New logo. RMSBA’s new
logo appears at the top of the Blog.
Renew your
ASBA membership by February 10, 2019 to enjoy a full year of member benefits between January 1
and December 31, 2019, including all four issues of The Botanical Artist! When
renewing, please first go to the ASBA web page, then
click on Member Login in the upper right corner; use the email address
associated with your ASBA Membership account to log in. Do not neglect indicating
your membership also in RMSBA, the first ASBA Chapter.
Call for
Entries. As promised, here is the announcement of the upcoming member show “Feathers
and Flora: A Natural Relationship.” The Prospectus is available for download at
OnlineJuriedShows.com.
We recommend a YouTube journey with John Muir Laws’ “How to Draw Birds”
offering, recently revised according to the New Birds Drawing Systems. Check it out!
Reminder
about Framing and Matting. Our accepted frame sizes are 12x12, 12x16, 16x20,
and 18x24. Currently, we prescribe the Blick Essentials Wood Gallery Frame in
Natural (Dick
Blick 18862-1904, -1906, -1908, and -1909). Mats white or off-white.
Do remember that D-ring flat hangers are much preferred; no little toothy rack
things or eye screws.
“Lost in
the Woods” now departs the CU Museum of Natural History in Boulder. “Cannabis: A Visual Perspective” opens
soon at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango. Information
forthcoming about an Opening and any related activities.
ASBA’s
Silver Anniversary. The Mother Ship encourages us to participate in the
events over the next year observing this anniversary with distributed
activities. They of course solicit entries for their show in
New York. We here at RMSBA are organizing a workshop in silverpoint as a
medium on April 27. More information forthcoming shortly.
Executive
Board met January 13 to plan the upcoming year’s activities. March 31 we
gather (11 – 2) at the BioLounge at the CU Museum of Natural History in Boulder
for some sketching. June 23, Dorothy De Paulo will present a workshop/class on
colored pencil rendering of birds on Mylar drafting film. September 29, Judy
Vanderbosch will guide us through the process of making our own spiral-bound
sketchbooks, using the papers near and dear to our hearts.
Speaking of
paper: On January 15 from noon to 1 pm, the Strathmore paper company brought
their merch to Gates Hall at Denver Botanic Gardens. Not only did we score some
sample papers, we got a random selection of General’s drawing media and a few
other items, so we could try all of them out on the sample sheets. Fun!
