Society of Decorative Painters http://decorativepainters.org/blog Painting: Cheaper than Therapy Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:57:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 TheSocietyOfDecorativePaintershttp://feedburner.google.com New Test your Skills Quiz http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSocietyOfDecorativePainters/~3/wg1FmASqVx0/ http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=394#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:57:32 +0000 Webmaster http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=394 questionmark1

A new quiz from the Certification E-zine is now on the Test your Skills page above

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…and added to the website, new JAC projects for adults and kids to enjoy together

]]> http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=394 0 http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=394 Fall Issue of The Decorative Painter Online http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSocietyOfDecorativePainters/~3/kraNErO5qxQ/ http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=373#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:13:10 +0000 Webmaster http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=373 In This Issue:

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The Fall 2009 issue of The Decorative Painter, the decorative artist’s ultimate information and creative source, is arriving in SDP members’ mailboxes around the world.

SDP’s full-color magazine has been redesigned and now contains 165+ pages of tips, trends, projects, educational information, and more, including “Our Decorative Painting Heritage” and “SDP Conference Overview.” You’ll also find 21 painting projects in all styles and painting media, including:

  • A wickedly darling Halloween trio in acrylics by Carol Payne.
  • Amanda Coulter’s nostalgic colored pencil and acrylic design scattered with autumn leaves
  • Whimsical copper necklaces by Joanna Carter.
  • Nancy Bateman CDA’s classic strokework in oil on a tin coffee pot.
  • Joan Kozlowski’s Simply Regal watercolor rose.
  • Sweet fabric paint designs on pop-up fans by Chieko Sato CDA.
  • A rascally raccoon in colored pencil by Janelle Johnson CDA, TDA.
  • Mabel Blanco’s adorable and realistic pup in acrylic.
  • A Jazzy Turtle candy dish for adults and kids to paint by Elaina Appleby and Erika Frei.
  • Carl Larson’s bright Bauernmalerei strokework bouquet.

And 11 more!

For Members Only.  Not a Member?  Join now.

]]> http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=373 0 http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=373 Lost & Found http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSocietyOfDecorativePainters/~3/as0ZLx0VqWA/ http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=360#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:05:18 +0000 Webmaster http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=360 lostandfound004

Notice: SDP maintains a lost and found for misplaced property found at Conference. Such property is held for six months, and then donated to the SDP Foundation.

SDP is currently seeking the owner of personal property recovered at this year’s Chapters Marketplace.

If you feel that you may have a claim to it, please contact SDP Executive Director Kitty Bond at (316) 269-9300 ext.116, or kitty@decorativepainters.org.

]]> http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=360 0 http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=360 Answers to Test your Skills http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSocietyOfDecorativePainters/~3/YaFA6o3SszQ/ http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=345#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:06:24 +0000 Webmaster http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=345 bluelightbulb

Answers to the Test your Skills quiz in the last Certification E-zine are published on the Test your Skills page.

There will be a new Test your Skill quiz shortly.  There is an incompatibility between the blog version and the survey plugin version.   As soon as the plugin is updated, the new quiz will be posted for you to ‘Test your Skills’ once again.

]]> http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=345 0 http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=345 SDP 2009 Awards http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSocietyOfDecorativePainters/~3/IYXXj7LKar8/ http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=308#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:53:54 +0000 Webmaster http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=308 Service Awards Recipients – 2009:

Dedicated Service Award:
Darla Foreman

Outstanding Chapter Service Award:
Phyllis Baker, Apple Valley Painters

President’s Commendation:
Maureen Van Herpe
Phyllis Gibb CDA

Priscilla Hauser Award for Business & Industry:
Larry & Cheri Rol MDA

Silver Palette Award:
Kay Baranowski MDA

SDP Scholarship:
Patsy Johns

SDP New Products of the Year:

General:
DecoArt: Tracy Moreau Texture Stencils

Surface:
Multimedia Artboard

Publication:
Patricia Rawlinson Designs: Paint Like a Pro Collection

]]> http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=308 0 http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=308 Maureen Calvert McNaughton CDA, TDA http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSocietyOfDecorativePainters/~3/J3pHUTMHabw/ http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=314#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:41:16 +0000 Lisa Curry http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=314 mmcn2We are delighted to welcome Maureen Calvert McNaughton CDA, TDA to SDP Headquarters as the featured instructor for our next Home to the Heartland seminar to paint a strokework trio of botanicals. The fee for this seminar is $300 for all three days. Surfaces are extra. The first evening, February 25th, will be a “get-acquainted” party to prep the surfaces.

Bring your own surfaces or masonite surfaces are available for purchase online; surface sizes are 8 1/2″ x 11″ OR 11″x14″. Minimum size is 8 1/2″ x 11″ but could be 11″x14″ if a faux mat is painted around the design to fit in an 11″x14″ standard frame.

Space is limited, so sign up early!  You may purchase online at the SDP website now. Don’t miss this special opportunity!

]]> http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=314 0 http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=314 Glorious Banquet tables http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSocietyOfDecorativePainters/~3/AeYSl14QYgQ/ http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=249#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:35:29 +0000 Teri http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=249 They are one of the most anticipated elements of SDP’s Annual Conference: our beautifully decorated tables at the Banquet. Chapters, members, friends, Board members … everyone is invited to express their creativity and decorate a table.

The results are always delightful and capture the personalities of the designers. This year was no exception. The 2009 Conference theme, Painting: Passport to Fun, was portrayed in so many wonderful ways-from an elegant Parisian cityscape to a orchid-bedecked Asian arrangement and so many more. Attendees at the Banquet voted on their favorites and believe me, the decision wasn’t easy!

Here are the winners:

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Third Place:
Kansas Wheathearts’ Sunflower Table

 
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Second Place:
Sandy Scales’ Color Wheel Table

 
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First Place:
Indy Decorative Painters Jungle Table

 
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who decorated all of these charming tables!

Wish You Were Here,
Teri

]]> http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=249 0 http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=249 Election Results – Peoria 2009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSocietyOfDecorativePainters/~3/6L-XCu7LOIQ/ http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=215#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:04:03 +0000 Teri http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=215 cagle_0609_tn2

Vice President /
President Elect

Gretchen Cagle CDA

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Mary J. Smith pierson_jan_0609_tn

Board Member-at-Large

Jan Pierson MDA

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Shirley Nan Ruchong CDA

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Board Member-at-Large

Mary McLean CDA

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Corkie Dunlap CDA

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Nominating   Committee

Brenda Stewart
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Jill “Jillybean” Fitzhenry

]]> http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=215 0 http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=215 Certification Results – Peoria 2009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSocietyOfDecorativePainters/~3/pfP52UjI070/ http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=201#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:08:33 +0000 Webmaster http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=201 24 New CDA’s
1 New Master Decorative Artist

CDA Still Life

  • Noriko Fukuda – Kyoto Japan
  • Rita Fregia – Vidor, Texas
  • Naomi Nakamura – Kyoto, Japan
  • Motoe Oshio – Kyoto, Japan
  • Mitsuyo Yoshimi – Kyoto Japan
  • Audrey Frenzel – Orange, Texas
  • Tomoko Tamagawa -  Hokkaido, Japan
  • Kiyoko Maeda – Okayama, Japan
  • Emi Sugie – Aichi, Japan
  • Yuko Onagi – Chiba, Japan
  • Noriko Sato – Aichi, Japan
  • Barbara Hammett – Frisco, Texas

CDA Stroke

  • Carmelita Ducote – Avondale, Louisiana
  • Hiroko Shigeeda – Osaka, Japan
  • Michi Yoshida – Osaka, Japan
  • Sonia Schlee – Rio Grande Do Soul, Brazil
  • Kim Jung Sun – Gyeonggi, South Korea
  • Kyoko Matsui – Kyoto, Japan
  • Ayano Kawashige – Osaka, Japan
  • Su Su Wang – Taiwan
  • Makiko Kobayashi -  Hokkaido, Japan
  • Jennifer Hsu -  Hsinchu City, Taiwan
  • Li Chu Wang – Hsinchu County, Taiwan
  • Hyeon Ju Kim – Namyangj, South Korea

MDA Floral

  • Emiko Makino – Fountain Valley, California
  • Rieko Kondo – Saitama, Japan
  • Yumiko Higashi – Florham, New Jersey

MDA Still Life

  • Chikako Nakata – Osaka, Japan

MDA Stroke

  • In Suk Bang – Gyeon Jji-do, Korea

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New Master Decorative Artist

Mami Ando – Gifu, Japan

]]> http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=201 0 http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=201 Project correction for Issue #2 of The DP http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSocietyOfDecorativePainters/~3/qwVW_i_D_1w/ http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=180#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:39:10 +0000 Teri http://decorativepainters.org/blog/?p=180 p64correction_tnAttention: We’re sorry to announce that Sue Beckerton’s “Cock of the Walk” project went to press with an error in the finished text. In Preparation the text calls for a Medium Beige basecoat where in fact a Medium White basecoat is needed.

We regret any inconvenience this error might have caused our members and readers.

Best,
Publications staff

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