UKCPS Regional Exhibition

An incentive to get those pencils out over Christmas!



A Members-only exhibition, the Call for Entries and details are available via the society website(www.ukcps.co.uk). 

Pictures previously exhibited at UKCPS exhibitions are accepted for entry so long as they have never received an award.  The exhibition rules differ from the society Annual Open Exhibition - so make sure you read them beforehand!

Closing date for entries:
         1st May 2014

Annual Exhibition - Reminder!

The Call For Entries and online entry form are available on the Society website (www.ukcps.co.uk) .  Deadline for entries is 5th February 2014!

UKCPS - Notice of AGM

UK Coloured Pencil Society AGM

 

NOTICE is hereby given that the UKCPS Annual General Meeting will be held on:

 

Sunday 24th November 2013 at 11am at the MAC Centre, Birmingham, B12 9QH. For map and directions - click here.Your committee hopes that you will be able to attend and look forward to seeing you at the meeting.You can see the AGM documents by logging in at the members section at the UKCPS website or going direct by clicking on the links below:

 

Agenda  ~  Nomination form for Executive Committee  ~  Draft Constitution 

 

Please send any queries or items for the agenda to our Secretary, Will Johnson, at secretary@ukcps.co.uk. 

UKCPS Open Exhibition entries -- No 2

The full list of successful entries is being published on the UKCPS website: www.ukcps.co.uk , but for those of you who have entered, but not been successful, I offer the following message from our President, Pat Heffer:

Dear All,

Many congratulations to everyone who has had work accepted for the  Patchings exhibition. I wish I was one of you, but unfortunately neither of my  pictures was accepted, which although of course is most disappointing, has made  me focus on doing even better work for our 2014 exhibition, as there is  always room for improvement.

 Is anyone else in the same position?

 If so, my  advice is concentrate hard on next year's exhibition when there will be a  different set of judges, and you will come up with some even more fantastic entries. Do not give up!
 I certainly will not.

 I have already been out in the garden taking photos for my absolutely brilliant entry for next year!! 

 Watch this space!

All the Best,
Pat Heffer

Exhibition reminder & News for members

A quick note to remind readers that next Wednesday [5th June],  is the final deadline for entries to the UKCPS Open International Exhibition. Entry forms and Conditions of Entry can be downloaded from the society website (www.ukcps.co.uk).  Entries can be sent by email to : patchings2013@ukcps.co.uk , and you can use Paypal to pay for your entries via: treasurer@ukcps.co.uk

News for members

If you log on to the Members-Only section of the society website and go to the Members Documents section ------

1. You can download a copy of the amended UKCPS Constitution which will be proposed for acceptance by the membership at the next AGM.

2.  You can download an order form for the newly available UKCPS 'T' shirt! 

See the shirt itself -- when you visit the UKCPS Stand in the Art Materials Marquee at the Patchings Art Festival, Calverton, Notts. this coming week, 6th to 9th June!

Call For Entries: 12th UKCPS Open Exhibition

The 'Call for Entries' and conditions of entry for the 12th UKCPS OPEN EXHIBITION are available as a download from the UKCPS website: www.ukcps.co.uk .

Open to both members and non-members, the exhibition is being held at the Patchings Art Centre, Calverton, near Nottingham, Notts.  between 1st September and 6th October 2013, with the preview on Saturday, 31 August.

The deadline for entries is:   5th JUNE 2013

Please ensure that you read the Conditions of Entry carefully as there have been amendments made to those of previous years following consultations with members.

Chistmas wishes

 

 

Wishing all our readers a very , very, happy Christmas

 

from everyone at UKCPS!

Open Exhibition pictures

 The following from Liz Ridley, the society website organiser:

Hello everyone

You can now see the winning pictures and link to full slideshow of the whole exhibition at the website from the link below:

  http://ukcps.co.uk/nuneaton_2012/award_pics.php

I still need to update the homepage and create some links but thought you would like a quick preview. Should be all complete in a day or so.

Enjoy,
 Liz Ridley

PS: PLEASE SCROLL DOWN THE POSTS TO SEE OTHER NEWS FROM NUNEATON

UKCPS 11th Open Exhibition - call for entries

[editor's note:  My thanks to Maria Villioti for pointing out my silly error in originally numbering the exhibition as the 12th!!]

The 'Call for Entries' for the UKCPS 11th Open International Exhibition has been published and a copy is included in the new edition of 'Talking Point', (which all members should be receiving even as I write).  The closing date for entries is 7th July 2012.

The exhibition is open to all colour [or color!  :-)]  pencil artists, so non-members from the UK and abroad can obtain the document as a .pdf file by visiting the UKCPS website (www.ukcps.co.uk), and then clicking on the 'Call For Entries' link in the right hand column of the home page.  Please read the conditions of entry carefully - the Society has set out its definition as to what is acceptable for exhibition as 'pure colour pencil', and what is defined as 'mixed media'.

This year's exhibition is being held at the Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery, Riversley Park, Coton Road, Nuneaton, CV11 5TU, between 6th October to 25th November 2012.

Exhibition

The UKCPS exhibtion is now up and running, and, if like me, you have not been able to attend so far, then you might want to follow this link to the UKCPS site to view the winning pictures: http://www.ukcps.co.uk/london2011/award_pics.php, and then follow the other links on that page to view all the entrants.

There are some really wonderful pictures to view - congratulations to all the winners (and a special vote of thanks to Pat Heffer who worked so hard to put it all together!).

UKCPS Exhibition - Deadline extended!

The deadline for entries to the UKCPS International Exhibition at Westminster Hall, London, has been extended to 2nd July. The exhibition is open to all artists, and the extension has come about to give time for Hobbycraft, who have just come on board as exhibition sponsers, a chance to advertise their involvement throughout their branches in the UK, and allow Hobbycraft shoppers a chance to get an entry into the exhibition.
Full details of the exhibition, and online entry forms, can be obtained via the UKCPS website -www.ukcps.co.uk

Karen Middleton - Exhibition

UKCPS member, Karen Middleton, is holding her first solo exhibition next month. The exhibition is entitled ' Faeries, Faces, and Felines' and is being held at Lincoln Central Library from 18th to 21st April 2011, open from 9.30 to 4.30.

See more of Karen's work by visiting her blogsite from the Members Blog list on this page, or via the Members Galleries on the UKCPS website: www.ukcps.co.uk

Call for Entries - 'World of Coloured Pencil'

UKCPS members will wish to note that the entry form, plus conditions of entry, for this year's 'World of Coloured Pencil' Exhibition at the Cumberland Pencil Museum in Keswick, are available online via the "Upcoming Events" link on the UKCPS website, or use the address: www.ukcps.co.uk/keswick_2011/ . Entry forms will be circulated to members in the next edition of Talking Point which is due out by the end of March.The deadline for entries, originally set for 9th April, has now been put back until 23rd April 2011.

The Exhibition runs from Saturday 28 May to Saturday 25 June 2011, and the start coincides with the Pencil Museum's own 30 year anniversary event. A special prize is on offer from the Museum for a best picture with a 1980's theme. Derwent Pencils will be awarding 'Best in Show' and 'People's Award', Leisure Painter Magazine are awarding for the 'Best Newcomer to Coloured Pencils', and UKCPS will be awarding for Reserve Best, Runner Up, and for the 'Best Local Group Member'.

The Pencil Museum's own celebratory event is being held over Sunday and Monday 29th/30th May, and will include free artists demonstrations and workshops, competitions, raffles, and childrens activities, with limited edition Derwent products available.

Shirley Anne Leslie - Exhibition

UKCPS Signature member, Shirley Anne Lewis, has an exhibition coming up. It is being held in partnership with artist, Diana Marsden, and it runs from Saturday 5th March to Friday 11th March, at The Old Printworks Gallery, 27 HighStreet, Saxmundham, IP27 1AF.

You can view examples of Shirley's (and other UKCPS members) work in the Members Gallery on the UKCPS website (www.ukcps.co.uk) , but the one on the right is my favourite...........

Alan

Chat Room meeting!

For UKCPS members:
A reminder that Forum members will be meeting in the chat room tonight at 7pm GMT.

The chatrom is a good resource if you need instant advice on CP matters - or even if you just want to chat about the weather!!

The Forum (and hence the chatroom) is open to all UKCPS members, but you have to register with your name and membership number via the UKCPS website: www.ukcps.co.uk (click on Yahoo Forum).

Alan

The Coloured Pencil Experience!

Because of the success of previous 'Coloured Pencil Experience' workshops in Somerset, Pauline Longley is now taking bookings for three more workshops in the South West (She's a glutton for punishment!).

1) Somerset: 12 March at Mark, near Burnham-on-Sea, with Bev Lewis & Pauline. Only 4 places left.

2) Devon: 26 March at Collerton St Mary, Paignton, with Juliet Eden, Ann Roberts, & Pauline. 9 places left.

3) Dorset: 16 April at Holt, Wimborne, with Karen Coulson & Pauline. 12 places left.

These workshops are an ideal chance to indulge in a day with 'coloured pencils', especially if you've never tried them before (you don't have to be a member of UKCPS to take part!). The worshop includes demos, slide shows, helpful critiques, step-by-step drawing, and much more.

UKCPS members: £10, non-members: £15

Email Pauline at: pauline@paulinelongley.co.uk for more information and application forms.

Would you be interested in attending a similar workshop in your area? Contact Pauline for further information.

More Members Blogs........

Lesley Crawford, a UKCPS founder member, and former editor of the society's magazine 'Talking Point', also has a blog. Scroll down the page and take a look at Gaia Art in the members blogs list.

More of Lesley's artwork can be viewed in the Members Gallery on the UKCPS website.

New Blogmaster - an introduction

Greetings viewers - my name is Alan McMahon, and, in a [rare?] moment of madness, I have volunteered to undertake the role of Blogmaster for the UKCPS. Many thanks must go to Liz Ridley, the previous occupant of this seat, who has worked hard and done much juggling of her spare time in order to keep the blog going whilst also acting as UKCPSWebmaster.

This is my first blog - ever! so I hope that regular readers will forgive me my errors and omissions in the coming weeks as I seek to settle-in to the new role.

That's me above, and I apologise for the 'orrible mug-shot , but it was the only half decent picture I could find! Please don't use it to scare the kids!

Alan

UKCPS Members' Galleries page updated for signature status

Liz Ridley, the UKCPS Webmaster, has amended the Members' Galleries page on the UKCPS website. This now indicates which members with gallery pages also have full signature status by including UKCPS after their names.

The initials UKCPS after a member's name indicates that he or she achieved signature status with the Society by having had their work exhibited in 3 Annual International Open Exhibitions within a 5 year period.

Two caveats to the listing:

• Not all signature members of the UKCPS are listed as not all have gallery pages.
  
• Some UKCPS members are signature members of other national art societies.

Any member, signature or otherwise, can have a gallery page on the UKCPS website

If, as a full member of the UKCPS, you wish to show your work in this gallery, please send in three JPG images of your work (your images should be at least 600 pixels in the largest dimension), the size of the original pieces, a biography, contact details and other relevant information to the webmaster. You will be notified of inclusion.

Existing members below are also encouraged to update their pages - please contact the webmaster with any new images or updated biographies.

FINAL REMINDER: 24th June - deadline for UKCPS exhibition entries

You have three days left to submit work for the 8th UKCPS Open International Exhibition 2009.

You need to post your entry first class tomorrow to be sure it arrives by Wednesday 24th June which is the final day for accepting entries into the Annual Exhibition of the United Kingdom Coloured Pencil Society which this year is being held in Birmingham.

If you post on Tuesday you need to think about paying for Special Delivery (before 12 midday) to make sure it gets to the Exhibition Secretary on time.

Rachel Pesterfeld and Jinny (top)
UKCPS Award for Runner Up - Angels Trumpets (below)
World of Coloured Pencils Exhibition, Keswick
copyright the artist / Photo by Pat Heffer

Below you can find a checklist of things you need to do today and tomorrow if you've not dispatched an entry yet

What you need to do TODAY

Identify your entries

You can enter more than one work!

• UKCPS full members: Identify up to 4 WORKS
  
• associate members: identify up to 3 WORKS to submit
  
• non-members: identify up to two works to submit

Here's a brief checklist of questions - with comments on eligibility

• Is it 100% coloured pencil? (If not, then it's not eligible - the entry form states which media do and do not count as coloured pencils)
• Is it two dimensional? (Collage, montage and three-dimensional work is inadmissable)
  
• Does it demonstrate your own compositional and drawing skills? (You can't copy other people's work in any media)
  
• Did you take the reference photos you used for all or most of your composition/subject? (You can't copy other people's photos - even if you've got permission)
• Did you develop and complete your work without help? (work done under instruction or in class or workshops is ineligible)
• Did you draw over a digital reproduction? (If you did this renders the work ineligible)
  
• Do you have the permission of your subject if your work is a portrait? (You can't use an individual's image without their specific permission)
• Can you provide evidence that your entry is all your own work?
• Is your work for sale? (Only one 'not for sale' work allowed)
  

Number of Exhibition Entries and Entry Fees

Here's table which summarises how many works you can enter and how much each entry costs

	#1 entry	#2 entry	#3 entry	#4 entry
Full member	FREE	£5	£5	£5
Associate member	£10	£10	£10	not applicable
Non-member	£17.50	£17.50	not applicable	not applicable

For future reference if you live overseas, the fees for entering two works is very nearly the same as the annual subscription fee for a full member. It's worth thinking about whether it would be better to pay for a membership subscription!

You need to pay by cheque made payable to UKCPS. To pay online contact the Treasurer (details on the entry form).

Shirley Henderson and (top) Ready when you are
World of Coloured Pencils Exhibition, Keswick
copyright the artist / Photo by Pat Heffer

Complete the paperwork

• download the entry form from the UKCPS website
• measure your work framed AND unframed
  
• unframed is the size of the image
  
• if not yet framed work out the approximate dimensions it would be when framed - allowing for both mat and frame
  
• complete the paperwork
• produce a statement about yourself (this is where artists' statements on websites come in useful!)
• produce a short statement about each work being entered. This will be on a card fixed to the wall next to the work if it is selected
• make sure you say what materials you used (pencls and support)
• work out a price INCLUDING commission for each work
  
• complete your contact details

Create reproductions of the work

• scan or photograph the work
• crop to exclude any background and frames
• adjust to create a faithful image (if you make it look better than it actually is it may get rejected after shipping)
• save @ 300 dpi if printing
  
• a TIFF file provides a better print than a JPEG file
  
• make sure each print is clearly identified and labelled on the reverse
  
• if including the work on CD Rom, remember to name each digital file in a way which makes it identifiable as your work! (eg blogmaster#1, blogmaster#2 or use the title of the work)
  
• create a reproduction of each work
  
• produce a colour print (up to A4 in size)
• produce a colour photo (up to A4 in size)
• use a photographic service to produce a print or photo
  
• save the digital file(s) to a CD Rom
• find something suitable to pack your CD Rom or prints in and/or protect them.

What you need to do tomorrow

• make sure your package includes:
• digital files as reproduction (CD Rom or colour prints)
• entry form
• cheque for exhibition fees
  
• get your package in the post!

Contact Pat Heffer, the Exhibition Secretary if you have any queries - her email address and telephone number are on the entry form