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An Affiliated Chapter of the Society of Decorative Painters
Volume 12 Issue 3
Hello Fellow Painters,
Let me begin by saying that if you missed Beth
Wagner’s seminar, you missed a
great learning opportunity.
Her roses are spectacular, and
she made it a point to see that
everyone got special attention.
I thought she was a very good
teacher.
Speaking of good teachers,
you will have another chance to
paint with a good teacher in September. Sally McA-
loon will be here teaching us a Maureen McNaughton
piece. Sally will have her camera system with her, so
every seat will be a good seat. I hope many of you will
take this opportunity to expand your painting capabili-
ties.
Don’t forget that Bonnie and Debbie have lined
up some wonderful classes for us in the next seven
months.
Support YOUR chapter and participate in these
awesome classes.
Beverly
*See page 4 for important information about the
May Paint-in.
June 16th Paint-In
Project: Painting Memory Boxes
Teacher-leader: Pat Zelechowski
Supplies: Usual Painting Supplies, pattern of your
choice, base coated box with pattern on
I will bring boxes to the May meeting so that any
pre-basting or pattern work can be done before-
hand. Members are asked to bring in their own sup-
plies to paint these boxes. Patterns for the boxes are
open to the members own choice as long as they are in
good taste. I do suggest however, that soft colors be
used since these boxes are used for infants. I am hoping
that everyone takes at least one box in May.
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May/June 2010
Program
Co-Chairs; Bonnie and
Deborah Rae
Hello Everyone,
We hope you will be able to attend the May meeting on
the 8th at the Abingdon Library. The May and June meetings
are important ones for the BADP, as we have a lot packed into
these two months.
In May we will be doing a paint-in with Joanne Kilduff—
sunflowers on rocks. So cute when they are on small rocks, so
pretty on large ones. Great gifts to be used as paperweights or
small ones in potted plants.
We also will be looking at the selection of projects for
the September seminar with Sally McAloon. Beautiful Mau-
reen McNaughton designs. Sally is a wonderful teacher and
will give a wonderful seminar. Please plan to attend and enjoy
a different approach to painting your design and for those of
you who dread floating - this one is for you!
In June we look to paint Memory Boxes and also that is
when you will need to bring in your exchanges for the
[November] auction. You never know what you will find
when you open up the paper bag you are assigned. So start
looking in your stash and find something different or unique to
surprise the recipient with. The nicer the pieces we donate for
this, the nicer the pieces we can purchase!
So please try to join BADP on May 8 and June 19. We
have a lot to do and a lot to talk about.
Bring an unpainted piece from your stash.
Place it in a paper bag suitable to size of piece.
We will draw for a bag and get a surprise piece to
paint.
Come, join the fun!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
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Calendar 2010 Painter’s Tip

May 8 Joann Kilduff HCPL Abingdon To attach fabric to a wood
Sunflower Rock 10 a.m. or paper Mache box you need to
June 16 Memory Box HCPL Bel Air seal the surface and let it dry
Paint-In 10 a.m. completely.
1. Cut two fabric pieces large
July 10 Beverly Cratty HCPL Bel Air
enough to cover the surface and to wrap to the
Sailboat Necklace 10 a.m.
inner side of the top and bottom neatly.
2. Cover your work surface with plastic or waxed
August 14 Festival of Trees HCPL Bel Air paper and lay out the fabric working on one
Outreach Paint-In 10 a.m. piece at a time with the right side down. Use a
September 11 Dorothy Woflkill HCPL Bel Air large flat brush to wet the fabric. Brush from
TBA 10 a.m. the center out toward the edges and in various
directions to wet it evenly.
September 17 & Sally McAloon TBA
18 McNaughton De- 3. Center the fabric over the box (lid or bottom)
sign and carefully smooth it over the surface to pre-
vent air pockets. Fold neatly at the corners and
October 2 Lorraine Ban- HCPL Bel Air smooth as you wrap it to the underside. Set
nasch 10 a.m.
aside to dry and repeat with the rest of the box.
TBA
4. Keep an eye on the fabric as it dries so that you
Nov 5,6,7, Martin F. Weber TBA can smooth any air pockets that may form by
Seminar pricking them with a pin and flattening.
November13 Diane Weih HCPL Bel Air 5. When thoroughly dry, apply your pattern, then
TBA 10 a.m. paint your design and varnish all surfaces.
December Annual Luncheon Holiday Inn
Aberdeen BADP Board Members—2010
10:30 a.m.
President Beverly Cratty 1-410-636-2174
March 2011 Linda Lock TBA
Acrylic w/altered 1st Vice President Bonnie Rae 1-302-378-4906
Art Program Deborah Rae
September Rosemary West TBA 2nd Vice President Lorraine Bannasch 1-443-643-6520
9,10,11, 2011 Acrylic Design to Membership
be Determined
Secretary Regina Schuch 1-410-557-740
March 2012 Gabby Hunter TBA
Design to be
Treasurer Lyn Skillman 1-410-273-7996
Determined
September 2012 Lynne Andrews TBA Community Ser- Annette Stark 1-410-879-0924
Design to be vice
Determined Secret Pal

Bel Air Decorative Painters Historian Elaine Kohles 1-410-557-7440

Librarian Deb Leister 1-410-848-2511

hereby gives notice that various paints, finishes
and solvents are being used during meetings and
Newsletter Dorothy Wolfkill 1-410-692-5195
seminars. Each participant is responsible for as-
Michele Fiore 1-443-567-6599
sessing his or her own potential risk or exposure
Publicity Jackie Burke 1-410-836-9519
to these products and their components before
electing to participate in these events. Bel Air
Scholarship Lynne Russell 1-410-942-0077
Decorative Painters, its teachers and agents assume
no responsibility for the participant’s use or expo-
2sure to these products. Ways and Means Pat Zelechowski 1-410-638-2200
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Chapter Notes
• Someone is needed to take over
the Chairmanship of the Mem-
ory Box Committee. This en-
tails leading the meeting when
the boxes are painted and seeing
that they are delivered to Upper
Chesapeake Medical Center.
• Bring something you’ve painted
recently for Show and Tell.
• Remember to bring your dona-
tion to Ways and Means.
• Bring your last newsletter to the
meeting as we will be discussing
suggested changes to the Stand-
ing Rules.
• Don’t forget the rock you plan
to paint and your pattern, if you
have one.
• Pat Zelechowski and Elaine
Kohles have volunteered to pre-
pare the wreath for the Festival
of Trees with our painted orna-
ments.
• Beverly Cratty has volunteered
to handle the Ways and Means
Table.
• The Slate of Officers has been
filled for 2011-2012 and will be
announced soon.
• Lynne Russell and her commit-
tee are reviewing the entries for
our annual art scholarship and
will be announcing the winner.
• There will be discussion at the
May meeting about finding ways
to increase funding for the
scholarship program.
• If you have Secret Pal messages
please let the editor know. The
fee is $1 and lets your Pal know
you have received your gift.
And Secret Pals don’t forget you
can send a message, too!
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emory Boxes
To get ideas for patterns
to paint on your memory box
go to these websites.
The home place for mem-
ory boxes is:
www.memory boxes.org Here you can read the
history of the Memory Box program , read testi-
monials from hospitals, find guidelines for paint-
ing designs, and learn where to purchase boxes.
All boxes need not be the larger size; smaller boxes
may be more appropriate for preemies or still
birth.
Another site to visit is www.leewismer.com/
memoryboxes.html Here you will find photos of
boxes which show the variety of designs that can
be used.
Thepreemieproject.com/bereavement/
memoryboxes has suggestions for both painted
and crafted boxes. It may give you an idea for a
box using fabric as a background to your painting.
This may be very useful if you use one of the pho-
tograph storage boxes to hide the holes left when
removing the card slot.
September Seminar
Our seminar in September will be with
Sally McAloon who will be teaching a Maureen
McNaughton design and possibly one of her own
based on the McNaughton style.
Members who hate to float should like this
style as there is no floating to shade or highlight.
Examples of designs for us to select will be
available at the May and June meetings. We can-
not post pictures in the newsletter because of
copyright considerations without permission from
McNaughton.
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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Examples of sunflower rocks painted by Joanne.
You can free hand or use a pattern. Have fun!
May 8th Paint-In
Project: Painting Rocks
Teacher: Joann Kilduff
Prep must be done before Saturday, May 8th since
the base coat must have extra time to dry on the
non-porous surface of the rock.
Base coat your rock with black paint and
sealer mixed 1:1. Allow extra time for this to dry
as the rock is not porous as wood or paper is and
you will have to base one side of the rock, let it
dry, then base the other side and let that dry.
Check both sides for any major skips. Remember
you will be painting on the “best side” of your
rock.
Brushes that are helpful are Rounds. I use a
#3-6 depending on the size of the rock. You will
need a brush to pounce the center, so if you have a
stippling brush or an old brush you can pounce
with, then bring that. I use a #2 Raphael liner but
any liner will be helpful for tiny lines coming out
from the center up the petals.
Paint colors: 3 yellows, 3 greens (think light,
medium, darker values), orange burnt sienna,
burnt umber, black, white, red are suggested col-
ors. You may use any brand you have.
Chalk Pencil: If you do not have one I am
sure you can borrow one to draw your sunflower
on the rock. You will be picking the placement.
Start thinking if you want it centered on your
rock or of to the side. In planning your design
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think if you want your petals to wrap the rock’s
sides or if you want then to end on the front sur-
face of your rock.. Do you want the petals pointed
or oval on the ends?
Look at magazines, calendars, seed packets for
ideas of sunflowers and how they look and the
color combinations. You can hardly make a mis-
take in this project as sunflowers offer such a vari-
ety.
Basic Painting Supplies should include, wet
palette, palette paper, water bucket, paper towels,
table cloth to cover the library table, small plastic
bag for your trash. You may bring other supplies
you are comfortable with. **I will have a few extra
base coated rocks with me if anyone runs into a
problem finding a rock. I will also bring samples
of past sunflowers that I have painted on rocks and
other surfaces for ideas. I have a few photos of
them and seed packets to look at.
Ways and Means
Remember to bring your item donation to
Ways and Means if you won something last time.
Also, anyone 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 dona-
tion rather than an item if they so choose. Every
little bit helps to keep such worthwhile activities
going.
Our sympathy and heartfelt
prayers go out to Carole Snie-
gowski at this difficult time as her
family mourns the loss of her
brother and mother-in-law.
Membership
Member information is still being collected. We need a
filled out membership form and a copy of each mem-
ber’s current SDP membership card. Please help us get
our information up to date so we can get out a new
member directory.
Thank you, Secret Pal, for the
painting supplies. It seems I can never
have too many and brushes are my
weakness. Dottie
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More on Our History—
We made our first field trip in 2000 to Steph’s
Folk Art Studio, had lunch provided by Steph Kauf-
hold, received a tin to paint on, toured her home, view-
ing her vast collection of folk art, and had fun shop-
ping.
We had our first seminar—with Sandy Aubuchon.
We learned that our chosen location was not very satis-
factory, but Sandy coped and members learned a lot
from the teacher and about setting up a seminar. For-
tunately Robin Benjes rose to the occasion and our
next seminar (with Scottie Foster) was in a wonderful
place. We owe her a great deal because we have been
using this location ever since with much success.
We participated in The Society’s Learn to Paint
Project at our local Michael’s store. Spreading the
word was fun.
For several years we set up a display of painted
items at Barnes and Noble until the project was discon-
tinued by changing management.
In 2001 we began painting Memory Boxes and re-
ceived very good feedback from Upper Chesapeake
Medical Center.
In May we made a field trip to Winterthur and had
a special tour seeing areas usually shown only to Deco-
rative Artists.
Celeste Higgins taught out first workshop with a
Betty Caithness design on a box.
Among service projects that year were a sale to
benefit the Red Cross after 9/11, collection of items to
benefit Tabitha’s House, painted sleds donated to the
Library’s Gift Shop, and a craft sale to benefit Rock-
field Manor. We were a very busy group but it was all
worthwhile.
Over the first years members became more com-
fortable teaching Paint-Ins which were well attended.
In 2003 Robin Benjes built our first web site and it
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MASCC Seminar with Lynne Deptula
Mid-Atlantic States Chapters Council is holding a
seminar with Lynne Deptula on August 28 and 29
painting the items at the left. The seminar will be held
at Painter’s Paradise in Claymont, Delaware.
The cost is $110 for the two (2) days. You may
purchase the surfaces shown or provide your own.
The bench painting measures 36” x 16” x 12” and the
tray measures 24” x 16”.
A registration form and information will be avail-
able at the May and June Meetings.
was a good way for painters to find out about our
chapter and we did gain members from it.
We began our Secret Pal program and continued
painting Memory Boxes as well as other service pro-
jects such as SARC, and the Library Gift Shop.
We continued to have seminars and have planned
at least 2 seminars each year with good success. We
have had wonderful teachers including Roxanne Jarvis,
Scotty Foster (twice), Lynne Deptula, Mary Jane Todd,
Susan Stamilio, Maxine Thomas, Jillybean Fitzhenry,
rry Brunner, Connie Parkinson and others to be men-
tioned later. Our chapter is worthy of praise for its
accomplishments and is a valuable meeting place for
decorative painters. Read again next issue for more
about our doings.
To Texas and Back on the Road
Though our trip has serious over-
tones, all-in-all it was a beautiful journey.
As we drove through Virginia, Tennes-
see and Arkansas the roadsides were cov-
ered with leafy trees (much further along
that ours at the time), Red Bud trees in
bloom, Dogwoods just opening; and the
farther south we went the more flowers
we saw. In Texas we were delighted to see
Bluebonnets just everywhere along with
other flowers in huge colorful drifts across
fields and along the high-
ways. We even saw the Bluebonnet
Brown-
Eyed Susan growing
in central Texas; the Cherokee Rose
flower used in the
Preakness because
our Black-Eyed fam-
ily does not bloom
Prairie
until June.
Paintbrush
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Bel Air Decorative Painter
Dorothy Wolfkill, Editor
4048 Trebor Court
Jarrettsville, MD 21084
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
traffic 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,
follow 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, fol-
low to the traffic circle, take first right onto Tollgate
Road and follow to the Library on the left.
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Directions to HCPL at Bel Air
100 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Bel Air, MD 21014
From I-95: Take Exit 77 North and drive approxi-
mately 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; fol-
low, crossing Hickory 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 traf-
fic 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