John Howell Mini-Workshop
- We will work from Photographs--John will supply photographs for the afternoon mini workshop. Photos should be at least 8 x 10 in size. Students can also bring their own photos if they desire - portrait, landscape, animal, etc. Students may send photos to "john@cordovanartschool.com" prior to the workshop, and I can give them feedback on if the photograph is a good one to work from.
- Supply list: students should bring their own pastel set, any brand is fine. John will provide pastels for anyone who doesn't have their own set. John's preferred brands: Stabillo Carbothello pastel pencils for detail work; Gallery--semi hard pastel sticks for bigger pastel paintings.
- PLEASE SIGN-UP FOR THE WORKSHOP BELOW. Once you sign up, Jan Frazier will let you know if the workshop is still open and give you payment information. Thanks!
Round Rock Chalk Walk Festival
About the Festival
Round Rock's largest and most prestigious festival, this event draws over 40,000 people. It is a free event, occurring the first weekend in October. Visit the Chalk Walk website.
CTPS Participation
- CTPS will use this opportunity to sell pieces donated by its members, donating the proceeds to local school arts programs.
- This year the Chalk Walk Arts Festival will be located at Dell Diamond, 3400 East Palm Valley Boulevard in Round Rock.
- CTPS volunteers will be located along and under the concourse at Dell Diamond. If you are a CTPS member and would like to donate a painting or participate in the CTPS booth, please contact Debbie Been (paintings) or Julie Choate (booth staffing).
Chalk Walk FestivAL HOURS
Friday, October 4, 2019: 5:00pm – 11:00pm (Artist/vendor hours 4:45 pm – 10:00 pm)
Saturday, October 5, 2019: 9:00am – 11:00pm (Artist/vendor hours 9:00 am – 7:00 pm)
Join CTPS
General Membership
$20.00
This General Membership Fee is for all membership types except Family memberships.
"Capture the Light" Pastel Workshop w/ Rita Kirkman: August 20-22 - $280 - New Braunfels Art League
Join Rita for her first In-Person workshop of 2021! The classroom is large!
Learn to paint the light with an innovative underpainting technique. Receive helpful hints and tips from Rita’s 40+ years of experience with pastel. You will focus on painting small and often to rapidly improve your skills and expand your knowledge. Instruction emphasizes composition and techniques for a small format, value and temperature control, how to creatively interpret your photos and how to stay productive with your art within a busy lifestyle. Grow your grasp of values, temperature, color and composition in a relaxed and fun atmosphere! For beginner to advanced.
Contact Barbara Blaschke, barbarablaschke6@gmail.com
Rita Kirkman Paint-Along
Rita Kirkman "Lovey the Dove" Paint-Along
Zoom event on Saturday, Feb 19, 2022:
Come paint this lovely dove with us! Register EARLY to have time to prep your drawing. I will send you the Zoom invitation, the reference photo, some surface prep info, some tips that include alternative underpainting methods in case you don't have what I use, and even a line drawing that you can use to transfer to your board or paper in case you don't have time to freehand your drawing. No drawing skills required!
I will be using pastel with an acrylic-based underpainting, but you can use the medium of your choice. I’ve had some attendees enjoy use oil, acrylic, pastel pencil, and even watercolor with my paint-alongs. It’s whatever you want to make of it, and plenty of instruction will focus on values and temperature which are universal to all color mediums.
(PS: Registration includes a link to the video which will be ready just a few days later! So if you must skip out early, or come in late, no worries!)
Register here!
Pay for 2 Pieces
$25.00
At ARTworks gallery on 6th st in downtown austin
Prospectus for CTPS fall Exhibit and Competition — Oct 6 to Dec 10, 2022
This is a long form text area designed for your content that you can fill up with as many words as your heart desires. You can write articles, long mission statements, company policies, executive profiles, company awards/distinctions, office locations, shareholder reports, whitepapers, media mentions and other pieces of content that don’t fit into a shorter, more succinct space.
Articles – Good topics for articles include anything related to your company – recent changes to operations, the latest company softball game – or the industry you’re in. General business trends (think national and even international) are great article fodder, too.
Mission statements – You can tell a lot about a company by its mission statement. Don’t have one? Now might be a good time to create one and post it here. A good mission statement tells you what drives a company to do what it does.
Company policies – Are there company policies that are particularly important to your business? Perhaps your unlimited paternity/maternity leave policy has endeared you to employees across the company. This is a good place to talk about that.
Executive profiles – A company is only as strong as its executive leadership. This is a good place to show off who’s occupying the corner offices. Write a nice bio about each executive that includes what they do, how long they’ve been at it, and what got them to where they are.
2022—October—Jan Frazier's Finer Things, 16"x12", was selected for the Pastel Society of America's "Still Life" showcase.
2022—October—Jody Martin's The Promise of Spring, 19"x24", was selected for the Pastel Society of America's "Still Life" showcase.
2022—March—Julia Fletcher is the featured artist on the Facebook page of the Pastel Society of America.
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