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The first week of November Geoff is conducting a three-day workshop and demonstration at the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens (which specializes in Australian Native plants) for the Botanical Artists Group. Shown here is his partly finished colored pencil drawing of the Grevillea Bipinnatifida that he will be demonstrating. Attendees will all be doing a Grevillea of their choice.

Denise will be conducting her presentation of “Colored Pencil As a Fine Art Medium” both in-person and on Zoom for the Fine Arts League of Cupertino on November 14 at 7 PM. The meetings are held in the Community Room at the Quinlan Community Center in Cupertino. In-person is better than Zoom for this presentation because she passes around examples of the papers so you can see and feel them, and she also bring sets of different brands/types of colored pencils so you can try them on paper for yourself—something you can’t do in an art supply store or online. 

• She will demo a pet portrait from 1-2:30 on Friday, November 4th, at the Harrington Gallery in the Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton.

• She illustrated the book "In My Dreams" by Nicole Beedle (left), which is sold on Amazon.

• She was interviewed by John Middick with the Sharpened Artist. You can listen to the podcast here:  Sharpened Artist Podcast 346

• She will be conducting a Jelly Bean class through Ann Kullberg's Pajama Class Workshops.  She will be demonstrating how to draw the Nose and Mouth with colored pencils. Go here to register and then scroll down the page to find Peggy's class.

• Watch your email for an Evite to our 4th Thursday of each month Happy Hour (except December 2022), 6pm till ~7:30pm. Respond with your RSVP and you will receive the Zoom link.  
• Share your WIP, ask How-To questions, share tips & information, anything you want to talk about.  
• This is a great place to introduce yourself to chapter members if you are new, or have not been able to attend meetings in a while and want to re-connect.