The Sun & Mrs. Brady II 1st Place

Margaret Williams-McGowan, PSA

Fall 2015 Jeani Taylor, Editor

2015 MEMBERS’ SHOW

Duet 2nd Place

Richard Lundgren, PSA-MP

Before the Dance Exceptional Merit Award

and People’s Choice Award Marsha Townsend

Just Over There Honorable Mention Award

Wendy Devarieux

Cat’s in the Bag Evelyn Peck Memorial

Exceptional Merit Award Linda Whittaker Dust Bath on a Hot Day (Bison)

Honorable Mention Award Carrie Raeburn, PSA-MP

Morning’s Light Honorable Mention Award

Melody Bogle

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2015 MEMBERS’ SHOW (continued) We offer our sincere thanks to the following: K.C. Williams, Bob Whittaker and staff of the Mattie Kelly Fine and Performing Arts Center, Goetsch Gallery and staff of the

Student Services Center, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, FL. Our Juror and Judge, Cameron Hampton, PSA and IAPS Masters Circle Recipient for her demo and dedication to thoughtful

analysis. Walmart of Narvarre, FL for their donation of our reception's attractive and tasty refreshments. Marilyn Simpson, PSA, for the generous donation of her painting Blue Hydrangeas as a door prize. Our Donors of Awards: Carrie & John Raeburn, The Whittaker Family, Betty Riggs, Linda Broome, Jacque Ifland, Marie

Jackson and Tamara Sturgeon. Our Volunteers: Betty Riggs, Linda Whittaker, Jacque Ifland, Marie Jackson, Carrie & John Raeburn, Barbara Shaneyfelt and

Russell Ferris. And last but certainly not least, our participating Member Artists who have shared their passion and talent with us. Thank you all for your generous support!

You can see the entire show on the society’s web site: pastelsocietyofnorthflorida.org

Awards Presentation Presented by PSNF President, Betty Riggs

Reception Our attractive and tasty refreshments were donated by Walmart of Narvarre, Florida

Drawing for Door Prize Painting Blue Hydrangeas donated by Marilyn Simpson

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MEMBER NEWS LYN ASSELTA “So very pleased to hear that my painting, Falling

Uphill, was juried into the 27th IAPS (Int'l Assoc. of Pastel Societies) Juried Exhibition~ the Web Show. Many thanks to the jurors and congratulations to the artists who created all the other beautiful works in this show.” You'll be able to view this show soon on www.iapspastel.org

KATHY DETRANO “I just won the 'Art Spirit Foundation Gold

Medal Award for Excellence’ for my pastel Warm Morning at the 87th Grand National Exhibition of the American Artists Professional League in New York City. YIPPEE!!!” And more exciting news: Kathy has been nominated to be on the PSA Board of Governors. The entire PSA membership, including Associates, has already been sent ballots and the votes will be counted in December. Good luck, Kathy!

WENDY DEVARIEUX had (3) pastels accepted to the 27th Art in

Gadsden Art Center Show in Quincy, FL and was awarded Best of Show for her painting Lined Up and Waiting. Wendy sold all three paintings in the show and then sold a fourth painting, a couple of weeks later to a fellow who had already purchased one in the Gadsden show. And to top off a really good month of sales, she sold her painting Just Over There that is currently hanging in the PSNF Members’ Show at the Goetsch Gallery, NWFSC Student Services Center.

MARGARET HAMILTON “I am going to have an exhibit at the FSU

Medical College in January 2016. I will have 15 pastels there.”

DEB LAFOGG DOCHERTY “My painting Marsh Morning was

accepted into the Degas Pastel Society members show. My 18"x 24" pastel, A Quiet Moment was accepted into the 27th IAPS Juried Exhibition - The 2015 Web Show. I have a solo show hanging at the Ernest F. Coe Visitors Center Gallery in Everglades National Park for the month of November.”

CYNDI MARBLE won First Place in the July exhibition of the Kudzu

Art Zone, Norcross, GA for her pastel Final Details. She won four awards at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, GA: First Place for her pastel Fair Nights, Fair Lights, along with a Second Place, Honorable Mention and a Purchase Award. Cyndi was Artist in Residence for 3 days at the fair “doing what I do best, painting and talking”. She also sold two additional paintings at the fair.

CARRIE RAEBURN received her third award at the 43rd Annual PSA

Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance in September for her painting Raining Color. This makes her a Master Pastelist, much to her amazement. She recently returned from a wonderful adventure and workshop with Alan Flattmann in China with much praise for her Chinese hosts: The Ming Gallery and Isabelle & Alex Lim. Carrie is also excited to announce that she will be returning to the role of PSNF President on Jan. 1st when her interim appointment to the PSA Board of Governors draws to a close.

Falling Uphill Lyn Asselta

Warm Morning Kathy Detrano

Just Over There Wendy Devarieux

Blacksmith Margaret Hamilton

A Quiet Moment Deborah LaFogg Docherty

Final Details Cyndi Marble

Fair Nights Fair Lights Cyndi Marble Raining Color

Carrie Raeburn

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PASTEL PLUS CAMERON HAMPTON DEMO October 17, 2015

Cameron Hampton, PSA and IAPS Masters Circle Recipient, did a free, open to the public, 3-hour demo for us at the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, Fort Walton Beach, FL.

Using her reference photo, Cameron started with a drawing in vine charcoal on white Canson Mi-Teintes paper. Moving on to color, she began with squiggles of line work in and around her focal point, making sure to repeat the colors elsewhere to aid in both color harmony and movement of the viewer’s eye through the piece.

She then used a hardware store type 1” foam brush, dampened with water and squeezed out, to move the color around a bit. Even though this was Canson paper, the very light and quick use of water did not cause buckling. Drying quickly, the sheet was ready for Cameron to go back in with loose, gestural strokes of pastel.

PSNF served a complimentary lunch during the break to all who attended.

More from Cameron on her work process…

“I piece my paintings together like they're puzzles. It's one of the few techniques I do consistently, as I always try something new with every image I create. I think the biggest failure, as an artist, is to fall into a repetitious redundant rut.

For me, the realization of light is the most important thing. It is paramount. I keep adjusting until the light is just right. And I always remember, artists don't make mistakes, we make adjustments.” Thank You Cameron!

My Heart is in Utrecht (36 x 36 cm on Canson Mi-Teintes)

PSNF Meeting, August 29, 2015

Alan Flattmann was generous to allow us to use his list of Critique Questions at our August meeting where we analyzed multiple paintings to further understand not only how Judges and Jurors make their decisions but also how we can evaluate our own work during the painting process. Thank you, Alan!

And a big thank you to Schmincke and French Canvas who generously donated our three door prizes: a set of 12 Schmincke Soft Pastel and (2) 6x9 panels of the new pastel board, True Grit, by French Canvas.

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DAGGI WALLACE On the Ends and Outs of Commissioned Work From Gail Sibley’s Blog “How to Pastel” Suggested reading by Linda Whittaker

Daggi discusses the pros and cons of commissioned work, types of commissions, advice to “make it your own”, where to find your clients, the contract, and tips on photography. http://www.howtopastel.com/2015/09/daggi-wallace-the-ins-and-outs-of-commissioned-work/#comments

WEBSITES RECOMMENDED BY CAMERON HAMPTON…

http://www.bluecanvas.com “Bluecanvas.com is an international, multi-genre, online community of artists and art lovers. Bluecanvas magazine is a quarterly publication that features artists from its online community. We hope everyone will be able to find inspiration that reaches across genres, and hope that Bluecanvas can provide the right tools for our users to inspire everyone, artists and non-artists alike.”

Bluecanvas Staff

http://www.redbubble.com/about

“Redbubble is quite simply the finest and most diverse creative community and marketplace on the interlink. There, we said it. With artists and designers hailing from every corner of the globe, displaying eye opening talent, skill, passion and enthusiasm for all forms of creativity there really is no better place for you to get your artistic kicks.

For the creatives among you we’re a marketplace. You can sell your work with zero hassle on a healthy range of incredibly high quality products. You’ll find a playground of like-minded humans displaying work, admiring work and discussing work. We’re into learning and collaborating and making people smile. What’s more, we’re free. And free is the best kind of price.”

https://www.facebook.com/store.tab “Facebook’s For Sale Groups will have improved features for buying and selling. For Sale Group members can now choose the Sell feature when creating a post. You can add a description to what you’re selling, include a price and set a pick-up/delivery location. Sellers can also mark posts as Available or Sold and easily view their catalog of items previously sold.” $4.95/month.

BITS AND PIECES

Longing Daggi Wallace

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HOLBEIN SET OF 144 STICKS By Carrie Raeburn I was lucky enough to win a 144 stick of Holbein Pastels at PSA this year. Although I have not yet tried them out, I am impressed with their color range and the numbering of each slot in the box. A color chart was also included.

Dakota’s web site says this about Holbein Soft Pastels:

“Holbein is a family owned Japanese Company based in Osaka, Japan. Since the turn of the last century it has become one of the world's largest manufacturers of high quality artist's materials, which has taken pride in maintaining the highest standards of quality control in the industry. To ensure uniformity of color, lightfastness and consistency, the manufacturing process has been entirely computerized, with

'permanence, brilliance, and technique in mind.' The medium soft consistency and square shape work great for edge work, line work, and detail.” http://www.dakotapastels.com/pages/softpastels-holbein.aspx

BITS AND PIECES (cont.)

IAPS Convention ~ June, 2017 ~ Albuquerque, New Mexico “Start planning now to attend the biggest pastel party on the planet!”

SAVE THE DATE! LYN ASSELTA 3 DAY STUDIO WORKSHOP “COLOR PUSH” OCTOBER 10, 11 & 12, 2016 SANTA ROSA BEACH, FL A 3-day pastel workshop designed to help you approach color in a more interesting and expressive way~ Comment found on Facebook by Scott Derrick, PSNF Member to Lyn Asselta…

Scott Derrick Your art is incredible. I stared at the 2 pieces you entered in the PSNF juried show today for the entire 2 hours. I was thrilled to hear that you will be coming next year. I look forward to that.

Lyn Asselta pastel painter Hi Scott! Thank you so much! You just made my morning! I'm looking forward to my time there next year...you have a wonderful group of artists out your way and I know it'll be fun to be with you all! See you in a year!

Blue Morning Crescent Beach Lyn Asselta

PSNF MEETING FOR JANUARY Carrie Raeburn on the First Pastel Art Festival and Alan Flattmann Workshop in Suzhou, China

(Date to be announced later.)

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WORKSHOPS Lyn Asselta COLOR PUSH PASTEL LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP - 1/20/2016 - 1/23/2016,The Villages College. A 3-day pastel landscape workshop designed to help you approach color in a more interesting and expressive way. For info, please contact: Bev Hennessey BBAUG97@aol.com UNDERPAINTING TECHNIQUES IN PASTEL - 3/11/2016 - 3/13/2016,Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Website: www.ccpvb.org, this will be a 3-day workshop sponsored by UART sanded papers. All paper for the workshop will be provided by UART!! Please go to the UART website for registration. PASTEL LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP - Feb 22-24,2016. A 3-day studio workshop For info: Contact Marcia Buike at valuent@comporium.net

Doug Dawson January 18-20, 2016, Bonita Springs, FL. Bonita Springs Art Center. Contact: Donna Delseni, 239/495-8989 Margaret Dyer; THE FIGURE IN PASTELS- Emphasis is on developing form using light and shadow February 13-15, 2016, Morro Bay, CA February 19-21, 2016, Scottsdale, Arizona May 8-21, 2016, Fontaine-Fourches, France May 24-June 2, 2016, Florence, Italy July 19-22, 2016, Greenville, NY Contact: www.margaretdyer.com Alan Flattmann - SOUTHERN FRANCE, Countryside and Villages - $3,600.00, 5/23/2016 - 6/2/2016, Domaine du Haut Baran, Lot River Valley, Le Quercy France http://www.hautbaran.com/ CLOUDCROFT ART WORKSHOPS - Workshop Dates: 6/13/2016 - 6/17/2016, http://www.CloudcroftArt.com/ Escape the summer heat with a week of painting in the cool mountain village of Cloudcroft, New Mexico. The workshop will cover the basics of Landscape, Cityscape and Portrait painting with pastels. Contact Jan Rasch, janrasch@tularosa.net 575-682-2889 PSA, NEW YORK CITY- 10/28/2016 - 10/30/2016, National Arts Club, New York. http://www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org/ PAINTING RAINY DAYS & NIGHTS, follow Alan step-by-step as he shows you the pastel techniques he has developed for painting the drama of rainy days and nights. Working from photos, he will show how he paints street lights, reflections and misty atmospheres by developing the painting in three steps--drawing, color lay-in and refinement, along with the use of fixatives and paint sprays. Contact Information: Cindy Harisch psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org 212-533-6931

DEADLINE: January 4, 2016 Pastel National 2016. Wichita Center for the Arts, April 1 - May 8, 2016. $7,500 in cash and purchase awards. Juror: Liz Haywood-Sullivan. $30 for 3 entries. Prospectus available at www.wcfta.com, 316/634-2787 or email areep@wcfta.com. DEADLINE: January 20, 2016 Pastel Society Of The West Coast Online Membership Exhibition. Not a Member? Join now and star t working on your Signature Status in PSWC. To become a member download www.pswc.ws and click on Membership. Create your finest work and OnlineJuriedShows.com will help you through the process. Online means no framing or shipping costs. Exhibit online February 10 - March 10, 2016. Juror/Judge Barbara Jaenicke. $2,750 in awards. Download prospectus and entry form: onlinejurieshows.com starting October 1, 2015. DEADLINE: April 8. 2016 Pastel Society of Colorado’s 12th Annual Mile High International Pastel Exhibition. July 10 - September 23, 2016. Denver, CO. $1,000 Best of Show plus thousands more in cash and merchandise. Juror: Kim Casebeer, also offering 3-day workshop. Download full prospectus at http://pastelsocietryofcolorado.org/shows.php. Entry fee: up to 3 paintings $35 PSC members, $$10 per entry after that up to 5 total; $45 non-members, $10 per entry after that. Contact vjunseld@aol.com.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Albert Handell - 5 Day Indoor/Outdoor Painting Workshop, NORTH PORT ART CENTER, North Port, FL. (941) 423-6460 northportartcenter.com Our workshop facilitator is artist Barbara Archer-Baldwin Monday thru Friday, February 29-March 4, 2016, Workshop Enrollment Limited – Tuition $695 In the morning demonstration you will see and learn what to select and emphasize and what to play down or even take out of your paintings in order to make a strong design statement, and work sensibly towards finish. It will be an opportunity to see how a Master Artist works in a studio setting and on location.

Liz Haywood-Sullivan January 15-17, 2016 Pastel Society of America, NYC MAKING GREENS WORK IN THE LANDSCAPE Three-Day Workshop Contact: PSA psaoffice@pastelsocietyofamerica.org February 22-24, 2016 Naples, Florida - PASTEL SOCIETY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FOCUS ON THE LANDSCAPE SKY, Three- Day Workshop, Membership receives priority signups.

WORKSHOPS (cont.)

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Mail: ℅ Carrie Raeburn, 262 County Rd. 664 Coffee Springs, AL 36318, Phone:334-400-2771

EMAIL & WEBSITE ADDRESS

Carrie Raeburn: pastelsocietyofnorthflorida@gmail.com Membership email: jeanit43@gmail.com Newsletter email: jeanit43@gmail.com Website: www.pastelsocietyofnorthflorida.org

PSNF CONTACT INFORMATION

NEW MEMBERS Russell R. Ferris - Defuniak Springs, Florida

Nancy Smith - Tallahassee, Florida Cinde Stanley - Freeport, Florida

Marsha Townsend - Ellsworth, Maine Candace Broxson - Ft Walton Bch, Florida

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION Bruce Graves ~ Cinde Stanley ~ Tamara Sturgeon

ALMOST TIME TO RENEW MEMBERSHIPS!!!

DUE JANUARY 1ST

I hope we have served you all well and that you value our society’s efforts to bring you news of pastelists and pastel. I

am attaching a membership form to the end of this newsletter in hopes you will renew your membership

or join anew.

MEMBER INFORMATION

PSNF OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

President ………….….……....………..….Betty Riggs 1st Vice President……….….………....Marie Jackson 2nd Vice President…….………...…..Marilyn Simpson Secretary …...………......................Tammy Sturgeon Treasurer…………………….…...…..Linda Whittaker Director/Founder/Past Pres…….....Marilyn Simpson Director /Past President..……….….….Melody Bogle Director/Historian……………..…....Rosalyn O’Grady Directors/Hospitality..Jacque Ifland & Marie Jackson Director/Publicity.…………….….Barbara Shaneyfelt Director/Membership…….….…………..Jeani Taylor Meeting Program Coord…………...Marilyn Simpson Newsletter Editor………….……………..Jeani Taylor Newsletter Contributing Writer……...Carrie Raeburn Newsletter Contributing Writer……....Joan Langham Face Book…………………………..…..Melody Bogle Web Master…………………...…..….Carrie Raeburn

THANK YOU, LINDA, BETTY AND THE PSNF BOARD OF DIRECTORS! By Carrie Raeburn

When Jimmy Wright, President of PSA, asked me to come on the Board of Governors in May of 2014, I said “yes” enthusiastically. Then I found out that the PSA Bylaws required that I resign as both PSNF President and as a member of its board…and resign very quickly. My reaction was then less enthusiastic. Even though I loved PSNF very much, I wanted to give this new experience a try.

Linda Whittaker, my 1st Vice President, had all of the experience and skill required to do the job and do it well. In reality though, she really didn’t want the job and it was only because of her dedication and love for PSNF, that she agreed. I am so grateful to her and to all the board members who pulled together to get an amazing amount of work done.

Linda was an outstanding President for more than a year and helped us get through our National Juried Exhibition, Frank Federico Workshop, Demo and all of the related events. When Linda needed to pass the office on to someone else, Betty Riggs graciously accepted the office and saw us through our Members’ Show, the Cameron Hampton Demo and associated events. Both Betty and Linda did an outstanding job and with such dedication and gracefulness.

Now that I am finishing up my tenure as a PSA Board Member, I have been asked to return to the office of PSNF President on January 1st and I am thrilled to be coming back.

I owe Linda, Betty and the entire board of directors of PSNF, such a debt of gratitude for allowing me this experience in NYC and for taking such good care of the society in my absence. Thank you!

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