DANIEL SMITH » * Bellevue FREE Demos http://danielsmithblog.com DANIEL SMITH Art Supplies Blog Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:10:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 FREE “How To” Art Demos and Workshops this April at the Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Art Supply Store http://danielsmithblog.com/2010/04/08/free-how-to-art-demos-and-workshops-this-april-at-the-bellevue-daniel-smith-art-supply-store/ http://danielsmithblog.com/2010/04/08/free-how-to-art-demos-and-workshops-this-april-at-the-bellevue-daniel-smith-art-supply-store/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:09:41 +0000 Deborah Burns http://danielsmithblog.com/?p=2682
Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

 
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Here is the list of our FREE April, 2010, “How To” Art Demos and Workshops at the Bellevue DANIEL SMTH Art Supply Store.  For more information on the individual FREE demos please visit our Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store Events Blog and our Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store Events Blog and for Special Events and Demos added after this list was posted.
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Saturday, April 3rd
11am & 1:45pm
 
Saturday, April 10th
Watercolor: Painting Horses
11am & 1:45pm
(Don’t forget Ann’s Workshop: Watercolor: Painting Horses! April 28 & 29, 2010 at the Seattle Store )
 
Saturday, April 17th
11:30 to 2pm (Special Time!)
 
Saturday, April 24th
Multi Media:  Mermaids & Other Whimsical Beasts
Suzanne MacDonald
11am & 1:45
 
Saturday, April 24th
Cardmaking:  Cardmaking Hands On Fun – Presented by Strathmore Papers
Kari Foteff
3pm to 5pm (Special Time!)
Just in Time for Mother’s Day!
 
Sunday, April 25th
Landscape Painting:  Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice
Gage Instructor Mitchell Albala
12pm to 2pm
Have Mitchell sign your copy of his new book: Landscape Painting after his demo!
 
Bellevue April Workshops:
 
MIXED MEDIA: Pen & Ink with Watercolor with Joe MacKechnie
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Exploring different ways to paint with watercolor by combining it with something else can lead to exciting discoveries as an artist.  For this workshop, Northwest Artist Joe MacKechnie will be teaching how watercolor and ink can be combined to create powerful effects and exciting paintings.
Workshop Project #1: Painting an Urban Scene
Workshop Project #2: Painting Koi Fish
Sunday April 11, 2010
11:30am to 4:30pm
$75 per day
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Monday April 12, 2010
“Don’t get stuck…let Katherine show you how easy and dynamic ideas to loosen up and make your paintings lively!  Students will learn basic fun techniques to get the joy, creativity, and confidence back in your watercolors.  Bring to class several paintings that you feel could use a fresh new look.”
Monday, April 12, 2010
11am to 4pm
$75 per day
001 900 326
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
 
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DANIEL SMITH Art Supply Stores

DANIEL SMITH Art Supply Stores

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 
 
 
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
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
 
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DANIEL SMITH: Art Supply Stores

DANIEL SMITH: Art Supply Stores

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 
 
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!
 
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!
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
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Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

Bellevue DANIEL SMITH 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 
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
 
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Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

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.
 
Sunday, January 10th at 12 & 2pm
ACRYLIC: Textured & Manipulated Surfaces
Janice Seino
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
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DANIEL SMITH PrimaTek Watercolor and Watercolor Stick Extravaganza: Special "Hand On" event to them "Try Out"

DANIEL SMITH PrimaTek Watercolor and Watercolor Stick Extravaganza: Special "Hand On" event to them "Try Out"

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.
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
 
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DANIEL SMITH PrimaTek Watercolors ready for the "Try It" table

DANIEL SMITH PrimaTek Watercolors ready for the "Try It" table

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
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
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Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

This weekend for our FREE “How To” Art demos at the DANIEL SMITH Bellevue Store we have Multi Media using our DANIEL SMITH Gold Gesso and Oil Painting techniques.

 
Saturday:  Allison Agostinelli will be demonstrating Multi Media using Gold Gesso.  You can read about a previous demo that Allison did using the Gold Gesso:  “Cool Things you can do with DANIEL SMITH Gold Gesso!” and also an article Allison wrote: “Gold Gesso with Watercolor for a past DANIEL SMITH catalog.
Saturday,  December 19th at 11am & 1:45pm
MULTI MEDIA: Gold Gesso
Allison Agostinelli
 
Sunday:  Donna Trent will be demonstrating how her technique to “save the white” helps to; “…keep colors fresh and luminous by waiting to use white in mixtures” when Oil Painting.
Sunday, December 20th at 12 & 2pm
OILS: Save the White – “Until you see the Shapes”
Donna Trent 
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
 
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Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

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.  

 
Saturday, December 12th from 11am to 1pm – Special Time!
Special Effects in Acrylic Painting – Improvisation and Experimentation
Gail Baker
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
We also are having two Workshopsthis weekend at the Bellevue Store:
 
Saturday, December 12th
Watercolor Sticks Expanded Section
with Che Lopez
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.
001 900 220
$50 per day
2pm to 5pm
artofche.com
 
Sunday, December 13th
PASTEL 101 Expanded Section: Underpainting and Layering
with Gary Gumble
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 
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
 
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Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

 
This weekend at the Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store for our FREE “How To” Art demos we have Molly Hashimoto showing how to keep a Watercolor Travel Journal.  A few years ago Molly wrote an article for a DANIEL SMITH catalog on “The Art of Watercolor Journals” that you can read by following the link.  On Sunday, Deborah Stachowic will be demonstrating Watercolor Painting and how she layers the watercolors to build up rich, deep colors.  You can read about a previous demo Deborah did called “Painting Dramatic Reds“. 
 
 
Saturday, December 5th at 11am & 1:45pm
WATERCOLOR: Travel Journal 
Molly Hashimoto
Don’t miss Molly’s Workshop Jan 31st Seattle Store!
 
Sunday, December 6th at 12 & 2pm
WATERCOLOR: Red & Green 
Deborah Stachowic
 
So come for some fun, learning and inspiration
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
 
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