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More Photos from Irvine- Create & Beautiful Art!

More Photos from Irvine- Create & Beautiful Art!

Here are some photos from my classes at CREATE, Irvine, 2012.  We learned about color, adding dimension with value, colorful shadows and how to paint along our journey.  Thank you all for a fabulous time!

First time painter EVER!  Shelley”s pear painting using
the color wheel to pick her colors – Way to Go Shelley! 

Jeannie getting into her supplies
Beautiful glowing colors on Flip, Flaps & Fold-out Tag

Beverly’s Juicy Pear & Color Chart

Jeannine’s pears turned out as colorful as her t-shirt!

Using stencils in new ways….

Mother- Daughter Team

Cool art supplies

More art supplies

Fun!

Love using that colorwheel!

Creating Art at CREATE!

Creating Art at CREATE!

The Paintings on-the-go for the Traveling Artist class was filled with happy painters!  We did lots of painting and even went outside to get a lesson in drawing perspective as well as enjoying the beautiful sunshine.  Here are a few of the photos from our class:

LuSCioUs CoLoR!

LuSCioUs CoLoR!

 THE most AMAZING package of luscious color arrived at my doorstep yesterday.  Each little creamy jar of Twinkling H2Os was more jaw dropping beautiful than the next!  These are made by Lumin Arte.  Oh where to start?    I want to try them all and can’t wait to see what they are capable of.  I did a very quick watercolor painting on a book page as I am getting ready to teach my Paintings on-the-go for the Traveling Artists class at the CREATE retreat in Irvine, CA next week.  It is hard to see in the photo below but they are transparent and have a stunning sparkle when dry!  My lucky students will get the chance to try for themselves how a fun these can be as there will be free samples for them to try!

Photo Paintings, A Slice of Life – Getting Ready to Teach at CREATE

Photo Paintings, A Slice of Life – Getting Ready to Teach at CREATE

One of the classes I am teaching at the Irvine, CA CREATE Art Retreat is Photo Paintings, A Slice of Life. Using watercolor and a section of your favorite photograph, I enjoy painting portraits, animals or landscape miniatures based on what is contained in the photograph. 
Here I am with my Jack Russell Terrier, Mischa after hiking up Tumalo Mountain near my home, Bend, Oregon.  I brought my paints, watercolor journal and camera.  I took a self-portrait photo before hiking back to my studio to finish the photo painting.
 Are you intimidated by drawing people? Don’t worry; the photo does the hard part for you!
Meet the Instructors Blog Celebration Weekend – CREATE Mixed Media Retreat

Meet the Instructors Blog Celebration Weekend – CREATE Mixed Media Retreat

Goodie Bags!

I am so excited to be one of the instructors at the CREATE Mixed-Media Art Retreat in Irvine, CA. May 30 – June 3, 2012.  One of my favorite things that I do when I get ready to teach my Watercolor Classes is to put together watercolor goody bags for each student.  They are filled with art prompts and useful items for creating art.  The Paintings-on-the-Go for the Traveling Artist class goodie bags will have my very favorite water-soluble pen.  I will be teaching many of the techniques that are covered in my just released DVD a Cloth, Paper, Scissors Workshop:  Art Journals On-The-Go: How to pack, prep, paint and more.  

Rainbow Studies

For the PhotoPaintings: a Slice of Life class, I am bringing some fun, French color photos & postcards.  The Flips,Flaps,and Fold-Outs class goodie bag if full of texture makers and my favorite mini-spritzer.  The Rainbow Studies class goodie bag will have some new exciting colors to try!  There are still a few spots available if you would like to sign up!   Check the page link at the top of my blog for more information about each class.


Flip, Flaps and Fold-out Class, CREATE, Chicago, 2011

Slice of Life, Provence, France Watercolor Workshop
Paintings on-the-go for the Traveling Artist
Paintings on-the-go for the Traveling Artist, Provence, France
Thank you Jenn to all your wonderful support.  The line up of art instructors is amazing – you are sure to find a class or two that will spark your artistic journey!

The Create Mixed Media Retreat’s Meet the Instructors Blog Celebration Weekend:
And Cloth Paper Scissors Editor Jenn Mason!


Congratulations to the Winner of my Cloth, Paper, Scissors Workshop DVD!

Congratulations to the Winner of my Cloth, Paper, Scissors Workshop DVD!

Drum-roll please………….

A Peek inside my Watercolor Journal
In my DVD I show step-by-step how to use artist tape with a colorful wash background to create a journal page as this one.

I used the random number generator and Chris in Oregon is the lucky winner!  I am so excited about this because I feel like I know Chris.  I have been following her blog for awhile and enjoy all her posts.
Congratulations Chris!  Please contact me and send me your address and I will be sending you my DVD, Art Journals on-the-go: How to pack, prep, paint and more.
Thank you so much to everyone that left a comment on my blog. If you would like to purchase a DVD please go to the Interweave Store.

Eco Camp in Patagonia, Chile

Eco Camp in Patagonia, Chile

Long Tailed Meadow Lark

Our cute French guide, Sammy

A Page from my journal

Herds of Guanaco

Another page from my journal
We have spent the last four nights sleeping in some very awesome domes in the beautiful Patagonian landscape at the Torres National Park in southern Chile.  The focus here is definitely hiking and not painting.   I got some hiking in as well as some fabulous bird watching.  The scenery is beautiful and the weather has been windy, rainy & sunny depending on the moment in time.
It was time to practice what I love to do and that is to do some paintings-on-the-go for the traveling artist.  Creating watercolor travel journals is my favorite part of the journey.  My DVD Art Journals On-the-Go is due out soon and I will be covering lots of these techniques for creating paintings-on-the-go.  Stay tuned for more details!

The Sights and Sounds of Santiago

The Sights and Sounds of Santiago

We had an unusual night’s sleep because we were constantly being woken up.  First it was an earthquake, 4.5 with 2 good jolts about 30 seconds apart.  Then people running out into the streets and shouting.  Apparently that is what you are supposed to do if an earthquake hits but I was too sleepy from my 2 for 1 happy hour Pisco Sours.  You see happy hour here in Santiago lasts until 8 pm and the traditional drink of Chili, the Pisco Sours were delicious!  With jet-lag hitting me, I think I went to bed shortly after my drinks and dinner.  Then the fire trucks started out into the streets, blaring their horns and generally making a lot of noise. 
Today we met up with our Wilderness Tour group and took a city tour partly by bus and lots of walking again.  Santiago is a city of reflections.  There are many modern sky-scrapers that have glass facades that reflect the greenery and buildings around. 
A page from my journal of the little church on Santa Lucia
Watching the sun go down over the Andes from a rooftop 17th floor bar with my pesco sour…
Santiago is full of sleeping dogs and policemen
Reflections of the old in the new

At the fish market

 

Friendly people everywhere
Exploring South of the Equator – Santiago, Chile

Exploring South of the Equator – Santiago, Chile

After a long 10 hour flight from Atlanta to Santiago, Chile, we set out to explore the city on foot.  We worked our way from our hotel to the famous Santa Lucia, a small hill in the center of the city.  Its name comes from the day in which Pedro de Valdivia conquered the hill in 1541.  That day celebrates “Santa Lucia”.  The hill is adorned with ornate facades, stairways, statues, beautiful urns, iron lamp posts, lots of ice cream stands and fountains.  I loved the unique view that Santa Lucia gave with the old side of Santiago set in front of the new modern city.   
We stopped for a drink and light lunch and I was able to do a quick sketch in my watercolor journal.

Little oasis at our hotel

Statue close-up

The reflection of the green Santa Lucia Hill in the modern high-rise buildings

Self Portrait


Art Journaling Exposed, a new EMAG from Cloth, Paper, Scissors

Art Journaling Exposed, a new EMAG from Cloth, Paper, Scissors


Check out this new emag from the Cloth, Paper, Scissors Store about art journaling!  This is an interactive emag about creating great pages and journals with color, lettering: Art Journaling Exposed eMag!  It cost only $4.99 and you can download it in a matter of minutes to your computer.  Try my coupon code – Twenty – and see if you can get 20% off.  This coupon code expires on 3/22/2012.
Ok – here is the best PArt.  My video, Illustrating with Water-soluble Pens is on page 15 in the “Caught on Tape” chapter.  This is a short video where I demonstrate how to use a water-soluble pen with watercolors.  This video was filmed as part of my new DVD about the Traveling Artist due to be released soon.  ENJOY!