Through out the month of May, the focus is on watercolor
and there are are lots of watercolor FREE demos,
Workshops, and the Watercolor Event May 17th & 18th.
So look for upcoming events, receptions, and demos
celebrating Watercolor Month!
Showing posts with label Watercolors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Watercolors. Show all posts
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
FREE Watercolor Demo with Annie Van Engelen at the Daniel Smith Store in Bellevue
Saturday May 3rd from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
WATERCOLOR: Showers & Flowers with
Annie Van Engelen
SPECIAL HANDS-ON EVENT
[ You get to paint too! ]
FREE Demo on Watercolor and Travel Sketches with Tom Hoffmann at the Bellevue Daniel Smith Store
Sunday May 4th at 12 & 2 pm
WATERCOLOR: Expanding on Your Travel Sketches with
Tom Hoffmann
Tom did a recent FREE demo on
at the Seattle Daniel Smith Store
it was very inspiring.
Don't miss out!
FREE Watercolor Demo Sunday with Deborah Stachowic at the Seattle Daniel Smith Store
Sunday: May 4th at 12 & 2 pm
WATERCOLOR: Large Flowers with
Deborah Stachowic
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Ann Breckon's Free demo on Watercolor: Flowers and Baskets
Last Saturday's Free demo at the Daniel Smith
was with watercolorist Ann Breckon
showing the audience some tips (and tricks too!)
for painting flowers and baskets in watercolor.
After the demo had ended, as usual, many people stayed to ask
a few more questions as they looked at the painting that Ann had
done during the demo, always a great way to learn!
If you would like a more intensive, hands-on class to learn more
If you would like a more intensive, hands-on class to learn more
about watercolor painting, register for Ann's
coming up Thursday, April 24th.
Even if you are unsure of your drawing ability,
Ann will show you some tricks to get you beyond that.
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Thursday April 24th WATERCOLOR: Baskets in Watercolor
Thursday April 24th WATERCOLOR: Baskets in Watercolor
with Ann Breckon annbreckon.com
Come learn easy ways to paint what looks like a difficult subject.
Ann shows you how to create different kinds of woven baskets
that are beautiful, dimensional, and realistic.
This class will cover several ways to incorporate baskets
into your own charming still life paintings.
$75 per day 11 am to 4 pm
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Anne Olwin's Recent Free Demo at Daniel Smith's Seattle Store using Watercolors on Wallis Paper and Pastel
One of last February's weekend Free demos at the
Daniel Smith Seattle Store was with Anne Olwin .
Anne's demo was on techniques for working on
For an one hour seminar, Anne Olwin was able to give a lot of information, tips and techniques packed into that space of time! For the watercolor portion, Anne worked on a sheet of the Wallis paper (about 16 X 20) which she had lightly sketched some sunflowers.
Beginning with the watercolors, Anne applied watercolors to the sanded surface. While she was doing it, she passed around to her audience, a sample of the paper with watercolor paint on it, so we could feel how rough the surface was (nice tooth to it) and what watercolor looked like.
As Anne began painting the watercolor onto the Wallis paper, we could see in the demo mirror how she applied it and how it was looking. We could see the sunflowers begin to take shape.
Then Anne turned the demo painting into mixed media by working some Sennelier Soft Pastels into some of the watercolor and into the plain surface. Anne began playing around with the surface and the media producing some very interesting results!
Anne's ongoing chat about what she was doing began moving towards the idea of Having Fun With Painting! To not be afraid of playing around just to see what kind of results might happen. She said that if she liked the results, then that was something to remember to use another time, if she did not like it, well then Anne would remember that too.
The essence is that making art should fun, to not be afraid to play around, indulge in our natural child-like curiosity and experiment. We should also try not to treat our art supplies as so precious that we "freeze up" and stifle the creative flow or process, and to remember, that we can always start over on another piece of paper. Anne said that sometimes adults need "permission" to play with our art materials...and she gave her permission to the class with a laugh!
Everyone in the audience was really warmed up now about the idea of playing with the art materials, and ready to follow Anne's play with the pastels on the Wallis paper.
Thanks to Anne Olwin for sharing with us some fun and exciting ideas with the watercolors and pastels on Wallis paper!
Anne's ongoing chat about what she was doing began moving towards the idea of Having Fun With Painting! To not be afraid of playing around just to see what kind of results might happen. She said that if she liked the results, then that was something to remember to use another time, if she did not like it, well then Anne would remember that too.
The essence is that making art should fun, to not be afraid to play around, indulge in our natural child-like curiosity and experiment. We should also try not to treat our art supplies as so precious that we "freeze up" and stifle the creative flow or process, and to remember, that we can always start over on another piece of paper. Anne said that sometimes adults need "permission" to play with our art materials...and she gave her permission to the class with a laugh!
Everyone in the audience was really warmed up now about the idea of playing with the art materials, and ready to follow Anne's play with the pastels on the Wallis paper.
Thanks to Anne Olwin for sharing with us some fun and exciting ideas with the watercolors and pastels on Wallis paper!
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Anne Olwin will also have a Workshop, Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Anne Olwin will also have a Workshop, Sunday, April 6th, 2008
at the Daniel Smith Bellevue Store.
"Get a jump on the spring flowers, learning how to capture their freshness and beauty.
"Get a jump on the spring flowers, learning how to capture their freshness and beauty.
Painting from the bounty of her own spring garden, Anne will show you how to capture the effects of light as it dances over fresh flowers and creates a vivid colorful composition.
Let Anne help you with her expert knowledge to arrange flowers in your spring compositions. $75 per day 11 am to 4 pm"
Monday, March 31, 2008
Kathy Collins Free Watercolor Demo at the Daniel Smith Bellevue Store
demonstrated some of her
watercolor techniques to a full house at the
The Free demo was:
"Watercolor: Impressionistic Watercolors"
Kathy painted on a full sheet of watercolor paper a composition of boats docked, nearby was a similar painting matted and framed on an easel facing the audience, as a point of reference for us. We watched as Kathy applied the Daniel Smith watercolors to her penciled in sketch with a 2 inch synthetic bright brush. It took just 1/2 an hour to create her watercolor painting and she talked throughout describing her thought processes as she made her choices...it was very interesting to hear.
Towards the end Kathy started warning about overworking a watercolor, to not as she says: "Don't futz it!" Just stop, and start another before you are tempted to overwork it, after all, "it's only paper."
While she was painting, there were some really nice small sketchbooks of Kathy's being passed around of different trips, the most recent was to Hawaii. Kathy sketches in scenes with an extra fine sharpie, then later paints in watercolor. The sketchbooks were a hit with most people in attendance, they were a very personal record of Kathy's visit and everyone enjoyed her "trip".
There were also copies of a couple of articles that Kathy has been featured in, one was from
The Artist's Magazine , April 2007. I took a moment to read a bit, and this quote from Kathy (paraphrasing Frank Webb) really caught my eye: "...it takes acres of paper to make a painter", so true!
Afterwards everyone crowded around the demo table to ask lots of questions for the remaining 1/2 hour to get more insight about Kathy's color choices in general, and where she decides to apply the color to get her impressionistic effects. It was a very engaging demonstration!
Kathy Collins also has a watercolor workshop
coming up April 20th, 2008
at the Daniel Smith Bellevue Store.
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Sunday April 20th
Kathy Collins kathycollinswatercolors.com
Kathy will show you how to create
impressionistic watercolor painting
using dramatic high contrast watercolors.
Learn techniques for large charging color,
and mixing flowing wet paint right on the paper
to achieve dark values while preserving white spaces.
Kathy’s artwork has been published in
Watercolor Magic, and The Artist’s Magazines.
A workshop not to be missed! $75 per day 11 am to 4 pm
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Daniel Smith Free Demos this weekend at the Bellevue Store!
Saturday, March. 29th at 11 & 1:45 pm
WATERCOLOR: Impressionistic Watercolors
with Kathy Collins kathycollinswatercolors.com
DON’T FORGET Kathy’s Workshop April 20th Bellevue Store!
Sunday, March. 30th at 12 & 2 pm
ACRYLIC: Vibrant & Colorful Acrylics on Paper
with Theresa Goesling theresagoesling.com
So drop by the Bellevue Daniel Smith Store
for some helpful tips and "how to"s for painting with
Watercolors and Acrylics,
they are FREE!
There are Free Demonstrations every weekend
be sure not to miss out.
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