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An Affiliated Chapter of the Society of Decorative Painters
Volume 12 Issue 4
Hello Fellow Painters,
Well, remember when we had 50+ inches of snow
and prayed for hot weather? I think some of us prayed too
hard. We certainly got our wish. Wow! Summer is the
time I turn down the air, pop a movie in the VCR and get
to some of those unfinished projects. How about you?
What ever you are doing between meetings, I hope you’re
staying cool and having fun.
Speaking of our meetings, we have a great necklace
planned for July, that I’ll be teaching. In August Dorothy
will be teaching us some really cool watercolor techniques.
(I hope you have placed your order for the pencils.) We
will use these techniques to do our project in September,
the nautical ornaments for a wreath. Also, in September,
we will have our Maureen McNaughton seminar with Sally
McAloon. You won’t want to miss that.
The rest of our year is also full of fun classes that we’ll
go into later. Until then, stay cool, stay happy and stay
painting.
Beverly
July 10 Paint-In
Project: Nautical Necklace
Teacher: Beverly Cratty
Supplies: Usual painting supplies; Americana Paints:
White, Black, Rookwood, Hauser Med. Green,
Antique Gold, Uniform Blue, Slate Grey, Sable
Brown, Charcoal Grey; Delta Jewelry Glaze; necklace
kit.
Make 3 solutions of paint and water 1:1 in separate,
disposable containers, using Rookwood, Uniform Blue and
White. Place 1/3 of the beads in each and periodically
shake the container to redistribute the beads. When they
have reached the desired color, remove the beads. Place
on a wire or skewers and let dry. Painting will be done in
class. The paper charms have been printed on Strathmore
Canvas paper (300 Series). You may substitute any triple
thick glaze or varnish for coating the finished paintings.
Kits were distributed at the June meeting. Contact
me if you need a kit.
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July/August 2010
Program
Co-Chairs; Bonnie and
Deborah Rae
Well, the summer heat is here, driving a lot of us indoors for
the better part of the day. Now then is the time to break out
those brushes and start painting up a storm! Get your
'mystery' piece all painted and done for the November auc-
tion and paint a small companion piece for the Among
Friends show; get your beads painted for the July meeting
painting project...the Sailboat necklace being taught by Bev-
erly Cratty. A fun and different project that you can wear or
give as a gift. Don't forget you will need an ornament for
the exchange at our Christmas party, so take this as an op-
portunity to get that painted and ready to go. In other
words, if you can't take the heat, stay IN the kitchen.
We have our September seminar coming up before you
know it. If you haven't signed up as yet, why wait any
longer???? You know it's going to be a good time...you
know the designs are beautiful and you know all your friends
are going to be there, so join the fun and sign up, too. I
know it's just July, but boy, time goes by fast. Shortly we
will be opening registration for this seminar to surrounding
Chapters.
The paint-in at our August meeting, August 14, will be
taught by Dottie Wolfkill. Dottie has been experimenting
with watercolor pencils and the techniques that can be used
with them. Stop by to try something new and use those
techniques in September when we use pencils for
the ornaments going on the wreath we are donating to Ken-
nedy Kreager. You just might find you have skills you have-
n't discovered as yet. How much fun would that be???
If you're not coming to the meetings, you are missed but
you are missing out. We are branching out and trying new
things, learning new skills and techniques and it's not the
same old, same old, anymore.
We hope to see you there,
Bonnie and Debbie
See page 4 for August Paint-In information.
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Calendar 2010 Painter’s Tip

July 10 Beverly Cratty HCPL Bel Air Here’s a tip from Bonnie
Nautical Necklace 10 a.m. Rae.
If you are painting a
August 14 Dorothy Wolfkill HCPL Bel Air straight line, look ahead to
Watercolor 10 a.m.
where you are going instead of
Pencils
looking at your brush. After all, you wouldn’t look
September 11 Festival of Trees HCPL Bel Air at the hood of your car if you were driving down
Outreach Paint-In 10 a.m. the street; it’s a recipe for disaster, right? Well, it’s
September 17 & Sally McAloon TBA the same thing. Watch where you’re going! Good
18 McNaughton De- advice for painting a straight line and good advice
sign for life in general. And, move your arm from the
October 2 Lorraine Ban- HCPL Bel Air
shoulder. . . not just your hand. Try it and see
nasch 10 a.m. what a difference it can make.
TBA
Nov 5,6,7, Martin F. Weber TBA
BADP Board Members—2010
Seminar President Beverly Cratty 1-410-636-2174
November13 Diane Weih HCPL Bel Air
TBA 10 a.m. 1st Vice President Bonnie Rae 1-302-378-4906
Program Deborah Rae
December Annual Luncheon Holiday Inn
2nd Vice President Lorraine Bannasch 1-443-643-6520
Aberdeen Membership
10:30 a.m.
Secretary Regina Schuch 1-410-557-740
March 2011 Linda Lock TBA
Acrylic w/altered Treasurer Lyn Skillman 1-410-273-7996
Art
September Rosemary West TBA Community Service Annette Stark 1-410-879-0924
9,10,11, 2011 Acrylic Design to Secret Pal
be Determined Historian Elaine Kohles 1-410-557-7440
March 2012 Gabby Hunter TBA
Librarian Deb Leister 1-410-848-2511
Design to be
Determined
Newsletter Dorothy Wolfkill 1-410-692-5195
September 2012 Lynne Andrews TBA Michele Fiore 1-443-567-6599
Design to be
Publicity Jackie Burke 1-410-836-9519
Determined

Scholarship Lynne Russell 1-410-942-0077

Sunshine
Ways and Means Pat Zelechowski 1-410-638-2200
Bon Voyage to Lorraine on
her trip to China. Take lots Bel Air Decorative Painters
of pix, Lorraine! hereby gives notice that various paints, finishes and
solvents are being used during meetings and seminars.
Each participant is responsible for assessing his or her
own potential risk or exposure to these products and
their components before electing to participate in
Thank you, Secret Pal, for the book, these events. Bel Air Decorative Painters, its teachers
tin and bowl. I can see I’ll be busy painting! and agents assume no responsibility for the partici-
Dottie pant’s use or exposure to these products.
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Election of Officers
The election of officers for 2011-2012 will take place
at the November 13, 2010 Regular Meeting of BADP.
Installation of officers will be held at the January, 2011
meeting.
Anyone who wishes to run for an office has until Au-
gust 31, 2010 to add his/her name to the ballot.
Using Water Color Pencils
To find information and instruction on painting with
water color pencils, I have gathered some sites that can
familiarize you with the methods. Several of the sites also
have information about painting with other media and tips
for painters.
―About.com‖ has an wealth of information about
painting in all types of media and lots of painter tips and
solutions to problems.
http://painting.about.com
Another site has a 5 minute video on using water
color pencils.
www.5min.com/video/How-to-use-water-color-
pencils
Or you can look at the video at:
www.idrawandpaint.com
This is a video by Bob Davies lasting about 10 minutes. It
is an excellent introduction to watercolor pencil. You can
access the video at the address below or if it won’t come
up go to the website above and click on videos, then look
for Bob Davies’ Watercolor pencil video.
http://community.how-to-draw-and-paint.com/
video/2036495:video:275946
BADP on the Web
The address of our website is:
http://badp.web.officelive.com
If you missed your last newsletter you can go to
the site and download and print it out. Isn’t that
great?!
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Preliminary Slate of
Officers
2011-12
President
Shared by Deborah and Bonnie Rae
1st Vice President—Program
Shared by Dora Nyborg and Pat Zelechowski
2nd Vice President—
Membership
Lorrainne Bannasch
Secretary
Joanne Kilduff
Treasurer
Lyn Skillman
September Seminar
Our seminar in September will be with Sally McAloon
who will be teaching two Maureen McNaughton designs.
You may choose to use your own surfaces for the designs.
The Pansy design is 6‖ x 7.5‖ and the Tulip center design is
approximately 10‖. The entire charger design measures
13‖.
The designs for this seminar may be viewed at:
www.maureenmcnaughton.com
The packet numbers are #754—Yellow Pansies and
#767N—Tulip Charger (New packets)
For anyone who wishes to purchase the surface for
the Tulip Charger for the Saturday, Sept. 18 class, Annette
Stark has spoken to Jo Lutness of ―Painters Paradise‖ and
she will sell the surface for $5.50 if we have an order of ten
or more. Anyone who wishes to order this surface, please
let me know by Sunday, July 11.. I will order them from Jo
and pick them up to save the shipping fee. I hope to have
them in time to distribute at our August meeting. If you
cannot make the August meeting to pick up your surface
let me know. I will be happy to basecoat the surface for
you and give it to you at the seminar.
Bonnie—(302-898-9559)
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Where to Find Books and Supplies

Either the economy or the internet, or both, seem to have had an adverse effect on local arts and crafts stores. We
can no longer find painting books and art supplies are limited. Scrapbooking seems to be the prime craft now and stores
favor this over painting.
We painters must then look to the internet to satisfy our needs. There are numerous sites devoted to our needs, with
supplies, packets, books, and instruction. One can go to the site, view items for sale, make a shopping list, order a catalog,
shop on the site, or get the phone number or address and place an order over the phone or by snail mail.
Robin Benjes has several favorite websites she visits and is sharing them with us this issue. If you have a favorite site
we hope you will share it with us in a future issue
More and more of our favorite ―Big Brushes‖ are now only available on line. One used to be able to go to stores and
look through all of the new books and pattern packets. Now you must learn to browse the internet to find your favorite
authors. I thought that I would take this opportunity to share a few of my favorite sites with you.
I found an interesting site, www.brushesandmore.com. What makes this site interesting is the availability of instructional
videos. They have a video that shows you each of the specialty brushes that they carry. Even if you have no interest in
purchasing from them, you can have an upfront look at a teacher using brushes you may have never seen in action. When
you get to the site, click on ―About Us and Our Products‖ to access these videos.
www.creativelifestyle.com, is a site run by Patricia Rawlinson. You can actually sign up on her site and you will receive
weekly e-mails. The subject of the e-mails is in regards to new products and projects. She has a function called ―Tole TV‖
where she will demonstrate new products. She also carries every single color of DecoArt paint. If you are having trouble
finding any colors, she guarantees that she will have it on her site.
www.dellaandcompany.com, is a site run by Della Wetterman. You can purchase all of Della’s tin ware on this site. Also,
all of Rosemary West’s pattern packets are for sale on this site. Della also has an e-newsletter that you can sign up to re-
ceive. During the convention she sent out daily pictures of the activities of the convention. It made you feel like you were
a part of the convention even if you weren’t able to attend.
www.countryprimitives.net, is a site run by Maxine Thomas. All of her new pattern packets can be found on this site.
There is nothing special about the site, she just happens to be one of my favorite teachers.
This was just a small sampling of what is available to decorative painters on the internet. Try and Google your favorite
―Big Brush‖. You may be surprised at all of the information you have at your finger tips.
Happy Painting, Robin

August 14 Paint-In Ways and Means

Project: Watercolor Pencil Paintings—#1 Dogwood,
#2 Concord Point Lighthouse
Teacher: Dorothy Wolfkill
Supplies: Small water container, watercolor pencils,
pencil sharpener, #2 pencil, eraser, paper towels, #2
and #4 round brushes, pattern, 140# cold-pressed
watercolor paper.
Copy the pattern onto tracing paper. Turn the tracing
paper over and with a #2 pencil retrace the lines gener-
ously on the back. Lay the tracing paper on the watercolor
paper and lightly transfer the design. These lines can be
easily erased after the painting is dry.
A practice surface will be pro-
vided to use before painting the pic-
tures.
Two designs will be presented
and 7‖ x 10‖ sheets of watercolor
paper will be available at the July
meeting for $.50 per sheet.
Remember to bring your item donation to Ways
and Means if you won something last time. Also, any-
one who wants to donate an item will be welcomed.
Ways and Means is important to our chapter as it
helps fund our community service activities and the
Scholarship fund, too.
Members are welcome to make a cash donation
rather than an item if they so choose. Every little bit
helps to keep such worthwhile activities going.
Membership
Lorraine Bannasch, Chair
Member information is still being collected. We need
a filled out membership form and a copy of each member’s
current SDP membership card. Please help us get our in-
formation up to date so we can get out a new member di-
rectory. Several members still need to send copies of their
membership cards in.
Don’t forget to sign in as you arrive at each meeting.

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Treasurer’s Report Beverly thanked Lynne for her work on the commit-
May 31, 2010 tee.
Secret Pal – Annette Stark reported that the Se-
Balance $3815.54 cret Pal program will continue in 2011. A registration
Expenses form will be included in the September issue of our
Lodging for Beth Wagner $413.37
Scholarship for Holly Watson 500.00 newsletter.
Deposit, Holiday Luncheon 200.00 New Business:
Total Expense 1113.37 There will be a change in the order of the pro-
Check Fee 2.50 gram for August and September. Beverly reported
$2699.67 that the board had decided that lessons learned from
Income
Return of Deposit, Spenceola 100.00 learning to paint with watercolor pencils could be
Auction of Picture Frames 39.00 used to paint the designs for the Christmas Wreath.
Ways and Means 28.00 Members were offered the opportunity to order a kit
Drawing 12.00 which included watercolor pencils, and supplies con-
Secret Pal Messages 6.00 tained in a zippered case for $5.19.
Total Income 185.00
Balance Forward $2884.67 Unfinished Business:
Plans for the Maureen McNaughton Seminar to
be taught by Sally McAloon are in progress. Debbie
Minutes of the Meeting reported that registration is now open and forms are
June 19, 2010 on the desk. The cost of the seminar includes the de-
The meeting of Bel Air Decorative Painters was called sign packet. Paints will be supplied and some
to order by the President, Beverly Cratty, at 10:30 a.m. brushes and other supplies will be available for sale at
at the Harford County Public Library in Bel Air,
the seminar.
Maryland. No guests were present.
A final decision was made as to the theme, nauti-
In the absence of the Secretary, Regina Schuch, no
cal, of the wreath to be made for Kennedy-Kreager’s
minutes of the last meeting were read.
Christmas sale. Annette Stark reported that we would
The Treasurer, Lyn Skillman, reported a June 19, 2010
be receiving information about the kind and size of
balance of $2884.67. A detailed report was prepared
the wreath by the end of July.
for audit.
There was further discussion about participation
Vice Presidents - Program, Debbie and Bonnie Rae,
in the Christmas Craft Show by ―Among Friends‖. It
reported that they had received word about a Karl
was decided that we participate by members donating
Larsen seminar at Steph’s Folk Art Studio. Informa-
small items that they have or will paint as they paint
tion about this seminar would be available on the offi-
for the Swap Meet. Robin Benjes, representing
cers’ desk.
―Among Friends‖, said they will waive the entry fee
Vice President - Membership, Lorraine Bannasch, re-
and will only charge 25% of our sales. Items should
ported that she still does not have copies of many
be brought to the November meeting. The sale will
members’ SDP cards.
be held at the Odd Fellows Hall on Bradshaw Road in
Carol Sniegowski thanked members for their many
Kingsville, Maryland from November 17 to Decem-
cards and notes of sympathy.
ber 5, 2010.
Lorraine Bannasch thanked members for their gener-
Swap Meet packages were distributed.
ous donations to International Care, Inc.
Beverly gave preparation instructions for the July
Committee Reports:
Paint-In.
Scholarship – Debbie Rae kindly filled in for
Members were reminded that they would be
Lynne Russell presenting the Wilma McConnell Art
painting Memory Boxes today, after the meeting.
Scholarship to Bel Air High School
There being no further business, and there
Senior, Holly Watson, at the school’s
being no objection, the meeting was adjourned at
Awards Ceremony. Holly will be
11:15 a.m.
attending Salisbury University where
she will major in Art Education.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lynne reported that the McConnell
Dorothy Wolfkill, Acting Secretary
familh had generously donated
$400.00 to our scholarship fund.
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Joanne Kilduff
brought this cake
 COCONUT SHEET CAKE
to the last board
meeting. It is deli-
cious!
Try it and you’ll like it!
From MASCC—
An Alternate Means of Getting to the SDP
Conference
Hello all,
Sheila has gathered information about train service to and
from the 2011 SDP Convention in Wichita. I am sending
this information out to you, based on my notes from the
information Sheila has provided. At this point, I am ex-
pecting that SDP, with Sheila's help, will be publishing this
information for all of us, but you're getting a 'heads
up'. Train service is available to Newton, Kansas, which is
approximately 30 minutes from Wichita. SDP, with Sheila's
help, is pursuing a grant to cover the costs of chartering
buses to transport folks to and from the Newton train sta-
tion to the Wichita convention location. When last
checked, the buses would cost $420, each direction, for
transport to/from Newton and Wichita. At this point, the
anticipated cost, for a round trip train ticket, including meals
while on the train, is less than $300.00. Pricing as of
06/21/2010 was about $260.00 round trip. Bags would
be checked. As I write this, I am not aware of any luggage
limitations. A minimum of 20 people is required to obtain
the group discount that SDP is looking to obtain. At this
point, it also sounds like other discounts, such as AARP,
can be applied and that will need to be confirmed as details
are worked out. Amtrak will try to put us all together in
the same car. Seats are 'sleepable', with pillows and blankets
provided; beds would be available, on a different car, for an
additional charge (TBD). 47 folks are needed to fill a
bus. If enough of us (SDP members) would purchase this
trip, we would be allocated our own rail car (or more than 1)
for the trip. Expect a layover in Chicago, from approxi-
mately 9am to 3pm (enough time for some exploring in Chi-
cago). Based on a Harrisburg location, the trip to Wichita
will take approximately 27 hours elapsed time with approxi-
mately 6 of those hours in Chicago for the layover.
K - based on current schedules, the train arrives in Newton,
KS at 3:15 am. local time and the train leaves at 3:15 am lo-
cal time. Convention is scheduled Tuesday through Satur-
day evening, so it might be feasible to leave right from the
banquet and head to the train station. Knowing that folks
are concerned about luggage limitations on flights, costs of
driving, even when shared, perhaps this information that
Sheila has provided will encourage folks to look at attending
the 2011 Convention in a more optimistic light.
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BAKE AT 325o
Grease and flour (or use Pam) a 13x9 sheet pan.
1 White Cake mix any brand 18.25 oz size
3 large eggs
1 (8 oz) container sour cream
1/3 Cup water
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 (8.5 oz) can of cream of coconut - (I can only find 16
oz. cans of one brand of cream of coconut in the drink
aisle called Coco Casa - this is not coconut milk - it is the
cream of coconut they make Pina Coladas with.)
Ed. Note: Try a Near Eastern market or a liquor store to
find Cream of Coconut.
**all ingredients should be room temperature
**mix cream of coconut in can in case it has separated.
Beat eggs at high speed with an electric mixer for 2 min.
Add sour cream, 1/3 cup of water, mix well.
Add vanilla, cream of coconut, mix well.
Add cake mix beating at low speed just til blended then
beat at high speed for 2 minutes.
Pour into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick
comes out clean 35-40 minutes. Do not over bake.
Cool cake in pan on a wire rack.
Cover pan with plastic wrap and freeze for 30 minutes.
Remove from freezer. This is an original direction but I
do not do this step. I have found cooling it on a rack
sufficient. If you do keep it over a few days put it in the
refrigerator due to the cream cheese and butter in the
frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
1 (8 oz) pkg. of Philadelphia Cream Cheese softened,
1/2 c butter softened, 3 TB of milk, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 (16
oz) pkg. confectioners sugar
1 (7 oz) pkg of sweetened flaked coconut (original
amount of coconut - I use much less so the frosting re-
mains creamy.)
Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed until
creamy; add milk and vanilla, beating well.
Gradually on low speed add confectioners sugar, mix
well. Fold in Coconut 1/3 portion at a time.
Have a slice and refrigerate the rest...I have made this
now many times.... It has never failed......I hope you
like it. Store in the refrigerator covered with foil so the
cut edges do not dry out. When serving again, cut slices
while cold and then let come to room temperature as
you will get the full flavor of the cream cheese in the
frosting.
—Joanne Kilduff
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Bel Air Decorative Painter
Dorothy Wolfkill, Editor
4048 Trebor Court
Jarrettsville, MD 21084
Jane Austen Said it. . . .
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance .
Directions to Seminar at Spenceola
1999 Mardic Drive, Forest Hill, MD 21050
From I-95: Take Exit 77, Rte. 24 North through Bel Air
onto the By-Pass staying in the right lane following signs
for Rte. 24 North. After crossing under the By-Pass, drive
to the third traffic light and turn right onto Spenceola
Parkway; follow to Mardic Drive and turn left. Follow to
the community center on the right.
From I-83: Exit at Rte. 439 and follow signs to Rte. 24
South via Rtes. 439 then 23. Turn right and follow to traf-
fic light at Spenceola Pkwy. Turn left, then turn left again
on Mardic Drive. Follow to the community center on the
right.
Directions to HCPL at Abingdon
2510 Tollgate Road, Abingdon, MD 21009
From North on Rte. 24: Turn right at Singer Road, fol-
low to the traffic circle; take first right onto Tollgate Road
and follow to the Library on the left.
From South on Rte. 24: Turn left at Singer Road, follow to
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the traffic circle, take first right onto Tollgate Road and
follow to the Library on the left.
Directions to HCPL at Bel Air
100 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Bel Air, MD 21014
From I-95: Take Exit 77 North and drive approximately 6
miles to Business Rte. 1; turn right, follow to 5th traffic
light and turn left onto Main Street. Follow 3 blocks to
Pennsylvania Avenue and turn right; follow, crossing Hick-
ory Avenue and park across from the library.
From I-83: Take Exit 36: at end of ramp turn onto Rte.
439 (to Bel Air) and follow 6.5 miles to Rte. 23. Follow to
traffic light in Jarrettsville and turn right following Rte. 23
to next traffic light and turn left. Drive approximately 6
miles to Rte. 1, Conowingo Road and turn right at traffic
light. Follow to 4th traffic light at Pennsylvania Avenue
and turn left. Park across from library.
From East on Rte. 22: From intersection of Rtes. 22 and
543 drive 1.9 miles to Hickory Avenue. Turn right and
follow to Pennsylvania Avenue. Turn right and park across
from the library