Golden Spike Decorative Painters

2021 June Newsletter

Hello Ladies!

The weather is beautiful and it looks like things will be opening up soon!  I hope everyone has been moving their brushes and staying healthy!  I anxiously await painting with my friends again!!! 

I hope we have classes posted in the next newsletter!!! The Board will be meeting this month to plan for the rest of the year. We would love to have suggestions from our members, so please let us know what you would like to do.

I look forward to seeing you all once again!

Helen

Society of Decorative Painters News

Make with Paint

We're very excited to announce the re-launch of our Make With Paint program with DecoArt! Make With Paint has two project series by fantastic artists to help beginner artists learn painting skills and techniques! If you'd like to do some fresh and fun projects, or if you have friends or family who want to learn to paint, these projects would be perfect!

Each Make With Paint series includes three projects with instructions, line art, and complete video lessons, PLUS an entire kit from DecoArt that includes everything you'll need to complete the projects! Each series is only $26.99 for SDP members or 29.99 for non-members!

Check out our website at decorativepainters.org for more information and to order your kit. 

Decorative Painters Academy

The Decorative Painters Academy is adding new classes all the time. We have some great class opportunities for ALL art styles, including Cheri Rol, combined PLAID artists Andy Jones, Priscilla Hauser and Chris Williams. We are currently adding Sandy McTier, Marlene Fudge, and Lynne Andrews and others. 

Check out our website at decorativepaintersacademy.com for pictures and to order your online/video classes. Also, on this website you will find a tab for the ‘Marketplace’. This is updated regularly with SDP businesses, interviews and specials being run by various SDP businesses.

Vesterheim Folk Art School

Registration for Vesterheim Folk Art School classes and events through June is now open! Join us online for classes featuring food and baking, woodcarving, rosemaling, weaving, metalwork, knitting, and so much more! Programs are filling fast, check out our classes and register at Vesterheim Folk Art School.

Save The Date: On May 6 at noon (CT), the Folk Art School will open program registration for July through September, including an update about reopening the Folk Art School on site.

 We hope to see you online this spring!

More Painting Opportunities - Utah Guild of Heritage

Artists (SLC)

With the current status in the state, we will most likely have be having the Zoom classes as we did in December. If you have questions contact Betty Van Pelt 801-699-1246.

June retreat - We are still checking on some things. There may be something every week in June on either a Friday or Saturday.  The plan is three ZOOM classes. Glenna is teaching seagulls, Jacque a watercolor beach scene, and I'll be teaching the artist amphibian. More details to come.