Painting Animals and Landscapes using DANIEL SMITH PrimaTek Watercolors with Cheryl Long, FREE Demos, Memorial Day, May 27, 2013

Snowy Owl by Chery Long

Painting Animals and Landscapes

Using DANIEL SMITH

PrimaTek Watercolors

with Cheryl Renee Long

Monday, May 27, 2013

Memorial Day

11 am & 1 pm - FREE Demos

CherylrLong.com

 

Special Memorial Day event!

 

Cheryl Renee Long will be demonstrating how to paint animals and landscapes using a unique and beautiful palette of Daniel Smith mineral pigment paints. The last half hour of the demo Cheryl will invite all attendees to try out the PrimaTek colors!

 

Come join us with a friend or two to have fun painting and discover your individual creativity!

Crackle Vintage Transfers - Mixed Media with Kathleen Gray, FREE Demos, May 19th, 2013

Crackle image courtesy
of Kathleen Gray

Crackle Vintage Transfers
Mixed Media Demos with Kathleen Gray

Sunday, May 19th, 2013

12 pm & 2 pm - FREE demos!

Kathleen Gray

Etsy Shop

Join Kathleen Gray for a demonstration on Crackled Vintage Transfers. After attending this event you will be able to prepare a wood panel, transfer a color copy image, add embellishments with acrylic paints and colored pencils.

Traveling with DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Sticks with Che Lopez, FREE Demos, May 25th, 2013

 

Images courtesy of Che Lopez

Traveling with Watercolor Sticks with Che Lopez

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

11 am & 1:30 pm - FREE demos!

ArtofChe

Painting on the road or on vacation has never been easier.

Watercolor Sticks are so versatile, you can carry the sticks,

you can cut them down and put them in any portable watercolor container,

or just grab a handful of your favorite colors and head out on a hike,

the sky is the limit.

Come and check out all your options

and build your own portable painting studio.

Capture Old World Textures using DANIEL SMITH Watercolors, FREE Demos with Theresa Goesling, April 27th, 2013

St Paul, by Theresa Goesling

Capture Old World Textures using DANIEL SMITH Watercolors

with Theresa Goesling

Saturday, April 27th, 2013

11 am & 1:30 pm - FREE demos!

MakeEveryDayAPainting.com

TheresaGoesling.com

Watch how you can create interesting textures and stonework in watercolors using your palette combined with DANIEL SMITH Primatek pigments.

See the difference between transparent and granulating pigments.

Learn about how watercolor paper can help play a role in creating textures.

These FREE demos are a great way to preview

Theresa's Workshop on Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Please click for details:

Capture Old World Textures using DANIEL SMITH Watercolors,

 1-Day Workshop with Theresa Goesling
 

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Theresa will also be at our Bellevue Store with

Watercolor on the Go

Capture Old World Textures with DANIEL SMITH Watercolors, 1-Day Workshop with Theresa Goesling, May 3rd, 2013

St Paul, by Theresa Goesling

Capture Old World Textures with DANIEL SMITH Watercolors, 1-Day Workshop

with Theresa Goesling

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

10:30 am to 3 pm

$80 for the 1-Day Workshop

Space is limited, please call 206-223-9599 to register

MakeEveryDayAPainting.com

TheresaGoesling.com

 

Create interesting textures and stonework in watercolors using your palette combined with primatek pigments. Experience the difference between transparent and granulating pigments. Learn about how watercolor paper can help play a role in creating textures. Paint from a reference photo provided to really explore the paints in this one day class. International Workshops instructor and author of Make Every Day A Painting, (a step-by-step watercolor manual) will guide you through the painting processes.

Class for all levels.

Winsor & Newton Watercolor: FREE Seminar and Demo with Christine Hanlon, April 13th, 2013

"Late Tuesday Afternoon" by Christine Hanlon

Winsor & Newton Watercolor, FREE Seminar and Demo
 
Christine Hanlon
Saturday, April 13th, 2013
11 am to 1 pm
Cost: Free
FREE - Space is limited, please call to reserve your space at: 206-223-9599

 

For artists working in watercolour, this lively and entertaining discussion looks at the history, techniques, and materials that spell success when working in this most legendary of mediums. Discover which pigments granulate, why some colors stain, and the ideal landscape colour palette. Learn the keys to color permanence and lightfastness. What mediums will help you capture texture and expressive gesture? Why do we have Rough, Cold Pressed and Hot Pressed papers? What colours best capture natural light? What is gouache and can I use it with my transparent watercolours? What are the three benchmarks for fine water media brushes? How do I care for my brushes and finished watercolours?

Winsor & Newton Artists’ Water Colour offers a range of 96 unique colours and a wide array of mediums to help artists alter and enhance the characteristics of their work. The goal is to help everyone get the most out this wonderful medium.

These topics and any other questions you bring will be addressed, with all attendees receiving free watercolour samples at the conclusion!

 

 

Christine Hanlon

 Christine Hanlon is a working artist/teacher from the San Francisco Bay area, who has been part of the Artist Outreach Program for Winsor & Newton since 1998. She has been trained on methods and materials with Winsor & Newton in London, and has conducted technical seminars on color and paint at colleges and universities throughout No. California and the Pacific Northwest.

Her extensive resume includes invitational and juried museum and gallery shows, as well as traveling exhibitions. Her maritime paintings have received multiple awards in the Coos Art Museum's annual maritime exhibitions, including a Best in Show in 2008. Her urban landscape work was featured in the Artist's Magazine Competition Spotlight in September 2009. A cover image and feature article on her maritime paintings is published in the winter 2010-11 issue of Sea History Magazine. She received a BFA in Painting from RISD in 1976 and an MFA in Painting from the Academy of Art University in 1997, where she currently teaches at the graduate level.

 

Her paintings, current shows, biography and resume may be viewed online at www.christinehanlon.com.

 

GOLDEN LECTURE: Innovations in Acrylic with Barbara De Pirro, FREE Lecture, Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

FREE GOLDEN LECTURE: Innovations in Acrylic
Barbara De Pirro
Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
1 pm to 3 pm
Cost:  Free

 Discover the infinite & brilliant versatility of acrylics!
Barbara De Pirro will sift through a mountain of valuable information, guiding you through the basics, while opening up new possibilities. Get a grasp on the many gels, mediums, grounds and how they can change the texture, saturation and intensity of your work. Gain an understanding of how to extend the wet time of acrylics, facilitating blending, shading, glazing and fine detail. Check out the amazing selection of grounds to prepare truly, contemporary surfaces for painting, drawing, pastel, digital printing and mixed media. Discover how acrylics can simulate oil and watercolor, encaustic, even gouache, yet are infinitely more versatile. Whatever your approach as an artist, this lecture will offer the technical knowledge to support your concepts.

FREE literature and samples, product test table, plus… get your questions answered!
Space is limited, please call 206-223-9599 to register for this FREE lecture!
DePirro.com


This FREE lecture is a great way to preview Barbara De Pirro's Workshop in April: Amazing Acrylics: Grounds & Pastes Workshop with Barbara De Pirro 
DePirro.com
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
11 am to 5 pm
$130 for the 1-Day Workshop
Space is limited, please call 206-223-9599 to register for this Seattle Workshop.
Please click HERE for more info about Barbara's Workshop

Amazing Acrylics: Grounds & Pastes Workshop with Barbara De Pirro, April 21st, 2013

 Amazing Acrylics: Grounds & Pastes Workshop
Barbara De Pirro
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
11am to 5pm
Cost: $130 for the 1-Day Workshop (includes many supplies, see supplies list below)
Space is limited, please register early and call: 206-223-9599
DePirro.com

 

 

• In this workshop you will gain a working knowledge of one of the most versatile and durable painting options for artists today, Acrylic! Understanding each of the unique characteristics of the various products is the key that unlocks & blasts open the door of possibilities.
• In this workshop, each artist will create multiple sample boards, utilizing each of the different products in various ways, a perfect reference for future projects.
• Learn about the benefits of using grounds and pastes to create unique surfaces for painting, drawing and mixed media.
• Experiment with various paint viscosities from watercolor-like washes, to acrylic ink-like stains, subtle transparent glazes, to thick, luscious impasto applications.
• Discover which products dry to a porous surface versus and which create non-porous surface. Each when painted offer a very different effect.
• Experiment with texture, from subtle to extreme, smooth to granulated, each product offers its own unique twist.
• Explore toothy surfaces for drawing with pastel, colored pencil, graphite, etc. Plus those surfaces that can be used for Permanent inks.
• Discover tinting grounds with color, not only can you paint on top of the surface but you can a punch to ground itself.

All levels are welcome in this comprehensive workshop.

 

Supply List:

All products graciously provided by Golden Artist Colors.

Most other supplies & tools provided by instructor.

Artists should bring the following supplies:

- pre-cut white mat board or illustration board (24-36 pieces, range of sizes no smaller than 4”, no larger than 8”)

- Paint palette (you may even use recycled plastic cups, lids, Styrofoam trays, etc.)

- Paper towels

- box lids or trays for transporting wet samples

Optional: alternative substrates, or favorite tools

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Captivating Colors & Designs with DANIEL SMITH Neutral Tint with Theresa Goesling & Cindy Briggs, FREE Demos, March 2nd, 2013

"Tratorria Monterosso"
 by Theresa Goesling

 

 

Captivating Colors & Designs with DANIEL SMITH Neutral Tint

with Theresa Goesling & Cindy Briggs
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
11 am & 1:30 pm - FREE demos!
MakeEveryDayAPainting.com

Expand your palette and discover how to make rich darks and inviting neutrals with DANIEL SMITH’s New Neutral Tint, which mixes with all the colors in your palette. 

Theresa and Cindy asked DANIEL SMITH to create

this very useful tool for artists of all levels. 

Come and see for yourself how quickly and easily you can

tone down colors and create rich darks.

These free demos are a wonderful way to preview Theresa and Cindy’s

 1-day Workshop on Monday, March 4th, 2013.

Create Captivating Colors & Designs using

DANIEL SMITH Neutral Tint Workshop

with Theresa Goesling & Cindy Briggs
Monday, March 4th, 2013
10:30 am to 3 pm
$80 for the 1-day Workshop
MakeEveryDayAPainting.com
TheresaGoesling.com & CindyBriggs.com

Expand your palette and discover the effects of mixing rich darks and inviting neutrals with this “new” pigment, Neutral Tint. Increase your knowledge of watercolor pigments and learn to create dramatic effects in your paintings. Theresa Goesling and Cindy Briggs, International Workshops instructors and authors of Make Every Day A Painting, (a step-by-step watercolor manual) will guide you through their painting processes. Painting from our reference material is encouraged in this color class or you can use your own. This class will begin with initial design concepts, to selecting captivating color schemes, then to expanding your approach for more dynamic paintings. You will be completing a painting utilizing the concepts taught in this one-day class.
Workshop is for all levels.

Space is limited for the workshop, please register early by calling: 206-223-9599

 

 "Burano Colours" by Cindy Briggs

 

Painting Backgrounds in Watercolor, 2 Day Workshop with Ann Breckon, February 23rd & 24th, 2013

Dogwood Blossoms by Ann Breckon
Example of Painting Backgrounds
 

Painting Backgrounds in Watercolor Workshop with Ann Breckon
February 23rd & 24th, 2013
Saturday 10 to 4
Sunday 10:30 to 4:30
$150 for the 2-Day Workshop

Please call 206-223-9599 to register
AnnBreckon.com

This workshop will be all about creating beautiful finishing backgrounds for your art.

We will discuss how to choose the best colors, complexity and values

 for backgrounds that will perfectly complete any portrait, still life or floral.

Ann will demonstrate and show numerous ideas and techniques.

 

For the workshop, students are encouraged to bring in paintings for finishing,

even ones they feel have been ruined by a failed background.

If you don't bring in art there will still be lots of opportunities

for practicing numerous techniques and ideas!

Space is limited for the workshop, please register early
Call the Seattle Store to register at 206-223-9599