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The Decorative Painter
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2006 DECORATIVE PAINTER READER SURVEY
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YOUR PROFILE
1. ❏ Male ❏ Female
2. Age ❏ under 20 ❏ 21-30 ❏ 31-40
❏ 41-50 ❏ 51-60 ❏ 61-70 ❏ over 70
3. Do you work outside the home? ❏yes ❏no
If yes, check one: ❏ full time ❏ part time
Occupation________________________
4. On average, how many hours a week do you
spend with decorative painting?
❏ under 1 hour ❏ 1-3 hours ❏ 3-5 hours
❏ 5-7 hours ❏ 7 hours or more
5. On average, how much do you spend a year on
mail-order/Web-order painting supplies and
instructional materials?
❏ $0-$250 ❏ $251-$700 ❏ $701-$1,000
❏ $1,000 or more
6. Are you a decorative painting:
❏ teacher ❏ retailer ❏ wholesaler ❏designer
❏manufacturer ❏home studio owner ❏student
7. Have you attended SDP’s Conference?
❏yes ❏no
If yes, how many?______
If no, why?________________________
If no, do you still enjoy the post-Conference
coverage in The DP ? ❏yes ❏no
8. Do you attend any other decorative painting
conventions? ❏yes ❏no
If yes, which one(s):___________________
_______________________________
9. How many decorative painting classes do you
attend annually?
❏ none ❏ 1-5 ❏ 6-10 ❏ more than 10
10. Rank the type of painting you create:
(1=most primary)
_ floral _ landscapes _ portraits _ seasonal
_ animals _ furniture _ folk art
_ still life _ strokework _ wall/faux finishing
_other__________________________
11. What is your painting skill level?
❏beginner ❏intermediate ❏advanced
12. Rank your primary reason for painting
(1=most primary)
__ enjoyment __ gifts __ profit __ teaching
__ other__________________________
13. Of the following, rank in order the mediums
you use (1=most frequent)
__ oil __ acrylic __ watercolor __ fabric paint
__colored pencil __pastels __other________
14. Of the following surfaces, rank in order the
ones you use (1=most frequent)
__ wood __ tin __ porcelain __ fabric
__ canvas __ other__________________
15. How often do you visit the SDP site?
❏ at least 1x/week ❏ 1x/two weeks
❏ 1x/month ❏ less than 1x/month ❏ never
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17. Rank your primary reasons for membership to
the Society? (1=most primary)
__ advertising privileges
__ Certification Program
__ chapter involvement
__ Conference
__ The Decorative Painter magazine
__ networking opportunities
__ special painting opportunities
__ other_________________________
OUR PROFILE
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❏ Inside Industry
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22. List 5 artists you’d like to learn a project from:
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23. Do you feel you are properly informed about
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in The DP? ❏yes ❏no
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__ creating value __ other_____________
28. What do other painting magazines provide that
you wish The DP would provide?___________
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29. What do you like most about The DP ?
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30. What do you like least about The DP ?
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31. What is your favorite painting magazine?
❏ The Decorative Painter
❏ Painting
❏ PaintWorks
❏ Quick & Easy Painting
❏ Other_________________________
32. What is your favorite nonpainting magazine?
_______________________________
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Wichita, KS 67203-5968
On the Road
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noteworthy destinations
focus: New England
Fenimore Art Museum
Plan a trip to central New York state to view one
of the world’s finest collections of American art,
folk art and Native American art. Decorative
painters will be especially delighted with the
museum’s American Fine Art collection, which
includes works of Hudson River School painters. Visit before
December 31 to catch the special exhibit, Grandma Moses:
Grandmother to the Nation. The offices of the Historical
Society of Early American Decoration (HSEAD) are located
at the Fenimore’s sister museum, the Farmers’ Museum.
P.O. Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326
(888) 547-1450
www.fenimoreart
museum.org
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DIRECTIONS
Cooperstown is located
in central New York
State, 70 miles west of
Albany and 30 miles
south of the New York
State Thruway (I-90) Exit
30. Visit the museum’s
website or call for more
detailed directions.
Closed Mondays and
major holidays.
The Norman Rockwell Museum
A must-see for admirers of Norman Rockwell, this museum is
dedicated to the artist’s life work. Highlights of the museum
include enduring favorites from Rockwell’s Saturday Evening
Post covers, the powerful Four Freedoms and the nostalgic
Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas. Along with the artist’s
work, take a peek into Rockwell’s Stockbridge studio, including the artist’s materials and equipment, his personal art
library, furnishings, decorative objects, travel mementos,
hundreds of prints and artwork sent by fans. Shown from
the museum’s permanent collection is Triple Self-Portrait.
9 Glendale Road
Route 183
Stockbridge, MA 01262
(413) 298-4100
www.nrm.org
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DIRECTIONS
Located in western
Massachusetts on Route
183 just south of I-90.
Visit the museum’s
website or call for more
detailed directions.
Closed major holidays.
©1960 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN
Rufus Porter Museum
67 North High Street
(Route 302)
P.O. Box 544
Bridgton, ME 04009
(207) 647-2828
(leave a message)
www.rufusporter
museum.org
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DIRECTIONS
Hours are limited,
so call ahead for times
and directions.
A newborn by museum standards, the Rufus Porter Museum and
Cultural Heritage Center opened in 2005. In September 2004, Julie
and Carl Lindberg purchased a two-acre property at 67 N. High
Street in Bridgton, Maine, with the intention to preserve the Rufus
Porter murals in the house and create a museum of his work. The
Cultural Heritage Center offered its inaugural series of workshops
this past July to continue the tradition of Rufus Porter. Museum
staff intends to offer ongoing workshops as well as purchase fifteen
Rufus Porter murals—known as the Westwood Murals—removed
from the Dr. Francis Howe home in Westwood, Mass., in 1965.
Submit your idea of a noteworthy painting-related destination—museum, shop, retailer, studio or public artwork—to The
Decorative Painter, attn. On the Road, 393 N. McLean Blvd., Wichita, KS 67203-5968 or e-mail [email protected].
The Decorative Painter
Issue No. 5, 2006 115
Inside Industry
News & products from the painting field
Prep & Finish
recommended reusable applicator (sold
separately).
The Tole Booth, 19 Goshen St. N., Zurich, ON N0M 2T0
Canada, (519) 236-4873, www.heatherredick.com
BASECOATING IS A THING OF THE PAST when
you paint on Viking Folk Art Publications’
new wooden surfaces. Already basecoated with
earth-toned water-based paint are plates,
bowls and trays all beaming with bold attitude.
Viking Folk Art Publications Inc., 301 16th
Ave. S.E., Waseca, MN 56093, (507) 835-8009,
www.viking-publications.com
IT’S POSSIBLE TO PAINT ON PVC AND
PLEXIGLAS?! Use J.W. etc.’s UnderCover on normally hard-to-painton surfaces—such as metal, tin,
tile, cement, plastic—and then
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the inside out in less than a week.
J.W. etc., 2205 First St., Suite 103,
Simi Valley, CA 93065, (805) 526-5066,
www.jwetc.com
ZHOSTOVO ARTIST Heather
Redick CDA obtains the
smooth finish that’s necessary
for her artwork by using her
very own Heather’s Choice
varnish, available in gloss or
satin. Use the finish over
acrylic or oils by simply wiping on the product with the
CONGRATULATIONS TO PEACHY KEEN STAMPS for
winning SDP’s New Product of the Year (Kids
Category) at the 2006 Nashville Conference.
What’s especially keen about
this stamp line is that each
stamp attaches to a resuable
acrylic stamp block, so not
only can you see precisely
where you’re stamping, you
need only one acrylic block
for an entire set of stamps.
Shown are the stamp products
Natalee and Hot Cocoa.
Peachy Keen Stamps, 422 Columbia
Ave., Green Bay, WI 54303, (920)
490-9313, www.peachykeen
stamps.com
Delta Creative Challenge
Once again, decorative painters are
asked to step up to the plate to
show the industry your creative
stuff. Use Delta Creative products to
paint, decorate, decoupage, stamp,
paper-craft or stencil in the 2006 Delta Creative
Challenge and win up to $1,000 in cash and great
prizes—including industry-wide notoriety.
Here’s how it works: select one of five color
themes (Retro, Tropical, Cha Cha Cha, Romance
or Vintage) and use Delta products to submit a
finished piece. Projects will be judged on originality, design and color interpretation; creative use of
products; and overall presentation and appeal.
Visit www.deltacreative.com for complete details
and a submission form. Questions about the
challenge? Contact Kim Latham at klatham@
deltacreative.com or (562) 695-7969 ext. 1784.
Send new product releases and website launch announcements to The Decorative Painter, attn. Inside Industry,
393 N. McLean Blvd., Wichita, KS 67203-5968.
The Decorative Painter
Issue No. 5, 2006 117
New Releases
New book titles
Add to Your Library
Look for these books
in your local craft store.
If you must order direct
from the publishers,
contact them for
shipping/handling charges.
Apron Strings
Peggy Trabalka
Prudy’s Studio Inc.
Basically Bentwood
Bob Pennycook
Viking Woodcrafts Inc.
A Bear Necessity 2
Denise Girling
Susan Scheewe
Publications
Country Seasons
Fall & Freezin’
Karen Wisner
Eas’l Publications
Donna Dewberry’s
All New Book of
One-Stroke Painting
Donna Dewberry
North Light Books
Down Roads
Less Traveled 4
Bill “Ridley” Bayer
Eas’l Publications
Enjoy the Seasons 5
Roni LaBree
Eas’l Publications
Begin to Paint,
Begin Now
Shea Szachara
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Enjoy Watercolor
Susan Scheewe Brown
Susan Scheewe
Publications
Beginner’s Guide
to Lace Painting
Patricia Rawlinson
Leisure Arts
Finishing Touches II
Anne Hunter
Viking Woodcrafts Inc.
Birds & Flowers
Willow Wolfe
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Flowered Teacups
of the Month
Priscilla Hauser
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Bold & Fresh
Donna Dewberry
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Folk Art Fun ’n Funky
Shara Reiner
Kooler Design Studio
Botanical Inspirations
Tracey Sims
Viking Folk Art
Publications
Gift Card Ornaments
Bess Daniel
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Brushtiques
Linda Lover
Viking Woodcrafts Inc.
By the Water’s Edge
Mary McCullah
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Candleholders Light
Up Your Décor
Kooler Design Studio
Canvas Painting
Donna Dewberry
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Gran’s Flower Garden
Ros Stallcup
Susan Scheewe
Publications
Pat Smelkoff
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Reneé Mullins
Eas’l Publications
Publishers &
Distributors
Kindred Hearts 3
Viki Sherman
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Prairie Blessings
Kim Klassen
Viking Folk Art
Publications
ArtStone Press
artstonepress.com
A Kindred Welcome
Beverly Kindred
Eas’l Publications
Learn to Paint...
with Priscilla
Priscilla Hauser
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Lifestyle: Living Spaces
Donna Dewberry
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Realistic Techniques 3
Judy Sleight
Susan Scheewe
Publications
A Road to America’s Past
John Sliney
Viking Woodcrafts Inc.
Rock Painting Fun
for Everyone!
Lifestyle: Special Moments Lin Wellford
ArtStone Press
Donna Dewberry
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Rosemaling: A Laminated
Workbook
Linens & Lace
Lois Mueller
Collection 3
Prudy’s Studio Inc.
Arlene Linton
Viking Woodcrafts Inc. Spectacular Walls!
Jeannine Dostal
More Snowies
North Light Books
Trudy Beard
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Sunshine Kisses &
Warm Winter Wishes 3
The Oil Painting Course
Holly Hanley
You’ve Always Wanted
Susan Scheewe
Kathleen
Publications
Lochen Staiger
Watson-Guptill
Ten Wonderful Years
Publications
Donna Dewberry
One Stroke
Floral Workbook
Donna Dewberry
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Painted Botanicals
Barbara Baatz Hillman
Kooler Design Studio
Holiday Heartwarmers 11
Sue Jernigan
Painted Canvas Collage
Viking Folk Art
Ginger Edwards
Publications
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Home & Garden
Donna Dewberry
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Peace & Plenty
Lynne Andrews
Prudy’s Studio Inc.
Juicy Fruits &
Fragrant Flowers
Plum Purdy
Snow Many Friends
Take a Look
Eas’l Publications
(314) 892-9222
easlpublications.com
Kooler Design Studio
koolerdesign.com
Leisure Arts
(800) 526-5111
leisurearts.com
North Light Books
(800) 221-5831
artistsnetwork.com
Plaid Enterprises
(770) 923-8200
plaidonline.com
Prudy’s Studio
(248) 380-0220
prudysstudio.com
Susan Scheewe
Publications
(503) 254-9100
painting-books.com
Plaid Enterprises Inc.
Viking Folk
Art Publications
(507) 835-9008
vikingpublications.com
Times Remembered
Annette Dozier
Eas’l Publications
Viking Woodcrafts
(800) 328-0116
vikingwoodcrafts.com
Tuttles Touches 3
Mary Jo Tuttle
Eas’l Publications
Watson-Guptill
Publications
watsonguptill.com
Watercolor by Design
Marianne K. Brown
Watson-Guptill
Publications
World of Animals 6
Ana Bernabé
Viking Folk Art
Publications
To have your new titles considered for inclusion in “New Releases,” send a copy of the book(s) to
The Decorative Painter, attn. New Releases, 393 N. McLean Blvd., Wichita, KS 67203-5968.
The Decorative Painter
Attention animal
lovers: Check out
these new books to
capture a realistic
animal portrait or
learn the tricks to
creating the soft look
of fur and feathers.
Birds & Flowers
by Willow Wolfe
(Plaid Enterprises)
By the Water’s Edge
by Mary McCullah
(Plaid Enterprises)
World of Animals
by Ana Bernabé
(Viking Folk Art
Publications)
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