with atten-dance at their seminars. Joyce asked for a motion to accept the budget. Dottie Shultz made the motion, and it was seconded by Donna Brown. The motion passed.

Scharff Brush Sale:Hilary mentioned that Scharff brushes are recom-mended for the February memory box paint-in. Hilary has the catalog. PWP treasury gets 10% of sales.

Newsletter:Wendy Beckmann talked about the newsletter and said she welcomes tips and suggestions from mem-bers. The Friday following the Board meeting is the deadline for her to receive any items for inclusion in the newsletter.

Publicity:None

Paint-Ins:Hatti Ogle announced the paint-ins for 2014. The February paint-in is the memory boxes. The June 7 will feature a painting of a cat with ball of yarn taught

Penns Woods Painters – General Membership Meeting

by Pat Meyers. August 23 will be a box painted with roses taught by Lois Eckert. Fran Huffman will teach the October 18 program which is a Noel banner.

Volunteers Needed:Joyce asked for a volunteer to chair the tea committee. We have some volunteers to serve on the committee. She also needs volunteers to learn the camera set up for meetings, seminars, and paint-ins and to store the camera. Wendy, Hatti, and Donna volunteered to help with the camera.

Art Display and Sale:Messiah Village is allowing us to hang and sell art. PWP would pay the tax and give them a 10% dona-tion. The artist would get the proceeds less the 10%. Linda Kapp is organizing the April display/sale, and there will be another display/sale in December.

Treasure Boxes: Lois Eckert mentioned that she brought 8 treasure boxes and patterns. Three finished boxes were turned in and given to Caitlin’s Smiles. Hilary has 12 unfin-ished boxes at her house. Volunteers are needed to paint boxes.

New Business:Sylvia Bean is the newest PWP member. The members present welcomed her.

Silent Auction:A chair painted by Ginger Edward was auctioned off. Lois won the chair with her $155 bid. A raffle was held for the Judy Diephouse fall colors plate and the Mau-reen McNaughton white poppy. Doris Kohler won the white poppy, and Pat Meyers won the fall colors plate.

Show and Tell:Dottie Shultz showed her painted glass necklace which she received as a gift which was in keeping with today’s program. Fran Huffman showed a glass pen-dant with a rose painted on it that she got at a HOOT conference.

Miscellaneous Announcements:Betty Lou Zimmerman and Lois Eckert mentioned that they have some hotel spaces available for the Au-gust 2 HOOT conference.

Adjournment:There being no further business, President Joyce moved to end the meeting. There was a motion by Dottie Shultz which was seconded by Hatti Ogle. The meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted,

Elaine Moran, Secretary

Penns Woods Painters – General Membership Meeting cont’d

Linda Kapp April 6Doris Kohler April 8Mary Newby April 17Helen Ludwig April 19Donna Tucker April 26David Vernon April 29

Our meetings have taken a bit of a different shape. We have moved the tables so that we can face one another and share

with one another more easily.

Plan Ahead for

2014 Paint-Ins

August 23rdTaught by

Lois Eckert

October 18thTaught by

Fran Huffman

Mechanicsburg Artist Exhibit The Mechanicsburg Museum has an Artists Exhibit going on now through May 17, featuring artwork from their mu-seum archives, Kas Morret, Dave Keefer, Eva Williams and our own PWP Joyce Gutierrez! The exhibit of local artists within the Mechanicsburg area features various styles, media and methods. Also includ-ed are works from the museum’s collec-tion of Mechanicsburg artists that are seldom available for the public to view.

Penns Woods Painters was asked to contribute to the show and Joyce Gutier-rez took them up on the offer. Her “Fruit” is featured in the sliding cabinet as you can see on the left. Take some time to check out the show. No tickets required. Some very interesting pieces and quite a lot of talent in the little ‘burg. The mu-seum is at 2 Strawberry Alley, Mechanic-sburg, PA.

Day 2014 Dates PurposeSat 1/18/2013 Installation of Officers

MeetingProgram Glass Jewelry Painting

Mon 2/17/2014 Board MeetingSat 3/1/2014 Member Appreciation Retreat - Sandy Scales

Mon 3/17/2014 meeting, program Melissa Crowther Silk Painting Demoall month April Art Display at Messiah

Mon. 4/14/2014 Board MeetingSat 5/3/2014 Memory Box Paint In - Dove and Lace ; moved from Feb 15

Mon - Sat May 12–17 SDP ConventionTown and Country Resort Sat 5/17/2014 meeting, program TBD

Sat 6/7/2014 Paint In Pat Meyers, Cat with YarnMon 6/16/2014 Board Meeting

Mon 7/14/2014 meeting, program TBD

Mon - Sat Aug 11-16 HOOT ConventionColumbus OH

Sat 8/23/2014 Paint In Lois Eckert, RoseMon 8/18/2014 Board Meeting

Sat 9/20/2014 meeting, program Amy Mogish, Colored PencilWed - Sun Oct

TBDNew England Traditions

Marlborough, Massachusetts

Sat 10/18/2014 Paint In Fran Huffman, Noel BannerMon 10/20/2014 Board MeetingSun 10/26/2014 Tea, Art Show

Wed - Sat Nov 12-15 World of Color ExpoWashington, DC

Mon 11/17/2014 meeting, Ornament Exchange, electionall month December Art Display at Messiah

Mon 12/8/2014 Board/Planning Meeting

Penns Woods Painters 2014 Dates and activities

All Penns Woods activities are held in the Community Room at Messiah Village, 100 Mt. Allen Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, unless otherwise noted

Saturday meetings - doors open 9am; meeting - 9:30 am; program - 10:00amMonday meetings - doors open 6:00pm, meeting - 6:30pm; program - 7:00pm

Paint Ins and Seminars - doors open 8am; painting - 9:00am.

bi-monthly board meetings are held at a location to be decided by the 2014 President, unless otherwise noted. Board meetings start time and dates TBD (2014 President decision).

Since we don’t have any seminars on the 2014 PWP calendar, I want to share information to support our local chapters and artist. If you are interested in attending any of these seminars, please let me know and I will make travel arrangements for those interested. I will organize overnight lodging if necessary. * * * * * * *It is also time to think about semi-nars for 2015. I am looking for someone to co-chair this commit-tee with me. I enjoy painting but don’t focus on the artist, so it is my hope that the co-chair would focus on finding artist(s) to come to our chapter. I will then handle the registrations and the event. Please let me know if you are interested in accepting this position. Without a volunteer, we may not have any seminars again.Thank you for being a member of

PWP and please share other semi-nar information you may receive. Also, if you are thinking of attend-ing a seminar locally and need a buddy, let me know. Linda

4/4-5 Kathy George, Old Dominion Decorative Artists, Richmond, VA5/3-4 Gaby Hunt, Pampered Palette, Gainesville, VA $3005/3 & 4 Sandy Scales teaching Betty Caithness design, Southern Maryland Decorative Painters, MD5/12-17 SDP Conference5/16-17 Chris Haughey, Pocono6/6-8 Lynne Andrews, Chesapeake Bay Decorative Artists, MD6/13-14 Ros Stallcup, Old Dominion Decorative Artists, Richmond, VA7/11-13 Brenda Stewart, Steph’s Folk Art, Strasburg, PA8/22-23 Della Wetterman, Pocono9/12-14 Brenda Stewart, PA Mountain Laurel Deco Painters, Hughesville, PA9/22 Beth Wagner, Keystone9/26-28 Debbie Cotton, Chesapeake Bay Decorative Artists, MD10/3-4 Peggy Harris, Lehigh Valley10/10-12 Retreat, Old Dominion Decorative Artists & Tidewater DecorativePainters,Wakefield,VA10/18 -19 Roxanne Puchalski, Southern Maryland Decorative Painters11/12-15 World of Color Expo, Hilton Washington/Dulles Airport, Herndon, VA

Seminars Just got back from our first off site Seminar of 2014. Had a wonderful time color penciling with Amy Mogish in Tam-aqua, PA; Melissa, Barb, Lois and myself. Amy’s next class is April 26 , if anyone is interested please contact Linda Kapp.

Seminars in the areaDid you know...

...that if you use a large mop brush for varnishing you will basically incur no streaking or brush

marks?

...That if you want to keep your pat-

terns, copy them on Jet Ink Transparency

Film?

...that if you use a black eraser you will not get any black smudges?

PWP Officers

Brush Stroke InformationPlease send camera ready ad along with check made payable to Penn’s Woods Painters to Hilary Felinski, 11 Circle Drive, Camp Hill, PA 17011-2608. Brush Strokes, the Newsletter for Penn’s Woods Painters is published six times a year. In addition, Brush Strokes is posted on the chapter’s web site. PWP’s advertising rates are very reasonable and offer a targeted audience for those wishing to advertise their business, shop, classes, woods, painting supplies, or other services. If you would or someone you know would benefit from advertising in Brush Strokes, please contact us for additional information.

Newsletter CommitteeWendy Beckmann - EditorHilary Felinski— Proof EditorJoyce Gutierrez — Proof EditorHilary Felinski— Advertising

ADVERTISING rates Business Card $ 7/Issue $ 30/6 IssuesQuarter Page $10/Issue $ 45/6 IssuesHalf Page $14/Issue $ 70/6 IssuesFull Page $25/Issue $120/6 Issues

PWP Committee Chairs

President Joyce Gutierrez makeme0803@yahoo.comVice President Programs

Dee DeLorenzo ddelores@verizon.net

Vice President Membership

Barb Lehman RBLehman2@verizon.net

Secretary Elaine Moran demoran@verizon.net Treasurer Hilary Felinski hilaryfelinski@comcast.net

2014 Retreat Hilary Felinski hilaryfelinski@comcast.netArt Display at Messiah Linda Kapp lindakapp21@gmail.comArt Show/Tea Linda Kapp

Wendy Beckmannlindakapp21@gmail.comwendybeckmann@verizon.net

Historian TBDMemory Boxes Hilary Felinski/

Joyce Gutierrezhilaryfelinski@comcast.netmakeme0803@yahoo.com

Newsletter Wendy Beckmann wendybeckmann@verizon.netNewsletter Ads Hilary Felinski hilaryfelinski@comcast.netNominating TBDPaint-Ins Hatti Ogle ogle@pa.netPublicity Wendy Beckmann wendybeckmann@verizon.netSeminars Linda Kapp lindakapp21@gmail.comTreasure Boxes Lois Eckert eck1035@aol.comWay and Means Hilary Felinski hilaryfelinski@comcast.netWeb Page Hilary Felinski hilaryfelinski@comcast.net

The 2014 PWP Officers bedecked in their finery, courtesy of new president Joyce.

Can you identify these women? What are they conscentrating so

hard on? Tiny was the word of the day. Tiny strokes, tiny brushes for

the January program.

Raffle winners Pat Meyers and Doris Kohler show off their spoils. Another chance for all in May. Make sure you are at the meeting!

Penns Woods PaintersMembership Application

2014Becoming a member in our chapter is very easy once you have joined SDP. Just send your check for $20 made payable to Penns Woods Painters along with the membership application to:

Penns Woods Painters ATTN: Barb Lehman PO Box 1518 Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

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