Daniel Smith Artists' Materials: "Best of the City" as Listed in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine

While looking through my copy of this months Seattle Metropolitan Magazine , and checking out their "Best of the City" lists, I found a nice surprise when I saw Daniel Smith listed! Under "shopping and Style" on page 109, under "Craft Supplies" (OK, that should be Artist Materials or Supplies!) there we were!

I know, and you know, that Daniel Smith is the BEST Art Supply Store, and it's always nice to be recognized by others too.

The link to Seattle Metropolitan Magazine does not actually show the lists for their "Best of the City" , so you'll have to pick up you own copy to check it out. When you do, remember, this July 2008 issue is their 3D edition so you will have extra fun looking at the magazine through the included 3D glasses in the issue!

Our thanks to Seattle Metropolitan Magazine for the nice "pat on the back"!

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Bellevue Daniel Smith Store FREE Weekend Demos for July 19th and 20th with Bruce Edwards and Jim Stoccardo

This weekends FREE demonstrations at the Bellevue Daniel Smith Store will have Bruce Edwards on Saturday showing how to create expressive journals in watercolor. On Sunday, Jim Stoccardo will be demonstrating Drawing and Painting on Claybord, if you have ever wanted to know more about working on Claybord, this is a great way to get some tips. Remember, both of these demos are FREE!

Saturday, July 19th at 11 am & 1:45 pm

WATERCOLOR: Journal Entries in Watercolor

Bruce Edwards

www.bruceedwardsartwork.com

Sunday, July 20th at 12 & 2 pm

Drawing & Painting on Clayboard

Jim Stoccardo

www.jimstoccardo.com

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Seattle Daniel Smith Store: FREE Weekend Demos July 19th with Marianne Perkins

This coming weekend's FREE demonstrations at the Seattle Daniel Smith Store is with local Watercolor Artist Marianne Perkins who will be doing two FREE demos on Drawing using Walnut Ink on Saturday, July 19th. Come by to learn more about expressing yourself with walnut ink and picking up some drawing and painting tips from Marianne, it's FREE!

Saturday, July 19th at 11 am & 1:45 pm

DRAWING: Walnut Ink

Marianne Perkins

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Daniel Smith's Newest Watercolor Triad - Sand & Surf!

Daniel Smith's Newest Triad...

Recently Daniel Smith added a new Watercolor Triad just in time for Summer Watercolor Painting! It's the Sand & Surf Triad colors chosen by Watercolor Artist Susie Short . It's official name is: "DANIEL SMITH: Limited Edition Watercolor Triad, Susie Short's Sand & Surf".

If you are planning on going to the beach this summer to do some Plein Aire Painting, then you may want to bring this Triad along with you! Either take the Sand & Surf Triad itself, or add one or two of the colors to your collection if you already have either the Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolors in Indanthrone Blue , Ultramarine Turquoise, or the Goethite, Brown Ochre, and complete your own Triad!

Susie recently did a FREE demo at the Bellevue Daniel Smith Store using mostly this Sand & Surf Triad (click HERE to see) and will be doing another FREE "Sea and Shore" demo this weekend at the Seattle Daniel Smith Store on Saturday, July 12th at 11am and 1:45pm.

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Bellevue Daniel Smith FREE Weekend Demos July 12th & 13th with Carol Stecher-Jones and Blanche Niznik

This upcoming weekend, July 12th and 13th, the FREE demo at the Bellevue Daniel Smith Store will have Carol Stecher-Jones demonstrating basic Watercolor Painting. Carol's own Watercolor Paintings have a strong sense of light and space, click HERE to see some examples of her work. Sunday's FREE demonstration will be with Oil Paint Artist Blanche Niznik, please click HERE to see examples of her work

Sat July 12th at 11 am & 1:45 pm

WATERCOLOR: Let's Get Started

Carol Stecher-Jones
arts-umbrella.com

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Sun July 13th at 12 & 2 pm

OIL: When All Else Fails Use a Knife

Blanche Niznik

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Seattle Daniel Smith Store: FREE Weekend Demos July 12th & 13th with Susie Short and Patrick Howe

This upcoming weekend's FREE demonstrations at the Daniel Smith Store in Seattle are with Watercolor Artist Susie Short on Saturday the 12th. If you would like a preview of what it would be like click HERE to read the blog article from Susie's demo in June at the Bellevue Daniel Smith Store . Sunday the 13th is with Patrick Howe with a FREE demo on oil painting and reflective light. Patrick's website shows some of his oil paintings that have some beautiful reflective light , you just might want to come to the FREE demo to find out how he does it!

Saturday, July 12th at 11 am & 1:45 pm

WATERCOLOR: Sea and Shore

Susie Short

DON’T FORGET Susie’s Workshop

July 27th thru 28th Seattle Store!

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Sunday, July 13th at 12 & 2 pm

OIL: Reflective Light

Patrick Howe

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The Seattle Daniel Smith Store's FREE Weekend Demo last Saturday with Artist Jerry Baldwin

Last Saturday, July 5th, one of the FREE weekend demos at the Daniel Smith Store in Seattle was with Landscape Artist Jerry Baldwin . Jerry was demonstrating some of his tips for painting Landscapes with Pastels .

First, Jerry likes to pre-paint in watercolor on Wallis Sanded Paper , the basic shapes, and colors he sees in the landscape he will be doing in pastel. It has excellent "tooth" for the pastel and heavy enough not to buckle when the watercolor paint is applied. The colors are not necessarily the colors that will be used for the shapes in pastel, for instance the color of the sky in watercolor for the demo was yellow.

Working from a photo, Jerry applied his pastels, working over the sanded surface from his trays of pastels. The trays are actually black Styrofoam trays that Jerry got from his butcher. They work especially well because they are light weight, soft surfaced (don't chip at the pastels) and since these are black rather than the usual white, really "pop" the colors and don't look dingy like the white trays do. A tip while working, have an empty tray to keep the pastels that are being used for the current work, so that it's easy to find that color again when you want it.

Another tip from Jerry for cleaning your pastels; place them in a container of cornmeal and gently shake the container. This will "sand" the outer surface of the pastels removing the "gunk". Then sieve them out with your fingers.

When Jerry was working over his board and ran into an area that was challenging him, he told the audience: "If you make a mistake you learn something, if you don't make a mistake you learn something else, so either way you learn something!" The audience appreciated that comment since everyone can relate to making mistakes while making art! It's especially comforting to know that it happens to professionals too.

It was interesting to see the landscape appearing under Jerry's pastel work, and to see it finished by the end of the demo. Thank you Jerry!

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Bellevue Daniel Smith Store's FREE Weekend Demos for July 5th and 6th

This weekend's FREE demos at the Daniel Smith Store in Bellevue will give you tips on capturing your travels in ink and Watercolor with Expeditionary Artist Maria Coryell-Martin , and tips on Watercolor Painting on Ampersand Aquabord with Local Artist Che Lopez

Saturday, July 5th at 11 am & 1:45 pm

INK & WATERCOLOR: Expeditionary Field Sketching

Maria Coryell-Martin

expeditionaryart.com

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Sunday, July 6th at 12 & 2 pm

WATERCOLOR: Painting on Aquabord

Che Lopez

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Seattle Daniel Smith Store FREE Weekend Demos: July 5th & 6th

This weekends FREE demos at the Daniel Smith Store in Seattle are with Jerry Baldwin for some basics for creating landscapes in pastel, and Jim Stoccardo with acrylic painting and drawing on Ampersand Claybord. So please feel free to stop by and get some tips to add to your creative knowledge!

Saturday, July 5th at 11 am & 1:45 pm

PASTEL: Landscapes

Jerry Baldwin

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Sunday, July 6th at 12 & 2 pm

ACRYLIC: Drawing & Painting on Clayboard

Jim Stoccardo

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Employee Acrylic Art Show at the Seattle Daniel Smith Store

Now on view in our Daniel Smith Gallery.... Our Employee Acrylic Art Show at the Seattle Daniel Smith Store! Next time you visit our Daniel Smith Store in Seattle, please stop by our Gallery to see what our talented Daniel Smith Artist Employees have created in Acyclic.

There are lots of different techniques on display ranging from straight forward acrylic on canvas painted with brushes, to many forms of mixed media (photos, ink, pencil, Super Sculpey, Liquitex Pouring Medium , different kinds of Golden Gels , Styrofoam, even rice!) on different surfaces (Ampersand Gessobord with 2" cradle , and other Ampersand Gessobords ). There were even a couple of paintings that used Golden Phosphorescent Green which is a glow-in-the-dark acrylic paint, and available at the Daniel Smith Stores.

Most of the paintings have artist labels with titles and mediums used to help viewers know what they are looking at. You just might get an idea or two for using different art materials from seeing these.

This show will be up through mid July...and we will have another Employee Art Show following this one!

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1) Annie Van Englen - "Untitled 1"

2) Annie Van Englen - "Untitled 4"

3) Annie Van Englen - "Untitled 2"

4) Annie Van Englen - "Untitled 3

5) No Label

6) No Label

7) Connie Tehada - "Polarbear"

8) Bryan Mandronico - "Untitled"

9) Bryan Mandronico - "Staint Sweetums"

10) Kelly Patton - "Stag Beetle: Dusk"

11) Kelly Patton - "The Puppeteer"

12) Kim McCarthy - "Untitled"

13) Unlabeled

14) Unlabeled

15) Connie Cagley - "Quetzalcoat 1"

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Watercolor 101 with Che Lopez at the Bellevue Daniel Smith Store

Saturday, June 28th Watercolor 101 With Che Lopez Get a jump start on learning some watercolor painting basics with the Bellevue Store's own Che Lopez . For the Watercolor 101 Workshop , Che will show you some fun and useful tips to help you get started painting in watercolor, just in time for Summer!

This is a great deal (not just having Che as your teacher) but each student will receive a $10.00 coupon to use at the Bellevue Daniel Smith Store towards buying art materials. So the class is $10.00 to register, and then you get a $10.00 coupon (to use at the Bellevue store) so that pretty much makes taking the class free!

$10.00
9am to 10am
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Bellevue Daniel Smith Store's FREE Demo on Saturday, June 28th

Acrylic Weekend! The FREE demonstration this Saturday at the Daniel Smith Store in Bellevue is Acrylic painting, and Sunday is "Come Paint with Staff" in acrylic paint.

Saturday, June 28th at 11 am & 1:45 pm

ACRYLIC: Pour it on!

Dianna Shyne

DON’T FORGET Dianna’s Workshop July 23rd Bellevue Store!

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Diana Shyne Workshop
Wednesday July 23rd

ACRYLIC: Pour it on! Build it up!

With Dianna Shyne

Join impressionist painter Dianna Shyne in a

distinctive approach to acrylic painting.

Dianna will show you her techniques

with a combination of fluid and

heavy bodied acrylics to create dynamic images.

Using landscapes for the basis of composition and form,

students will learn to increase their freedom and control.

Start your summer with a painting class that is fast paced, fun,

and inspirational!

$75 per day

11 am to 4 pm

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Seattle Daniel Smith Stores' FREE Weekend Demos for June 28th & 29th

This weekends' FREE weekend demonstrations at the Daniel Smith Store in Seattle is an All Acrylic weekend! Be sure to check out the Seattle Store Employee's acrylic paintings in the Store Gallery.

Saturday, June 28th from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm

ACRYLIC: Fluid Acrylic Basics

Paula Balch

SPECIAL Hands-on Event

Sunday, June 29th at 12 & 2 pm
ACRYLIC: Everyday Still Life Expressions
Cheryl Hoople
absolutearts.com

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Bellevue Daniel Smith FREE Watercolor Demo with Susie Short on Saturday, June 21st.

Watercolor Artist Susie Short was at the Daniel Smith store in Bellevue last Saturday for one of the weekly FREE Daniel Smith demonstrations . Susie's theme for the the watercolor painting demo was "Sea and Shore" to give some insight and techniques on painting the shore for the 11am demo, and the second demo at 1:45 was tips on painting waves crashing onto the shore.

Susie shared lots and lots of insights, with her amazing observations on shore landscapes and tips on how to paint them in watercolor . She showed the packed room full of watercolor enthusiasts "feathering" to get the strong horizontals of the shoreline and parallel surf, how she makes the foaming surf and spray pop from the paper, achieves the translucent effects of the waves and water as it covers the sand and rocks...and so much more! For an hour demo there was a lot of great stuff!

Working mostly with her new Daniel Smith Sand and Surf Watercolor Triad: Indanthrone Blue , Ultramarine Turquoise , and Goethite (Brown Ochre) Susie demonstrated the watercolor painting effects she was showing the audience...really amazing! Susie also used just a touch of Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor, Green Gold for the light glowing through the wave just before it crashes.

Susie also had a painting on display that she did just a few days before when she was at the beach, it was an incredible shore landscape with dark rocks that she did with the new Sand and Surf Triad, and a touch of Quinacridone Burnt Orange which when mixed with the other three colors produced the most amazing deep, rich dark for the back-lighted rocks. This painting was the one she recreated for the 11am FREE demo.

When Susie was talking about how to paint the waves, she shared her excellent observations on how the light effects the water and how to create those effects with watercolor painting. It was also fun to watch and learn because Susie became very animated waving her hands and arms to act out the action of the wave...complete with sound effects! Susie is a very inspiring watercolor painting instructor, so be sure to come to her next Daniel Smith FREE Demo at the Seattle store : Saturday, July 12th at 11am and 1:45pm to see for yourself. Thank you Susie!

Susie Short also many watercolor workshops and watercolor painting videos and DVDs too! The next Daniel Smith Workshop is:

Sunday & Monday July 27th and 28th.

WATERCOLOR: Sea and Shore

with Susie Short

$75 per day

11 AM to 4:00 PM

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SUMI: Lotus Breeze with Yuming Zhu - Saturday June 14th FREE Demo at Daniel Smith in Seattle

Yuming Zhu began with a good basic introduction to the materials used for Sumi Painting. He briefly talked about the brushes used such as the Jade Bamboo Brush and Rattail Fine Line Brush and what characteristics each type of brush brings to the painting. Other materials such as the rice paper; Best Shuan, and Double Shuan, that is used, how it works with the Sumi Inks, why you need the Ivy Wool Felt (to keep the paper from sticking to you work-surface) and more really good Sumi Painting materials tips.

After introducing the audience to some of the basic Sumi Painting materials, Yuming began talking to us about painting the Sumi way: "You see your subject, you interpret your subject, you express the essential character of your subject." "You paint what you feel, not what you see."

Then Yuming began his painting of Lotus Flowers in the water...a very physical activity. Watching Yuming was like watching a martial arts bout; a period of studying and sizing up the opponent (the painting as it exists at that point), gathering energy and engaging with the painting using the brush, then pausing to stand back and absorb the results of that engagement. Yuming steps back, resumes his study of the new painting, and repeating his actions until he was satisfied with the painting.

Afterwards, Yuming answered questions, and the most interesting one was about how "rough" he was with his brushes when he was applying the ink to the paper. Yuming replied; "don't worry about abusing your brush when painting, work your brush the way you want/need to, when you clean your brush, that is the time to respect your brush."

Click here for tips on caring for oriental style brushes.

It was interesting talking to Yuming afterwards about the energy he gathers about himself just before applying the inked brush to the paper. Yuming talked about "chi" and told me that it's about "capturing the moment and energy...and paint what you feel, not what you see." It was a very interesting demo, thank you Yuming!

More on previous FREE Daniel Smith demonstrations

of Sumi Painting with

Elizabeth Kay

and with

Pasty Surh O'Connell

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Watercolor 101 Workshop with Che Lopez at the Daniel Smith Store in Bellevue

Saturday, June 21st Watercolor 101 Worshop

with Che Lopez.

Get a jump start on learning some watercolor painting basics with the Bellevue Store's own Che Lopez . For the Watercolor 101 Workshop , Che will show you some fun and useful tips to help you get started painting in watercolor, just in time for Summer!

This is a great deal (not just having Che as your teacher) but each student will receive a $10.00 coupon to use at the Bellevue Daniel Smith Store towards buying art materials. So the class is $10.00 to register, and then you get a $10.00 coupon (to use at the Bellevue store) so that pretty much makes taking the class free!

Be sure to register early since the class size is limited.
$10.00

Saturday, June 21st
9 am to 10 am
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Bellevue Daniel Smith Store's FREE Weekend Watercolor Painting Demos for June 21st & 22nd

This weekends FREE demonstrations at the

Daniel Smith Store in Belleve

is watercolor painting with Susie Short on Saturday,

and Kay Barnes on Sunday.

Kay recently did a FREE watercolor demo

at the Seattle Daniel Smith Store, and please click here

for more information on that

Watercolor: Florals demonstration.


Saturday, June 21st at 11 am & 1:45 pm

WATERCOLOR: Sea and Shore

Susie Short

Sunday, June 22nd at 12 & 2 pm
WATERCOLOR: Florals
Kay Barnes

Eastside Association of Fine Arts Show at the Bellevue Daniel Smith Store

This month, the Daniel Smith Store in Bellevue is hosting an Art Show featuring members of the Eastside Association of Fine Arts in the Store's Gallery. The EAFA members' work was hung the last week, and will be up through June 28th, so be sure to stop in at the Bellevue Daniel Smith Store to enjoy the show!

The EAFA currently is having it's 2008 Member Only Show at Trilogy of Redmond Ridge, May 31 to June 26, 2008

Bellevue Daniel Smith FREE Demos this weekend, June 14th & 15th

This weekends' FREE demonstrations at the
Daniel Smith Store in Bellevue

Saturday, June 14th at 11 am & 1:45 pm
SUMI: Spiritual Harmony
Elizabeth Kay
DON’T FORGET Elizabeth’s Workshop
July 9th thru 11th Bellevue Store!
womenpainters.com

Sunday, June 15th at 12 & 2 pm
WATERCOLOR: Working Wet to Dry in Watercolor
Joanne Shellan

Seattle Daniel Smith Store FREE Weekend Demos June 14th & 15th

This weekends' FREE demonstrations at the
Daniel Smith Store in Seattle

Saturday June 14th at 11 am & 1:45 pm

SUMI: Sumi-Lotus Breeze

Yuming Zhu

Sunday, June 15th at 12 & 2 pm

Watercolor: Step by Step Painting

Gary Nelson