Volume 11 Issue 5 September-October 2009

Hello to all, Program

I do believe it's about time to get out our fall
colors. Where did summer go? I know we will still
have some beautiful, warm days ahead, but fall is
fast approaching.
We have four months of the year left, with
three of them giving us beautiful things to paint. In
September Lorraine will share a Leila Lundberg de-
sign with us. In October, Annette with share her
white pumpkin design. Lyn has something special
for us in November. The December date will be our
Christmas Party. This will be my first year and I am
really looking forward to attending.
Once again, I'd like to ask all of you to please
be thinking about sharing some of your talents with
the chapter in the upcoming year. I truly believe
that by sharing our knowledge, we allow ourselves
to participate in some wonderful friendships. And
lets face it.....we all love decorative painting, or we
would not belong to the BADP. So how about shar-
ing some of that love.
Happy Painting,
Beverly
Look inside for—
Calendar Page 2
Ornament Painting Tips Page 2
September Paint-in Page 3
October Paint-in Page 3
Minutes of the August Meeting Page 3
Chapter Notes Page 4
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Chair Persons—Bonnie Rae,
Debbie Rae
We are closing in on the Jillybean seminar. I al-
ready have her flight arrangements and she is or-
dering the paint, so sign up and come have a good
time with the rest of your fellow Bel Air painters.
Jillybean informed me that she LOVES to share
space with a fellow painter and she is an easy
houseguest, so if anyone would like to host her
while she is here, please contact me by email at
tinselbaby5858@yahoo.com or by phone at 302-
898-9559.
We have a fun seminar planned...door prizes,
daily favors and the ever important SNACKS!!! Sign
up if you haven't already done so, bring a friend,
treat yourself to a good time.
Just a reminder....Jackie Burke is looking for
painted pieces for display at the Bel Air Library. If
you have any pieces you can lend Jackie for display,
please bring them to the September meeting on the
12th. Also, 'tis the season and the reason for paint-
ing ornaments is our community outreach and this
year it is the hospital gift shop. We are donating or-
naments to be sold by the gift shop to benefit the
hospital. Please bring any ornaments you wish to
donate to the September 12th meeting and arrange-
ments will be made to get them to the hospital. An-
nette Stark has spearheaded this program and as
always, nobody gets it done better than Annette.
We’re looking forward to seeing you all at the
September 12th meeting and at the Jillybean semi-
nar on September 25 and 26.
 Calendar Painter’s Tip
September Lorraine Bannasch HCPL Bel Air With all the ornaments we’re
12 Project TGA 10 a.m. painting it’s time for some tips for
Sept. 25-26 Jillybean Fitzhenry Spenceola Comm. painting small items.
Santa & Snow Leopard Center—9 a.m. • An upholstery or hat pin pushed
October 10 Annette Stark HCPL Bel Air into the edge of a cutout makes
Project TBA 10 a.m. it easy to handle when base
November 14 Lyn Skillman HCPL Bel Air coating. When painting multiple ornaments I
Project TBA 10 a.m. use upholstery pins and push them through a
large piece of cardboard. I then paint the
December 12 Annual Holiday Holiday Inn
edges, stick the cutouts on the pins and paint
Luncheon
front and back. Be sure to leave enough space
March 20 & Beth Wagner TBA between pins so that ornaments fit and you
21, 2010 Rose Workshop & Fur- have room to paint without getting pin sticks.
niture Workshop This method saves space on the table, too.
September, Sally McAloon - TBA • If you have lots of room you can lay out several
2010 Designs to be deter- thicknesses of newspaper, cover with plastic
mined wrap, place cutouts on it, and use a sponge
March, 2011 Linda Lock TBA roller to basecoat all of the ornaments. Be sure
Acrylic w/altered art to fill roller very lightly so that the edges of the
ornaments don’t get drips. A small flat brush
September, Rosemary West TBA
2011 Acrylic Design to be can be used to quickly clean up accidents.
determined • You can dry ball ornaments on a dowel with the
end of the dowel inserted into a slightly open
drawer. Just push the loop of the ornament
onto the dowel as you finish basecoating. A
shot glass or bud vase is a handy place to rest
the ball when painting the design.
2677 N. Old Trail, Shamokin Dam, PA - 866-772-2667 • Do not use scotch or painter’s tape to define
heirloomstudio@pa.net areas or hold down patterns on frosted ball
Hours Fri and Sat 10-5 - Other days by appointment. ornaments because the tape pulls the frosting
www.heirloomsfromtheheartstudio.com off the ball.
• Do use glass and tile medium when painting on
Members Who Teach non-porous surfaces, except for resin. All-
purpose sealer is sufficient.
These members have their own studios and teach • Enhance the ornaments with Sparkle Glaze,
groups or may give private lessons. They are not Craft Twinkles, Opal Dust, and Metallic Paints.
sponsored by BADP. This listing is presented as a service • Also, decorate with ribbon, small flowers or
to our members. Use the information below to contact leaves, and fabric glued or wired on. Buttons or
them. If you would like to be listed as a teacher please charms, jewels, etc. are also fun and interesting
contact the editor. additions.
Robin Benjes - 410-893- All levels, varied subjects - has • When finished painting and varnishing, wipe the
6456 - Robin- her own studio ornaments down with Pledge or other furniture
paints@comcast.net polish to keep them from sticking together
when storing.
Debbie Leister - 410-848- Teacher of Early American
2511 - jdleister@verizon. Decoration • Ornaments can be used in ways other than as
net tree decorations. They can hang in windows on
ribbons, as drapery adornments, on door
Pat Zelechowski - 410- Variety of subject and style, wreaths, as light pulls, as package decorations;
638-2200 - patz- beginner to advanced, group
wherever you can think to put them. And they
paints@aol.com or private - has her own stu-
can be used in any season, of course.
dio
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 September Paint-In
Project: Vintage Lace & Tulips (by Leila Lundberg)
Taught by Lorraine Bannasch
Supplies: 9” paper mache box with lid, Gesso, 1/2”
Blue Tape, Usual painting supplies; Delta
Paints: Eucalyptus, Fleshtone, Medium Flesh,
Flesh Tan, Forest Green, Oyster White, Spice
Brown, White (* There is a difference between
Fleshtone and Flesh Tan.)
Preparation:
Step 1. Paint Gesso on the inside and outside of box
and lid. Dry.
Step 2. Paint inside of lid and inside of box with Me
dium Flesh. Dry.
Step 3. Mix enough Oyster White with a tad of
Fleshtone to basecoat top of lid, and sides and
bottom of the box.
Step 4. Paint outside lid edges with Fleshtone. Dry.
Step 5. Decorative Strips on outside of box. Oyster
White and Fleshtone 4:1.
Measure ½” increments around box. Tape
every other stripe and paint. Dry.
Step 6. Stipple the floral area with thinned Forest
Green. Keep stippling soft. Look at photo so you
don’t go too far to the edges. Dry.
Step 7. Transfer pattern to box lid. (Adjust pattern
to fit YOUR box, leaving ample room for a thin
line around box lid.)
Step 8. Basecoating leaves:
Small solid leaves - Eucalyptus
Large leaves - Forest Green and Eucalyptus 1:1
Step 9. Basecoating tulips:
Small tulips - Flesh Tan
Large Tulips - Medium Flesh
We’ll do the highlighting and shading in class as
well as the “floated leaves”, dot flowers and thin line
around box.
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October Paint-In
Project: Pumpkin Board
Teacher: Annette Stark
Supplies: Usual painting supplies, 11” x 14” can
vas, canvas board or other surface of equal
size, Extender, Americana Paints: Buttermilk,
White, Burnt Sienna, Hauser Green Medium,
Marigold, Lavender; Delta Paints: Wedgewood
Green, Black Cherry, Georgia Clay; 1” or 1 1/2”
Flat brush (Must have!)
Preparation: Basecoat the surface black. Come to
class ready to paint.
The pattern, photo and instructions will be
available at the September meeting. If you are un-
able to attend you may call me at 410-879-0924 and
I will mail the materials for a small fee.
Bel Air Decorative Painters
Minutes of the Meeting
August 8, 2009
The meeting was called to order by Beverly
Cratty at 10:35.
Treasurer’s Report
The current balance is $2196.95.
No other reports were read.
New Business
Bev announced that the chapter has re-
ceived the 2008 achievement award.
The library has informed the chapter that
there will be a fee to use the meeting room.
The fee is $30. The total cost for the year would
be $300. Since this is the most convenient place
to meet the chapter agreed to pay the fee and
continue to meet at the library.
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 The woman who works with her hands
only is a laborer.
The woman who works with her hands
and her head is a craftswoman.
The woman who works with her hands,
her head and her heart
is an artist.
—St. Francis of Assisi
“Painters Packets”
Chair: Dora Nyborg
A service of our chapter is for sharing of old, out of
print pattern packets. These packets will be on display
as they are brought to each meeting.
Members may exchange patterns or bring patterns
to give away.
Put your name on the packet if you want to have it
returned.
Library
Deb Leister, Librarian
Jdleister@verizon.net 1-410-848-2511
The contents of our library are listed on our
Website. Please contact me and I will bring any book
you need from our library. Books returned on time will
be awarded (1) chapter buck but will be fined (1) dollar
when not returned the following month Remember that
donations to the library will earn chapter bucks, too.
Your E-mail and the Internet
At present our Website is: BADECPAINTERS.
TRIPOD.COM Our chapter is in the process of setting up
a new website at:
www.belairdecorativepainters.com
If you have recently changed your e-mail address ,
contact Membership chair, Judy Young.
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Chapter Notes
• The Upper Chesapeake Medical Bazaar
for which we’ve been painting ornaments
will be held on Wednesday, November
18, 2009 in the lobby. They tell us it’s a
Special Year for the Bazaar. Try to stop
in to take a look and shop.
• Just a reminder that our annual Swap
Meet Auction will be coming up in No-
vember, so don’t forget to paint the item
you drew.
• Check out your stash for an item to put
into our “Holiday Auction” where you can
spend your Chapter Bucks.
• Another reminder—don’t forget to prep
your surface for the JillyBean Fitzhenry
seminar on September 25-26.
Trip to “Heirlooms from the Heart”
On August 18 members of our chapter took a drive
to Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania. This is a small town
across the Susquehanna River from Sunberry, PA on US
Route 11, about 2 1/2 hours from Bel Air.
The trip was on interstates up to and just beyond
Harrisburg so wasn’t very scenic until we reached route
11. But then—the views of the river with its rapids, is-
lands and treed shores was just lovely.
Using our GPS (and in spite of lots of chattering
which made it hard to hear directions!) we easily found
Heirlooms from the Heart. It’s in an antique brick house
the owners of the shop are in the process of restoring to
their needs. The shop is open Fridays and Saturdays and
by appointment. Also, there is a website from which or-
ders may be made.
We found lots of really nice wood products—sleighs,
rocking horses, cabinets, clocks, boxes and other sur-
faces. Everything was very high quality and ready to
paint! Jo Sonja Jansen and Betty Caithness painting de-
signs were among the few packets on display. There
weren’t many painting supplies for sale; just what was
needed for seminars held at the shop.
After shopping, Mary Annunziato, Jackie Burke,
Diane Glick, Jane Hansen, Mary Parks, Annette Stark and
Dorothy Wolfkill stopped on the way home for a very nice
lunch at Selinsgrove, PA. We also stopped at Brown’s Or-
chard in Loganville, PA for some yummy fruits and
sweets.
Although this shop was outside our normal comfort
area it seems to be a really good source for wood. The
occasional trip along the beautiful Susquehanna would
make it a nice day trip.
(Continued from page 3) Bel Air Decorative Painters Board - 2009
There will be a road trip to Heirlooms from
the Heart on August 18. Heirlooms from the President Beverly Cratty 1-410-636-2174
Heart is a decorative painting store located in
1st Vice Pres. Bonnie Rae 1-302-378-4906
Shamokin Pa. The trip is approximately 2 ½
Program Deborah Rae 1-302-378-4906
hours one way. If interested in going meet at
I-83 Park and Ride by 9:30 a.m. on August 18. 2nd Vice Pres. Judy Young 1-410-592-7232
Membership
Jackie Burke announced that the chapter
will have a display in the adult reading section Secretary Regina Schuch 1-410-557-7480
of the library during the month of October. Treasurer Lyn Skillman 1-410-273-7996
Please bring in your painted items for display at
the September meeting. All type of painting and Community Service Pat Zelechowski 1-410-638-2200
Secret Pal
finished pieces are needed.
Unfinished Business Historian Elaine Kohles 1-410-557-7440
Space is still available at the Jillybean Semi-
Librarian Deb Leister 1-410-848-2511
nar. If interested please contact the Rae sis-
ters. Paints will be provided. Newsletter Dorothy Wolfkill 1-410-692-5195
Upcoming Meetings Michele Fiore 1-443-567-6599
Lorraine Bannasch will teach at the September Publicity Jackie Burke 1-410-836-9159
meeting. Instructions will be emailed.
Annette Stark will teach at the October Scholarship Annette Stark 1-410-879-0924
meeting. She will be teaching a white pumpkin Ways & Means Buzz Hamer 1-410-692-2175
painted on canvas. The first 10 minutes of the
class will be taught as an audit. Submissions to The Bel Air Decorative Painter
Annette reminded members to please bring
any painted ornaments to the September meet- Sunshine Notes: Not for advertising—for
ing. members to send Congratulatory, Thank You, Get
Well, and similar messages. Cost is $1.00 per ad,
With no further business to discuss the
payable in advance. Send written materials as Word
meeting was adjourned at 11:00. Documents or as e-mails, and pictures as .jpg files.

Respectfully submitted,
Regina Schuch
Chapter Bucks Rewards
Earning Activities
Make a Ways & Means Donation
(When you aren’t required to.)
Supply photos or mementos to Historian
Paint/Donate to Comm. Service Project
Help Seminar Teacher
Paint/Donate a Fund Raising Project
Teach at a Meeting
Bring a guest who joins Chapter
Contribute an article or tip to the Newsletter
BADP Meeting MQ
Do You—
• Sign in as soon as you enter?
• Get set up for the meeting and paint-in quickly?
• Give your full attention to the speaker/teacher?
• Greet and give help to new members or guests?
• Do committee work at the meeting quietly so as to
Amount Earned not disturb the meeting or paint-in?
$1.00
$1.00 Bel Air Decorative Painters
$1.00 hereby gives notice that various paints, finishes and
$5.00 solvents are being used during meetings and seminars.
Each participant is responsible for assessing his or her
$2.00 own potential risk or exposure to these products and
$8.00 their components before electing to participate in these
events. Bel Air Decorative Painters, its teachers and
$1.00 agents assume no responsibility for the participant's use
$1.00 or exposure to these products.

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 Bel Air Decorative Painter
Dorothy Wolfkill, Editor
4048 Trebor Court
Jarrettsville, MD 21084-1125
DIRECTIONS TO MEETINGS
Harford County Public Library at Abingdon
From I-95: Take Exit 77 North and follow to Singer
Road and turn left. *Drive to the traffic circle and take
the first right onto Tollgate Road; follow to the library on
the left.
From North on Rte. 1: Follow the By-pass to Rte. 24
South and follow to Singer Road and turn right. Follow
from * in above directions.
From South on Rte. 1: Follow the By-Pass to Rte. 24
South and follow to Singer Road and turn right. Follow
from * in top directions.
Spenceola Community Center
From I-95: Take 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
First Class Mail
Walt Whitman
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 and 23. Turn right and follow to
traffic light at Spenceola Pkwy and turn left. Turn left on
Mardic Drive and follow to Comm. Center on the right.
Addresses for GPS
The addresses of our meeting places are in-
cluded for those of you who may own GPS units.
HCPL Abingdon, 2510 Tollgate Road, Abingdon,
21009
HCPL Bel Air, 100 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Bel Air,
21014
HCPL Fallston, 1461 Fallston Rd, Fallston 21047
Spenceola Farms Club House, 1999 Mardic Drive,
Forest Hill, MD 21050