Meetings and Events
Upcoming Dates
For 2024
September 28,29 2024
Our Annual Workshop
with Patty Schmidt
at Keizer Art Association,
Keizer, OR
October 18, 2024
Howdy Neighbor Happy Hour
The 1st PNW Regional Chapter Event
6 to 7:30 PM PST
Zoom Only
November 16, 2024
Zoom Only Meeting
Wilsonville Public Library
is located at
8200 SW Wilsonville Rd.
Wilsonville, OR. 97070
Directions to the Library:
Exit #283 from I-5
Go East on SW Wilsonville Rd for 6/10ths Mile
The library will be on your right. Plenty of Parking!
*Annual workshops require advance registration and payment. All other dates above are events free to chapter members. Guests may attend up to two meetings before joining.
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CALL for ARTISTS
CPSA DC 201-Portland Chapter is seeking mixed media CP artist members to lead 2024 chapter events using mixed media with colored pencil. You can partner up with a buddy; present from the comfort of your art chair via ZOOM; ask members to raid their art supplies for a group share; or ask a child what they did in art class recently and to be your presentation buddy. Contact Lori if you have some ideas!
Mixed media is our chapter's focus for 2024 to support our
first Explore This! digital exhibition. Which brings me to...
Deadline for Explore This! 20 is November 15, 2024
"Let's Play with Paint, Ink, Crayons and Colored Pencils"
presented by Pat Averill, CPSA
Video Link to a copy of this workshop from June 15th:
Click link to open the Crayon and Colored Pencil Demo.mp4 video file in Google Drive.
(You do not need a Google account.)
Double Click the File to open the video within Google Docs.
(You can select the option to download the video file to your computer and launch the video on your default video player. )
Click the Play button to launch the video. (Please note: this will not launch in ZOOM.)
Recommend: Download video file to your computer so you have a copy of the video. I do not post to YouTube because it is public and I cannot control access. Vimeo is a subscription or paid service.
Pat's Colored Pencil Mixed Media Ink
Pat's Colored Pencil Mixed Media Oil Pastel
Pat Averill, CPSA is well known for her award winning dreamy, atmospheric landscapes. In 2021, Pat presented a step by step tutorial of her painting, ”Natural Realm” in CPSA’s To The Point magazine. Prepare to be led on a magical mixed media journey of scribbling in colors to capture the beautiful solitude of nature.
Save the Date!
In this 2 day workshop Patricia will guide you through a series of exercises that teaches you to use watercolor for colored pencil in mixed media art. The secret to painting backgrounds is controlling water and pigment. Learn how to mix wet-into-wet watercolor to create beautiful colors once you know how to control the water!
Patricia has taught watercolor, drawing and colored pencil classes as adjunct faculty for several colleges and at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology on the Oregon Coast.
A Two Day Workshop in
Watercolor for Colored Pencil
presented by CPSA Charter Member
Patricia Schmidt
September 28 & 29, 2024
from 10 to 4 PT each day
Keizer Art Association
Keizer, Oregon
"Howdy" Neighbor Happy Hour
The 1st PNW Regional Chapter's ZOOM Event!
hosted by
DC 201-Portland, DC 207-Seattle, DC 225-Boise,
and DC 217-Idaho Falls
Connect, Create, Learn
Please join us to chat with members from the Pacific Northwest regional chapters and get to know each other.
Date: October 18
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM PST
Where: Your own home via ZOOM
ZOOM link and Evite for your RSVP coming soon. Please watch your email!
Introduce yourself and share your passion for colored pencil. Feel free to share your art. We welcome your new creative discoveries. We will share our vision for the PNW Regional Chapters’ and welcome your ideas for workshops and presentations.
This event is open to CSPA members and nonmembers. This is a great opportunity to reintroduce yourself to your chapter or introduce a friend. Bring your own beverage and/or snack!
