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Vendor Day at Seattle DANIEL SMITH, FREE Special Event September 27th, 2014

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Dave Thompson and Darci Thompson
demonstrating Encaustikos
 
 Vendor Day
 at Seattle DANIEL SMITH!
 FREE Special Event
  Saturday, September 27th, 2014
 10am to 5pm
 
 Please join us for our 2nd Annual
 Vendor Day Event!  
 At this Special FREE Event
  * Free demos
  * Free product samples
  * Door prizes every 1/2 hour  
  * Come and see new products! 
 Everyone had a great time last year
 and we look forward to seeing you
 here this year. 
 Please be sure and tell all your
 Art Friends to come too!

 
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Steve Gallisdorfer talking about
W&N Watercolors
 
Vendors who will be here
:
Sennelier 
GOLDEN Artist Acrylics, 
Faber-Castell
W&N
Strathmore Paper
Liquitex
Speedball Printing Materials
Canson Paper
Silverbrush
Fredrix/Tara Canvas
BEST Easels
Jacquard
Montana Spray Paint
Yasumoto, Molotow
 Iwata Airbrush
Alvin Furniture
Fabriano
Pental Drawing
FM Brush Company
Copic
Williamsburg Oils
Sumi Supplies by Yuming
Bee Paper
Black Ink Decorative Paper
Akua
Legion Paper
and of course DANIEL SMITH!

Free GOLDEN LECTURE: Innovations in Acrylic with Barbara De Pirro, October 4th, 2014



GOLDEN LECTURE: Innovations in Acrylic with Barbara De Pirro
Saturday, October 4th, 2014
1:00pm to 3:30pm - FREE!
Space is limited, please call to reserve your space at: 206-223-9599
 
Discover the infinite & brilliant versatility of acrylics!
Barbara De Pirro will sift through a mountain of valuable information, guiding you through the basics, while opening up new possibilities. Get a grasp on the many gels, mediums, grounds and how they can change the texture, saturation and intensity of your work. Gain an understanding of how to extend the wet time of acrylics, facilitating blending, shading, glazing and fine detail. Check out the amazing selection of grounds to prepare truly, contemporary surfaces for painting, drawing, pastel, digital printing and mixed media. Discover how acrylics can simulate oil and watercolor, encaustic, even gouache, yet are infinitely more versatile. Whatever your approach as an artist, this lecture will offer the technical knowledge to support your concepts.
 
FREE literature and samples, product test table, plus…
get your questions answered! Pre-registration is required.

Jazz Up Your Watercolors! FREE Demos with Theresa Goesling and Cindy Briggs, October 5th, 2014

 
Jazz Up Your Watercolors!
with Cindy Briggs and Theresa Goesling
Sunday, October 5th, 2014
12pm & 2pm, - FREE 1 hour demos
MakeEveryDayAPainting.com  
 
Theresa Goesling and Cindy Briggs share how to infuse captivating color into your watercolor paintings. In each unique demonstration they will share how their rich Daniel Smith palette of select watercolors can transform your paintings from transparent to opaque watercolors, or vice versa while creating compelling color statements. Discover how you can simplify your subject for a strong graphic design, make rich darks and inviting neutrals for enticing color combinations and transitions, and, add inviting textures and luminescent light to your paintings. 
 
Whether in the studio or en plein air, the owners of Make Every Day A Painting Workshops share their passion for water-media and travel with their students by organizing tours, regionally and internationally. Their students comment that when you attend one of their workshops, you experience a uniquely tandem approach to teaching; come away uplifted, ready to paint, anywhere, anytime, and expand your creative horizons.
 
Join Theresa and Cindy for a
"Jazz Up Your Watercolors" Workshop
on October 6th at the Bellevue DANIEL SMITH Store,
please click HERE for details!

Iwata Airbrush with Jason Prouty, FREE Demos - Sponsored by Iwata, October 18th, 2014

 
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Airbrushed Airplane by Jason Prouty

Iwata Airbrush with Jason Prouty, FREE Demos!
Sponsored by Iwata
Saturday, October 18th, 2014
11:00 to 12:30 and 1:30 to 3:00 - FREE!
See Jason Prouty’s Facebook page at:

“Jason Prouty is a professional airbrush artist who runs a studio just outside of Portland Oregon called Garage 31. With 20 years of airbrush experience he has a large body of work with a vast range of themes, styles, and on many surface types. His niche would have to be his versatility, he's painted anything from airplanes, autos, boats, hundreds of helmets to walls, signs, body painting, and he even has a fine art series he works on between customer projects.

Jason has been commissioned by companies such as Nike, Jack Daniels, dozens of Harley Davidson dealerships and has done work for the TV show "Extreme Makeover Home Edition". His favorite project is a 1000 sqft mural at Portland international Airport. He has worked side by side with some of the worlds leading airbrush artists. He has a true passion for airbushing and loves to share his passion with others whether they are first timers or have years of experience.”








Liquitex Acrylic with Christine Hanlon, Sponsored by Liquitex, FREE Demos, October 25th, 2014

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"Going Under the Gate" by Christine Hanlon
 

Liquitex Acrylic with Christine Hanlon, Sponsored by Liquitex
October 25th, 2014
1pm to 3pm - FREE!
Please call to sign up for this FREE demonstration
Seattle: 206-223-9599


LIQUITEX
When it comes to acrylics, Liquitex started it all in 1955. In this demonstration attendees will be introduced to the acrylic brand that has been on the forefront of innovation for over 55 years. As the #1 acrylic in the world Liquitex is the only brand to offer the most diverse range of professional products including five unique ranges of professional acrylic colors, innovative mediums, and a revolutionary range of painting tools to meet the needs of every artist. This demo is all about getting people excited about the endless possibilities of acrylic color and mediums so they can go right into the studio with tons of new ideas. Each attendee will receive a sample pack of Liquitex Artist Materials!


Christine Hanlon

Christine Hanlon is a working artist/ teacher with an extensive resume that includes juried museum, regional and gallery shows in the San Francisco Bay area, New York, Oregon and the Midwest.  Her preferred medium is oil but she has worked extensively in watercolor and acrylics. For the Fine Art Collective she has conducted educational seminars on paint and color for colleges and universities throughout Northern California since 1998 and the Pacific Northwest since 2004. She has also been part-time fine art faculty at the Academy of Art University since she received her MFA in Painting in 1997 and has taught online since 2007. After 30 years in No. California, she relocated to Oregon in 2012 where she continues to conduct seminars for Liquitex and Winsor&Newton.

One of her urban homeless paintings was included in the catalogued invitational traveling museum exhibition entitled “Hobos to Street People: Artists’ Responses to Homelessness from the New Deal to the Present” which concluded its 4 year tour at the Richmond Art Center in the fall of 2012.  Ms. Hanlon was part of an invitational 4 person show at the art center  in early 2014 entitled The Language of Realism, including oils and acrylic maritime works. Her painting entitled “Death of an Oil Tanker” received Best in Show at the Coos Art Museum’s 15th Annual Maritime Exhibition in Coos Bay, Oregon and her maritime work was featured on the cover and in an article for the winter 2010-2011 issue of Sea History magazine. She currently lives in Bandon, Oregon and continues to work on maritime/industrial work. Her paintings, resume and current exhibitions may be seen online atwww.christinehanlon.com.

 

Plein Air Painting in Tuscany and Venice Italy with Joe MacKechnie, FREE Painting Demos November 1st, 2014


Plein Air Painting in Tuscany and Venice Italy with Joe MacKechnie
FREE Painting Demonstrations
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
11am-12pm and 1pm-2pm - FREE!
JLMacKechnie.com


PLEIN AIR PAINTING IN TUSCANY AND VENICE ITALY

· HEAR about my travels and workshops in Italy.
· SEE how I prepare for a trip.
· WATCH how I paint the colors of Tuscany.
· LEARN more about my 2015 workshops in Tuscany and Venice.



Joe will also be at:
DANIEL SMITH Bellevue Store - FREE demos
Sunday, November 2, 2014
11am to 12pm and 1pm to 2pm
 
April 2015 - Tuscany and Venice Italy Workshops
with Joe Mac Kechnie
 
Italy is calling again!  In Tuscany, Joe Mac Kechnie will be your guide and master Pacific NW watercolorist Ron Stocke will be our special guest art instructor.  You can see Ron’s work at: RonStocke.com.
 
For the Venice workshop, Joe Mac Kechnie will be your instructor and guide. You can see Joe’s artwork at:JLMacKechnie.com.
 
If you want to savor this once-in-a-lifetime experience, read on and then visit:  InternationalPleinAirWorkshops.com
 
For the past 5 years, NW artist Joe Mac Kechnie has been teaching art workshops in Italy.  He has recently expanded this venture into a total cultural and art experience.  These art excursions to different countries will not only include art instruction, but will also include the total emersion into the culture of the countries being visit.  Enjoying the cuisine, wines, music, local art history, small towns, churches, countryside vistas, shopping and the people of the countries will all be part of the total adventure. 
 
In April of 2015, two workshops in Italy are now being offered;
one in Tuscany and one in Venice, Italy:
 
Workshop 1: Finding your art spirit in TuscanyItaly with NW Watercolorist Ron Stocke
When: March 29 to April 7, 2015
Where: Le Casacce Plantation and Vineyard near Seggiano Italy
How to find out more:  InternationalPleinAirWorkshops.com
More about the artist:RonStocke.com

 
Workshop 2: Finding your art spirit in VeniceItaly with NW Artist Joe Mac Kechnie
When: April 12 to April 21, 2015
Where:Downtown Venice, Italy near the Grand Canal
How to find out moreInternationalPleinAirWorkshops.com 
More about the artist:JLMacKechnie.com

Watercolor Collage with Kathy Collins, FREE Demos November 22nd, 2014

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"Feeling of Movement"
by Kathy Collins
Watercolor Collage with Kathy Collins
FREE Painting Demonstrations
Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
11am to 12pm & 1pm to 2pm
 
Kathy Collins will demonstrate her unique process for figurative watercolor and collage.
 Her colorful new work and step-by-step technique has been featured in the December issue of "Watercolor Artist" magazine.
 
Kathy will also be teaching a workshop
on this topic  at our Bellevue Store:
 
Kathy Collins’ Watercolor Collage Workshop
Saturday, December 6th, 2014
10am to 3pm
$95.00 for the 1-day workshop
at our Bellevue Store
Registration required in advance.
Pease call our Bellevue Store at: 425-643-1781
to register.
Supply list with registration.
 
Kathy Collins will demonstrate her unique process for figurative watercolor and collage on board. She uses a 4-step technique:
#1 Prepare the board with DANIEL SMITH watercolor ground.
#2 glue papers onto the board with gel gloss.
#3 paint over the collaged paper and board with watercolor and gouache.
#4 seal with varnish.

Personalized Journal with Janice Berkebile, FREE Demos December 20th, 2014


A Personalized Journal For You
Janice Berkebile
Saturday, December 20, 2014
11:00-12:00 & 1:00 - 2:00
Free Demos!

Are you fed up with the lack of selection in sketchbooks and journals—“Plain white cheap paper again?” Do you ever wish your sketchbook had several different types of paper; all in one book? Do you wish you could get a bound journal filled with your favorite specialty paper, and have it be your favorite size?

Join our very own Janice Berkebile for the first session of her year-long demonstration series: “A Personalized Journal For You!” Watch as she demonstrates how to create journals and sketchbooks with numerous types of papers, various binding techniques and how to get the size and shape that perfectly fits you. If you like what you see in the demo and want to learn more, good news! Janice will follow each demonstration with a one day (six hour) workshop where each student will learn more in-depth with Janice.

Students can expect to leave each workshop with one or maybe even two finished journals, ready for drawings or paintings, writings or scribbles or even to be given away as a hand-made gift. In this first FREE Demonstration and follow-up workshop, Janice will present and teach pamphlet journals. Two styles will be introduced, a simple pamphlet journal using watercolor paper, and a double pamphlet journal.


Artist Bio:
The DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store’s very own Janice Berkebile is an accomplished jewelry artist and author. Published works include “Making Wire & Bead Jewelry, Artful Wirework Techniques” and many videos filmed by Interweave press. Previously she has taught at Bead shows and Bead stores across the country and now she teaches locally at Fusion Beads. Join Janice as she explores her new passion: Journal-Making!



Still Life Acrylic Painting with Lynn La Mer, FREE Demos December 28th, 2014

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Still Life Painting with Acrylics
with Lynn La Mer

December 28th, 2014
Noon-1pm & 2-3pm
Free Demos!
LinLaMer.com

FREE Demonstrations Sunday, December 28th.

Lin will also be teaching classes on Still Life Painting in Acrylics starting Sunday, January 18th. 
Noon-3pm. 
10 Classes/$30 per class. 

Please contact Lin for more information about registering for the classes at draftaline50@msn.com.


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Printmaking using Ink and Watercolor with Molly Hashimoto, FREE Demos, January 24, 2015

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Printmaking using Ink and Watercolor with Molly Hashimoto, Saturday, January 24th, 2015
FREE Art Demonstrations
11 am & 1:30 pm
MollyHashimoto.com
Learn how to carve Safety Kut blocks with Speedball tools to create dramatic woodcut style images.  Molly will discuss design principles for strong black and white contrast.



Workshop Sunday February 15th, 2015
Daniel Smith Seattle
11 am to 4:30 pm
Fee $85.00
Learn how to carve Safety Kut blocks with Speedball tools to create dramatic woodcut style images.  Molly will discuss design principles for strong black and white contrast, as well as practicing with the tools to create the lines that express your ideas most strongly.  Experimenting with color and palette for the most powerful images is encouraged.  Molly's prints are published by Pomegranate Communications.

Call Seattle store to register (206) 223-9599

Landscape Painting in Watercolor: Stormy and Dramatic Skies with Ron Stocke, FREE Demo January17th, 2015



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Watercolor by Ron Stocke
Landscape Painting in Watercolor: Stormy and Dramatic Skies with Ron Stocke
Saturday January 17th, 2015
11am-12:30pm 
 One session only - Free Demo!

Join Ron as he demonstrates his techniques for creating dramatic skies and atmospherics in watercolor landscape painting.  Check Ron's portfolio at his website (RonStocke.com) to see some examples of the weather effects he is able to portray in watercolor.

Ron will be demonstrating with:
  • Aqua Bee Super Deluxe Sketchbooks
  • M. Graham Watercolors
  • Connoisseur Watercolor Brushes 


"Drawn to Color" with Mary Shea, FREE Demos, February 7th, 2015


"Drawn to Color" FREE Demonstration with Mary Shea
Saturday, February 7th, 2015
11am-12 and 1pm-2pm
Free Demonstration!
Mary-Shea.com

In all of her work – drawing, painting, printmaking – Mary Shea is drawn to color.
Come listen to Mary talk about and demonstrate the kinds of color materials and techniques she has used in a wide range of her works. She will discuss the formal elements in her images as well as the ideas and feelings that inspire and motivate her.

Mary Shea will also have a Workshop:
Drawing in Color Workshop
Monday February 16th, 2015
Presidents' Day
11am-4pm
$65.00 
Please call to 206-223-9599 to register for the workshop.

 
Brighten your February with a one-day workshop on Drawing in Color with Mary Shea.

The focus will be on the joy of working with color. Mary will give an introduction showing how many artists have used color in their drawings; she will present several formal (yet fun) color ‘exercises’. Then there will be time for one or two still life drawings, during which participants can build their confidence in using color as an integral part of a drawing.  The workshop is appropriate for those with a small amount of drawing experience as well as more practiced artists who wish to improve their skills.

Color Combinations for Perfect Flesh Tones with Ann Breckon, FREE Demo January 25th, 2015

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"Sunlit Valerie" by Ann Breckon
Color Combinations for Perfect Flesh Tones with Ann Breckon

Sunday, January 25th, 2015

10am-11:30am
One session only!
Free Demonstration!

Ann will be demonstrating and discussing several combinations of Daniel Smith watercolors for painting successful portrait flesh tones.  You will learn color combinations used by some of the most successful watercolor artists, and see the difference between mixing the colors on the palette, on the page, or by glazing.  Learn Ann's favorite trio of colors for a variety of portrait skin tones, why green should be one of those and why waterfastness makes a difference when you want smooth, life-like portraits.

Creative Watercolor Journals - Mingling Watercolor, Words, & Memorabilia with Thersa Goesling and Cindy Briggs, FREE Demos January 31st, 2015

Creative Watercolor Journals - Mingling Watercolor, Words, & Memorabilia
Cindy Briggs &
Theresa Goesling
Saturday, January 31st, 2015
11:00-12:00 & 1:00-2:00
Free Demos!

MakeEveryDayaPainting.com

Experience a creative fusion of ideas as Cindy Briggs & Theresa Goesling share how to creatively record your journey mingling watercolor, words & memorabilia. 

Using their travel palette, the enthusiastic duo will share travel tips & their favorite Daniel Smith Watercolors as they demonstrate painting and embellishing techniques, & share their travel journals & ideas from their "Make Every Day A Painting" reference manual.  

See how you can jazz up your journals & learn about painting on the go.  Each demonstration will be New x 2!

The Magic of Watercolors with Stella Canfield, Workshop February 21st & 22nd, 2015

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Chiavenna Afternoon by Stella Canfield
"The Magic of Watercolor”
2-day Watercolor Workshop
with Stella Canfield
February 21st & 22nd, 2015
Saturday, Feb 21st - 10am to 5pm
Sunday, Feb 22nd - 10:30am to 5pm
$85 per day, 1st day of class required to attend
Please call to 206-223-9599 to register for the workshop
This class will focus on YOU!
Stella will help you free yourself of the fear and judgment that so often prevent us from doing art. You will learn to relax and paint with your heart while exploring design, shapes, color, value and HAVE FUN DOING IT!.
The day will start with a fast demo and you will leave with a finished painting each day.
Stella is a great believer of everyone being an artist! It takes just courage!
You will be amazed by your capabilities! Bring your own photos or sketches. Painting from photographs that you did not take yourself could be stiffening since you did not experience yourself the emotion of the moment.
Experience the magic and ecstasy of watercolor! After this class you will never be the same again!

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Approaching by Stella Canfield

 

The Magic of Watercolor with Stella Canfield, FREE Demos February 7th, 2015

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Poppies and Daisies by Stella Canfield
“The Magic of Watercolor”
with Stella Canfield

Saturday, February 7th, 2015
11 to 12 and 1 to 2
FREE demos!
ArtGalleryStella.com

Learn to play, have fun and still do wonderful work of art! Approach the painting in a natural and easy manner. Learn to make simple but interesting shapes and achieve movement and emotion and in your work. Watch Stella paint and you will feel immensely inspired and free of the myth-inflicted fear of watercolor. She debunks the myth of talent and believes that everyone can do it!

Stella will also have a 2-day Workshop, please click HERE for details!

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Gone Fishing by Stella Canfield

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Stella Canfield teaching

 

Watercolor Paper Sponsored by Canson, FREE Demo with Scott Bates, March 7th, 2015


FREE Watercolor Paper Demo 
Sponsored by Canson
with Scott Bates 
Saturday, March 7th, 2015 
11-12:30 pm & 1-2:30 pm  - FREE demos!
Since 1557, the Canson paper mill in Annonay, France has produced the finest art papers available. The Canson tradition was started by the Montgolfier family (best known for the adaptation of their paper to the 1783 invention of the first hot air balloon) and carried on by the Canson family.

Though industrialization has modernized the way certain papers are produced, much of the process and many of the features remain the same today. Pure French stream water, natural fibers and five centuries of experience contribute to the manufacture of the highest quality papers in the world.

Scott Bates will be here to show off and demonstrate Canson Watercolor Papers.

Workshop: Make your Own Leather Journals with Janice Berkebile, March 8th, 2015


A Personalized Journal For You
Janice Berkebile
Sunday March 8th, 2015
10:30-4:30

Are you fed up with the lack of selection in sketchbooks and journals—“Plain white cheap paper again?” Do you ever wish your sketchbook had several different types of paper; all in one book? Do you wish you could get a bound journal filled with your favorite specialty paper, and have it be your favorite size?

Join Janice in this one day (six hour) workshop where each student will learn more in-depth.

Students can expect to leave each workshop with one or maybe even two finished journals, ready for drawings or paintings, writings or scribbles or even to be given away as a hand-made gift. Janice will present and teach pamphlet journals. Two styles will be introduced, a simple pamphlet journal using watercolor paper, and a double pamphlet journal.


Artist Bio:
The DANIEL SMITH Seattle Store’s very own Janice Berkebile is an accomplished jewelry artist and author. Published works include “Making Wire & Bead Jewelry, Artful Wirework Techniques” and many videos filmed by Interweave press. Previously she has taught at Bead shows and Bead stores across the country and now she teaches locally at Fusion Beads. Join Janice as she explores her new passion: Journal-Making!


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Oil Painting with Ethan Jack Harrington, FREE Demos, Saturday, March 14th, 2015
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"Smith Tower and Bird"
 by Ethan Jack Harrington
Creating Dynamic Oil Paintings in 3 Steps
Saturday, March 14th, 2015
11 am & 1:00 pm - FREE Demonstrations!


Ethan also has an Oil Painting Workshop Sunday,  March 29th, 2015
11am to 4pm $100.00
EthanJackArt.com
Workshop requires pre registration, please call the Seattle Store at 206-223-9599 to register
Artist Statement:
Many people who have struggled with oil painting complain of "mud" or the effects of too much paint mixed together at the expense of clarity and crispness. I can help with that by breaking the oil painting process down into 3 steps representing three different days of work on a painting.
I begin with a very loose oil sketch of the subject (still life, landscape or figure).  In my demo I will discuss thoughts on creating dynamic compositions and the importance of picking a point of interest.  Next,  it’s dealing with shading and value as well as the importance of color temperature.  Lastly, paint thickness and building up of texture while keeping the flow of the paint.  Then we can talk about the signature!
Broken down into three simple steps, the mystery of oil painting is revealed and everyone can be successful!
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Ethan Jack Harrington in Action
Ethan will also have a workshop on March 29th, 2015.  Please call Seattle Store 206-223-9599 for more information and to register.
ethanjackart.com  



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Printmaking using Ink and Watercolor with Molly Hashimoto, Encore Workshop!  Sunday, March 22, 2015

Workshop Sunday March 222015
Daniel Smith Seattle
11 am to 4:30 pm
Fee $85.00
Back by popular demand!  
Learn how to carve Safety Kut blocks with Speedball tools to create dramatic woodcut style images.  Molly will discuss design principles for strong black and white contrast, as well as practicing with the tools to create the lines that express your ideas most strongly.  Experimenting with color and palette for the most powerful images is encouraged.  Molly's prints are published by Pomegranate Communications.

Call Seattle store to register (206) 223-9599
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