Japanese coloured pencil artist wins top prize at CPSA 2010

The awardwinners for the 18th International Exhibition 2010 of the Colored Pencil Society of America are now on show on the CPSA website.

The top prize goes to Shinji Harada CPSA from Japan who won the CIPPY award and CPSA Best in Show prize of $2,000 with a still life work titled "Grapes in a Basket.

David Billingsley CPSA of Oregon came second with a view of a shopfront titled Seattle Ambience.  He won the $1,500 CPSA District Chapters Prize for Exceptional Achievement and achioeved signature status this year.  You can see a much better image of the work on David's page on the CPSA District Chapter 201 website (for Portland Oregon).  This is David's website.

A suite of prizes each valued at $1,000 were awarded to:

• Cynthia Morris CPSA (MO) for Look on the Bright Side
• Ester Roi CPSA (CA)for The Lightness of Being
• Pamela Burroughs (In) for Hannah's Bugbox
• Bonnie Auten CPSA (MI) for Labino's Tribute

Theer were a number of other prizes awarded due to the generosity of sponsors and District Chapters - details of which you can see on the Awards page.

This year there were no prizewinners from this side of the Atlantic.

This is the relevant blog on the CPSA blog Convention Recap - Top Award to Shinji Harada of Japan

CPSA Silent Auction Exhibition and Slideshow

You can now see the online exhibition of the works in the Silent Auction being held by the Colored Pencil of America  at the end of this month.

A selection of the works in the CPSA 2010 Silent Auction

copyright the artists/CPSA

Bids for the work will be accepted during the CPSA Convention week (July 27-July31 2010) in California.  Unfortunately the bidders have to be present at the final evening to win the silent auction so it's perk for those attending the convention and the best we can do is look at the work online.

If you click the image you can enlarge it to see it more clearly.  You can also choose to see the exhibition as a slideshow.

The works are typically under 10" x 8" so it's interesting to see what subjects the artists choose for smaller works and how they adapt their work - which we normally see in larger formats - to the smaller sizes.

Which is your favourite?

The Last Supper 2010 in Coloured Pencils

UKCPS member Robin Borrett has sent UKCPS News an example of what has been produced by East Leake Coloured Pencil Artists - his group of coloured pencil students.

The Last Supper 2010 was on show on to the public on 19th Jun at the East Leake Carnival along with an exhibition of other coloured pencil work in order to raise funds for the local Air Ambulance and Help for Heroes.

About 14 artists took part in creating the picture which measures 6 feet in length.  Right click the image at the top of this post to see a larger version. 

On the right is a picture of the image on display in the exhibition.

Do you have a story about how you promote coloured pencil art in your local area?

If you are a UKCPS members and have news about what you have been doing to promote coloured pencils in your area please write and tell the UKCPS Blogmaster about it.

Don't forget we'll also need photos of the activity or jpegs of the artwork.

Beverley Courtney wins People's Vote at Keswick

 Jake by Beverley Courtney

Pencils: Prismacolor, Paper: Stonehenge; 15 x 20cm

The 8th 'A World of Coloured Pencil' Mixed Media Competition 2010 closed on Sunday and the number of votes cast by visitors for each artist were counted.

The winner of the People's Vote is Jake by Beverley Courtney.

Beverley wins a prize donated by Derwent which comprises the following items:

• a wooden presentation case of 48 Inktense pencils, 
• hardback Derwent sketckbook, 
• History of Pencil Making Booklet and 
• a Museum notebook and pen.

Coloured Pencil Experience Day in Somerset

Yesterday Pauline Longley, the UKCPS Groups Co-ordinator, ran a second workshop about coloured pencils in Somerset for UKCPS members and others interested in learning more about coloured pencils.  Here's what she had to say about the experience.

Saturday proved to be another very successful day for our second workshop in Somerset despite the heat, Glastonbury Festival, Wimbledon and the World Cup.  We had slide shows of recent exhibitions in the UK and USA and four demonstrations covering:

• botanical, 
• how to render long wispy fur, 
• blending with mineral spirit and 
• working on black paper.  

There was also a gallery of: pictures, greetings cards and art materials for sale, step-by-step packs and practice sheets for a small charge.


We offered samples of different papers and pencils to try and people were amazed at the variety and the difference that they make.


It was good to meet new UCKPS members and we are hoping it will bring in a few more recruits for the society too as everyone was so enthusiastic.  We had some very positive feedback so we will do it all again on 16th October.

We would like to roll these out in an area near you so if you are willing to help contact Pauline Longley (UKCPS Groups Co-ordinator) for more information.

You can also find Pauline on her website (http://www.paulinelongley.co.uk) and blog (http://art-pal.blogspot.com/)

Ann Swan book competition winners

Pauline Longley and Lesley Sharman have both won a copy of Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils by UKCPS member Ann Swan SBA GM in the competition which ran on this blog during May.

If you are a UKCPS member and you've not yet entered, it's not too late to win a copy as there is a separate competition with another two books being awarded to UKCPS members who are mailing their entries to Ann Holden, the Editor of Talking Point.  The details of BOTH competitions were set out in A competition for UKCPS members.

 A two page spread of a step by step demonstration of how to draw an ivy leaf

Once Pauline and Lesley have got their books and read them, they will both be writing a review of the book which will be published on this blog in September - just before the Annual Exhibition.  We'll find out how they rate it and what they found most helpful.

UKCPS would like to extend its thanks to Harper Collins, the publisher of Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils, for kindly providing four copies of the book for the competition running on UKCPS News and Talking Point

You have until the end of June to mail your entries to the Editor of Talking Point (the address details were provided in the June edition of TP). 

Deadline for UKCPS Open Exhibition entries: 12th June 2010

This is a reminder that the deadline for all entries to the 9th Open International Exhibition 2010 of the United Kingdom Coloured Pencil Society (UKCPS) is Saturday 12th June

Stamford Arts Centre

(Source: Google Streetview) 

This blog post Call for Entries: 9th UKCPS Annual Open International Exhibition 2010  summarises the conditions of entry. 

However you should also read the Call for Entries (downloadable form in pdf) in full.

Exhibition Venue: Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St. Marys Street, Stamford, PE9 2DL

Submissions due: SATURDAY 12th JUNE 2010

Submission is open to all living artists. The work must be original (concept, design and execution by the artist), 100% coloured pencil, demonstrate compositional and drawing skills, and ability to use colour from a pencil source. Entries must not have been shown in a previous UKCPS exhibition.
The Exhibition will run from Monday 13th September to Friday, 1st October 2010. Open during normal gallery opening hours - Monday-Friday 10.30am - 5.30pm, Saturday 10.30am - 5.00pm and Sundays 1.00pm - 5.00pm.

Awards: Caran d'Ache Award for Best in Show (£400), UKCPS Award for Reserve Best in Show (£300), the President's Award (£100), the Peter Weatherill Landscape Award (£75), the People's Choice Award (£50), plus other awards donated by our sponsors.