Workshops and Demos

Mixed Media and Fabric Arts FREE Demo with Linda Hansen using Artist Transfer Paper (TAP) Lutradur and More! Saturday, September 10th, 2011


Artwork and
photo courtesy of Linda Hansen

Mixed Media and Fabric Arts FREE Demo with Linda Hansen
using Artist Transfer Paper (TAP) Lutradur and More!
Saturday, September 10th, 2011
11 am and 1:45 pm.
FREE!

At this FREE demo, Linda Hansen will be demonstrating some of our new Mixed Media products from C&T publishing: Transfer Artist Paper (TAP) and Lutradur®. Linda will be showing how these are used and sharing tips and lots of different creative ideas.

"Flat to Wow"

Take your art from flat to wow with surface design techniques and tools from C&T Publishing. The emphasis will be on using Lutradur® and TAP, Transfer Artist Paper, but other tools and supplies with be briefly covered too. These techniques are featured in the book, Jane Dávila's "Surface Design Essentials".  Linda will also talk about two great books by Lesley Riley: "Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur" , and "Create with Transfer Artist Paper" that explore more creative ideas using those supplies.

Some of the supplies Linda will be demonstrating and talking about

In this demo you will learn more about 2 highly talked about C&T products, Lutradur® and Transfer Artist Paper aka TAP. They really are as versatile as you have heard! Also touched upon will be several techniques from the book, Jane Dávila's Surface Design Essentials, such as: modifying commercial fabrics, water-soluble pencils, mono-printing (adding and subtracting) and stamping with everyday objects.

Supplies featured in this FREE demo:
Lutradur®
Transfer Artist Paper (TAP)
Inktense® pencils
Liquitex® acrylic soft bodied paints for fabics

We also have a “Hands On” Artist Workshop featuring Artist Transfer Paper (TAP), Lutradur®, Silicone Release Paper (and more!) with Artist, Author and Teacher Lynn Koolish on Saturday, September 24, 2011. You can find out more about it by clicking: FIBER ARTS: Workshop with Lynn Koolish.

We are very excited to have Linda Hansen here to help introduce these new, and wonderfully creative new Fabric/Fiber Art Supplies - hope to see you at the demo!

Linda Hansen is a self-taught mixed media artist who has had her art featured in such publications as Somerset Studio, Art Doll Quarterly, Quilters Home, Soft Dolls and Animals, Doll Crafter and Costuming as well as in the book, Art Doll Adventures by Li Hertzi and Teesha Moore's zine, The Studio. She is also happy to be a Surface Design Ambassador and a Creative Troupe member for C&T Publishing. To see more of her work and life go to her blog at:  MissMabelStudio.com 

Fiber Arts Workshop with Lynn Koolish, Saturday, September 24, 2011


Photo courtesy of Lynn Koolish
Fiber Arts Workshop with Artist, Teacher and Author, Lynn Koolish
Saturday, September 24, 2011
1pm to 5pm.

This is going to be a very fun and interesting hands on workshop where you'll be learning how to use a variety of art materials including acrylic paints, inks, and mediums, Inktense Pencils, and Transfer Artist Paper on a variety of surfaces including fabric, Lutradur®, and more. Great for Mixed Media Artists, Fiber Artists, Quilters, and those of you who would like to learn more about a wonderfully creative medium and new processes for creating art!  How can you use these in your work, come and find out!
Lynn Koolish, is the author of:
Fast, Fun & Easy® Fabric Dyeing
“Fast, Fun & Easy ®Creative Fabric Clocks
And co-author of “More Photo Fun” and “Innovative Fabric Imagery”
We will have Lynn's book, “Fast, Fun & Easy® Fabric Dyeing” for sale here at the store and you can have her autograph your copy when you attend her Workshop too!

Bring an apron or wear clothes that can get messy, and bring your creativity and spirit of adventure because this will be a fun Workshop!  .


FIBER ARTS: Workshop with Lynn Koolish
Saturday, September 24, 2011
1 pm to 5 pm
001 900 668
$75 per day
Please call the Seattle Store to register, space is limited: 206-223-9599



Lynn Koolish's book & some of the supplies
being used in this "Hands On" Workshop
  Instructor will provide:


Supply List - each student should bring:
  • 2 foam brushes and several smaller bristle brushes to use with acrylic paints
  • Paint palette or several small plates or small tray to use as palette
  • 2–3 plastic spoons
  • Spray /misting bottle
  • Latex gloves
  • Plastic to cover table & to bring home wet samples
  • Several large and several small recycled yogurt-type containers for water
  • Paper towels
  • 1–2 yards plain white fabric—bleached muslin is fine
  • Scissors

Optional supplies:
  • Additional fabric to experiment with such as white-on-white and/or other prints, solid color or hand-dyed fabrics, sheers.
  • Rubber stamps (large designs work better than small, intricate ones)
  • Small palette knife
  • Small piece of vinyl or plastic for monoprinting

This promises to be a fun and new way to create with art supplies from our new Fiber/Fabric Arts selection here at DANIEL SMITH! 

We also have a FREE 1 hour demo with Linda Hansen who will be demonstrating how to use Lutradur, Artist Transfer Paper and more on Saturday, Sept 10th, 2011.  Find out more by clicking HERE

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FREE Urban Art Demo of Montana 94 Spray Paint Techniques with Derek Wu on Saturday August 27th, 2011

Mural by Derek Wu
Photo courtesy of Derek Wu

FREE Urban Art demonstration of Montana 94 Spray Paints and various Montana nozzles with Derek Wu, while he paints a large scale portrait. Watch as Derek shows you how to paint clean lines and transition colors with our Montana 94 Spray Paints.

This demo is from 10 to 2, with Derek doing a complete large scale painting from start to finish. Please feel free to come and go anytime during the 4 hour demo.  Derek will be answering questions while he paints and demonstrates.  Because there are aerosol fumes, this is an outdoor demo taking place near the DANIEL SMITH Store entrance, so be sure to dress for whatever weather we have that day! 

Elizabeth Taylor Portrait
by Derek Wu
Derek did a demo last Spring and spray painted this portrait of Elizabeth Taylor using the Montana 94 Spray Paints.  This artwork is on display in the Seattle Store by the Montana 94 Spray Paints case, so be sure to check it out next time you are in the store!

MONTANA SPRAY PAINT: Techniques with Derek Wu
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
10 am to 2 pm. Please feel free to come & go anytime during the demo!

Note: This demo was originally scheduled for BOTH Sat & Sun from 10 am to 12pm, but is now a SINGLE day demo on Saturday, August 27th, 2011.

By Derek Wu

September 2011 Schedule of FREE Art Demos at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store

Here is our schedule for FREE Art Demos for September 2011 at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store.  These are usually 1 hour long with the instructors demonstrating various art techniques, basic "how to" for a particular medium or how the artists do different art processes.  You can learn a lot coming to these, and they are a great way to get inspired and get your creative juices flowing - for FREE! 

Check back at the blog often for updates and expanded descriptions for the FREE demos as they are added through out the month.  You can see our Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store September Schedule by clicking the link.

OIL: Master Copy with Larine Chung
Sat Sept 3rd at 11 am & 1:45 pm LarineChung
This FREE demo is a great pre-view to Larine's Workshop, OIL: Learning Painting Techniques from the Old Masters on Saturday, Sept 17th, 10 am to 3 pm, $75.

WATERCOLOR: Sundrenched Watercolors with Theresa Goesling & Cindy Briggs
Sun Sept 4th at 12 pm & 2 pm MakeEveryDayAPainting.com
This FREE demo is a great pre-view to Theresa & Cindy's Workshop, WATERCOLOR: Sundrenched Watercolors, Friday, Sept 23rd, 10 am to 3 pm $75.

WATERCOLOR: Cloudscapes with Maria Coryell-Martin <--Please click link for details!
Maria will be demostrating how to paint expressive skies in watercolor using multiple watercolor techniques.
Fri Sept 9th at 11 am & 1:45 pm ExpeditionaryArt.com

FABRIC ARTS: Fabric Art & Mixed Media - C&T Products with Linda Hansen <--Please click on the link to find out more about this wonderful demo! 
Sat Sept 10th at 11 am & 1:45 pm MissMabelStudio.com
This FREE demo is a great pre-view to the Lynn Koolish Workshop, FIBER ARTS: Hands On Creating with C&T Products, Saturday, Sept 24th, 1 pm to 5 pm, $75.

WATERCOLOR: Rainy Pergola with Ann Breckon
Watercolor student favorite, Ann Breckon will share tips on how to paint rain effects in a Cityscape - Seattle’s iconic Pergola in Pioneer Square.
Sat Sept 10th at 11 am & 1:45 pm AnnBreckon.com
This FREE demo is a great pre-view to Ann's Workshop, WATERCOLOR: Rainy Pergola, Monday, Sept 26th, 10 am to 4 pm, $75.

ACRYLIC & MIXED MEDIA: Paintings with Found Objects with Nancy Grigsby <-- Please click on link for details!
Interested in Mixed Media?  Nancy will show you how to incorporate found objects in to acrylic paintings.  Please click on the link for more info.
Sun Sept 11th at 12 pm & 2 pm NMGrigsbyStudios.com
This FREE demo is a great pre-view to Nancy's Workshop, MIXED MEDIA: Painting with Found Objects, Wed., Thurs. & Fri., Sept 28, 29 & 30, 10 am to 4 pm, $195 for all 3 days.

WATERCOLOR: Sketchbook to Gallery with Ron Stocke.  Please click on the link for more information on this demo!
Ron will show you his process of quick thumbnail value sketches that capture the essence of your subject as well as small color studies that pin point the focal area of your painting and connect small medium and large shapes.
Sun Sept 11th at 12 pm & 2 pm RonStocke.com

MIXED MEDIA: Mix it up with Watermedia Painting with Natalie Oswald
Please click on the above link for more information on Natalie's demo 
Sun Sept 18th at 12 pm & 2 pm NatalieOswald.com

AIRBRUSH: Introduction to Iwata Airbrush with Dave Thompson
Sun Sept 18th from 12 pm to 1:30 pm 
Please click on the link above for details about the Iwata demonstration.

No pre-registering required for our FREE demos, just come to the store and come to the demo!

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September 2011 Schedule of Artist Workshops at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store

Here is our schedule for Artist Workshops for September 2011 at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store. These are usually 4 to 5 hour long "Hands On" workshops with the instructors demonstrating and teaching various art techniques. You will be creating during the workshop as you learn. The workshops have a fee, a supply list and require pre-registration to make sure you have a spot and to make sure workshops are not cancelled due to low enrollment. To Register, please call the Seattle Store at: 206-223-9599.

Check back at the blog often for updates and expanded descriptions for the Artist Workshops and to find out about our FREE demos as they are added through out the month. You can see our Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store September Schedule by clicking the link

OIL: Learning Painting Techniques from the Old Masters with Larine Chung
Saturday, September 17th LarineChung
This workshop is open to beginners or completely new oil painters. Instruction on materials, setting up your palette, how to successfully start your painting and what to learn from the Old Masters. It will be a fun workshop with lots of info about oil painting.
001 900 287
$75 per day
10 am to 3 pm
Tip: September 3rd, FREE 1 hour demo on this topic at 11 am & 1:45 pm, a great way to pre-view this Workshop!

WATERCOLOR: Sun-drenched Watercolors - Transparent & Opaque Watercolors with Theresa Goesling & Cindy Briggs
Friday, September 23rd MakeEveryDayAPainting.com
Learn in both transparent and opaque watercolors how to maximize your design with a focus on painting dramatic sparkling sunlight with colorful shadows. We will share how (remove extra “how”) how to recognize good reference photos for sun-drenched paintings and discuss how to capture light and shadows with on location sketches and/or with your camera.
001 900 249
$75 per day
10 am to 3 pm
Tip: September 4th, FREE 1 hour demo on this topic at 11 am & 1:45 pm, a great way to pre-view this Workshop!

“DESIGN DYNAMIC PAINTINGS” with Ed Labadie <-- Please click for details!
Saturday, September 24th EdLabadie.com
Master the fundamentals of design and composition and apply these lessons to any style of art - from traditional to contemporary abstract, to dramatically improve your work. Break-through exercises, complex lessons simplified, demos, personal attention, and constructive critiques. Watercolors or acrylics, no oil solvents. See Eds’ new DVD, “Design Dynamic Painting”, available at DANIEL SMITH.
001 900 409
$75 per day
11 am to 4 pm

FIBER ARTS: Workshop with Lynn Koolish <-- please click for more details about this workshop!
Saturday, September 24 LynnKoolish.com
Learn how to use a variety of art materials including acrylic paints, inks and mediums, Inktense Pencils, and Transfer Artist Paper (TAP) on a variety of surfaces: fabric, Lutradur, and more. Great for mixed media artists, fiber artists and quilters. Lynn Koolish, fiber artist, teacher and author of “Fast, Fun & Easy”, and “Fabric Dyeing, Fast, Fun & Easy”.
001 900 668
$75 per day
1 pm to 5 pm
Tip: September 10th, FREE 1 hour demo (please click to find out more!)  with Linda Hansen at 11 am & 1:45 pm, a great way to pre-view this Workshop!

WATERCOLOR: Rainy Pergola with Ann Breckon
Sunday, Sept 25th & Mon Sept 26th  AnnBreckon.com
Seattle’s iconic Pergola in Pioneer Square is beautiful and elaborate. Originally ( add the “y”) a Cable Car shelter with a large underground restroom, it is now a one of the most recognizable structures in Pioneer Square. It can be a complicated subject, but come see how to easily paint it from several angles with varying detail, weather and background. Reference photos and sketch outlines will be provided, or you may bring your own.
001 025 518
$75 per day
10 am to 4 pm
Tip: September 10th, FREE 1 hour demo on this topic at 11 am & 1:45 pm, a great way to pre-view this Workshop!

ACRYLIC & MIXED MEDIA: Paintings with Found Objects with Nancy Grigsby
Wed, Thurs & Fri, Sept 28th, 29th & 30th NMGrigsbyStudios.com
This workshop is designed for the artist who wants to explore the world of abstract art through acrylics, image transfers and - most fun of all - found objects. Students will learn how to incorporate everyday objects on paper, canvas, paperboard and more. The goals for this course include learning how to approach an abstract/semi-abstract painting by looking at inspiration and materials; providing the artist with the skills to determine how to succeed with an abstract painting; and recognizing and ENJOYING the journey process that differentiates abstract from realism. Each day will include artist demo on using materials, plenty of student painting time ad end-of-day critique/discussion.
001 900 669
$195 for all 3 days
10 am to 4 pm
Tip: September 11th, FREE 1 hour demo on this topic at 12 pm & 2 pm, a great way to pre-view this Workshop!

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FREE Mixed Media: Watercolor Mosaics Demo with Rita Gesinger August 17th. Plus Rita's Artist Workshop Friday August 19th with the same Medium.



Photo Courtesy of Rita Gesinger

We have FREE demo on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 with Rita Gesinger demonstrating how she creates her Watercolor Mosaics. On Friday, August 19th, 2011 at 11am & 1:45 pm.
Rita also has an Artist Workshop on Friday August 19th from 11am to 3pm, more in depth and “hands on” on the same topic, $75 per day.
“This demo explores mosaics thru the centuries.  I will explain how I make my mosaics. What I am thinking and how I proceed thru the process. I have worked in paper and glass mosaics that are now installed in public places and institutions. This is a very fun and easy way create.” ~Rita Gesinger.

Mixed Media: Mosaics with Rita Gesinger
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
11am & 1:45pm
FREE!


This is a great way to preview Rita’s Mosaics Workshop
Mixed Media: Mosaics with Rita Gesinger
Friday, August 19th, 2011
11am to 3pm,
$75
001 900 345

FREE Demo - Oil Painting Technique Essentials with Hamid Zavareei, August 19th, 2011



Photo Courtesy of Hamid Zavareei

We have a FREE Oil Painting Technique Essentials demo with Gage Art Academy Instructor, Hamid Zavareei on Friday, August 19th, 2011 at 11am & 1:45pm.

“Oil paint is the richest, most versatile and flexible medium of all times. Discover the vast possibilities of this enduring classic medium by learning about oil paint, oil medium, sound painting surface, brushes, palette, solvents and basic principles of color mixing, paint consistency, various applications and concepts that have made the oil painting the most enduring and accepted painting medium ever invented. the demonstration will focus on color in objects, flesh tones and environment and how to deepen or heighten value through color.”
This is a great demo to come to if you are curious about oil painting, fairly new at oil painting or would like to see how another oil painter works, this is a good demo to come to - and it’s FREE!

Friday, August 19th
11am & 1:45pm
FREE!




BUSINESS OF ART: Learn to Price your Art Workshop with Ray Pfortner, August 20th, 2011


Photos Courtesy of Ray Pfortner

BUSINESS OF ART: Learn to Price your Art Workshop with Ray Pfortner on Saturday, August 20th, 2011 from 11am to 4pm

"So what do I charge for my art? Pricing art is one the biggest mysteries of being an artist. And the Great Recession has only made the task seem even more challenging. Explore the fundamentals of pricing for retail products like fine art originals, reproductions and cards. Discuss pricing worksheets and a process for calculating a price, including commissions, that you can have confidence in. Learn about pricing when you license of your art to commercial partners like card and calendar companies and magazines.

Explore tips on how to negotiate with licensing partners and learn of invaluable published pricing guides that have existed for years to guide you in the world of licensing.

Bring 5 samples of your art, originals or reproductions or other retail products, to share with the class. FOR ALL VISUAL ARTISTS."

Saturday, August 20th, 2011
001 900 411
$75 per day
11 am to 4 pm

If you are interested in taking this workshop, please call the Seattle Store at: 206-223-9599 to register.  You can pre-view this Workshop by coming to the FREE 2 hour Lecture on Friday, August 12, 2011: "How To Price your Art"

WATERCOLOR: Travel Journal Workshop with Liesel Lund, August 13th, 2011


Outdoor Market, Suphanburi, Thailand WC
Photos Courtesy of Liesel Lund

Saturday, August 13th, 2011, Travel Journal Watercolor Workshop with Liesel Lund, from 11am to 4pm.  
Watercolor is perfect for capturing the visual excitement of traveling. Learn tricks for traveling light with art supplies, choosing your subject matter and composition. We'll discuss how to paint on site and from your photos when your return-and how each can support the other. Learn how to use pen sketches and watercolor to express the energy and feeling of the moment that caught your eye. We'll begin with easy warm up exercises, and gradually add in details with line, volume, color and texture.  We’ll cover painting on location and painting from photos after your return.  All levels welcome!


001 900 410
$75 per day
11am to 4pm
Liesel Lund.com
Liesel’s Art Blog

If you are interested in taking this workshop, please call the Seattle Store at:
 206-223-9599 to Pre-register.


Outdoor Market, Suphanburi, Thailand Reference Photo
I use my travel sketches to tell the story of my journey-what I saw, what fascinated me, and how I felt. I can be sure to emphasis the details that tell the story as I see it. I loved the outdoor markets in Thailand and chose to capture the energy, colors and if possible a feeling of all senses being stimulated-the scents, the color, the humidity. There is a lot of detail here and I had to choose what and how much to portray. Painting on location enhances my trip, and allows me to experience it again after I am home. It is important to choose subjects that are visually exciting. These paintings naturally become expressive portraits- a record of where we've been and how we uniquely see the world. It also is just plain fun!"  -Liesel Lund

FREE Lecture: Learn How to Price Your Art with Ray Pfortner, August 12th, 2011


Photo Courtesy of Ray Pfortner


Friday, August 12th, 2011 at 5pm, Ray Pfortner will be lecturing on “How to Price your Art”

"So what do I charge for my art? Pricing art is one the biggest mysteries of being an artist. And the Great Recession has only made the task seem even more challenging. Explore the process of arriving at a price for your retail products that you can have confidence. Touch on the published pricing guides for licensing your art to commercial companies. Bring your questions for an extended Q and A session. FOR ALL VISUAL ARTISTS."  If you have ever struggled with this, be sure and come to this FREE Lecture on "How To Price your Art".

Friday, August 12th, 2011
5 pm to 7 pm
FREE!

FREE Expressive Portraits Demo using Mixed Media with Joe Mac Kechnie

Eagle Crest
Photos Courtesy of Joe Mac Kechnie

Sunday, August 7th, 2011 at 11am & 1:45pm.
Joe Mac Kechnie will be demonstrating multiple way to create “Expressive Portraits using Mixed Media”.


Brown Eyes
 “Most will agree that measurements and proportions are keys to creating successful portraits. However, many portrait artists are successful in producing accurate likenesses but often the paint of r drawing lacks emotional content that engages the viewer. After having done hundreds of portraits, I became bored with producing technically correct paintings so I began to experiment to make things more interesting. At my August 7th Demo, I will introduce several ideas and techniques that should make your portrait artworks more interesting and hopefully cause a viewer to spend more time studying your artwork. I will introduce:

a.) Several ways to start portrait painting.
b.) How to capture “emotional moments using a model or when photographing interesting subjects.
c.) How to use different mediums to create interesting textures and moods.
d.) Incorporating the “Less is more” strategy.
e.) Distorting images.

The Artist
Artists that inspire me to seek an expressive difference are Alex Powers, Di Vinci, Bill Evens, Carol Carter, Guy Denning, to name a few. I will be using inks, watercolor, gouache, acrylics, pastels, Mylar, and watercolor paper. In other words, I will be using any material that will produce the effect I am envision at the time. My approach often frees me up to be more expressive, more right brained and spontaneous. I let the painting tell me which way to go rather than forcing it to some preconceived standard.”


MIXED MEDIA: Expressive Portraits using Mixed Media with Joe Mac Kechnie
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
11am & 1:45pm - FREE!

This should be a fascinating demo for all artists interested in portraiture or learning more expressive techniques that you can adapt for your own artwork - remember - it’s FREE!
By the way, Joe is our most recent DANIEL SMITH Catalog Cover Artist, his Watercolor Painting "Tuscan Hillside" in on the Cover of the DANIEL SMITH Reference Catalog 2011-2012 - Congratulations Joe!

FREE Watercolor Travel Journals Demo with Liesel Lund


Outdoor Market, Suphanburi, Thailand



Outdoor Market, Suphanburi, Thailand Reference Photo

Photos Courtesy of Liesel Lund

Saturday:
August 6th, 2011
at 11am & 1:45pm.
Liesel Lund with will demonstrate how you can make your own Travell Journals using watercolors.
"This summer, capture the places that you visit with expressive watercolor! In this demo, you'll learn how to pack light with art supplies, choose subjects and composition and how perfect watercolor is for conveying both the subject and your emotional response to it. Go beyond what the camera can say, and experience the joy of interpreting your journey through your own eyes."


WATERCOLOR: Travel Journals with Liesel Lund
Saturday, August 6th
11am & 1:45pm - FREE!

This is a GREAT way preview Liesel Lund’s WATERCOLOR: Travel Journal Workshop later this month on Saturday, August 13th, 2011, 11am to 4pm, $75.  If you are interested in taking workshop, please call the Seattle Store at: 206-223-9599 to register.

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