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November 2nd, 2009 categories: category, * Ink Drawing & Painting, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

This Saturday for our FREE “How To” Art demos at our DANIEL SMITH Store in Seattle  we have Watercolor and Walnut Ink.

 
Kathy Collins will be demonstrating how to work with Watercolors in the Impressionistic style.  Kathy has done this informative Impressionistic Watercolor demo (you can read about that demo by *clicking* on the link) before and it is an excellent one to learn about painting with watercolors, learn new tips, and be inspired!
 
Saturday, November 7th at 11 am & 1:45 pm
WATERCOLOR: Impressionistic Watercolors 
 
Marianne Perkins will be demonstrating working with Walnut Ink in her “Walnut Ink: Nut’s about You!” Ink Drawing and Painting demo.  You will be surprised and inspired to see and learn what an interesting and versatile medium Walnut Ink is.  Marianne has done this demo before and it’s well worth attending to see the techniques she shares, especially when she starts talking about using the Walnut Ink as part of multi-media with pastels, and watercolors. 
 
Saturday, November 7th from 12 to 2 pm (Special Time!)
Walnut Ink: Nut’s about You!”
Marianne Perkins
 
So come for fun, learn something new (to make original Holiday Cards?) and be inspired to Make Some ART! 
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
 
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October 26th, 2009 categories: category, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * Ink Drawing & Painting, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Special Weekend Events, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH: Art Supply Stores

DANIEL SMITH: Art Supply Stores

This weekend we are having a Special FREE Watercolor Event with Winsor & Newton at both Seattle (Saturday) and Bellevue (Sunday) with Artist Christine Hanlon.  There will be FREE Goodies (!) for this Special FREE Event, seating is limited, and pre-registration is required.
 
SPECIAL EVENT – pre-registration required for this FREE Semiar
Seattle - Saturday, October 31st, 12 to 2pm – (206) 223-9599
Bellevue - Sunday, November 1st, 12 to 2pm – (425) 643-1781
Winsor & Newton Seminar! Watercolor Pure & Simple
with Christine Hanlon

“This lively and entertaining discussion looks at the history, techniques, and materials that spell success when working in this most legendary of mediums. Impress your friends with your knowledge of flocculation and hydrogen bonding! Learn the keys to color permanence and light-fastness! What mediums will help you capture texture and expressive gesture? What are the three benchmarks for fine water-media brushes?” 
The first 40, for Seattle and the first 30 for Bellevue, to register receive a free packet of water colours and related materials with a combined value of over $35
Seating Limited – Pre-Registration Required

Seattle  (206) 223-9599 
Bellevue  (425) 643-1781
 
Patsy Surh O’Connell will be at the Bellevue Store on Saturday demonstrating Gongbi: Chinese Ink Painting.  Patsy was at the Seattle Store last year with a demo on Chinese Ink Painting that was very interesting.  If you are interested in watercolor painting or ink painting this FREE demo will give you some insight into some new techniques to try.
 
Saturday, October 31st at 11 am & 1:45 pm
GONGBI: Chinese Ink Painting
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself  with  ART….
 
~Deborah Burns
 
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May 11th, 2009 categories: category, * Acrylic FREE Demos, * Ink Drawing & Painting, * Seattle FREE Demos
Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store

Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store

This weekends upcoming FREE Art Demos at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store:

 
Saturday, May 16th at 11 am & 1:45 pm
PEN & INK: Creative Journaling – Job Path
Rebecca Bloom
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Sunday, May 17th at 12 & 2 pm
ACRYLIC: It’s Pouring
Tis Huberth
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Saturday, May 16th FREE demo has Certified Art Therapist Rebecca Bloom offering her tips for Creative Journaling with Pen & Ink to help you visualize your next steps on your Job Path : reenter the workplace, plan a career transition or even a new career. 
 
Sunday, May 17th FREE Art demo is about how to make acrylic paintings with Tis Hubert  who shares her Pouring techniques with Acrylic Paint.  Tis writes in her Artists’ Statement: ” I now paint almost exclusively with liquid acrylics…[allowing]…the free flowing pigment and water on paper…to take on a direction or subject.  Come and find out how you might use pouring techniques in your work!
 
Every Day,  Express Yourself with ART….
 
~Deborah Burns

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July 23rd, 2008 categories: category, * Ink Drawing & Painting, * Seattle DS Store, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor Painting
The FREE weekend demonstration at the DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store last Saturday was with Watercolor and Walnut Ink Artist Marianne Perkins .

Marianne talked about and showed the group lots of her tips for working with Walnut Ink with different tools and on different kinds of papers. Papers like Arches Watercolor , Vellum, Bristol Board (favorite), really most types of papers. She has also done mono-prints with Walnut Ink on to printmaking paper.

Some of Marianne’s tips were: Do not use your best watercolor brushes to apply the Walnut Ink because you can’t get all the ink out when you clean the brushes. Akua Kolor’s Needle Applicator – 5 pack is a wonderful way to draw with the Walnut Ink, you get some very expressive lines. When using these, Marianne has one of the 5 applicators filled with water so that she can easily clean the needle of the applicator she just used for drawing. She attaches the used needle to the water-filled applicator and gently squeezes water out through the needle. Consistent, and immediate cleaning of the needle before the Walnut Ink dries in the needle is very important, because if it dries out, the needle will be permanently clogged and ruined.

Some of the really cool effects that Marianne gets with Walnut Ink are when she works with it as mixed media. Marianne often adds watercolor (she really likes the effects of the DANIEL SMITH Luminescent Watercolors ) when painting (not mixed together!) and Pastels . When using Pastels, she lays down some Pastel color on scrap paper, then using a brush (with water) takes up some of the pastel dust and paints it onto her work.

Another of Marianne’s favorite tools is Frisket Masking Film, and she often uses the same shape over a couple of times. She gets some interesting effects when the masking film starts to loose some of it’s “tack” and the Walnut Ink or Watercolor begins to seep underneath the film.

Marianne had several framed Walnut Ink paintings / drawings on display near the demo table, which inspired several questions during the demo. It is always interesting to see the Artists work on display while they are talking about how they work, and demonstrating to get those effects. Marianne told the group that while she …”loves the process of painting, I don’t always love my paintings”. She added that it’s through the process you discover new ways of creating visual excitement in your work, so don’t be afraid to play, experiment and get involved in the PROCESS, that is how you make exciting Art!

Thank you Marianne! 

Make Art Every Day You Can….
 
~Deborah Burns
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Originally published July 23, 2008

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July 15th, 2008 categories: category, * Ink Drawing & Painting, * Seattle FREE Demos
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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Originally published July 15, 2008

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July 4th, 2008 categories: category, * Bellevue DS Store, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * Ink Drawing & Painting, * Travel Sketching & Journals, * Watercolor Garden Journal, * Watercolor Painting, * Watercolor Sketch Journaling
This weekend’s FREE demos at the Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store 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
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Sunday, July 6th at 12 & 2 pm
WATERCOLOR: Painting on Aquabord
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Originally published July 4, 2008

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May 23rd, 2008 categories: category, * Bellevue DS Store, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * Ink Drawing & Painting, * Sumi Painting, * Watercolor Painting
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This weekends FREE demos at the Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store

Saturday, May 24th at 11 am & 1:45 pm

SUMI: Chinese Ink Painting
Read here about Patsy’s Sumi FREE demo at the Seattle Store May 6th
Patsy Surh O’Connell
FREE!

Sunday, May 25th at 12 & 2 pm

WATERCOLOR: Paint Watercolors that Dance with Light

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Orignally published May 23, 2008

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May 6th, 2008 categories: category, * Ink Drawing & Painting, * Seattle DS Store, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Sumi Painting
Last Saturday’s FREE demo at
featured
Patsy Surh O’Connell
demonstrating Chinese Ink Painting or Sumi Painting.

Patsy talked about her process in creating a painting, she works from a sketch, then traces it onto the good paper like Natural Mulberry Paper , then paints in the image outlines with black Sumi Ink , later working from dark to light she works in the Color Ink . She also talked about the different papers that she uses, and passed around sheets of the different papers for us to see up close.

When showing the audience some of her techniques with water, Patsy used a painting she brought that was partially done of a jeweled hummingbird and taking a spray bottle, sprayed the painting with it! All of us cringed at the damaged we expected…thinking watercolor! Patsy calmly showed us that the ink, once dry would not run…if you work in watercolor you know this is a very different result.

Patsy showed several ways of working the color inks into the paintings, using brushes you “pull” the color into the area. Patsy also showed us the two brushes in one hand technique that she said she sees on her visits to China.

It was a very interesting hour, and seeing Patsy’s work in progress was fascinating, thank you Patsy!

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Patsy Surh O’Connell

on Saturday May 24th at 11am and 1:45pm
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Originally published May 6, 2008

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May 1st, 2008 categories: category, * Ink Drawing & Painting, * Seattle DS Store, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Sumi Painting
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Saturday: May 3rd at 11 am & 1:45 pm
SUMI: Chinese Ink Painting with
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Originally published May 1, 2008

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