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March 1st, 2012 By Lissa Rachelle Robillard, CPSC Membership Director & Director of Web Services Birth by Daniel Hanequand
March is an exciting month for all of us here at the CPSC. Not only does it herald a new season but, with the deadline of our 1st National Juried Exhibition at the end of the month, it’s also the highly anticipated beginning of something extraordinarily special for all Canadian coloured pencil artists. The deadline is approaching fast, so if you plan to submit an entry or two, mark the date on your calendar (March 31) and feel free to submit your entries using our convenient online entry form.
As is outlined in the prospectus, we have some matting and framing requirements for submitted work. Our President and Exhibition Director, Gordon Webster, has been kind enough to write an article describing the CPSC Framing for Exhibit Requirements in detail. We hope this clears up any questions you may have had regarding these requirements, but if not, please don’t hesitate to email your questions to exhibition@colouredpencilcanada.ca.
Also in the news for March, we are pleased to profile Daniel Hanequand this season as our Featured Artist for the month of March. Daniel is a Parisian born, Toronto based coloured pencil artist who enjoys working in the abstract . . . → Read More: Exhibition Fever!
December 1st, 2011 By Guest Author / Contributor written by Erica Walker, CPSC Secretary-Treasurer
Mary's Journey by Lissa Rachelle Robillard
It’s December (already!) and things are happening at the CPSC! First of all we’re especially pleased to present Ottawa-based Lissa Rachelle Robillard as our Featured Artist for the month of December. Lissa is our Webmaster and Membership Director. She has always loved all things pencil but coloured pencil has a special place in her heart. The CPSC would not be where it is today without her efforts and we’re grateful that she’s taken the time to share her journey with us here.
We also want to remind you that it’s time for another Monthly Colour Challenge. We’ve done black, we’ve done gray … now, are you ready for white? We often think of white as colourless and use a few gray pencils to capture its values. But a closer look reveals all kinds of delicate and not-so-delicate hues. Those ‘colourless’ areas contain everything from brown to gold to blue to lavender. Last month you put away your gray pencils and mixed your neutrals from complementary colours. Now you can take those same colours and mix up something white.
Yes, that’s our challenge for December! Take a white . . . → Read More: Tis The Season — To Be Colouring!
September 1st, 2011 By Lissa Rachelle Robillard, CPSC Membership Director & Director of Web Services Reflected Sunrise by Gordon Webster
After a very long, patient wait and much anticipation by our Francophone members, the Coloured Pencil Society of Canada is pleased and proud to announce the launch of the French adaptation of our website. Much gratitude goes to our Vice President, Alexandra Bastien, who did (and will continue to do) the majority of the very time-consuming French translation. We would like to encourage all CPSC members to email their own French translation of their Artist Bio/Statement, so that we may add it to the French edition of their Showcase Gallery page. In future we will be striving to publish the French translation of all articles on our website simultaneously with the English version, or at least within a very short time frame of the English publication.
We are also privileged to spotlight Ottawa based coloured pencil artist, Gordon Webster as our Featured Artist for the month of September. Gordon is both the Founder and the President of the CPSC and it is a true honour to be able to take a small glimpse into his process as described through his interview. Thank you for taking the time to share your artistic venture with us, . . . → Read More: CPSC Goes Bilingual!
May 30th, 2011 By Lissa Rachelle Robillard, CPSC Membership Director & Director of Web Services Breakthrough
The Coloured Pencil Society of Canada is pleased to profile Ottawa area coloured pencil artist Erica Walker as our Featured Artist for the month of June. Erica is one of the founding members of the CPSC and presently holds the position of CPSC Secretary-Treasurer. She has been drawing all her life and wields her pencils with amazing skill and an incredible sensitivity. It is truly a pleasure to witness her process as detailed through her interview and we are grateful that she’s taken the time to share her journey with us here.
In other news, the Orleans Festival is on this weekend at the beautiful Shenkman Arts Centre and the Coloured Pencil Society of Canada will be there on Saturday, June 4, from 10 am to 5 pm in the lower lobby.
Our founding members, including President, Gordon Webster, will be on hand to promote awareness of coloured pencil as a fine art medium, as well as to answer any questions about the CPSC specifically or about coloured pencil in general. There will also be several examples of different styles of coloured pencil work on display and we will be providing hands on instruction and “how to” demonstrations . . . → Read More: CPSC’s Featured Artist For June
April 23rd, 2011 By Guest Author / Contributor written by Erica Walker, CPSC Secretary-Treasurer
Vase with 12 Sunflowers – van Gogh
Coloured pencil is coming into its own. At last there are people who can teach this wonderful medium! At last there are resources for those who want to learn to make art and love colour but who don’t want anything to do with paint.
But paint has a lot to do with coloured pencil, seeing that so many of the greatest artists used it. Some aspiring coloured pencil artists may not realize that the Masters have as much to teach us as to those who use more traditional media. And not just about things like composition. If you love van Gogh but assume his thick swirling brushstrokes and incandescent colour couldn’t possibly relate to your own work, think again.
The first thing to do when looking at the works of great artists is to get past the idea that certain things should or should not be done with pencils. Using coloured pencil forces us to think outside the box. We can’t mix paint, so we must put our colours down a layer at a time in order to get the results we want. It’s often a . . . → Read More: Learning From The Masters
March 1st, 2011 By Lissa Rachelle Robillard, CPSC Membership Director & Director of Web Services Taming the Beast by Alexandra Bastien
The Coloured Pencil Society of Canada is both honored and proud to announce that talented French Canadian coloured pencil artist, Alexandra Bastien, has not only become a member of CPSC, but has also consented to take on the role and tasks of Vice-President in this, our inaugural year.
Alexandra Bastien’s brilliant new work is currently on display at Centre d’exposition de Repentigny, in Repentigny, Québec. Her exhibit, titled “Fragments de secrets”, sensitively focuses awareness on the vulnerability and abuse of women in our society. The show runs until March 13.
We are so pleased that Alexandra took the time out of her busy schedule to be interviewed as our Featured Artist for the month of March. The glimpse she gives us into her artistic process and the journey she is on is both fascinating and inspiring.
She has also very kindly undertaken the monumental task of translating our CPSC website into French, so as to make our site more easily accessible and enjoyable for all Canadian artists. We hope to have the translation available soon.
Please join me in welcoming Alexandra Bastien as Vice President of the Coloured Pencil Society of Canada.
. . . → Read More: CPSC Welcomes New Vice President
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