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Contents
ISSUE NO. 3, 2016
FEATURES
1 President’s Letter
5 Oceans of Colors
The 45th SDP International Conference & Expo
6 Society Update
Announcing the 2017 Conference Artist
SDP NEWS
4 Board of Directors
86 Certification Showcase 89 Certification Designs
92 Fundamentals of Decorative Painting
93 In the Teacher’s Corner
94 In Memory
96 Advertisers Index
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The Society of Decorative Painters is an organization whose membership of approximately 10,500 stretches across the United States and through nearly fifty other countries around the globe. More than two hundred affiliated chapters actively promote decorative painting in its many forms by incorporating it into community service projects, organizing painting-related activities, and raising general awareness of the art form. SDP publishes the industry’s leading magazine, The Decorative Painter, and hosts the Annual International Decorative Painting Conference and Expo since 1972. Visit us online at www.decorativepainters.org.
Issue Date—August, 2016: The Decorative Painter (ISSN 1096-3278) (USPS 015-823) is published quarterly by the Society of Decorative Painters, 1220 E. First St., Wichita, KS 67214-3907 • Periodical postage is paid at Wichita, KS, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: send address changes to The Decorative Painter, 1220 E. First St., Wichita, KS 67214-3907, phone (316) 269-9300, fax (316) 269-9191. Allow six weeks. CANADIAN SUBSCRIPTIONS: Canada Post Agreement Number 7178957. Send change of address information and blocks of undeliverable copies to The Decorative Painter, 1220 E. First St., Wichita, KS 67214-3907. SDP@DECORATIVEPAINTERS.ORG • COPYRIGHT © 2016 Society of Decorative Painters. The Decorative Painter is a membership benefit of the Society of Decorative Painters and is its official publication. It is not for sale to nonmembers. $20 of member dues is for an annual subscription to The Decorative Painter. • Designs in this book are for use by SDP members and may be used for personal fun, teaching, and pin money. Attention photocopy retail personnel: Permission is granted to photocopy and/or enlarge the designs in this magazine for teaching and personal use. Any other mechanical reproduction in whole or in part is permitted only with written consent of an authorized representative of The Decorative Painter. • The Decorative Painter is not responsible for errors and/or omissions in columns, projects, articles, and/or lesson text. • Trademarked names appear throughout this magazine. Rather than list them and the entities that own them, or insert a trademark/registration symbol with each mention of the trademarked name, the publisher states that it is using the names only for editorial purposes and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringing upon that trademark. • Obtain information about The Decorative Painter content, advertising, circulation, and membership from SDP, 1220 E. First St., Wichita, KS 67214-3907, (316) 269-9300, fax (316) 269-9191, email SDP@DECORATIVEPAINTERS.ORG.
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