April 2023 Meeting

 Meeting Minutes 11 Apr 2023

Tiny Writing with Kristi Lyons

16 present

 

Welcome & Announcements:

**Candy was to host our annual picnic in August, but has a conflict with work.  Kathy Sullivan has agreed to host it in her backyard.  We will be doing 3 studio tours, ending at Kathy’s house.

**We will have gourmet popcorn with our scheduled video during our Sept meeting.

**Tom let us know that St. Michael’s Episcopal Church will be hosting a folio of the St. John’s Bible.  He has scheduled for us to view it at one of our upcoming meetings.  

**Leslie noted juried work presented in a recent edition of Lettered Arts Review.

**Sherry submitted Copperplate bookmarks and cards in a recent show at Commonwheel.

 

Show & Share:

**Tom has been doing “Sayings of The Saints”, a quote a day in pointed pen.

**Jacque brought a number of water colored florals for us to see.

**Kathy Sullivan showed us 6 samples of the cards she made digitally for an upcoming “Tea” based show at Commonwheel. She also did linoleum block prints on tea towels through Spoonflower. (No samples shown)

**Jim had a stack of marbled papers he brought to advertise the upcoming workshop in June. 

 

Evening Presentation:

**Kristi had Roman exemplars of Susie Berringer’s for us to use as guides.  She demonstrated each letter, reminding us of the proper widths and proportions using a pointed pen in a straight pen holder.  The exemplar showing us where pressure was to be applied and lifted was especially helpful.  Once we went through the alphabet, we were encouraged to make the same letters at half the height, creating Tiny Writing!  She also had examples of work she had done in this hand.  

Jacque's watercolors

Kathy Sullivan's cards

Jim's marbled papers