Robib Borrett - workshop news

Robin Borrett has been in touch with this message:-

A one day workshop, on Saturday February 18th 10.00 am - 4.30 pm St Mary's Church School Room, Main Street, East Leake, Loughborough LE12,
opposite the Parish Church. If you are interested please contact  me soonest.
Tel: 01509 856940 or Email: robin.borrett@talktalk.net.

Try Coloured Pencils - on the Wirral

I posted a noatice of this event on 6th January last.  Please note that the event is now fully subscribed with 36 attending.  I am compiling a waiting list of those who wish to get first chance at a follow-up day to be held later.

Alan McMahon

Victoria Parsons - Artists & Illustrators Magazine

Congratulations to UKCPS member, Victoria Parsons, who is another of our members appearing in Artists & Illustrators magazine:  [SEE PREVIOUS POST RE: BEV LEWIS]

"I thought I would drop you a quick line to say that a drawing of mine has been selected to be featured on the Artist and Illustrators "Featured Collections" in their Animals and Wildlife Exhibition on line.
The image is of Cheza the wolf that was chosen by the public as being the best in show, in last years Annual Exhibition at Stamford".

Bev Lewis - A & I featured artist

UKCPS Silver Member, Bev Lewis, is the featured artist in the March edition of 'Artists & Illustrators' Magazine.

Bev writes:

"I was surprised and delighted to find myself as a featured artist in the Artists & Illustrators online portfolio gallery 'Portfolio Plus'. They asked if I would like to be one of their featured artists.., well would I? Of course I would.

They sent me a questionnaire to find out a little about me and my art and this is the result. http://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/featured-artist/animals-wildlife/494/featured-artist-bev-lewis

I am so pleased that they liked my work enough to feature it, and they also kindly put a link to UKCPS website. 'Big Red'  is featured in the January 2012 issue of A&I. This picture won a Highly Commended Award for the UKCPS 2009 exhibition."

NEWA - Nat. Exhibition of Wildlife Art

I am aware that a number of UKCPS members submit pictures to the annual NEWA exhibition at Gordale Nursery, on the Wirral.  The following statement has been issued by the organisers:

National Exhibition Wildlife Art 2012

NEWA has been running very successfully for many years, but the time has come to rethink the administration and financing of the exhibition. We have endeavoured to do this without changing the original concept, which was to keep the fees for the artists as low as possible, to bring examples of excellent wildlife art from amateur and professional artists to the north of England, and to raise awareness of the natural environment.

We hope that we have achieved this but we need your help.

Please fill in your Application Forms on line, if possible. This will greatly assist the admin team. It is very easy to follow the simple directions, but help is just a phone call away if needed. You will be sent an email as soon as you have submitted your form. This will give you your own personal number which you can enter in the specified box on the home page at any time, up to delivery, and change your forms. You will also be able to download your labels for pictures, labels for packaging, your receipt of pictures, invitations for your buyers and fliers to help advertise the exhibition. Payment does not necessarily have to be done online. We will also accept payment by cheque or card.

NEWA has not changed – we are still trying to show the best of your work to as many buyers as possible, but we are aiming to be more efficient in these challenging times.

To apply visit www.newa-uk.com

From the NEWA team

Society TREASURER required!!

This is a reminder to all UKCPS members that the society is in urgent need of a volunteer TREASURER, to enable our present Treasurer, Ann Roberts, to take a well-earned break from the job.

The successful applicant, who will become a member of the UKCPS Executive Committee, will need some experience in keeping club-type Income & Expenditure accounts, and be able to produce a Balance Sheet.
Because of the dispersed nature of the committee membership, most of the work of the Exec. Committee is carried out via the web, so access to the internet is required.  The committee does meet, (but infrequently), so UK residency is required.

Your Executive Committee are a friendly bunch of volunteers, so if you have some spare time available, why not join us and give some time to the society as the society's Treasurer?

For more information about the role of Treasurer, contact Barbara Murray, the UKCPS Chair, on chair@ukcps.co.uk or Ann Roberts on treasurer@ukcps.co.uk

Maria Villioti - New blog link

Maria Villioti, a UKCPS member in Greece, has a new blog.  See the link in 'Members Blogs' (scroll down the column on the right) entitled: http://breathsofart.blogspot.com/.

The link takes you to her home page which is set out in Greek, but there is a simple to use facility which translates the page into a number of languages.