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Monthly Archives: June 2016

Kids Art Week 2016 – FREE!

23 Thursday Jun 2016

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“Kids Art Week” FREE!
with Carla Sonheim
One-Week Class; 5 Video Lessons

Class Dates: July 25-29, 2016
Click HERE for more information and to sign up!

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Carla Sonheim, author of “Drawing Lab,” would like to invite you and your kids to join us for a week of creativity and fun. All you need are some basic art supplies and less than an hour a day!

… and, it’s FREE!

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Class Itinerary

Lesson 1: Paul Klee Name Paintings (Crayon & Watercolor)
Lesson 2: Dubuffet Figures (Crayon & Watercolor)
Lesson 3: Motherwell Paper Bag Collages (Collage)
Lesson 4: Hundertwasser Houses (Markers)
Lesson 5: Picasso Dogs (Collage & Crayon)

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Supplies Needed:

Tempera or acrylic paint, markers, crayons, watercolors, pencils, brown paper bag, watercolor paper (or other stiff paper), imagination and sense of fun!

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It’s Free! Sign your kids up today!

 

Click HERE for more info and to sign up.

Jack and the Beanstalk

21 Tuesday Jun 2016

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It’s the first day of summer… Fairy Tale Summer!

Above is an illustration for Jack and the Beanstalk, which is the fairy tale I’m teaching in Willowing’s “Ever After” Online Class (which begins July 1st).

And today we started “Fairy Tale Summer” on my side of the globe!

I hope you have a wonderful day… and summer!

In-Person Workshop in Mexico Open for Registration

19 Sunday Jun 2016

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Hi!

Lynn Whipple and I are teaching in San Miguel, Mexico in February 2017!

!Fiesta Flores! A Week in Flowers
February 17-25, 2017

The workshop is presented by Kathie Vezzani of Bellissima Art Escapes. Kathie creates well-rounded, pampered experiences, including finding the BEST restaurants and food, walking tours of the area, artist visits, and even cooking classes!

But the main event is five full painting days… and FLOWERS! I will be teaching many of my “Flower Crazy” techniques and Lynn will be teaching “Big Bold Bloom Wild Painting,” one of our most popular online classes to date. (I’m so looking forward to painting alongside Lynn too!)

If an event like this interests you, please click HERE for more information.

Thank you, Kathie, for having us again!

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Fairy Tale Summer

16 Thursday Jun 2016

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Hi Everyone!

Fairy Tale Summer — our last class of the summer* — begins this coming Tuesday, June 21!

We are re-running an edited version of the year-long class from 2014, “Year of the Fairy Tale.” Assignments will be modified slightly for the summer session for a “doable” class, but you will have forever access so you can revisit the lessons anytime (and do the full assignments if desired). This is the last time this course will run live.

Class dates are June 21 – August 11, 2016; we will illustrate 8 fairy tales, one each week; each fairy tale includes both a drawing assignment (Tuesdays) and a mixed-media assignment (Thursdays).

Just $149. Click HERE for details and to sign up!

P.S. Previous “year of” participants can join again at no additional cost… email me to get on the list: carla [at] carlasonheim [dot] com.

* except Kids Art Week, July 2016 

Teacher Update: Stephanie Hargrave & Alison O’Donoghue

13 Monday Jun 2016

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Hi everyone!

Every few months I ask our teachers what is new in their worlds… here are updates from Stephanie Hargrave and Alison O’Donoghue!

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STEPHANIE HARGRAVE

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Stephanie writes:

I’ve been the artist in residence at Einstein Middle School since March working on a 40 foot collaborative encaustic piece that will be installed as a permanent piece in the school in July. The project is entitled Biology & Botany, and will have the work of over 50 middle school students embedded into the wax.  It was made possible by a grant from the Shoreline / Lake Forest Park Arts Council Artist in Schools Award, and an award from the Shoreline School District with materials purchased by the Einstein Middle School PTA.
Shows coming up:
Pratt Window in the TK Building, June, Seattle
Confluence Gallery, Group Show, Twisp
Shift Gallery, Group Show, August, Seattle

A photo from the school project:

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And some recent encaustic paintings by Stephanie:

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Stephanie’s Online Classes (available now as self-study classes):
Intro to Encaustic Painting – $125
Creating a Modular Encaustic Painting – $85

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ALISON O’DONOGHUE

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Alison writes:
News with me is that I am busy painting and drawing and will be showing in the following art Festivals this year.
Salem Art Fair http://salemart.org/art-fair/ July 15-17th Salem, Oregon
Bellevue Art Fair http://ww.bellevuearts.org/fair/ July 29-31 Bellevue, Washington
Art in the Pearl http://www.artinthepearl.com September 3-5 Portland, Oregon
Along with I have been painting in acrylic I have been exploring ink and watercolor drawings. I am attaching images of new paintings and drawings.
I look forward to teaching another online class as well!
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Alison’s class (available as a self-study):
Birds on Birds in Acrylic Painting – $85

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Thank you, Stephanie and Alison!

Loose Figures

10 Friday Jun 2016

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These acrylic paintings are small (about 5″x7″) and were created quickly with large brushes and lots of paint. They are an offshoot of a “Y is for Yellow” lesson and were created from this sketch:

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Fun times.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Teacher Update: Diane Culhane & Karine Swenson

03 Friday Jun 2016

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Hi everyone!

Every few months I ask our teachers what is new in their worlds… here are updates from Diane Culhane and Karine Swenson!

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DIANE CULHANE

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Diane writes: I’ve been working on 10 wood panels 38″x38″,  all going at the same time. Yes, all 10. With nothing else but focus on exploration work. I’ve always wanted to do this. I am spending time thinking backwards on my painting processes digging around and have found great good discoveries to share with you.  But first,  check out the wall –  can you see the addition ? I am very happy to have put in a ‘hard wall’  which has three 4’x8’x3/4″ birch wood panels and trim added at the bottom. This ‘hard wall’ can now hold up larger pieces of art work,  the studio dry wall wasn’t study strong enough. I feel so much like a real painter now- small changes are big in the way they influence the work.

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Teaching Schedule:

*My Children’s Fine Art School “Go Go with Van Gogh”Art Camps are full for summer 2016 – Yeah! I love having the full week to do art projects and be outside. Bike riding of course to work every day makes the summer really fun for me as well. This is my 24th year of summers with kids, an honor to be with them and watch them create. 

* Workshop ‘Paint Your Story’ August 11-14, 2016  at Carlton College in Northfield Minnesota. It is presented by Midwest Art & Lettering Retreat. If you would like to join us there is more information on my website under the teaching tab.  

*Mentoring ‘One to One’ is one of my favorite ways of teaching if anyone is interested let me know- getting right into it and what you need for your creative vision.

Diane’s Online Classes (all available now as self-study classes):
Between Speech & Silence – $45
Table Top: Drawing & Painting – $85
Paint Your Garden – $85
Doings of a Do-o-dle – $85
For the Love of a Tree – $85

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KARINE SWENSON

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Karine writes:
I have recently been one of two artists written about in Palm Springs Life! Here is the article.
And I was the featured artist in February at JTE Gallery in Joshua Tree with the toy paintings, and this article was published about me in the local paper in February. I was also interviewed recently by a writer for the LA Times. He is writing an article about people who are inspired by Joshua Tree National Park. I have no idea when (if) that article will be printed. 😀
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“Some Ears are Bigger than Others.” Oil on Canvas, 36 x 36 inches.
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Karine’s classes (all available as self-studies):
Intro to Abstract Painting – $85
Elements: Building Blocks of Painting – $165
Abstraction: Diving Deeper – $85

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Next: Updates from Stephanie Hargrave and Alison O’Donoghue!

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