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First Place—Eldrid Skjold Arntzen DACA
2006 DACA Juried Artists
Second Place—June Varey
Megumi Aoki CDA, Kanagawa, Japan
Eldrid Skjold Arntzen DACA, Watertown, Connecticut
Mutsuko Asoh DACA, Kanagawa, Japan
Yoko Baba DACA, Duesseldorg, Germany
Priscilla Baldwin DACA, Silver City, N.M.
Ana Bernabé, Buenos Aires, Argentina (two entries)
Kazuyo Enatsu CDA, Aichi, Japan
Vilma Fabretti CDA, Cordoba, Argentina
Nobuko Fukukawa DACA, Chiba, Japan
Coleen Jones CDA, Walla Walla, Washington
Yoko Kanamaru, Nagasaki, Japan
Eriko Kaneko CDA, Chiba, Japan (two entries)
Mary Mader CDA, DACA, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Miniko Mizuno, Gifu, Japan
Eriko Nakamura CDA, Kyoto, Japan
Miyuki Nakano, Osaka, Japan
Gayle Oram MDA, DACA, Tillamook, Oregon
Masayo Otsuka, Chiba, Japan
Hisako Sakomura CDA, Aichi, Japan
Naomi Shimanuki CDA, Tokyo, Japan
Miyoko Shingai CDA, Kanagawa, Japan
Sakae Suzuki, Aichi, Japan
Noriko Taki, Osaka, Japan
Akemi Uchida, Gifu, Japan
June Varey, Victoria, Australia
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2007. As part of this celebratory year,
those who will be renewing as a Friend
of the DAC will be receiving a heartshaped renewal pin showing a beautiful
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You Could Own a
Jo Sonja Quilt!
Once In A Lifetime!
Love this quilt? You’ll be blown
away by the unbelievable offer
that will be announced in
the Conference Special
(to be delivered with issue 6).
This is an opportunity you
won’t want to miss!
Photocopy the drawing
ticket as desired, complete the
information and then
send the appropriate
donated funds to the
address indicated.
Good luck!
It’s almost too good to be
true…Jo Sonja Jansen MDA
has designed, painted and
hand quilted this gorgeous
queen-sized quilt, named
Angel Song. It will be given
away by drawing, and who
wouldn’t want to win this
prize? Tickets for the drawing are available now for a
suggested donation of $1
each or six for $5. Visit
www.decorativepainters
.org to download the order
form or photocopy the
form below. Fill out the
number of tickets you
want, include a check for
your tickets and mail to
SDP Quilt Drawing,
393 N. McLean Blvd.,
Wichita, KS 67203-5968.
Tickets will also be available at most regional
decorative painting shows.
The quilt drawing will be
held at the banquet at
SDP’s 35th Annual Conference and Expo in Anaheim.
DRAWING TICKET
Quilt by Jo Sonja Jansen MDA
Name_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________________________________________________________
City ________________________________________________________________________State/Province__________________
Postal Code __________________________________________ Country ______________________________________________
Phone (
) ________________________________________________________________________________________
E-mail Address _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Suggested Donation: $1 per ticket or $5 for 6 tickets. Make checks payable to SDP.
Mail to SDP Quilt Drawing, 393 N. McLean Blvd., Wichita, KS 67203-5968.
In Kansas, the state in which SDP is headquartered, the law states that all contributions for the drawing are strictly voluntary.
Individuals are under no obligation to make a contribution and may not be barred from participation if they choose not to make a donation.
Feature File
Teri Mott
communications coordinator
A Program to Treasure
SDP Partners with the Shriners to Help Kids
ant to give a smile to a chronically ill
child? Join SDP’s Treasure Boxes for Kids
program. The object of the program is to
create handpainted “treasure boxes” for youth
18 years and younger who are receiving care at
Shriners Hospitals for Children. These young
patients are often given small gifts to divert their
attention from their pain. Treasure Boxes are
containers the youngsters can use to store their
toys and take them home.
This caring endeavor was created in early
2006 by “Ladybug” Jan McCraw and brought to
the SDP Board of Directors by board member
Judy Westegaard CDA. The board approved Treasure Boxes for Kids as an official SDP program in
March 2006. Jillybean Fitzhenry and Chair Jo
Lutness joined Judy and Ladybug to form a committee to bring this project to life.
Soon thereafter Jillybean made arrangements
for SDP to partner with the Shriners of North
America. This generous charitable organization
supports Shriners Hospitals for Children, a
world-class network of 22 pediatric specialty
hospitals located throughout the United States,
Canada and Mexico. Since 1922, Shriners Hospitals have significantly improved the lives of
more than 800,000 children without ever asking
for payment of any kind. SDP’s Treasure Box
program is providing handpainted boxes to these
hospitals.
Treasure Boxes for Kids debuted in June at
SDP’s 34th Annual Conference & Expo in
Nashville. More than 150 painters of all skill
levels gathered at painting stations and created
Treasure Boxes, both beautiful and whimsical,
many based on patterns designed by Ladybug.
Committee members presented the first round
of boxes, 125 in all, to Jim Cain, Illustrious
Potentate of the Al Menah Shrine of Nashville.
All SDP members are invited to join in the
fun and aid this worthy cause. The process is
simple. Treasure Boxes should be able to fit into
the drawer in a hospital bedside table. Shoe
boxes, craft or photo storage boxes (available at
craft stores) are perfect for this project. The
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boxes should be painted with a design appropriate for a child up to 18 years of age. Boxes are
needed for both boys and girls. A CD with
designs will be available from SDP in the coming months. If you plan to use a copyrighted
design, don’t forget to obtain permission from
the artist first.
When the boxes are
completed, deliver them to
a Treasure Box depot.
There are depots located
throughout the nation near
the partner hospitals. If
there isn’t a depot near you,
consider being a depot contact. For a list of depots,
(and more information on
this program), visit the
Treasure Box area of www.decorativepainters.org
or e-mail a member of the Treasure Box Committee.
SDP’s Board of Directors is excited to offer
this program as a worthwhile community effort,
both to bring joy to young hospital patients and
to help to make the world more aware of SDP
and decorative painting. Pick up your brushes
and paint a smile for a child! y
How Can I Help?
Paint a Treasure Box for an ill child.
Be a Treasure Box chairperson for your chapter.
■ Mention the Treasure Box Program on your website.
■ Put a link on your website to the Treasure Box page on
SDP’s website.
■ Live near a Shriners Hospital for Children? Be a
Treasure Box Depot contact.
■ Donate paint and other supplies to a chapter that’s
painting Treasure Boxes.
■ Give a cash donation to SDP to help defray costs.
Please send your check to: Treasure Box Program,
SDP, 393 N. McLean Blvd., Wichita, KS 67203-5968.
Questions? Feel free to e-mail one of the following
Treasure Box Committee members with questions:
■ Jo Lutness, chair: [email protected]
■ Jillybean Fitzhenry: [email protected]
■ Jan McCraw: [email protected]
■ Judy Westegaard CDA: [email protected]
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SDP has teamed up with
Shriners Hospitals for
Children to provide painted
Treasure Boxes to patients
(top). Jim Cain, Illustrious
Potentate of the Al Menah
Shrine of Nashville,
accepted the first 125
boxes that were painted
by members attending the
SDP Nashville Conference
in June.
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M ake a matching miniature
tea set for the little girl at
heart or in your life.
Project | beginner
Acrylic
High Tea
Serina Huang CDA
or generations little girls have
played tea with their dolls,
friends and siblings. This tea set
is very pretty and the painting
itself is very easy. Of course, you can
use the same design on a different
surface and still achieve great results.
F
SURFACE
The eight-piece 91⁄4-inch mini ivory
glazed porcelain tea set (item no.
MM050 M-QT31) is available from
Olympia Enterprises, 715 McCartney
Rd., Youngstown, OH 44505, (330)
746-2726, www.olympicporcelain.com.
PALETTE
DECOART JANSENART TRADITIONS
Burnt Umber (TCS BR-7-6-9)
English Red Oxide (TCS RE-4-6-5)
Hansa Yellow (TCS YE-5-1-5)
Pine Green (TCS GR-6-1-7)
True Gold (TCS number not assigned)
BRUSHES
DECOART JANSENART
Series JAB07 3⁄4-inch flat
Series JAB23 no. 4 filbert
Series JAB14 no. 0 script liner
SUPPLIES
Dark graphite paper
JansenArt Traditions
Multi-Surface Sealer
JansenArt Traditions Water Based
Varnish
Rubbing alcohol
Tracing paper
PREPARATION
Clean the porcelain with alcohol
and let it dry. Apply a layer of MultiSurface Sealer over the surface. Let
dry. Lightly transfer the designs with
dark graphite.
photos/Steve Gerig
STEP 1
Create mixes of sealer+Pine Green
(1:1) and sealer+Hansa Yellow (1:1).
Double-load the no. 4 filbert brush
with the green and yellow mixes and
paint all the leaves. Sealer or candle
medium helps the paint stick onto
the slick glazed porcelain.
Sideload the no. 4 filbert brush
with sealer+English Red Oxide (1:1)
and paint the shadow of each rose.
Try not to paint too dark. If you need
to add more color, let dry well then
add more color to darken.
STEP 2
Add sealer to a mix of Pine Green+
Burnt Umber+True Gold (2:2:1). Use
the no. 0 script brush and the mix to
outline the leaves. Leave some space
between the leaf and outline.
Add sealer to a mix of English Red
Oxide+Burnt Umber+True Gold
(1:1:touch). Use the no. 0 script
liner and the mix to outline the
roses. Again, leave space between
each petal and line. You can use the
linework to correct some unbalanced
petals. Use the same brush and True
Gold to add equal-sized dots to the
center of each rose. Vary the location of the dots.
STEP 3
Add sealer to a mix of Pine Green+
Burnt Umber+True Gold (2:2:1). Use
the no. 0 script liner and the mix to
paint the rose sepals. I paint from the
tip to the stem. Add groups of
comma-strokes using the same color.
STEP 4
Add sealer to a mix of English Red
Oxide+Burnt Umber+True Gold
(1:1:touch). Use the no. 0 script liner
TRAY DESIGN
and the mix to paint the tray border.
Try not to smudge the strokes.
FINISHING
Apply two coats of varnish to the
surfaces, letting dry between layers. y
Artist’s Sketch
Serina Huang CDA
has studied art since
she was nine years
old. She has been
teaching for 19 years
and has published two
decorative painting
books in Taiwan.
Serina has hosted a number of renown
artists from the United States and Russia at her studio in Taiwan and has
developed her own teacher training
program. She became a Certified
Decorative Artist in 2004.
You may e-mail Serina at
[email protected] or call
886-91515-9022. Visit her website
at www.serina.com.tw.
CUP AND
CREAMER
DESIGN
SAUCER AND LID DESIGN
Enlarge or reduce the designs to fit each surface.
Add as many or as few leaves and strokework as desired.
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Project | beginner
Acrylic
Color Step by Step
Hansa Yellow
English Red Oxide
Burnt Umber
Pine Green
True Gold
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Project | intermediate
Oil
Harvest Gathering
Carol-Lee Cisco CDA
BRUSHES
first remember the smell and taste
of apples from when I lived in a
house surrounded by an apple
orchard in upstate New York.
These apples were inspired by ones
brought to a seminar by Corkie Dunlap CDA . Apples are so inspiring
because of the infinite variety of
color and streaking within each variety. The apples that served as a
model for this piece still had the
leaves on them, which formed a gentle framework for the fruit.
DYNASTY BLACK GOLD BRUSHES
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SURFACE
The oval bentwood box (item no.
O-81135) is available from Sechtem’s
Wood Products, 533 Margaret St.,
Russell, KS 67665, (800) 255-4285,
www.tolemine.com.
PALETTE
DECOART AMERICANA ACRYLICS
Black Green (TCS BR-5-3-9)
GENESIS HEAT-SET ARTIST OILS
Burnt Sienna (TCS BR-6-2-6)
Burnt Umber (TCS BR-7-6-9)
Carbon Black (TCS BK-5-1-9)
Diarylide Yellow (TCS BR-5-3-9)
Dioxazine Purple 01 (TCS VI-5-1-9)
Genesis Red (TCS RE-5-1-4)
Genesis Yellow (TCS YE-5-1-6)
Payne’s Gray (TCS BL-5-2-9)
Permanent Green 05 (TCS GR-3-2-4)
Quinacridone Crimson 01 (TCS RE-7-2-9)
Raw Sienna (TCS BR-1-2-5)
Titanium White (TCS WH-5-1-1)
Ultramarine Blue (TCS BL-5-1-5)
Yellow Ochre (TCS BR-1-2-4)
Series 206CB or Series 206S
nos. 4, 6, 8 and 10 chisel
blenders or shaders
Series 206R no. 1 round
Series 206SL no. 0 script liner
Ann Kingslan nos. 1, 2 and 4
mops
Large acrylic brush for applying
acrylic basecoat
SUPPLIES
.05 or .07 mechanical pencil
Genesis Glazing Gel
Glass or Plexiglas to use as palette
J.W. etc. First-Step wood sealer
Loew-Cornell J15 palette knife
Minwax polyurethane brush-on
varnish and spray varnish
Odorless brush cleaner (turpentine)
Fine- and extra-fine-grit sandpaper
Single-ply tissue paper
Stylus
Tack cloth
Tracing paper
White transfer paper
PREPARATION
Sand and seal the box. Paint the
entire box with Black Green. Let dry.
Transfer the lid design.
APPLE BASECOAT (GREEN) MIXES
Low Dark: Carbon Black+
Genesis Yellow
Dark: Low Dark+Genesis Yellow
Medium: Dark+Titanium White+
Genesis Yellow
Light: Medium+Titanium White+
Genesis Yellow
photos/Steve Gerig
Highlight: Titanium White+
Light+Genesis Yellow
These mixes are bright green,
which is the complement of red. The
red overcoat will significantly dull
the green unless it is very bright.
LET’S PAINT
STAGE 1
You’ll paint and complete the
apples before painting the leaves.
Note that each stage must be dry
before proceeding to the next stage.
If using heat-set oils, simply remember to heat-set the painting after
completing each stage.
Basecoat the apples with three
values as indicated on the Value
Placement Guide. When picking up
the paint, pull a small amount from
the side of a pile of paint, loading
only one side of a flat brush into the
Dark value. Place this on the outside
edge of the apple. Walk the brush
around the perimeter wherever the
Dark value is indicated. Once the
perimeter is applied, begin filling the
rest of the dark area. Cover the surface with a thin coat of paint, making sure there are no built-up areas of
paint. The inside edge of this should
be fuzzy without a definite line.
Now apply the Medium value,
slightly overlapping the Dark value
already applied. Paint the rest of the
Medium value area, blending as you go.
Now apply the Light value in the
stem and blossom areas, blending the
paint into adjacent areas. The smile
line, indicated with a solid line,
should be softened, not blended. To
soften, straddle the line with a flat
brush and gently pull across the line.
With little pressure, apply the
Highlight value in a smaller area than
the light value. Dry-wipe the brush
and apply the Low Dark value in the
dark crescent-shaped area.
Lay a single ply of tissue over the
painted area and brush lightly with a
mop brush to remove any ridges. The
surface must be smooth before you
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apply the streaks. Heat-set (or dry)
the painting before proceeding.
APPLE OVERGLAZE (RED) MIXES
Medium: Genesis Red+
Quinacridone Crimson
High Dark: Medium+Ultramarine
Blue+Burnt Umber
Dark: High Dark+Ultramarine
Blue+Burnt Umber
Low Dark: Burnt Umber+
Ultramarine Blue
Low Light: Genesis Red
Light: Genesis Red+Genesis
Yellow
Highlight: Titanium White+
Genesis Yellow
STAGE 2
When testing the dark values, test
them on the dark background instead
of a white or colorless palette. The
red and green will lessen the intensity
of each color during the overglazing
and streaking processes in this stage.
Apply Glazing Gel to the apples.
Apply all the values as indicated on
the Value Placement Guide, blending between each change of value.
To avoid the look of a target, apply
the Medium value and blend. Then
apply the Medium value over the
remaining area. Apply the Low Light
and Light values over the Medium
value as indicated on the Value
Placement Guide, blending between
each application.
To begin the streaking process,
load the chisel edge of a flat brush
with Glazing Gel. Use this to wipe
out the red, dry-wiping and reloading
often. Wipe out some areas to leave
only green showing. The red over the
green dulls the intensity of the bright
green undercoat. Stay in the same
value area while streaking the apples.
If you streak through too many values, the color will become muddy.
Use short strokes, following the contour of the apple. Wipe out all of the
red in some areas to increase interest.
Feel free to wipe out beyond the
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perimeter of the apple because you’ll
paint the background later.
Mop often, dragging with the
contour of the apple. Be patient and
try not to develop the streaks too
quickly. Use the flat brush and mop
brush alternately until you achieve
the desired amount of streaking.
Clean out the stem hole, leaving
streaks of green radiating from the
stem hole outward. Apply red streaks
with the High Dark and Medium values
when needed to brighten. Mop to
smooth. Heat-set (or dry) the painting.
STAGE 3
Glaze the apples with Glazing Gel
and apply the shade with Payne’s
Gray. It may be necessary to thin the
Payne’s Gray slightly with Glazing Gel
before applying. Apply Apple Green
Dark+Raw Sienna+Burnt Umber in the
stem or blossom ends. Heat-set (or
dry) the painting.
STAGE 4
Glaze the apples with Glazing Gel.
Build up the highlight in three stages
with Raw Sienna, Raw Sienna+Titanium White and Raw Sienna+more
Titanium White. Each application will
be in a smaller area. Mop between
applications and be sure the area on
the rest of the apple is carefully
mopped to eliminate a halo look
when dry. Apply reflected light with
Carbon Black+Titanium White.
BACKGROUND
Light: Permanent Green 05+
Quinacridone Crimson+
Carbon Black+touch of
Titanium White
Medium: Light mix+Carbon
Black
Dark: Medium mix+Carbon
Black
Paint the background after the
apples are finished and before the
leaves are painted. Note that the Dark
value is the same color and value as
the Black Green acrylic basecoat.
Heat-set (or dry) the painting.