Golden Spike Decorative Painters

2017 October Newsletter

Painters,

“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all.”  Stanley Horowitz

The leaves are changing and the air is much cooler.  Yikes, winter is just around the corner.  Are you ready to settle in during the cold days and paint?  I am…..

A huge Thank You to Bobbie Takashima for teaching us the beautiful owl clock at our fall seminar.  We had so much fun with Bobbie and her friend Rhonda and learning her fun techniques and design stories regarding her pieces.  We are so sorry for those of you who couldn’t make it because you really missed a super class.

We have a great lineup of classes coming up in 2018 so check our schedule and be sure to come join us.

Wendy Ouellette will be teaching the JoSonja plate in November.  We still have room in the class for more painters.  Come join us.

Hope to see you in November.

Don’t forget to SMILE and enjoy life.

Pat Reeder

2017 Seminars and Paint-ins

November 18th (Saturday) – Wendy Ouellette - Sleigh Bells Ring Plate (day 1)

November 25th (Saturday) – Wendy Ouellette - Sleigh Bells Ring Plate (day 2)
December  2nd – Christmas Party

2018 Paint-ins

The Board would like some input from the Chapter members about next year's Paint-ins and Seminars. What kind and style of projects would you like to paint? Who would you like as teachers? Would you willing to teach a class and if so, what would you teach? Please give this some serious thought. We are here for You. Contact any of the Board members with your ideas.

2017 Chapter Service Project

This year the Chapter will be supporting the Ogden Youth Futures, located at 2760 Adams Ave in Ogden. This community project provides shelter for homeless teens ages 12 to 18.The shelter accepts clothing, toiletries and money donations. The Chapter will collect money for the shelter at each paint-in and seminar. There is a lot of kids in need, so we hope everyone will support this effort.

2018 Elections

Your new Chapter officers for 2018 are:

President -      Lydia Gossett

1st VP -          Nancy Coley

2nd VP -         Helen Mahoney

Treasurer -     Gloria Eldridge

Secretary -     Carol Daz

Raffles

This year we would like to ask all members to bring a NICE raffle item. You will receive two Christmas raffle tickets for your item. Painting supplies like palette paper, brushes, and tracing paper are always welcome as are nice wood or metal surfaces. Other items could include potted plants and candy. If you would like to receive it, it will probably make a good raffle item.


Christmas Raffles

This year at our Christmas Party we will again be having special raffles. There will be an original watercolor by Juanita Denton and an alder wood Norwegian Head Dress storage box filled with painting supplies. Tickets will be on sale from now until the drawing at the party. The cost is $1.00 per ticket or 6 for $5.00. You do NOT have to be present to win.

November

Sleigh Bells Ring Plate by Jo Sonja Jansen

Teacher:    Wendy Ouellette

Date:          Nov 18th   9am - 3 pm 
                          and  
                   Nov  25th  9am - 3 pm 

Cost:          $50.00 (includes plate)

Palette: JoSonja

Blackberry                  Red Earth

Carbon Black             Rich Gold

Deep Pond                Smoked Pearl

Nimbus Grey             Titanium White

Napthol Red Light     Yellow Orange

Orange                      Yellow Oxide

Pale Gold

Mediums:

Flow Medium             Retarder

Clear Glaze               All Purpose Sealer

Green Mix: Deep Pond + Yellow Orange

Light Blue: Deep Pond + Titanium white

Flesh Mix: Orange + Smoked Pearl + Touch of Yellow Oxide (Don’t make it too light because we are painting on a dark background, keep it darker)

Prep Instructions:

Base Plate Blackberry + All Purpose Sealer 2:1 Dry and Sand. Repeat with Blackberry + Clear Glaze Medium 1:1. Apply Pattern. Outside edge and flat area is Deep Pond, Inner Bead is Rich Gold and Flat area by bead is Red Earth.

Please have the above done before the first class.

The Paint-in will be held at the Westwood Village Clubhouse (1111 N. 2000 W., Farr West, UT).Take I-15 #346 and go north on 2000 W/UT-126 0.6 of mile. The Clubhouse is on the west side of the street with parking on the west side of the building.

December
Christmas Party

Date:           December 2nd 3:00 pm 

Cost:          $7.00 Members

                   $18.00 Non-members


The Party will be held at the Prairie Schooner restaurant (445 Park Blvd, Ogden UT)

Meal Choices:

Chopped Steak
Pork Tenderloin 

Country Fried Steak

Marinated Prairie Chicken

All meals include warm bread; salad; baked potato; steamed vegetables; drink; and desert. 

We will have the 'Looser' raffle drawing and door prizes for those in attendance. We will also have the ornament exchange (bring a nice Store-Bought or Home-Made ornament if you wish to join in the fun), some games, good food, and friends. So mark you calendars and plan on coming.

We do need a count of those planning on attending. Please email Nancy Coley at scoley97751@gmail.com with your RSVP and dinner choice.with your RSVP and dinner choice.

Rosemaling Coast to Coast

Save the date: June 26-28, 2018 (Tuesday-Thursday)

An association entitled "Rosemaling Coast to Coast” has been formed to plan and execute a convention by the same name. We are extending an invitation to you to become a member of the association and assist in making this, our first rosemaling convention in Decorah, Iowa a huge success.

The venue will be Luther College, with everything in a very compact area. We have reserved a dorm that holds 250 people. Across the street from the dorm is the Main Building, which has 12 classrooms. Across the street from the Main Building is the Centennial Union where the vendors will be. Our breakfast and lunch will be served in this building, as will one special evening event. The rooms and meals will be very reasonably priced.

One evening we will have a special event at Vesterheim, "A Night at the Museum." During this evening we can view the 2018 National Exhibition of Folk Art in the Norwegian Tradition and tour the museum itself. It will be a unique event.

We will keep you updated on what is happening as we progress toward the convention. We will need many volunteers, before, during, and after the event. We will be providing a list of areas of tasks so you can select one or two that you would like to become involved with.

The first thing you need to do is become a member of "Rosemaling Coast to Coast". We already have over 20 members from the West Coast. To become a member send $15 with your name, address, phone numbers, and email address to Ruth Green, 309 1st Street, Decorah, IA 52101. Make checks payable to Rosemaling Coast to Coast. Membership is from the date you sign up through the first convention year of 2018.

The email address is very important. We would prefer to contact you using that method, because it would be much less expensive to use email than USPS for keeping you up to date. (If you do not have email, we will then mail information to you.) For additional information, please contact: Lois Mueller, nordic@mhtc.net or Betty Dowe, bettydowe@harmonytel.net

Vesterheim Rosemaling Letter/Application

 For those of you who love Rosemaling, here is the newsletter from Vesterheim for you. It is chocked full of beautiful pictures, projects and patterns.

More Painting Opportunities – Utah Guild of Heritage Artists (SLC)

October 27th and 28th

October 27th 

Seminar with Judy Diephouse. She will be teaching the two projects below. The cost is $50.00 a day for members and $75.00 a day for non-members. This is bring-your-own-wood seminar.

October 28th

November 18th - 9:00 am

Santa Claus & Child (Helan Berrick design) taught by Cheri Ringger on a plate. Pattern and wood is $18.00. Pattern only is $8.00.