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Sketch November 2004 Page 2 We continuously try to improve the Jurying process from the viewpoints of the members submitting paintings. We have noted some "glitches" at the last jurying, and are taking steps to address them. We also look to prevent errors and for time savings for our volunteers. In the past we have had several members at our shows ask to have prices changed on paintings from those submitted at the time of their jurying. Most of the reason for this is related to the commissions charged for the different shows. For the mall shows the Club charges a commission of 10%. At venues like the Ferry Building or the Library the commission is 30%. However, changing prices leads to a lot of confusion, last minute changes of labels and records, and lots of work for our many volunteers. Please be informed that a policy decision has been made NOT to allow price changes to be made for shows from the figures you provided at the jurying. The suggestion is to price your paintings for the "worst case" solution or to simply ignore the difference in the commissions in your pricing decision. Thank you for your co-operation and understanding on this point. Let me know if this causes any problems that we may not have foreseen. Please also be informed that a decision has been made to no longer issue receipts for the $2/painting hanging fee for paintings selected for our juried shows. Preparing the receipts is a lot of effort for the volunteers even by exploiting the Club's computer, and according to an informal survey, the value of these receipts to most members is not high. If you do want a receipt, this will be done for you manually on an exception basis when you check out your paintings. Woi*sfiops cFrieiaj4sliwortfi 604-985-8498 fashworth(ä.shaw. ca On behalf of the Sketch Club I would like to thank Nancy O'Toole for a very inspiring and useful acrylic workshop. The results of the participants were outstanding and the praise for Nancy's teaching was high. Thank you to all participants for making the weekend so successful. The November workshop will take a slightly different format. They will still be held on Saturday the 27th and Sunday the 28th, but there will be a different instructor for each day. On Saturday Wayne Stanfields will be giving a workshop on Abstraction emphasizing both drawing and colour, and on Sunday James Picard will be giving a workshop on impressionist landscape painting. This format for the workshop is an exciting new experiment for the Sketch Club. As for past workshops, there will be no pre-registration. I will be at the Sketch Club meeting at 6:30 PM at which time it will be a first-come, first-served registration. If you are unable to attend the meeting, you can have someone else sign in and pay for you if you wish. Place: Klee Wyck Time: 10:00 A.M to 4:00 P.M. Cost: $40.00 Lunch: Bring your own. Coffee and tea will be provided. Wayne Stanfields: Wayne has attended art school York University and Emily Carr. He has taught colour mixing, drawing and cartooning. He is currently working in oil, watercolour, graphite and pen and ink. Participants will spend the day going through the hows and whys of abstraction and exaggeration through exercises in observation and editing of images. Materials: Bring pencils (2B or softer) graphite chunks or charcoal and painting supplies of your choice. Bring cheap paper 18x24 or larger as this will be a fun practice session. , Bring any objects such as house wares, dolls, tools, fruits or vegetables that can be used to create still life arrangements, as long as they are not too large. James Picard James Picard was born in Toronto, Ontario where he studied art at Sheridan College and the Ontario College of Art. He went on to apprentice with Cuban artist Ramon Amor, Canadian