General Meeting Info for the 2023-2024 Season!!!!

 
next Monthly Meeting!
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October 18, 2023

2 - 4 PM
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Lisa Larrabee


Responsive Drawing
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Responsive drawing is an approach to seeing and manipulating elements in

your artwork using an intuitive sense of design.  It feels more like a

conversation with your art than a step-by-step process.  When you learn to

see the relationships between the elements of your work, you can 

improve the overall sense of design and harmony.  


If you want to apply this approach to color, join Lisa on October 28, to

explore color and composition through deconstruction.




A fun hands-on program!!!

Bring a few pastels and small sheets of toned or colored paper.

Click HERE for more about Lisa!

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September Program

​Jeanne Conant Kramer - Viewfinder Abstracts
​Jeanne Conant provided our membership with the opportunity to step into the world of the abstract with an excellent demonstration and participation experience. We were encouraged to use a viewfinder to zoom in on our chosen photo to isolate an interesting composition and begin our paintings with a pastel and alcohol wash. We were able to continue with our pastels and eventually abandon the reference photo. This was a new experience for many and perhaps worth further exploration in the future!

Thank you Jeanne!

by Annette Grantham
Starting in September!

2nd Wednesday of each month - 

Open Studio

Click HERE for details!


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4th Wednesday of each month - 

Plein Air

Click HERE for details!
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The Artist of the Month


Bring your painting, ready to hang,

to be entered into the

Artist of the Month Contest
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              for a new season starting September 20, 2023. 

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​For AOM/AOY rules and guidelines CLICK HERE!
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2023-2024 Workshops


Nancy Nowak

October 11-13, 2023



Laura Pollack

March 13-15, 2024


Click HERE for the Workshop Page!

2023-​2024
September

Artist of the Month!!

Congratulations
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Donna Lynch

Hiking in the Catalina's
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10" x 8"​
Donna spent the majority of her college and adult years on the East Coast. She studied Fine Arts at University of Massachusetts North Dartmouth.
 
Her love for pastel started in New Hampshire back in 2015. After taking an introductory class to the medium, the love affair started!
 
Retiring in 2019 in Tucson AZ gave her time to devote to her beloved medium. She enjoys the immediacy and spontaneity of the pastels.
 
7 years later, she has successfully been juried into 3 shows with The Pastel Society of Cape Cod, The Tucson Pastel Society and the New Hampshire Pastel Society. In 2023, Donna was awarded Second Place in the Tucson Pastel Society show.
 
She currently serves as the Workshop Chair for the Tucson Pastel Society. 

 


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Membership Directory


The directory will be available in .pdf format this season.

You may download the new directory HERE. 


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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.
Millions For Tucson!


The best fundraiser for TPS.

Click on the poster or on the

tab above to read about this

fabulous opportunity. 

We appreciate every donation.
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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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Don’t have it? Click here to get it.

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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​Programs Photos

Round Robin's