meetings and activities 2020

June through December meetings will be held online only via Zoom. 
​Scroll to see upcoming programs.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ZOOM

​from PSST President, Liz Czerewaty:  Zoom is a wonderful teleconferencing video application which will allows us to meet, see and hear each other all from the convenience and safety of our homes. Zoom works on your phone, iPad, laptop or desktop computer.  It will allow us to conduct our monthly meetings, have guest artists as demonstrators and in general commune with each other during these distancing times. ​

Kouida Putman will send an email inviting you to our monthly meeting through Zoom.  Just click on the link at the stated time … and you are in! Beforehand, if you’d like you can go to zoom.us take a look around at the site and register. This allows you to get the little Blue Zoom icon which makes the process even easier.  Flag those emails so you can get back to them easily, then at the time assigned click on the blue link and it will take you to the meeting. Simple as that!

​Click to download a helpful graphic that Kouida created to help you visually in the zoom process.  ​

september 12 ~ 10:30 Zoom meeting

10:30 Business meeting followed by Program
​BETHANY FIELDS- Western Skies in Pastel

With Texas being mostly a flat landscape, we have great opportunities to paint fantastic big open skies. Bethany Fields will show us how. 
 
Bethany has recently exhibited at The Museum of Texas Tech at the Art on the Llano Estacado, at the historic Salmagundi Club in NYC, The National Arts Club in NYC, and the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH. Her work centers on the landscapes of the American West, spanning the vast region she calls home. She teaches online at patreon.com/bethanyfields and posts daily work on her instagram account (follow @bfields).
 
For more information please email info@bethanyfields.com. She takes visitors to her home studio by appointment. Visit Bethany's website/

Bethany Fields painting

august 1 ~ 10:30 Zoom meeting

10:30 Business meeting followed by Program
​RITA KIRKMAN - Small but Powerful Impacts - Process of Sunlight on a Face

Rita Kirkman has been painting portrait commissions since the age of 17. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1988, but in 1986 began a career sketching quick portraits at amusement parks, and 2 years later, began a business drawing detailed portraits from client photos.
 
Rita improved her style studying with renowned artists, and her hard work and independent study has paid off. Her  work has been featured in the Pastel Journal, the Pratique des Arts Special Pastel, and other publications. She is a Signature member of the Pastel Society of America and an Eminent Pastelist with the International Association of Pastel Societies.
Visit Rita's website

The Ruby Princess, 8x6, $1150, Best of Show PSST 2019 Art of the Pastel

Rita Kirkman

july 11 ~ 10:30 zoom meeting

10:30 Business Meeting followed by Program
​ANNE MAREE HEALEY and Sorolla

​Anne Maree is a Houston-based artist who enjoys whimsy and humor. Her inspiration comes from the everyday, reflecting life in the 21st century. Her work varies from charcoal drawings experimenting with line and form, to pastel paintings as small works playing with color theory, and alla prima oils. The narratives found in her paintings encourage conversation about what is current in our world. ​ Visit Anne Maree's website

Anne Maree will do a presentation on painting Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923), concentrating on his sun drenched figures, his palette and a very general, mini history.  It will tie in with the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from the Spanish Historical Society in NY which has been extended to September 7, 2020. ​​

Demo:
Brief history of Sorolla and his painting methods
Demo, block in, setting the scale
First pass: darks, mid-dark, light darks
Second pass: dark lights, mid-lights, lights
Highlights
Learning from Sorolla and applying to your own work.
Artists who work in similar style of Sorolla

Sea Idyll, 1908, by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida

Paintings by Anne Maree Healey

JUNE 6 ~ 10:00 zoom meeting

Welcome to our New Technology!  Tune in live from your home computer or iPad, for all the updates on what is happening with PSST.

Easier than you might think, the Zoom meeting is a practical way to reconnect and update you on everything PSST Live! The meeting will be general business, plans going forward, information on the AOTP Online Exhibition, upcoming “live demos”, and your Spotlight news!

We will also have a short “virtual message” from a wonderful artist who has a few words of encouragement for us all.

cancelled: May 2 meeting

from PSST President Liz Czerewaty: 
I so wish we didn’t need to cancel our monthly meeting scheduled for May, but we indeed do. First of all, our friend, Texas Art Supply is only taking over the phone orders for pickup, their facility is currently not open. Even more importantly, physical distancing is critical to our individual safety and continued good health, a must for us all.

Let’s look for a “bright” side to all of this and continue doing and sharing what we love to do in our wonderful gift of art. 

Painting by Lynda Conley

CANCELLED: april 4 MEETING

from PSST President Liz Czerewaty:
"It is with regret but confidence that I am putting forward my decision to cancel the April PSST meeting. Nothing is more important than getting an early handle on this destructive virus through diligent hand hygiene and social distancing. The continued good health of each of you comes first. Please be in touch if you are needing physical or emotional support in any way."

Painting by Jody Martin

CANCELLED:  March 7 MEETING

The March 7 PSST meeting is cancelled because of a scheduling conflict.
​Texas Art Supply is hosting the Scholastic Arts Show and our meeting space is not available.

February 1 ~ MEETING 

CINDY MCBRIDE DEMO - PORTRAITS WITH SOUL
Portraiture is Cindy's specialized field, although she admits she loves still life as well. Her style comes from studying impressionism with Dick Goetz in Oklahoma City. Abstract impressionism, personified in Nicolai Fechin, is a close second. Pastels are her favorite medium. Cindy's demonstration will be from a live model. 

Cindy is the President of the Texas Pastel Society and has 50 years of experience in art, as well as a B.S. in Art Education and a Master's in Education.  "Sindisiwe" is an art name she adopted when she lived in Africa. Her collections are found in homes around the world.

CINDY MCBRIDE AFTERNOON WORKSHOP 
Portraits with Soul - Live Model Painting with Instruction

Visit Cindy's website

Painting by Cynthia McBride

january~ meeting and program

10:00 Doors Open, Social time
10:30 - 12:30 General meeting and Free Demo 

Welcome to the New Year,  New Supplies,  and a “Hands On” Pastel Paint Day
The New Year brings lots of ideas for new and past members to discover opportunities for pastel painters.  Our President, Liz Czerewaty  will announce all the newest goals and up to date plans for 2020. Be sure to be here for a lively and informative discussion with Liz!

After that, we will enjoy a paint together session, if you wish to participate. Last year we sampled different sanded papers and had fun painting fruit. This year we are going to try just one or two new papers and do our favorite pastel painting exercises. How about 75 strokes  only? Or same color, three values?  Bring your small set of pastels and you will receive a few sheets of a new pastel paper to take home as well.  What we paint will be a surprise. 

Supplies: a small set of medium hard pastels, about 16 will do.  In addition, bring 3 pastels in the same color spectrum but of different values.  Example :  dark purple, medium purple, light purple.  Or dark red, medium red, and light red. Or, yellows, etc. Only pick one color for these extra 3 pastels. Plus an apron, some hand wipes, sheet of aluminum foil,  a clipboard. If you want, bring an empty 3 ring binder (sturdy kind) to lean your clipboard on.  Otherwise your handbag or supply satchel should  do.  Don’t bring tabletop or standing easels. This is a group table project where we all need to see the object being painted.
Any questions, please email Linda Dellandre  dellandw@yahoo.com

January 2019

January 2019

CANCELLATION, REFUND AND WAITLIST POLICY. PSST understands that cancellations may be necessary and that duplicate registrations occur, and will accommodate members when possible. However, a $5.00 handling fee will be deducted from all refunds, for whatever reason.

If a mini-workshop can be filled from the wait list, registrant will receive a refund, less the $5 handling fee. If a mini-workshop cannot be filled from the wait list, registrant will forfeit the full workshop fee.

Requests for cancellation, refund, and wait list must be made via email to Programs Chair, Linda Dellandre.

Linda Dellandre, Program Chair