General Meeting Info for the 2019-2020 Season!!!!



In-house meetings are canceled until further notice
 
due to the coronavirus pandemic.  

Membership Directory Cover Contest!

Results of the Cover Competition:

Congratulations go out to Becky Neideffer for submitting her painting of “Summer Festival”.  She told me that she had taken the reference photo at the 2019 IAPS Convention, in Albuquerque, NM, and it was of the San Filipe Festival.  The painting size is 14” x 11” and on mounted UART 500 paper.  A special thanks goes to the 16 artists that submitted their art for this fun event and to over half of our Membership, for turning out to vote.  This year, we had 16 entries, and all had received votes! 

​
Kitty Tobin, Program Committee.
 
Picture
While we are sheltering-in-place, put those pastels to work.  In February of 2021, we have two great shows that will need entries.  The Ironwood Gallery Show and the Winter Charity Show both begin in February and will have entry deadlines in November and December of this year.  
Post your Art photos!
​
Let's have some fun and share what you have been painting during this time!  CLICK HERE to upload your work to share!  Check the Member Fun Photos page for the results!  Please give me about 24 hours to post the photos.  These can be pastels or any medium.  ​

Virtual Tours!

​CLICK HERE for virtual tours and other shelter-in-place activities!
​
From the Drawpaintacademy.com - Dan Scott

​Foreshortening - What it is and How to Paint It

Remember to check out our FaceBook page!

Call to Artists!

If you would like to enter your work in shows around the US and beyond, these links may be for you!!!
​
Dakota Art Pastels - Four Quarterly Contests/Year End Grand Prizes
​For information and the prospectus - CLICK HERE
DEADLINE: June 13, 2020 - Enduring Brilliance! Pastel Society of America.  Enter through showsubmit.com.  For prospectus go to http://www.pastelsocietyofamerica.org/the-annual/.
Richeson75 International Competitions:
For prospectus and information go to http://www.Richeson75.com
 
Deadline - August 25, 2020 - Figure/Portrait
Deadline - October 30, 2020 -  Animals, Birds & Wildlife

Free Mixed Media Class with Pat Dolan

On Saturday, February 29, 2020, Pat Dolan and some members had a delightful time painting with pastels combined with other media.  The day was filled with experimentation, music, adventure and play.  Also, Pat shared some of her wisdom and adages to help guide our work.  Here are some.
                                                                                     
  • Variety is the spice of life, and also variety is the spice of art.
  • If all else fails, try a bit of turquoise.
  • When painting a landscape, remember that nature is not tidy.
  • Accents are like pillows; three are good; twelve are too many.
  • A little bit of red goes a long ways.  Think cayenne pepper.
  • Step back and look.
  • Breathe.
 by Ellen Cholski

A fantastic class today - combining technical mastery with a great classroom personality!  and guessing everyone else enjoyed it as much as I did - and she went to great lengths to make everyone feel good about their work.
by Shelley Edsen

February Meeting
​

 Janet Thompson  - Landscapes

Our visiting artist for February was Jan Thompson, a signature member of the Pastel Society of America. Jan spends summers working and teaching at her studio and gallery in Creede, CO, and winters doing the same in Tubac.  For her demonstration, she used NuArt 400 grit sanded paper and did an underpainting using hard pastels in colors complementary to those she planned to use in the painting.  She used alcohol to create a wash.  After a short drying period, she used a combination of hard and soft pastels to create a luminous fall scene of a canyon near her home in Colorado.  Her use of a stump to create fine textures, such as the tree line on the distant ridge, was very effective.


​by Julia Graf

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.

IAPS 36th
​Juried Exhibition
The Juried Exhibition opened on-line today from Dunedin, Florida.  To see an amazing show CLICK HERE!

​Richard McKinley has a fascinating and inciteful interview with the jurors and their process of selecting the art for this show.  Please take the time to watch this video.  We all struggle with rejection and handling the emotion about our work. 

Visit the IAPS YouTube page for many great interviews with the jurors for the Dunedin, Fl. show, Jimmy Wright, and many others.

​Tickets will be available at the next general meeting for the Millions For Tucson 2020 Raffle.  

Art Supplies for Sale!!!


To see lists of art supplies and frames available for purchase at the TPS monthly meetings click on each file below.  All items have been donated by members, families of members, or past members for the benefit of the Renovation Fund.  If you would like to reserve the purchase of an item before a meeting, contact Becky Neideffer.

Art items list 1
​
​Frames
​

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.
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. 
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.

​

​Programs Photos

Round Robin Jan  2017