Meeting Minutes 9 Apr 2024
Accentuate the Negative Space’
22 were present-2 guests
Welcome & Announcements:
**In Sherry’s absence because she is ill, dues should be given to Candy.
**Christie Lee was in a car accident, so Candy passed around cards for us to sign for both girls.
**We welcomed Judy Ashton who came as Anne Dyer’s friend, and Nancy Anderson who moved from the Seattle area where she was a member of the Write-On Calligraphy Guild.
**We were asked to letter bookmarks at the Historical Center on Pikes Peak and 24th during Territory Days. Six people are needed in total, two people each day from noon to 3:00 Saturday May 25, Sunday May 26, and Monday May 27.
Show & Share:
**Cyndi brought a flourished, floral heart Thank You on black paper.
**TJ made a Trading Card-Just Nuts About Boots!
**Kathy brought 2 Trading Cards, one filled with hearts, and the other about Animals. She also had an oval piece with a sheep and lamb surrounded by leaves in each season, then surrounded with “To everything there is a season”.
**Newcomer Nancy brought a foundational piece she lettered on a water-colored background.
**Tom brought full pages of his daily lettering of Proverbs 3.
**Jacque made 3 appliqued Trading Cards with fun faces.
**Kate’s Trading Card with a grey background was lettered with Joy
**Leslie brought an envelope she received from the guild’s envelope exchange, and super cute water-colored popsicles she did with her granddaughter.
**Cheryl’s Trading Card had a purple background with the outline of a flower done in black.
**Cecelia had 2 different Happy Birthday cards she lettered in a fun and funky style.
Evening Presentation:
**Lynn Friedberg’s exemplar had a few colorful words she lettered in black Uncial with bright accented shadowing. After a brief introduction to Uncial for the newer members, she asked us to write a 4-5 lettered word or name in Uncial before showing us how to lightly pencil in the white space on the ‘shadow’ side of each letter. She showed us how to use a white or cream-colored pencil to facilitate blending the colors to come. Next, she suggested adding a light-colored shadow just up to the pencil line. The second color was to be a bit darker, with a third color to accentuate it all. The results were really lovely.
