Golden Spike Decorative Painters

2008 Seminars

May 17th (Saturday):     June 14th (Saturday)     July 12th (Saturday)     August 9th (Saturday):     September 12th-13th (Fri-Sat):     Oct 11th (Saturday):     November 8th (Saturday):     December 13th (Saturday 1pm):

Eileen Barnard: Cornucopia Lid (Note: Moved fom May 9th - Surfaces delayed) Juanita Denton : Watercolor Apple and Lemon Glenda Mitchell (Coordinator): Treasure Box Work Project Kristin Birkeland: Vegetable Basket Box Nancy Baur Seminar Nola Phillips: Snowman Sing-a-long Plate Susan Fukunaga: East Meets West Plate Christmas Party Lunchon

Seminar Notes

Heidi left her completed chest and a complete set of sample boards with the Chapter so that we could use them complete our chests. Tirzah will host a 'finishing paint-in' Saturday April 26th for anyone who is interested. It will be at her home from 12 to 4pm.

May

Cornucopia Lid (Give Thanks) by Debbie Cole, CDA Teacher:   Eileen Barnard Cost:      $7.50   (class fee only)               $22.50 (class fee and Cornucopia Basket with Lid) May 17th, 10 am (chat time 9:30-10:00) Palette: Delta    Avocado    Barn Red    Black    Burnt Sienna    Burnt Umber    Dk Burnt Umber    Dk Goldenrod    Dusty Plum    Dusty Purple    Gamal Green    Georgia Clay    Golden Brown Light Ivory Maple Sugar Tan Moroccan Red Raspberry Royal Plum Spice Brown Spice Tan Straw Terra Cotta Trail Tan Metallic 14K Gold Metallic Silver Prep Instructions: Mix Elmer's Wood Filler with a little water until it has a creamy (cake filling) consistency. Coat lid with filler using a palette knife to create ridges and texture similar to stone. Use a stylus to add cracks to edges. Allow to dry at least 3 days before sanding the pattern area smooth. Apply design. Float perimeter of design with Bk Burnt Umber. Basecoat large gourd with Straw + Golden Brown (1:1), small gourd with Spice Tan + Straw (1:1), background pumpkin with Georgia Clay, foreground pumpkin with Terra Cotta, light grapes with Moroccan Red, medium grapes with Barn Red, dark grapes with Dusty Purple, and leaves with Barn Red + Terra Cotta (1:1).

June

Watercolor Apple and Lemon Teacher:   Juanita Denton, CDA Cost:      $10.00   (includes class fee, surface, and paint) June 14th, 10 am (chat time 9:30-10:00) (Provided by Chapter) Palette: Winsor Newton    Cad Yellow    Cad Yellow Pale    Cad Red    Raw Sienna    Ultramarine Blue Misc Supplies:    Watercolor Paper 140#    Masking Tape    Watercolor Tray (Provided by Student) Misc Supplies:    Water Bucket    Paper Towls    Tracing Paper    Pencil and Eraser Brushes:    #5 Round (pointed if possible)    3/4" Flat

July

Treasure Box Work Project Coordinator:  Glenda Mitchell Cost:      NONE July 12th, 10 am (chat time 9:30-10:00) Treasure Boxes provided by Chapter (Provided by Members) Patterns:   For children and teenagers Misc Supplies:    Paints    Brushes Potluck Bring your tastiest snacks to share with others who are working on Treasure Boxes.

Raffles

Thank you to all the members who brought raffles items for the seminar. We also want to give a special thanks to all the vendors who supported our Chapter. They include Dorthy Dent, Folk Art Paints (Plaid Enterprises), Royal Brushes, North Light Books, Laurie Speltz, Walnut Hollow, Scharff Brushes and Vi Thurmond. We had some really great items!!! Thanks again.

Painters Tips

For those of you who want to 'antique' the bright brass corner pieces on your Nightingale chest, Eileen has found a product that makes the job simple. The product is called Brass Darkening Solution and you can find it at Hardwaretree.com for $4.95. Eileen says all you have to do is use fine steelwool to break the surface and then dip the brass in the solution for a very brief time. It's that simple. If you want more infomation give Eileen a call at 773-7509.

Senior Center

Thanks to Cathy for teaching at the Senior Center in April.

Ladies, we need teachers for the rest of year, so please support the chapter and help pay our rent. Contact Cathy Jensen at 475-7711 if you are willing to teach.

May      June      November

Nancy Coley - Magnetic pencil holder Eileen Barnard - 4th of July candy lid Rebecca Chaffee

Contact Nancy or Sue at the Senior Center for more information about time and dates of classes, costs, supplies, and to sign up for classes.

April 2008 Treasury Report

Seminar Minutes

Attending:

Nancy opened the seminar on Friday the 17th, 2008 at 9:10 am by welcoming everyone, including our new member Jolynn Johnson, VP of the SLC Chapter, and Onya Tolmasoff, from California. She then introduced Heidi England.

Everyone was asked to get their raffle tickets right away. This seminar we will have the raffle drawings only at noon, so as not to 'break-up' our painting. Lunch Thursday will be Eileen's great lasana, green salad, rolls, and brownies. Friday we will have taco salad, rolls, and cream puffs. Saturday will be a potato bar and peacon bars. Janet Anderson brought the cupcakes and chocolate and fruit cream cake. Her birthday was the 17th, Happy Birthday and thank you so much.

There are sign-up sheets in the back of the room for the May and June paint-ins. There will also be a sign-up sheet each day for those who wish to go to dinner with Heidi. Thursday we will be going to the Athenian and will have a belly-dancer preforming. Friday will be at Rainbow Gardens and will include 'after dinner' shopping for those so inclined. Saturday we will being going to Wendy's Sukiyaki (we will be sitting at tables, not on the floor).

There is sale table by the windows and a few 'free' painting books at the back of the room. Heidi also has pattern packets and books for sale. Plese sign up for what you want, but do not take them. There are not enough for everyone, so it will be first signed up, first served. If you pay for everything you want now, Heidi will send the 'missing' items postage-free when she gets home. We will handout what is available on Saturday. Heidi gave everyone a copy of her 2008 schedule and on the back is her price list.

Please turn cell phone to 'quiet mode' for the duration of the seminar.

Time was then turned over to Heidi for the Emperor and Nightingale Chest.

Saturday, after 3 days of delightful, informative, and intense printing, Heidi told use that she would leave her completed chest and a complete set of sample boards with the Chapter for a couple of months so that we could get together and complete our chests. Thank you Heidi. Though we all worked hard, only Lisa Peck completed the project. Way to go Lisa!!!

The seminar concluded at 5 pm on Saturday the 19th, 2008.