When: May 1st 10am -4pm
Instructor: Jacqui Beck
Where: Store Annex
Cost: $95
See store for supply list and information sheet on preparting cavases.
Questions? Contact Jacqui Beck, instructor: Jacqui@JacquiBeck.com or 206-325-7267

This workshop offers a wonderful opportunity to learn to paint more expressivly and personally. Discover techniques that lend themselves to increasing the tendency to experiment, loosen up and be more expressive.
Learn how to use collage, under-painting, stamping and layering tqchniques as you bring more life into your paintings and more enjoyment to your painting process. This workshop is open to participants with all levels of experience.
Visit www.JacquiBeck.com to see more of her creative style
 
To register please enclose a check for $95 to hold your place in the class. If you need to cancel, tuition will be refunded up to two weeks prior to the class. Make check out to Jacqui Beck and mail check with registration form to: Jacqui Beck, 911 31st ave, Seattle, Wa 98122.
We hope to see you there!

Date and Time: Fridays from 1-4pm and Saturdays 4-7pm
Location: Store Annex
Instructor: Jeanne Whitney
Cost: $20 per class
Explore the basics, mastery and innovations in watercolor.
Examine what makes your painting successful and what marginalizes it. Bring your own photos. $20 per class.
Visit www.jeannewhitney.com for more information.
To register call 425-330-3224.

Artist statement
So much in awe of what is around me and the people in my view, I have difficulty with distortion.  I am left to shape and pare what I see into an emotionally poignant, simple statement that hopefully twangs something in the viewer as well as myself.  So, here I am, a watercolorist, oil painter, sculptor, illustrator and muralist. Believing life is purposeful and truth ever-present, over  which we may stumble or  with which we may knock our heads, I try to paint true things that illustrate what I badly need to learn.
 
Education: 1971-1974 Attended Cornish School of Art
1974 - 1976 Unanimously accepted to the University of Washington's Graphic Arts Program,  Attended until  marriage.
1976 - 2003 Married and raised six children.  Very educational!  Great models!  Little time!

Publications Illustrated: Nine books with Parenting Press, Seventeen books with Outside the Box (an imprint of Sage Publications), Two books with Zaner-Bloser Publishing, Three books with Winepress Publishing.

Date: May 29
Time: 11 am - 4 pm
Location: Store Annex
Instructor: Binky Bergsman
Cost: $100

All supplies will be provided. Just bring a smile and prepare to be amazed while learning this exciting form of painting using wax and mediums! No art experience necessary. Call the store to register.

Artist Statement
I have worked with charcoal, pastel, and print, but when I found encaustic it was like coming home. I found my voice and my vehicle. I lose myself in the smells, the colors, the depth, texture and luminosity of a painting. Because encaustic is so immediate and physical I am free to experience the sheer joy of painting. I can paint, layer and scrape to my hearts content. 

Sometimes I embed the bits of detritus that I am drawn to when I am outdoors. Beeswax makes an excellent adhesive. I can finally justify my walking with my head to the ground looking for bits and pieces of nature that have found their way to my path. The pieces of metal, feathers, moss, and glass have become part of my paintings.
I work on several pieces at a time and each painting, through the silence and the interaction, talks to me. The painting tells me what it wants and when it is complete. I listen to the painting.
 
My art speaks to the pure joy of creating something beautiful and fun.

Date: April 17th or May 22nd
Cost:  $60.00 workshop
Instructor:   Roger Holguin
Call 425-353-3084 to register

Come and join the fun while learning this beautiful art medium.
Roger will show the absolute beginner how to manipulate the airbrush to its
full extent. Included are hints, tips and tricks relating to freehand or stencils, color mixing and other basic techinques. This class is not only for the
beginner! If you want to learn a certain techinques, this class has enough
one on one instructor time.

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  August 7th 11-4pm
Instructor:  Suzanne Schaefer
Cost: $50.00 
Learn the secrets to drawing like a pro in this one day workshop facilitated by professional artist/illustrator Suzanne Schaefer. In a relaxed, fun atmosphere, you'll move through progressive, easy lessions that will tap into your creative right brain and help you draw what you exactly see. All materials provided! Call Suzanne for registration or more information. 425-268-7183 or artsesue@hotmail.com

About The Arist

I began painting at the age of 3, and 50-plus years later (GASP!), I'm still at it! Although I took a few art classes in college, I'm mostly self-taught. For over 20 years I supported myself and two kids as a freelance architectural illustrator, something I learned from a retired architect just for the sake of learning, never dreaming at the time it would be a critical part of my life.

Most recently, I've relocated to the glorious Pacific Northwest, have become an empty nester and now have the freedom to return to the fine art and portraiture I love so much. My portraits, paintings and prints have been collected now by admirers from Spain and England to Australia and all across the US. I am thrilled and very grateful!

To learn more about Suzanne and her accomplishments, please visit:
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/suzanne-schaefer.html

Date:  April 17th, 24th and May 1st 10am-5pm
Instructor:  Louie Cruz
Cost: $135 for 3 sessions

The form of art Louie teaches will produce a one of a kind sculpture. You will not be using a pattern and thus, there will never be another one like it! The first class will consist of cleaning and removing brittle layers. Once the natural wood grain is exposed, you will shape the wood to it's artistic form. After cleaning, sanding and burnishing a natural oil/wax is then applied. The final step is to mount the piece on a base that compliments the sculpture. Cost is $135 for 3 sessions. Contact Louie Cruz at 360-427-4229 or 425-353-2192 for registration.

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