Archive for March, 2009

March 30th, 2009 categories: category, * DS Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks, * New Products, * Seattle DS Store, * Special "Hands On" Events, * Watercolor FREE Demos
Annie Van Engelen demonstrating the new DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks at a Special "Hands On" Event

Annie Van Engelen demonstrating the new DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks at a Special "Hands On" Event

There was a time machine at the DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store yesterday when Annie Van Engelen was conducting a “Hands On” special event & demo for the new DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks …that took everyone back to kindergarten! 

 
The new DS Watercolor Sticks seem to bring out the playfulness in people when using them, and there was a cheerful, sense of fun when everyone began playing with the Watercolor Sticks.  People were at the tables with paper trying out the various techniques that Annie had shown and talked about at the beginning of the demo. 
 
Annie Van Engelen handing out watercolor brushes during the "Hands On" portion introducing the new DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks

Annie Van Engelen handing out watercolor brushes during the "Hands On" portion introducing the new DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks

I moved around from table to table chatting with different people about what they were finding interesting about painting/drawing with the Watercolor Sticks.  They were trying out different watercolor brushes such as the Niji Waterbrush (a hit!) and on different watercolor papers like Yupo.  I saw a wide range of fun, expressive artwork that people were creating while playing around with the DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks…yep, everyone was playing like they were kids again making Art!

 
I invite you to stop by the DANIEL SMITH Stores to give our Watercolor Sticks a try, because right now we have them out to try.  We will also be offering them in more colors and open stock soon too!
 
DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks at the ready for Annie Van Engelen's Dragon Watercolor Painting for the Special "Hands On" Event

DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks at the ready for Annie Van Engelen's Dragon Watercolor Painting for the Special "Hands On" Event

Thank you Annie, and thanks to everyone who was there to participate with the “Hands On” Event, it was fun!

 
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
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March 26th, 2009 categories: category, * DANIEL SMITH Corporate Offices, * Digital Print Center, * Receptions & Openings, * Seattle DS Store
DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store's New Digital Print Center

DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store's New Digital Print Center

The Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store has just opened their new Digital Print Center!  To quote the brochure which says:  “Our new Print Center equipment is designed for both original artwork and digital photography”

 
Last night was the Reception to launch our new service and it was a hit!  I missed the festivities (and there were SNACKS!) but from what I heard from those that were there, was that the store was full of people, so many that some of our people from the corporate offices came out to help…nice teamwork guys!
 
The Reception was held in the DANIEL SMITH Gallery where there was a presentation and examples of digital prints were hung on the walls where they will remain for awhile.  The computer for the digital printers is on the sales floor, in the frame shop, with the smaller printer is next to it, and the BIG printer is on the other side of the wall off the sale floor.
 
The Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store's new Digital Print Center in the Frame Shop

The Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store's new Digital Print Center in the Frame Shop

The new digital printers can be used for both original artwork reproduction and digital photography. Here are some details of what the digital printers can do:

 
Both of the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store's new Digital Printers in the "off the sales floor" area in the back - the printer on the right is the BIG one!

Both of the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store's new Digital Printers in the "off the sales floor" area in the back - the printer on the right is the BIG one!

*  Scan, reproduce and enlarge your artwork or photos with pigment-based archival inks for the highest resolutions and color saturation.

*  Print high quality giclee reproductions on paper or canvas.

*  Choose premium photo paper (Epson Premium Paper) in glossy, semi-gloss, or luster, and Somerset fine art paper in velvet or ultra-smooth finishes.

*  Create stretched canvas artwork up to 40″ x 60″ on Epson Canvas.

 
Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store New Digital Print Center Now OPEN!

Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store New Digital Print Center Now OPEN!

Our brochure, available at the store, provides more information with Frequently Asked Questions which I shall include for you here!

 

*  What is the best file format?     The very best file formats are tiff, jpeg, Adobe Image pdf at 300dpi.  We can accept png, psd, bmp and gif files.

*  How should I bring you my files?     We can accept USB flash drives as well as CD’s. 

*  What if I don’t have a digital image?     If your art is less than 12″x17″, we can professionally scan it for you.  There is a nominal fee of $10.00 per scan and we can also save onto your media (flash drive or CD) at no additional charge.

*  What media can I choose to have my images printed on?     We offer Epson Photo paper in ultrasmooth, matte finish, glossy, and luster, as well at Somerset Velvet Art Paper and Canvas.

*  Can I have my canvas stretched on stretchers bars?     Absolutely!  We offer plain (3/4″) and gallery wrap (1 1/4″) stretcher bars assembled in house as well at custom framing.

*  My project is in a digital form but the resolution is lower than 300dpi.  Will that affect my ability to have it printed?     The perfect resolution isn 300dpi, however we work with images between 150-300 as a range with a decrease in quality and ability to enlarge as the resolution drops.   Lower resolution images such as those captured from the web, which are between 72-96dpi, result in poor print quality, and are not recommended.

*  What’s the turn around time?     In many cases, we offer same day printing.  We will set appropriate expectations for your project and deliver accordingly.

*** Updated May 4th: 
Please call the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store at:
 206-223-9599  
for specific questions regarding your particular needs and pricing.
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There, you now have a cool new service for reproducing your Artwork!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

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March 24th, 2009 categories: category, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos

DANIEL SMITH Store in Bellevue

DANIEL SMITH Store in Bellevue

This weekends’ FREE demos at the Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store are two very different ways of painting flowers in watercolors.

 
Saturday, March 28th will have Darlene Lucas at 11am and 1:45pm for 1 hour FREE demos with Darlene showing many of her very creative techniques that she uses when painting her “Fragmented Flowers”.
 
Sunday, March 29th, will have Deborah Stachowic at 12pm and 2pm for 1 hour FREE demos of Deborahs’ point of view of how she paints in watercolor, LARGE, Dramatic flowers.
 
Both Artists’ websites show great examples of their particular style of watercolor painting, so check them out and come to the FREE demos!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

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March 24th, 2009 categories: category, * DS Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks, * DS ExtraFine Watercolors, * DS PrimaTek Watercolors, * New Products, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Special "Hands On" Events, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store - The Store for Artists'

DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store - The Store for Artists'

This weekends’ FREE demos at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store are all about two very different kinds of DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolors . 

 
Saturday, March 28th, has Butch Krieger at 11am and 1:45pm for 1 hour FREE demos using DANIEL SMITH PrimaTek Watercolors to create warm flesh tones in watercolor.
 
Sunday, March 29th, is with Annie Van Engelen from 12 to 2pm introducing our new DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks !  The 2 hour Special “Hands On” Event will have Annie demonstrating some of the cool things you can do with the Watercolor Sticks….  Then You get to get Your “Hands On” them and play with the Watercolor Sticks yourself!  Come and have some fun this Sunday.
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

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March 23rd, 2009 categories: category, * DS ExtraFine Watercolors, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos, * Watercolor Painting
Katherine Wright Demonstration at DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLOR: Structures, Space, & Shadows

Katherine Wright Demonstration at DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLOR: Structures, Space, & Shadows

Last Saturday’s FREE demo at the DANIEL SMITH  Seattle Store had Katherine Wright sharing her insights into creating space in her watercolor paintings with structures and shadows.

 
Katherine began the demo talking about the effects of light falling on structures (both natural and man made) and how shadows from those structures create a sense of space.  Katherine said that it is important to learn that; ” Understanding what light is so we can understand it as Artists.”  This is an important topic to Katherine and she spent some time talking about it, which since she shared a fair amount of technical information and observations I will not write more on the topic as it would make this post very long!
 
Katherine briefly outlined how she works starting with her sketches, which she said; “I work a lot from my sketches, [and] sometimes I like my sketches better!”  She works out the numbers to enlarge her sketch to the size that she will be working with on watercolor paper, then uses graphite transfer paper to transfer the image.  Here is a tip for you:  Katherine likes to re-use the image on the transfer paper (she will do it multiple times) for another painting, she will make different decisions, color choices etc. and ultimately have a very different painting.
 
Katherine Wright demonstrating watercolor painting

Katherine Wright demonstrating watercolor painting

The paper Katherine prefers to paint on is Arches 300lb hot press watercolor paper , because she said she is: “lazy and does not like stretching watercolor paper”, although she does sometimes use the cold press too.  To begin painting, Katherine prefers LARGE brushes, the larger the better!  One of her favorites is a size 40 round DANIEL SMITH watercolor brush that is no longer manufactured.  I thought her preference for larger brushes was very interesting since her background is architecture (check out her architectural illustrations ).   I asked her about it after the demo, and she said she really likes the gestural freedom of the larger brushes for her watercolor paintings.  Later she will add details into the painting with smaller brushes.  Starting with her large flat brush, Katherine told us that, “flat brushes can really get you a long way”, she began working on her painting of some buildings on a hillside in Italy (she lived in Puglia for 3 years) with her watercolors. 

 
Katherine Wright answering a question at her watercolor painting demonstration

Katherine Wright answering a question at her watercolor painting demonstration

Katherine begins by expressively working on her “under-painting” which she calls “a mess” (!) using the large flat brush, then she lets the colors dry a bit and goes back in and “intensifies it” with stronger color.  Later she will begin to add details with a fine brush, but not too much.  Katherine encouraged many questions during the demo and happily answered them although, it did mean that the demo ran over 15 minuets, so she was not able to finish some of the detail work she would have liked! 

Some of the other helpful tips that Katherine shared with us was that she does not use black, but rather prefers to “make interesting darks” by combining colors like DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors in French Ultramarine , Burnt Umber , and Quinacridone Magenta to make “interesting darks”.  Also how important it is to really know your watercolor paints and their qualities.  Katherine gave us an example of how, when she first began working in watercolor, she did not realize why when mixing Alizarin Crimson with Naples Yellow , she lost her luminous transparency.  Later, once she learned more about her watercolors, she found out that Naples Yellow has Zinc White in it, and Zinc White is one of the more opaque colors. 
 
To learn more about  watercolor painting  from Katherine, she is teaching a Workshop: “Putting perspective in your work!”   April 12, 2009 at the Kirkland Woman’s Club, please contact Katherine via her website for more. 
 
Thank you Katherine!
 
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

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March 20th, 2009 categories: category, * DS Watercolor Triads
Just in time for Spring…. 
DANIEL SMITH has a new Extra Fine Watercolor Triad: 
 
New Crocus Triad ExtraFine Watercolor from DANIEL SMITH March 2009

New Crocus Triad ExtraFine Watercolor from DANIEL SMITH March 2009

“Crocus“!  

DANIEL SMITH Triads are a great way to add some new colors to your palette at a special price.  The colors in the new Crocus Triad are:

Imperial Purple,  ”is a dramatic royal violet. Introduce this passionate purple to your palette for a surprising streak of complex color. Never dull, Imperial Purple captures the imagination with a dark, midnight violet that softens to a true purple in washes. In very wet washes, interesting granulation produces pockets of blue with a warm mauve separation. More controlled applications yield a violet that is captivating and luxurious.”

Phthalo Yellow Green,  “is among the brightest, lightest greens offered to watercolorists. This showy lime green is nearly fluorescent at full strength. Its glowing tone is easily tempered in mixtures making this almost otherworldly color perfectly at home on any painter’s palette. Use at full strength to paint spring’s young shoots and mix with a daub of Imperial Violet for the rich, true green of leaves. This stunning color keeps mixtures clean and bright.”

Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue, “puts the finishing touch on this botanical trio. This sunny yellow is a precise blend of pigments developed in our laboratory to match the color and working properties of traditional Cadmium Yellow Medium without the health concerns of Cadmium pigments. Mix this useful yellow with its trio-mates to create a rich, warm brown for bulbs and roots.”

 So, if you need to add a little “Spring” to your work, you might want to plant a “Crocus” on your palette!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

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March 19th, 2009 categories: category, * DANIEL SMITH, * DANIEL SMITH Blog
Happy Birthday DANIEL SMITH Blog!

Happy Birthday DANIEL SMITH Blog!

Today is the first anniversary of the DANIEL SMITH Blog!  

 
When I wrote “Welcome to the Daniel Smith Blog !” a year ago today, we started on another blog platform (Blogspot.com) to give blogging a try.  After a few months we began the process of building a custom blog, and eventually I moved over all the original posts to this blog, those posts you will see at the bottom: “Originally Published….” and a link to the original blog post.
 
I am so *excited* to be celebrating our First Year! 
 
Now that we have arrived at this point, I am hoping to expand what I write about on the DANIEL SMITH blog to include more about what we are doing here at DANIEL SMITH Artists’ Materials, more information on our products and who knows!  It will be fun, informative and have lots of ideas to help you to: Every Day, Express Yourself with ART….  So please come along with us, and as I wrote one year ago today: “We will be on a journey together!”
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

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March 19th, 2009 categories: category, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * DS Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks, * Watercolor FREE Demos
Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

Lots of Watercolor demos this weekend at the Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store…learn some new watercolor pouring techniques with Joan Frey, and on Sunday see our new DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks in action with Che Lopez!

When you visit Joan’s website you will see examples of how she uses her pouring technique in some of her paintings, a great example are her paintings “Cascade” and  ”Lilac in a Yelow Pot “

Saturday,  March  21st at 11 am & 1:45 pm
WATERCOLOR: Poured Pears
Joan Frey
joanlfrey.com

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Sunday’s FREE demo is Bellevue’s own Che Lopez intoducing you to our new DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks….I am sure you will have fun learning about them with Che.  Che already has some tips on his blogsite “The Art of Che” so you can get a preview, although you can’t miss Che in action!

Sunday,  March 22nd at 12 & 2 pm
Introducing DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks
Che Lopez

 The Art of Che 

  

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

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March 17th, 2009 categories: category, * DS Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks, * New Products
Introducing DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks!

Introducing DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks!

Our new DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolor Sticks are very portable and are a great alternative solution to tube watercolor paints.  These are made with the same high quality pigments as our regular DANIEL SMITH ExtraFine Watercolors and with just enough gum Arabic to form the pigment into a solid, easy to hold, stick. 

 
To introduce them, we have them in a 6 stick pack for $68.95.  The colors are:  Hansa Yellow Medium,  Quinacridone Coral,  Sap Green,  French Ultramarine,  Burnt Umber, and  Quinacridone Burnt Orange.  
 
You can make very expressive lines when you “draw” with the Watercolor Sticks, then using your wet watercolor brush dissolve the line into color with your brushwork.  You can apply the Watercolor Sticks to wet or dry paper for different effects.  Wetting the end of the watercolor sticks and drawing directly onto your paper makes a different line, and you can take up color onto your watercolor brush by drawing it across the the tip of the wet Watercolor Stick.  The Watercolor Stick can be used on your palette by dissolving a bit off the tip in water from your palette’s well, and…..? 
 
There are very likely more wonderful ways you can paint with our new Watercolor Sticks…just take some time and remember to play with your DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Sticks!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

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March 17th, 2009 categories: category, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH sign over the Seattle Store

DANIEL SMITH sign over the Seattle Store

This weekends FREE Art Demos at the DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store, feature artists’ both of whose work in Watercolor is colorful and vibrant, check out their websites to take a peek! 

Katherine Wrights’ demo on Saturday is about creating a sense of volume in structures using space and shadows.  On her website take a look at her Italy watercolor paintings to get an idea of what she does to create structure, particularly the painting “Reflexions” with it’s strong use of color.

Saturday, March 21st at 11 am & 1:45 pm
WATERCOLOR: Structures, Space, & Shadows
Katherine Wright
klwright.com

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Molly LeMaster’s Sunday demo is focusing on creating textures in watercolors.  Molly works with vibrant color particularly in her abstract paintings which also showcase a lot of texture, take a look at her abstract painting “Eat Crow“.

Sunday,  March 22nd at 12 & 2 pm
WATERCOLOR: Textured Methods
Molly LeMaster
lemasterstudios.com

 

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

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March 14th, 2009 categories: category, * DANIEL SMITH Catalog, * Mix Media, * Multi-Media, * Seattle DS Store, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor Painting
Darlene Lucas demonstrating more of her extensive techniques at the DANIEL SMITH Store in Seattle

Darlene Lucas demonstrating more of her extensive techniques at the DANIEL SMITH Store in Seattle

Today’s FREE demo at DANIEL SMITH  Seattle Store was with Darlene Lucas showing everyone her many ways of painting using watercolor paints’  unique qualities of transparency , and granulation as her first layer.  Then she incorporates many other different art materials into her paintings.  Everyone who attended today’s demo learned multiple ways to creatively paint. 

 
Darlene told us that painting on Ampersand Claybord is currently her passion because its’ surface allows her a lot of freedom to work in many different ways.  She likes the smooth surface, it’s like hot press watercolor paper, and it has a durable surface that she can manipulate to express her ideas.  She will also sometimes use the more traditional for watercolor, Ampersand Aquabord with its’ more textured surface
 
Darlene Lucas explaining some of her techniques that she uses in her paintings at the DANIEL SMITH Free demo

Darlene Lucas explaining some of her techniques that she uses in her paintings at the DANIEL SMITH Free demo

She incorporates not only watercolor paint, but adds collage elements with decorative paper , rice paper, bits of watercolor painting cut up and ”pasted” to the surface with Matte Medium and occasionally pressed leaves or flowers.  She also will scratch into the Claybord surface with different tools which causes the watercolor to collect in the crevices and she will scratch into dried paint to expose the white of the claybord for other effects.  Darlene showed us how she might add depth and different interest by adding Molding Paste, both light and regular depending on the effects she wants.

 
Because Darlene’s art is about layering, the watercolor is the base to which she adds the other layers and acrylic paint.  Watercolor has luminous qualities and dries with wonderful effects that enriches her paintings in ways acrylic paint cannot.  When she is done with her watercolor, she sprays it with fixative to prevent the watercolor from dissolving or running when other wet applications are added.  She may go back and add another layer of watercolor and sprays it again to “lock” the color.  Darlene told me that she sometimes mixes her watercolor with acrylic paint (or acrylic medium ) to get watercolor effects with arcylics’ permanence. 
 
When Darlene begins a painting she wants’ to know “what is my concept?”  Darlene told us that she is currently very interested in Astronomy, the cosmos, atomic particles and more, and finds inspiration when she reads about them.  One sentence that inspired her for today’s’ demo is; “…a particle can take on mixtures of velocities…” and she applied that as her concept for the painting using flowers as the subject.  Okay, I don’t really understand how she does it, but Darlene makes it all come together as Her Art Expression!
A partial outline of how Darlene works begins with sketches she made of her concept, does value studies, then using transfer paper, transfers it to her claybord, preserves her “white” with Masquepen, perhaps adds rice paper or other paper, perhaps scratches into the surface, does her watercolor under-painting, (the order of these changes depending on the painting) sprays fixative, then begins adding her acrylic paint.  Darlene then may repeat different steps to develop the painting.  At the beginning of the demo Darlene answered a question about working from her sketches:  
“…then at a certain point I set aside my sketch,
and go where my painting tells me to go.”

 Darlene also told us about the importance of “good junk” (everyone laughed at that!) to see what kinds of effects you can get, she likes to play and experiment with using lots of different things to see what kind of visual effects she can get.

At the end of the demo, Darlene left us with a few more tips: 
  • She has found that laminating her copy of the DANIEL SMITH Extra Fine Watercolors chart helps her with selecting the watercolors for a particular painting and a good reference for knowing the transparency and granulation characteristics of the different colors.
  • And Darlene told us that she punches 3 holes in the DANIEL SMITH Catalogs to keep them in a binder, and said:
 “I hope you are reading your DANIEL SMITH Catalogs ,
you learn so much!”  
 
Thank you Darlene!
 
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

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March 9th, 2009 categories: category, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * Oil FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Store in Bellevue

DANIEL SMITH Store in Bellevue

This weekend at the DANIEL SMITH Bellevue Store we are having a  FREE  Watercolor demo on Saturday with Joan Archer.  On Sunday, a FREE  Oil Painting demo with TWO artists Michele Usibelli and Ned Mueller, so here is your chance to learn double the ideas and techniques for Oil Painting!

Saturday,  March 14th at 11 am & 1:45 pm
WATERCOLOR: Sailing Loose & Washy
Joan Archer
joanarchergallery.com
Don’t miss Joan’s Workshop April 20th Bellevue Store!

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Sunday, March 15th at 12 & 2 pm
Oil: Yes You Can Use A Big Brush!
Michele Usibelli  *AND*  Ned Mueller
micheleusibelli.com
Don’t miss Michele’s Workshop April 21st Bellevue Store! 

 

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

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March 9th, 2009 categories: category, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor Painting, * Watercolor Sketch Journaling
Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store

Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store

This coming weekend FREE demos at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store. 

 Learn how Darlene Lucas paints  Fragmented Flowers in watercolor at the Saturday demo, and get some painting ideas and techniques that you can try with your own paintings.

Saturday,  March 14th at 11 am & 1:45 pm
WATERCOLOR: Watercolor Fragmented Flowers
Darlene Lucas artscouncilofsnoco.org/artist_pages/lucas.htm

 

Maria Coryell-Martin, as an Expeditionary Artist,  has wonderful sketches of her trips around the world and can show you many ideas and tips on making journals of your own expeditions and trips to document your travels and create memorable keepsakes.  Learn how this coming Sunday.

Sunday,  March 15th at 12 & 2 pm
WATERCOLOR: Recycled Sketchbooks for Journaling
Maria Coryell-Martin
expeditionaryart.com

  

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

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March 3rd, 2009 categories: category, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos, * Watercolor Painting
Cindy Briggs talking about watercolor paper pad while Theresa Goesling paints at the DANIEL SMITH Demo

Cindy Briggs talking about watercolor paper pad while Theresa Goesling paints at the DANIEL SMITH Demo

The FREE demo last Saturday, Watercolor: Make Everyday a Painting at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH had a full house to watch and learn from both Theresa Goesling and Cindy Briggs.  Their demo was also a full house of ideas to take away! 

 
It was fun watching them do tag team paintings at the same time, one working on her painting, while the other was talking about another technique to try.  As they pointed out, while they both have rather different watercolor painting styles, and live in two different states (Washington – Theresa and Oregon – Cindy) but when they get together for their Mediterranean workshops and demos like this, their styles meld well and they play off one another. 
 
Cindy Briggs and Theresa Goesling the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store for their demo

Cindy Briggs and Theresa Goesling the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store for their demo

They talked about and demonstrated different art materials: watercolor pencils , watercolor paper pads , watercolor paints (particularly the DANIEL SMITH Luminescent watercolors ) different kinds of brushes (particularly the cats’ tongue and Black Gold Round Watercolor Brush #12 ) making marbleized paper using acrylic paint and carrageenan, collage and more!  It was a jam packed continuous two and a half hour demo full of all sorts of art supply information and “how to” do watercolor painting and general art making.

 
Cindy focused at one point, on showing us how to combine Contour Line Drawings and Watercolor Painting to produce some very interesting art, she often works this way herself.  Later she challenged everyone in at the demo to try painting in Watercolor without sketching it in first.  Unfortunately I had to leave about the point that Theresa finishing up showing us how she makes her own marbleized paper, and show us how she combines collage with painting. 
 
I left the demo with lots of ideas and information swirling around in my head like the marbleized paper that Theresa was making!
Saturday, February 28th from 11 am to 1:30 pm
WATERCOLOR: Make Everyday a Painting
Theresa Goesling & Cindy Briggs
theresagoesling.com
cindybriggs.com 
Thank you Theresa and  Cindy!
 
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with Art ….
 
~Deborah Burns
 

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