Meeting Minutes 12 Nov 2024
Watercolor Versals with Nell Houser
24 were present including 2 guests
Welcome & Announcements:
**We welcomed Wendy Prescott and Debbie Myer to our meeting tonight as guests of Nancy Anderson.
**Our annual membership dues of $30 are to be paid in February. We will be electing our Board for 2025. All are welcome to participate!
**Our annual Christmas Party and Card Exchange will be held at 6 pm on Dec 10th at Cecelia’s. Please bring a dish to the Potluck along with 30 handmade cards if you wish to participate int eh card exchange.
**Lettering bookmarks for Rockledge Ranch was a big hit! We’ve been asked to do it again.
**Karen announced a community service project to support a ministry that publishes Sunday School materials for a variety of churches and denominations around the world. Start collecting canceled stamps, cutting a 1/3-1/2 allowance around each stamp, and give them to Karen Eiles.
**Tom showed us 2 different carpenter’s pencils he bought on Amazon to practice his lettering in old notebooks he has around the house.
**Carole introduced us to a hand/brush/palette cleaning paste called ReDuran.
**Lynn brought a package of Stimudent to show us how they can be broken down to size and used to make marks with ink or paste to enhance/embellish backgrounds.
Show & Share:
**Lynn brought exercises and papers she made at Suzanne Moore’s recent workshop, telling us the word she chose to focus on.
**Anne did the same, adding to what she learned in class.
**TJ also showed 2 finished books she made from papers made in the workshop along with 5 in progress.
**Lonnie had a hearty report on the 2-week workshop she took in Italy with Brody Neuenschwander and Amity Parks creating a ‘Book of Hours’.
**Jacque brought several botanical/floral watercolors she did during a class she took from a local senior center.
**Leslie constructed a book from the papers she made in the Suzanne Moore workshop, complete with lettering on every page!
**Karen E lettered the cover of a notebook she had for her friend Carla.
**Christie Lee brought in several pages of leaf prints she did from a recent ‘play day’.
**Jim brought a number of old newsletters and certificates our guild published in the past.
Evening Presentation:
**Nell did a good bit of prep work for her watercolor demo. She had Versals hung as displays, had exemplars at each place along with palates of tiny paint blobs, 2 squares of watercolor paper with penciled circles, and saran wrap. We were to choose a versal to lightly draw in the circle. Next, we were supposed to wet the outer portion of the letter with water and add color to the wet and set it aside. We could top it with the saran wrap or a pinch of salt if we wanted. We could do second versal while the first one dried. It was a lot to absorb in one evening, but we all had a good start!
