Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

This Saturday, Sunday and Labor Day Monday, we have 4 differnent  FREE demos for you here at the DANIEL SMITH Bellevue Store so come and learn, and be inspired!

 
Saturday, Michael Lim who you have likely met during one of your trips to the Bellevue Store, will be demonstrating how to stretch canvas.  Stretching canvas can be tricky and Michael will show you tricks to tame un-cooperative canvas and get it properly stretched onto bars. 
 
Saturday, September 5th at 11 am & 1:45 pm
CANVAS STRETCHING: Prep & Stretch for Beginners 
Michael Lim
iismichaellim.com
 
Sunday, Ronald Otto, the inventor of the Otto Watercolor Paper Strecher Bars, will be demonstrating how to use his innovative tool.  The Otto Stretchers allow for stretching watercolor paper without leaving staple holes, tape marks and preserves the deckle edge of your watercolor paper.  The watercolor paper remains flat after drying in the stretchers no matter how wet you make the paper while painting.  If you are a watercolor painter, then you really should come and see this demonstration by the inventor of this great artist tool!
Sunday, Sept 6th from 12 to 2 pm
PAPER STRETCHING: OTTO Watercolor Paper Stretcher
Ronald Otto
ottoartproducts.com
 
Also on Sunday, we will have a Book Signing with Tony White, a well known instructor at DigiPen, signing his book:  “ANIMATION from PENCILS to PIXELS ~ Classical Techniques for Digital Animators”.  If you have an interest in Animation, then this is a great opportunity to meet Tony while he signs his book!
Sunday, Sept 6th from 2 pm to 4 pm
ANIMATION: A Moving Experience! Book Signing
Tony White
blog.animaticus.com
 
Labor Day Monday, Keith Sluder demonstrating Watercolor painting.  In this FREE demo, Keith will be sharing Watercolor special effects tips to create rock & stone in paintings.  It you are a watercolor painter, then you just might want to mark this on your calendar to attend and find out how.
*LABOR DAY SPECIAL EVENT
Monday, Sept 7th from 12 to 2 pm
WATERCOLOR: Properties of Rock ‘N’ Stone
Keith Sluder
signaturesgallery.com
 
With all these great FREE demos and what the weatherman is saying about a cloudy (rain too!) Labor Day Weekend, well, you just might want to spend some time finding out “How To” do some new things in Art!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
 
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