Have a great summer

with lots of painting!

General Meeting Info for the 2024-2025 Season!!!!

Next Meeting

Lisa Larrabee

Background Colors Change Everything

September 18, 2024

2:00 - 4:00 pm
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Energize and harmonize your color palette right from the start.  Explore the impact you can make by laying a foundation of color that takes into consideration the intended mood, temperature and energy of your subject.  Changing the base color (or colors) can have a profound effect on the final artwork.  Colors, values and temperatures are affected by context. Learn how selecting base colors affect every color that builds on top in both subtle and dramatic ways.  Changing how you start a painting will affect how you develop it.  Consider the possibilities you can achieve through background color experimentation.
September Meeting!



Bring you art entry for the

Artist of the Month Contest!



Must be framed with a wire for hanging.


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2023-2024



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The Artist of the Year


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Congratulations
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Adrianna Hewings

Loch Awe

11" x 11"
​I am a native of northeastern Massachusetts and have always been fascinated with flowers and the world around me - landscapes, gardens, plants, buildings, and urban streets.
 
Throughout my life, I have been drawn to art, and as a teenager even imagined becoming an artist.   As an adult, my husband and I raised three sons and built our careers leaving time for little else.
After I retired, we became snowbirds and I began to seriously pursue art, first drawing the botanical subjects I love.  Through personal exploration, art classes at the Morton Arboretum (Chicago), the Art Institute at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, and The Drawing Studio (Tucson) and workshops at TPS, I now find art an old friend providing great relaxation and pleasure.
 
This painting, Loch Awe is a fond reminder of a holiday Geoff and I took to Scotland. The moody loch, often shrouded in clouds, changed throughout the day. Here, in late afternoon the clouds had lifted and the peaceful blues, greens, greys, and purples so typical of western Scotland became evident
​For AOM/AOY rules and guidelines CLICK HERE!

2nd Wednesday of each month - 

Open Studio

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4th Wednesday of each month - 

Plein Air

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The Arizona Gives continues throughout the year.  Please go to the site, select the Tucson Pastel Society and donate!!!
Thank you, Lynn Wilson, for volunteering for our Social Media chair.  She is keeping our TPS FaceBook page up to date.  The name of the page is "Tucson Pastel Society".  We welcome members to join. Please share your information, your websites and most importantly your art. If you are a member of TPS you can freely interact on our FB page. Non-members are vetted just to keep the site free from spam. Let’s talk, share our love of art and Pastels.

 

For Call to Artists CLICK HERE!

News

Click on the Activities Tab for the complete Tucson Pastel Society Calendar.

Check out the plein air/special events page for upcoming events.  Meeting times and car pool instructions are listed.

Click on the Shows tab to see all of our show information.
Member of IAPS!!
The 2024 Millions for

Tucson Raffle is now

available. 

CLICK HERE to go to the

​ raffle page.

The Tucson Pastelist!

A monthly newsletter with updates on the members of Tucson Pastel Society and so much more!
Download the past & current newsletters from this year.
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Facility Page
​We are renting!!!!!

Visit our facility page for rental information, contracts and payment possibilities.

​Also visit the Facility Event page where events not sponsored by TPS will be listed.  If you would like to participate in any of the unsponsored events, contact the person listed for fees and information.

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