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March 2nd, 2010 categories: category, * Bookbinding, * Journal Making, * Seattle FREE Demos
Shizen Design Bookmaking Kits and Shizen One Pound of Decorative Handmade Paper Pack

Shizen Design Bookmaking Kits and Shizen One Pound of Decorative Handmade Paper Pack

Special FREE demo this Friday, March 5th at the DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store with Mixed Media Artist Liesel Lund who will be demonstrating “The Joys of Journaling“.  The demo is from 3 to 6pm.

 
Liesel will be using the Shizen Design Bookmaking Kit to show how you can make your own Journal and share tips and ideas for personalizing your Journal with mixed media.  Liesel will be working with decorative papers like our Shizen Paper Sampler (One Pound of Decorative Handmade Paper) and other decorative papers like our Yuzen Chiyogami, Shizen Screen-Printed Paper or any other decorative papers that you may have.
 
Liesel has more to say about this FREE demo on her blog:  Adventures in Pretty.  Looks like like a fun demo to learn more about how you can make personalized journals!  For more FREE demos and Workshops follow these links: Seattle DANIEL SMITH  & Bellevue DANIEL SMITH
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
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January 25th, 2010 categories: category, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * Seattle FREE Demos
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!
 
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~Deborah Burns
 
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January 21st, 2010 categories: category, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * Seattle FREE Demos
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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January 11th, 2010 categories: category, * Book Signing, * Gilding, * Metal Leafing, * Pastel Painting/Drawing, * Plein Aire Painting, * Seattle FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

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 at 11am & 1:45pm
PASTEL: Pastel Portraits 
Don Lee 
Don’t miss Don’s Workshop Feb 21st Seattle Store!
 
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. 
Saturday, January 16th at 12 & 2:45pm
GILDING: Gold Leaf Gilding
Charles Douglas
 
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!
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
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~Deborah Burns
 
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January 6th, 2010 categories: category, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Travel Sketching & Journals, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

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!
 
Sunday, January 10th at 12 & 2pm
WATERCOLOR: Debunking the Myth of Talent – Boats, boats, boats!
Stella Canfield
Don’t miss Stella’s Workshop Feb 7th Seattle Store!
 
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December 28th, 2009 categories: category, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * DS Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks, * DS PrimaTek Watercolors, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Special "Hands On" Events, * Special Weekend Events
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.
 
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December 21st, 2009 categories: category, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * DS Extra Fine Watercolor Sticks, * DS PrimaTek Watercolors, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Special "Hands On" Events
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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December 17th, 2009 categories: category, * Cardmaking, * DS ExtraFine Watercolors, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos
Susie Short - Painting Holiday Cards with Watercolors

Susie Short - Painting Holiday Cards with Watercolors

Recently one of our FREE “How To” Art demos at the DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store was Painting Holiday Cards in Watercolor with Susie Short.

 
As always with Susie’s demos, there were a lot of people there to see what “Susie Tips” would be shared to make gorgeous (and easy!) Holiday Cards.  Susie had out on display, two large boards with nearly 50 different Holiday cards that she had painted.  On the right were the winter snow scenes of trees, and on the left were her poinsettia cards plus a few other designs.  Through out the demo Susie asked everyone which card they would like her to show everyone how to do.
 
Susie Short with her Handmade Holiday Cards painted with DANIEL SMITH Watercolors on display at the demo.

Susie Short with her Handmade Holiday Cards painted with DANIEL SMITH Watercolors on display at the demo.

On Susie’s website, you can see many of her card designs there, and wonderful tutorials with her “Susie’s Watercolor Tips“.  While Susie was showing us how to paint watercolor cards of different kind of trees in the snow, she told us to check out her online tips for 

 
While showing us how to paint these Susie shared these other tips:  DANIEL SMITH Cascade Green is wonderful for evergreens because as it dries, you can see color variation which adds depth to your evergreen tress.  Susie likes to use Verditer Blue because it is pure, true blue which makes it perfect for painting snow.  Susie also has a DVD on Painting Snow, her Susie Shorts Hints for Painting Aspects of Snow and Susie Short Painting the Winter Landscape which is great for learning more. 
 
Susie Short's "How To" Paint Winter Scenes in Watercolor DVDs

Susie Short's "How To" Paint Winter Scenes in Watercolor DVDs

For one of the winter landscapes Susie made a water-wash on a diagonal accross the upper 2/3 of the the Strathmore Watercolor Card, then dropped in her Verditer Blue and Cascade Green, she briefly allowed the excess water to evaporate.  Then, using a cut up credit card (roughly shaped like in a long rectangle like a slip of paper) and turning the card at a right angle, she quickly scraped the card accross the surface of the damp card and paint so that she exposed the white of the paper.  Revealing the white of the paper gave the suggestion of white birch tree trunks in the snow.  Susie also uses a stylus or end of her brush to scratch in the branches and twigs for tree.

 
You can find more in Susie’s DANIEL SMITH article from a past catalog: Holiday Watercolor Cards.
 
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December 16th, 2009 categories: category, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

This week our FREE “How To” Art demos at our DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store are wide ranging beginning with Watercolor (Joe Mac Kechnie) then Classical Drawing (Juliette Aristides) and Multi Media (Kelly Patton) with last minuet gift making.

 
Saturday:  Joe Mac Kechnie writes this about the demo on his website “I will be showing how to create a painting or drawing using only value.  These demos will produce  monochromatic studies that will demonstrate how you can strengthen your use of high contrast as an effective design technique”
Saturday, December 19th at 11am & 1:45pm
WATERCOLOR: Using Value
Joe Mac Kechnie
 
Saturday:  Juliette Aristides , the author of Classical Drawing Atelier and Classical Painting Atelier will demonstrating Classical Drawing Techniques.  Juliette is a Gage Academy of Art Instructor so this is a great opportunity to learn from an expert!
Saturday, December 19th from 12 to 2pm (special time!)
Classical Drawing 
Juliette Aristides 
 
Sunday:  Kelly Patton will demonstrating some last minuet Handmade Holiday Gift Making ideas: Block Printmaking with Safety Kut and Bookmaking.  So if you are still needing some ideas for gifts, or just want to learn how to do a new project, then this would be a great demo for you.
Sunday, December 20th at 12 & 2pm
MULTI MEDIA: Last Minute Gifts 
Kelly Patton
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
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December 7th, 2009 categories: category, * Egg Tempera, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

This weekend at the  Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store we have both the unusual, Egg Tempera and usual, Watercolor (from a different point of view!) for our FREE “How To” Art demos.

 
Saturday, Koo Schadler (an occasional Gage Academy of Art Instructor)will be demonstrating: “EGG TEMPERA: A Comprehensive Beginners Guide“.  It has been awhile since we have had an Egg Tempera demo and this will be a great introduction to it.  Koo has a wonderful “History of Egg Tempera” on her site that you might want to check out and be sure to see her lovely Egg Tempera Paintings on her website. 
 
Sunday, Tom Hoffmann (a Gage Academy of Art Instructor) will be demonstrating: “WATERCOLOR: Painting Realistically by Seeing Abstractly“.  In an earlier Watercolor Demo Tom told us that painting is a process of editing out everything but the essential visual keys. He later added that he “prefers to leave something for me [the viewer] to add to the piece”. 
 
Come for Fun, Information and Inspiration!
 
Saturday, December 12th from 11am to 1pm – Special Time!
EGG TEMPERA: A Comprehensive Beginners Guide 
Koo Schadler
 
Sunday, December 13th at 12 & 2pm
WATERCOLOR: Painting Realistically by Seeing Abstractly
Tom Hoffmann 
Don’t miss Tom’s Workshop Jan 24th Seattle Store! 
 
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~Deborah Burns

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December 2nd, 2009 categories: category, * Acrylic FREE Demos, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

This weekend at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store for our FREE “How To” Art demos we have Ann Breckon demonstrating how to Paint “Glass” Ornaments with watercolor.  Ann has posted this on her website about the demo: “Come see how to create a painting of a shiny glass ornament that is so real folks will want to hang it on the tree!” 
On Sunday,  Dianna Shyne will be demonstrating “Large and Lush” painting with Acrylics, you can see more of her paintings on her Plein Air Artists page.
 
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Saturday, December 5th at 11am & 1:45pm
WATERCOLOR: Painting Glass Ornaments 
Ann Breckon
 
Sunday, December 6th at 12 & 2pm
Acrylics: Large and Lush
Dianna Shyne
diannashyne.com 
 
So come for some fun, learning and inspiration!
 
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November 24th, 2009 categories: category, * ART 101 Workshops, * Multi-Media, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

This weekend for our FREE “How To” Art demos at our Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store we have Gary Nelson demonstrating Painting Snow with Watercolor and Allison Agostinelli demonstrating Multi Media with our DANIEL SMITH Gold Gesso!  Here is the Blog post on Allisons’ previous demo with Gold Gesso: “Cool Things You Can Do With DANIEL SMITH Gold Gesso“

 
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Saturday, November 28th at 11 am & 1:45 pm
WATERCOLOR: Painting Snow
Gary Nelson
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Sunday, November 29th at 12 & 2 pm
MULTI MEDIA: Gold Gesso
Allison Agostinelli 
 
Come for fun, information and inspiration!
 
Also, we are having one of our Art 101 Mini-Workshops ($10) Saturday morning: For all basic 101 Classes each student receives a $10 coupon to use at the Seattle store towards purchasing art materials during the day attended.
 
Saturday, November 28th
WATERCOLOR 101: Basic Mixing
with Paula Balch
 
A one-hour class of basic color mixing, and practical watercolor tips.
001 900 204
$10 per day
9 am to 10 am
 
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November 18th, 2009 categories: category, * ART 101 Workshops, * Acrylic FREE Demos, * Color Pencil 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 weekend we have a terrific variety of FREE “How To” Art demos at our Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store: Watercolor with Deborah Stachowic, Color Pencil “Painting” with Gary Greene, and Pet Portraits in Acrylic with Kelly Lyles.   PLUS, we have a mid-day 101 Workshop on “How To” use our DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Sticks with Che Lopez.

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Saturday:
 
Deborah Stachowic will be demonstrating using Watercolors in her WATERCOLOR: Red & Green demo.  Deborah paints gorgeous, large scale flowers and here is a link to a previous demo that Deborah has done: Painting Dramatic Reds in Watercolors. 
Saturday, November 21st at 11 am & 1:45 pm
WATERCOLOR: Red & Green 
 
Che Lopez will be teaching a basic 101 Watercolor Stick Workshop ($10). A One-hour 101 class exploring Watercolor Sticks.  Che will show you special tips for using these unique drawing and painting tools. 101 Classes: each student receives a $10 coupon to use at the Seattle store towards purchasing art materials during the day attended.  Che and a DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Sticks demo
001 900 204. $10 for the Workshop.
Saturday, November 21st from 12 to 1 pm
WATERCOLOR STICKS 101
Che Lopez
 
Sunday:
 
Gary Greene will be demonstrating, COLOR PENCIL: Painting with Color Pencil.  Check out a slide show of his work to see his amazing Colored Pencil Paintings …you will want to find out more how he does it for yourself.
Sunday, November 22nd at 11 am & 1 pm
COLOR PENCIL: Painting with Color Pencil 
Gary Greene
Don’t miss Gary’s Workshop Jan 24th & 31st Bellevue Store!
 
Kelly Lyles will be demonstrating Pet Portraits acrylic paint, come and find out some great tips if you are interested in painting Pet Portraits.
Sunday, November 22nd at 12 & 2 pm
ACRYLIC: How to Start a Pet Portrait 
 
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November 8th, 2009 categories: category, * Cardmaking, * Oil FREE Demos, * Printmaking FREE Demos, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

This weekend at our DANIEL SMITH  Seattle Store get a start on ideas for making Holiday Cards with our two back-to-back Printmaking FREE “How To” Art demos on Saturday.  Emily Baier will be demonstrating making Holiday Cards with Collagraph Printmaking from 11am to 1pm.  Then from 1 to 3, Sue Heston will be showing how to make easy Block Printmaking Cards.  These should be fun and inspiring demos!

 
Saturday, November 14th from 11 am to 1 pm
PRINTMAKING: Holiday Collograph Cards
Emily Baier
 
Saturday, November 14th from 1 pm to 3 pm
PRINTMAKING: Block Printed Cards
Sue Heston
 
Sunday, Susie Short will be demonstrating “Painting Holiday Cards” in Watercolor.  Susie always has wonderful ideas and tips to share at her demos, so if you are planning on making Handmade Holiday Cards with watercolor, this is a great demo to come to!
 
Sunday, Larine Chung will be demonstrating (FREE!) Oil Painting: Still Life Sketches.  Check out Larine’s luminous Oil Paintings here, and you can get an idea of some of what she will be sharing at this demo.
 
Sunday, November 15th from 12 to 2 pm (Special Time!)
WATERCOLOR: Painting Holiday Cards 
Susie Short
 
Sunday, November 15th at 12 & 2 pm
OIL: Still Life Sketches
Larine Chung 
Don’t miss Larine’s Workshop December 6th at the Seattle Store!
 
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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! 
 
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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
 
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October 19th, 2009 categories: category, * Mix Media, * Multi-Media, * Pastel Painting/Drawing, * Pastels, * Seattle FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store: The Store For Artists

For this coming weekends FREE “How To” Art demos at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store, we will have two different Pastel demos, one on Saturday and another on Sunday, and a Mixed Media on Ampersand Panels demo on Saturday.

 
Saturday, Ben Edwards, from CRESCENT CARDBOARD, will be demonstrating how to work with Pastels on Black Backgrounds, there should be some great tips for Pastel drawing/painting on Black Crescent Boards and interesting techniques to add to your repertoire!
 
Saturday, October 24th from 11 am to 1 pm - Special Time!
CRESCENT CARDBOARD: Pastels on Black Backgrounds
Ben Edwards
crescentcardboard.com
 
Saturday, Natalie Oswald will be sharing tips for working on Ampersand Panels with Mixed Media.  Natalie did a demo last November on Acrylic and Oil Painting on Gessobord at the Seattle Store and you can read about that demo here.  Ampersand Panels are great ready-to-use, then ready-to-hang panels for painting on.  Come and find out what great ideas you can pick up from Natalie at this demo!
 
Saturday, October 24th from 1 pm to 3 pm - Special Time!
MIXED MEDIA: Layers on Ampersand Panels 
Natalie Oswald
 
Sunday, Barbara Van Dyke-Shuman will be demonstrating Pastels with Pizzaz.  Come to the demo to watch and learn how to work in Pastels as Barbara shares her Pastel Tips.  Check out her Gallery to see her gorgeous, lush Pastel Paintings for inspiration!  Coming to the demo is a great way to sample Barbara’s teaching, because she has a Workshop November 1st at the Seattle Store.
 
Sunday, October 25th at 12 & 2 pm
PASTEL: Pastels with Pizzaz 
Barbara Van Dyke-Shuman
Don’t miss Barbara’s Workshop Nov 1st Seattle Store! 
 
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October 13th, 2009 categories: category, * Encaustic, * Seattle FREE Demos
Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch Encaustic Transfer & Shellac Demo at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store

Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch Encaustic Transfer & Shellac Demo at the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store

The “Creative Flame” was burning bright at Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch’s demo last Sunday when she lighted a match and touched the Encaustic Painting she had just daubed with Shellac causing a bright flame to burn some interesting effects into the painting!

 
At the Seattle DANIEL SMITH Store for one of the many FREE “How To” Art demos we had over the weekend,
Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch returned for another Encaustic demo.  Patricia, author of the book, “Encaustic Workshop” was recently at the Store for an Art demo: ENCAUSTIC: Techniques for Working with Wax, following that link will take you to the tips and info Patricia shared at that demo.  Patricia’s book, “Encaustic Workshop”  goes into much more detail with her encaustic techniques like the Transfer and Shellac processes with many photos on the results – great resource for working in Encaustics!
 
This demo: Encaustic Transfer and Shellac was a general overview of Painting with Encaustics plus more on the transfer process in encaustic, AND a special technique that Patricia has developed with Shellac….and burning it!
 
Bulls Eye Shellac

Bulls Eye Shellac

Patricia discovered Bullseye Shellac during a stint working at a hardware store, just the place for an experimentally inclined encaustic Artist!  While experimenting, she realized that she could get some really cool effects with the way the burning shellac interacted with the wax.  The Shellac comes in Amber and Clear, and Patricia prefers working with the Amber since it leaves the warm amber color on the painting.

 
Keeping her studio as toxin free as possible, Patricia only works with beeswax (no paraffin which is petroleum based) and working with Shellac is in keeping with that spirit since Bullseye Shellac is “an alcohol-based solution of pure lac, a natural resin secreted by tiny insects”.  It is the alcohol in it that burns off in the process, leaving the Shellac residue.
 
There are two ways of creating that Patricia has developed with the Shellac, wet and dry.
 
Encaustic Shellac Flambe! Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch lighitng shellac on fire for interesting effects

Encaustic Shellac Flambe! Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch lighitng shellac on fire for interesting effects

For the wet process, Patricia applies the Shellac to her encaustic painting (ie already waxed surface) by daubing it onto the wax surface with a paper towel while the painting lies flat.  Then…..drum roll please…..strikes a match, touches it to the Shellac, and Flambe!  The alcohol burns off and leaves just the Shellac in interesting patterns since the flame has melted some of the encaustic wax.  As always with encaustic painting, keep a fire extinguisher handy…just in case!

 
For the dry process, Patricia applies the Shellac the same way, then has the Shellac dry for at least 1/2 an hour.  Then she “burns off” any remaining alcohol with a small propane torch (the small ones used for creme brulee are easy to use) or as Patricia showed us in the demo, with the heat gun.  She places her heat gun very close to the surface to “burn off” remaining alcohol, and to melt the wax, moving the heat gun also manipulates the process. 
Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch - Burned Shellac with Encaustic Painting

Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch - Burned Shellac with Encaustic Painting

The photo shows what the results were from the demo.  The one on the left is the wet method, the one on the right is the dry method.  Patricia said that you can apply more encaustic wax once the Shellac has dried, no longer sticky.

 
Definitely an illuminating demo….Thank you Patricia!
 
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October 12th, 2009 categories: category, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * Multi-Media, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Watercolor FREE Demos
DANIEL SMITH Stores

DANIEL SMITH Stores

We are having the same Artists and FREE “How To” Art Demos at both our Seattle & Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Stores – kind of a mirror image of demos!

 
This weekend we have Watercolor Artists Theresa Goesling & Cindy Briggs demonstrating Watercolor with their WATERCOLOR: Make Everyday a Painting demo.  You can read about the last time they did this demo at the Seattle Store here at: WATERCOLOR: Make Everyday a Painting, of course every demo is a little different and this will just give you an idea.  Theresa & Cindy will be at the Seattle Store on Saturday and Bellevue on Sunday.
 
Artist Ruth Glenn Little will be demonstrating MULTI MEDIA: Exploring the Abstract with Watercolor and sharing her tips on how to create & integrate Abstraction into your work.  Ruth will be at the Bellevue Store on Saturday and the Seattle Store on Sunday.
 
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Saturday: October 17th from 11 am to 1:30 pm SPECIAL TIME
WATERCOLOR: Make Everyday a Painting 
Theresa Goesling & Cindy Briggs
Don’t miss Theresa & Cindy’s Workshop Nov 8th thru 10th Seattle Store!
Sunday: October 18th at 12 & 2 pm
MULTI MEDIA: Exploring the Abstract with Watercolor
Ruth Glenn Little
 
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Saturday: October 17th from 11 am to 1 pm
MULTI MEDIA: Exploring the Abstract with Watercolor 
Ruth Glenn Little
 
Sunday: October 18th from 11:30 am to 2 pm SPECIAL TIME
WATERCOLOR: Make Everyday a Painting 
Theresa Goesling & Cindy Briggs
Don’t miss Theresa & Cindy’s Workshop Nov 8th thru 10th Seattle Store!
 
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~Deborah Burns
 
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October 6th, 2009 categories: category, * Bellevue FREE Demos, * Printmaking, * Printmaking FREE Demos, * Seattle FREE Demos, * Special Weekend Events
Printmaking Event at the DANIEL SMITH Seattle & Bellevue Stores

Printmaking Event at the DANIEL SMITH Seattle & Bellevue Stores

We are hosting a FREE Printmaking Event at DANIEL SMITH this coming Saturday, October 10th at our Seattle and Bellevue Stores.  These FREE How To Art Demos are a great opportunity to find out more about 5 different Printmaking forms: Collagraph, Block Printing, Solar Plate, Linoleum Printing, and Etching.  The Artists involved will be demonstrating the basics, and pulling prints during their two hour sessions.  There will also be “Try-it Stations” set out so you can try some of the more basic printmaking forms like Block and Linoleum Printing. 

 
Seattle Store 
Saturday, October 10th Multiple Demos, Trading Card Table, and Try-it Stations
COLLAGRAPH: with Barbara Bruch 10 am to 12
BLOCK PRINTING: with Molly Hashimoto 12 to 2 pm
SOLAR PLATE: with Barbara Mason 2 pm to 4 pm
10:30 to 2:30 Special Printmaking Demo with Mary Shea with Fine Art Papers and more Sponsored by Savoir Faire
  
Bellevue Store
Saturday, October 10th Multiple Demos, Trading Card Table, and Try-it Stations
LINOLEUM PRINTING: with Dan Cautrell 10 am to 12
ETCHING: with Bill Ritchie 1 pm to 3 pm (August etching demo with Bill Ritchie)
 
Also heads up for Printmaking 101 Workshop: Screen Printing (Silkscreen) with Dave Pruneda beginning this Tuesday.  This is Part 3 of a rotating 4 part Series of Printmaking 101 Workshops. 
 
Tuesdays, October 13th & 20th, a series of 2 sessions at the Seattle Store
PRINTMAKING 101: Screenprinting
with Dave Pruneda

Printmaking 101: a series of two session workshops on printmaking techniques. In session one you will learn the history, terminology, and materials used for a foundational printmaking technique. In session two you will put that knowledge to use, creating finished prints on professional printing presses under the guidance and supervision of an instructor.
A class for beginners held over two-session periods. All sections are limited to 10 Students. Call the Seattle Store at: 206-223-9599 to reserve your spot!
Materials Fee $65
5 pm to 7 pm

 
If you have been curious about the different forms of Printmaking and would like to find out more, then DANIEL SMITH is the place to be this Saturday!
 
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