One of the great resources that you can find on the DANIEL SMITH Art Supply website or Reference Catalog is our very extensive and comprehensive Comparative Paper Chart.  Our buyers have put this together for you over a period of years, and update it in our Reference Catalog when we add new papers to our selection.  This is a quick and easy way to find out the different uses of our papers.

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On the chart you can find out if it is: 

 

The features:

 

Used for:

 

Printmaking uses:

  

You can find our Comparative Paper Chart on our website when you *click* on our “Learn” and “Art Tutorials, Articles, Techniques” links at the very bottom of all our pages.

 

You can also find our Comparative Paper Chart on pages 105, 106, and 107 in our 2009-2010 DANIEL SMITH Reference Catalog. 

 

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~Deborah Burns

 

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This Saturday at DANIEL SMITH Art Supply, our FREE “How To” Art demos at our Seattle Store: Acrylic with Gail Howard and at our Bellevue Store: Oil Bar with Cissy Gray.

 

 

Saturday:  Gail Howard will be sharing her tips on “ACRYLIC: The Mediums Are the Message” she notes on her website that:  ”I’ll demonstrate how I use pouring mediums to get smooth surfaces, pouring multiple layers to get great depth and how to do encaustic-like effects.” 

Saturday, January 30th at 11 am & 1:45pm
ACRYLIC: The Mediums Are the Message
Gail Howard 

 

Bellevue Store 

 

Saturday:  Cissy Gray will demonstrate how to work with oil bars and “…how they compare to oil paints.  [she'll] use nitrile gloves when painting with the oil bars to apply them much like finger painting.  [She'll] occasionally use a brush for detail.  Because the oil bar color are so vivid, you can achieve a jewel like finish.”  Cissy will also touch upon “principals of design, composition, value, color and shape….”
Saturday:  January 30th at 11am & 1:45 pm
OIL BAR: Colorful Impressions
Cissy Gray

 

Here is a *Sneak Peak* of our new DANIEL SMITH Art Supply 2010 Spring Sale Catalog! 

These are being mailed out now and should be “sprouting up” in your mailboxes any day now! 

Shhhh….let’s have a little *sneak peak* on what’s inside…. 

* We have 5 (YES, five!) new Watercolor Sticks, and 3 (YES, three!) of them are PrimaTek colors…our first ones offered in our Watercolor Sticks line.  Page 5. 

* Three new DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors, let’s just say they are all three in *warm* colors!  Page 2. 

* Something *HOT* and new!  Page 63. 

* Cool new Artist article….love her work!  Page 74. 

* And packed with Sales and Special Prices through out!  Too many pages to list! 

Okay, remember…..shhhhhhh……this is just between us!  :  )  

All will be revealed when you get your catalog, and when I post about the new catalog sometime next week…stay tuned! 

Want to receive your own copy of our

DANIEL SMITH Spring Sale Catalog?  

Just *click* here and request one!

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This Saturday for our FREE Art Demos at our Seattle and Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Stores we have Oil Painting with Donna Trent, Watercolor with Ann Breckon, and Pastels with Don Lee.

 

Saturday, Donna Trent will be demonstrating in Oil Painting how to: “Save the White-Reveal the Shapes” in your paintings. 

Sat: January 23rd at 11am & 1:45pm
OIL: Save the White-Reveal the Shapes 
Donna Trent 

 

Seattle Store:

Also on Saturday, Ann Breckon will have a fun demonstration on painting Lamp Posts with Hanging Baskets in Watercolor.  Get in the mood for spring while Ann shares watercolor tips!
Sat: January 23rd at 12 & 2pm
WATERCOLOR: Lamp Posts with Hanging Baskets
Ann Breckon 
Don’t miss Ann’s Workshop Feb 24th & 25th Seattle Store!

 

Bellevue Store:

Saturday, Don Lee Portrait Artist Don Lee will be demonstrating how to do Portraits in Pastel.  Don’s demo is a good introduction on getting started with painting portraits in pastels, and to find out if you would like to know more and take his workshop in February. 

Sat: Jan 23rd at 11am & 1:45pm
PASTEL: Pastel Portraits
Don Lee 
Don’t miss Don’s Workshop Feb 8th Bellevue Store!

 

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This weekend for our FREE Art Demos at the DANIEL SMITH Store in Bellevue we have Multi Media using Pastel and Gouache with Lynda Lindner and Water-Soluble Oil Painting with Bruce Edwards.

 

Saturday:  January 16th, Lynda Lindner will be sharing her tips on Muli Media Painting with Pastel and Gouache.  You can see some examples of her Pastel Portraits by following the link. 

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Saturday, January 16th from 11am to 1pm
MULTI MEDIA: Pastel & Gouache
Lynda Lindner 

 

Sunday:  January 17th, Bruce Edwards will be demonstrating how to use Water-Soluble Oil Paints and How To Paint with Water-Soluble Oils.  If you have hesitated from using oils because of the solvents used with brush clean up (you can also use vegetable oil to clean up rather than turpentine etc.) or stopped using oils for the same reason, then you will be able to find out more about this alternative way to oil paint. 
Sunday, January 17th at 12 & 2pm
Oil: Water-Soluble Oil Painting 
Bruce Edwards 

 

This weekends FREE “How To” Art demos at the DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store we have a wide selection Art demos to choose from:  Pastel Portraits with Don Lee and Gold Leaf Gilding (Metal Leafing) with Charles Douglas.  Sunday we have Landscape painting in Plein Air and the Studio with Gage Instructor and Author Mitchell Albala who will be signing his new book, “Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice“ after the demo.

 

Saturday: Portrait Artist Don Lee will be demonstrating how to do Portraits in Pastel.  Don’s demo is a good introduction on getting started with painting portraits in pastels, and to find out if you would like to know more and take his workshop in February. 

 

Saturday: January 16th we have Gold Leaf Gilding with Charles Douglas. This should be a very interesting introduction on Gold Leafing, and if you have been curious about this or Metal Leafing, then this would be a great demo for you.  Charles’ website has lots of information, and his blog “A Gilder’s Journal” is very interesting too.  If you can’t come to the demo, we have 2 articles on Metal Leafing that you may be interested in reading: “Metal Leafing the Easy Way“, and “Metallic Leafing Technique” may provide some information for you. 

 

Sunday: January 17th we have a special demo + book signing opportunity with GAGE Academy of Art Instructor Mitchell Albala who is the author of: “Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice“.  Mitchell will be sharing some of his techniques on Plein Air Painting and how it relates to Studio time during the 2 hour demo.  His new book will be available at the demo and also in our new catalog (coming soon!).  It’s a fantastic book, and looks like one I’ll be adding to my collection! 

Sunday, January 17th from 12 to 2pm (Special Time!) 
Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice
Mitchell Albala 
Have Mitchell sign your copy of his new book during this event!

 

 

We’re sweet on our DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Sticks, and have created a Special 5 piece (*plus*) Watercolor Stick set because we want you to “Fall in Love” with them too!

 

Our DANIEL SMITH  Fall in Love with Watercolor Sticks Set contains:

5 DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Sticks

 

 

*PLUS* the set includes:

This is a great primary set of colors to get started with and begin your Love Affair with our Watercolor Sticks! 

To celebrate our Fall in Love with Watercolor Sticks Set we are having a Valentine’s Themed Card Contest, our “Fall in Love with Watercolor Sticks“ Contest!

 

One winner will win 2 DANIEL SMITH $100 Gift Certificates (one for you and one for your sweetheart!)

 

Happy New Year!  It’s a New Year and time to get your creative juices going by coming to one of our FREE “How To” Art demos this weekend here at our Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store to inspire you!

 

Saturday, January 9th, we have Gary Greene demonstrating “Painting with Color Pencil” and sharing his techniques for creating color saturated painting with color pencil, check out his slide show of his paintings, just amazing.  

 

Saturday, January 9th at 11am & 1:45pm
COLOR PENCIL: Painting with Color Pencil
Gary Greene 

 

Gary will also have a 2 day workshop January 24th & 31st at the Bellevue Store with more on “Painting with Color Pencil”. 

Sunday, January 24th & 31st
COLOR PENCIL: Painting with Color Pencil
with Gary Greene 

Day One: Tired of struggling with watercolors, oils, acrylics, or pastels? Discover the exciting, creative, and versatile medium of color pencil. Learn about various color pencils, paper surfaces, and related materials or tools. Students will complete a study using layering techniques. Open to all levels of art experience. Participants under 16 admitted with instructor permission only.
Day Two: Learn to create vividly realistic colored pencil paintings using the “burnishing” technique. Gary will give a brief discussion of the burnishing process, and step-by–step demonstration. Participants then complete a painting from supplied notes and visual aids.
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$100 per day
11:30am to 4:30pm

 

Sunday, January 10th Janice Seino, will be demonstrating painting with acrylic and sharing tips on making textured surfaces and manipulating the surface to expand the creative expression.

 

 

Happy New Year!  Time to get a fresh new perspective on Watercolor!  This weekend at our Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store for our FREE “How To” Art demos, we have two different perspectives on Watercolor:  “The Travel Journal” with Molly Hashimoto and “Debunking the Myth of Talent – Boats, boats, boats!” with Stella Canfield.

 

Saturday, January 9th, Molly Hashimoto will be demonstrating Travel Journaling with Watercolor.  Molly will share tips on how you can do Travel Journaling on your next adventure.  Molly has an article from a past DANIEL SMITH Catalog called

“Watercolor Journal” that you can read for ideas, and especially if you are not able to come to the FREE demo.

 

Saturday, January 9th at 11am & 1:45pm
WATERCOLOR: The Travel Journal
Molly Hashimoto 

 

Molly is also having a workshop on January 31st at the Seattle Store for more in depth instruction:

Sunday, January 31st
WATERCOLOR: The Travel Journal
with Molly Hashimoto
Molly will help you prepare for outdoor painting on location by using photos in our indoor classroom. Many different techniques will be demonstrated so that you can find the ones that work best for your artistic purposes and locations: gardens, cities, and wilderness areas. Painting will focus on learning watercolor sketching techniques, brushwork, and effective paint mixtures for northwest landscapes as well as drier climates! Bring your own blank journal, or cut paper to size for a journal that you can put together after the workshop is over. Instructions will also be provided. Open to all levels, and perfect for warming up skills in plein air painting.
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$75 per day
11am to 4pm

 

Sunday, Stella Canfield will be showing how anyone can paint boats using Watercolor by demonstrating her painting tips and tricks with her “Debunking the Myth of Talent” approach.  So if you haven’t tried watercolor, think you are not talented enough or just want to see a new perspective on Watercolor Painting, then this is a great demo for you!

 

 

This past weekend we had a Special, FREE “Hands On” Art Event, our DANIEL SMITH PrimaTek Watercolors and DS Extra Fine Watercolor Stick Extravaganza! 

 

Instead of our regular FREE “How To” Weekend Art demos at our Seattle Store and Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Stores this past weekend, we offered one of our Special “Hands On” Art Events.  These “Hands On” Events allow everyone who attends the opportunity to try out the Art Supplies featured at the Event. 

 

The Seattle Store had Annie Van Engelen in the Gallery/Demo room demonstrating, answering questions and encouraging everyone to paint using the PrimaTek Watercolors and the Watercolor Sticks on various watercolor papers:  Yupo paper, UArt Sanded Pastel Paper (wasn’t out but you could use the Wallis Archival Sanded Pastel [mulit media] Papers) and Fredrix Archival Watercolor Canvas Pad.

 

The Bellevue Store had Artists Sales Associates Craig on Saturday, and Joe on Sunday, demonstrating and answering questions at the “Try It” table set up near the front of the store while customers tried out our DS PrimaTek Watercolors and DS Watercolor Sticks for themselves.

 

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For our after Christmas FREE weekend demos at both our Seattle and Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Stores we are having a Special Hands On Event, our PRIMATEK & WATERCOLOR STICK EXTRAVAGANZA!

 

We will have our “Try It” tables set up so you can try our DANIEL SMITH PrimaTek Watercolors and our DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Sticks.  This is a fun way to find out more about our PrimaTek and Watercolor Sticks…by using them!  We will have one of our Artist Sales Associates available to answer questions and offer guidance while you try them out during the times posted below.

 

Saturday, December 26th at 11am to 1:45pm Hands On Fun!

Sunday, December 27th from 12 to 2pm Hands On Fun!
PRIMATEK & WATERCOLOR STICK EXTRAVAGANZA
Join the store staff to learn how to add these unique colors and products to your palette

 

 

Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

It’s winter, and time to go “Walking in a Winter Wonderland”, artistically speaking, with DANIEL SMITH’s newest Watercolor Triad: Winter Wonderland! 

 

Our Winter Wonderland Watercolor Triad has two of our DANIEL SMITH PrimaTek Watercolors and is made up of:

 

Kyanite Genuine (a PrimaTek), Bloodstone Genuine (a PrimaTek) and Phthalo Green (YS)  This Limited Time Only, DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Triad is an extra special value since it has two of our PrimaTek watercolors.  If you have been wondering about the PrimaTek watercolors, then this Triad would be a great one to add to your palette.   

 

	Kyanite Genuine, Made from the remarkable blue crystal that shares its name, this amazing PrimaTek pigment granulates in pockets of soft blue gray while a crystalline sparkle floats to the surface. Wash this color over your paper with plenty of water for a multi-dimensional effect or use at full strength for metallic blue steel. Kyanite Genuine gives frost icicles and snow flakes a magic touch in your winter landscapes.
	Bloodstone Genuine, This PrimaTek’s pigment is made from the captivating red-dappled gemstone. In watercolor Bloodstone displays remarkable granulation and a rich, violet-umber hue. This textural neutral, with its soft mineral sheen, is the ideal earthtone for mountain crags peeking through snowcaps. Use it to add definition to your lanscapes with a range of values for shadows and shading.
	Phthalo Green (YS), A clean, clear pure hue color that washes from deep rich, almost black green to a transparent bottle green. This beautiful color is great for mixing and maintains its depth. It is a staining pigment that creates luminous clean glazes.

 

Our Winter Wonderland Watercolor Triad is also one of our “Painting Project Triads” that you can download the triad design, transfer the image and paint it yourself.  Follow this link to the Winter Wonderland Painting Project.  

 

We have two new videos for the Winter Wonderland Watercolor Triad.  The first is about “How To” paint the Winter Wonderland landscape, and the second is about the 3 colors and mixing them.

We know the Holidays are a very busy time of year for everyone, and we appreciate the Artists ( Thank You! ) who took the time to create a Handmade Holiday Card to send us, and enter our Handmade Holiday Card Contest!

 

While we did not receive an “blizzard” of cards, we are very happy with the Holiday Cards we did receive, and we are going to share the winners with you now….

 

Our Winner is Cherylyn Bredemann from Illinois, with her “limited edition ‘Gocco print’ …with hand mixed metallic inks.  A little birdie… [with] handpainted accents in the leaves…splattering of festive red, golden acrylic paint and to top it off a bit of gold spray.”  Cherylyn even documented making it on her blog, VERY cool Cherylyn!

 

Congratulations Cherylyn, your wonderful Handmade Holiday Card wins you the $50 DANIEL SMITH Gift Certificate!

 

Our two Runners’ Up are Marca Sue DeLacerda from Texas, for her “Christmas” linoleum block print.  Marca Sue wrote on the inside of her card that she loves our Water Soluble inks and Watercolors – thank you!  And Patrice deAvila from Oregon, for her “Snow Leopard” “Cool Yule” block print card using silver ink.  You can see a bit more about Patrice’s card on her blog.

 

Congratulations to Marca Sue and Patrice, your wonderful Handmade Holiday Cards have won you each a $25 DANIEL SMITH Gift Certificate!

 

Happy Holidays Artists!

 

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This Saturday for one of our FREE “How To” Art demos at our Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store we have Gail Baker demonstrating “Special Effects in Acrylic Painting – Improvisation and Experimentation“  Gail will be sharing her ideas for using Improvisation and Experimentation to drive the Creative Process for Acrylic Painting.  

 

 

 

We also are having two Workshopsthis weekend at the Bellevue Store:

 

If you haven’t tried Watercolor Sticks, this is the perfect opportunity. Che gives you step-by-step instruction on new ways to paint in the studio or on location. Materials required for the expanded section.
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$50 per day
2pm to 5pm
artofche.com

 

Learn to add texture and interest to your paintings by letting the colors show through with Gary’s unique building of pastel layers. A process that will enliven your under-painting adding dimension to your work. Materials required for the expanded section
Please register early, as class sizes are limited to 12 students
001 900 218
$50 per day
1pm to 4pm
beginningartist.com 

 

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