Our seminar with Susan Crouch is now full and I’m not surprised because Susan is such a wonderful, sharing artist. We had such a great time last May and learned so much.
And registrations for our seminar with Kathie George are coming in quickly. Reserve your seat now so that you don’t miss out. Register Now!
Kathie George is ready to teach for us again Nov 16, 17, and 18 2015!
We have our projects chosen and registration is open.
Monday, watercolor, Sunflower and Chickadee
Tue, Batik, Strutting.
Wed, Pastel over watercolor. Rooster
2015 is an exciting year for seminars at Artful Endeavors. Four seminars/workshops and all with exciting instructors coming to share their expertise with us.
Grace: Gail Schmidt
ArtFling with Gail Schmidt and me is happening very soon, in a little over a week actually. We always have such fun when Gail is here, nice messy, creative fun. Get ready to laugh a lot and wear an apron.
Live; Liz Miller CDA
Then our watercolor seminar with Susan Crouch is just at the end of May. Susan is looking forward to sharing with us and she is such a wealth of information. Our seminar is full, prep sheets have been sent out and we are ready to paint.
In July Ros Stallcup is here and again the seminar is full with enthusiastic painters. Participants have their preps and photos are posted. The projects this year are extra wonderful. I can’t decide which one I like best and maybe I don’t have to decide because I’ll just paint all of them.
You can see the photos on Ros seminar page on this web site.
Kathie George plans to be here with us in Nov. Check back for an update a little later.
Live, from the teacher.
Here’s an update on our seminar schedule. Mark your calendar and plan to join us.
What a look of concentration.
Our seminar with Kathie George was full of learning, experimenting, creating, and socializing. We met new friends and welcomed old ones, all wonderfully open and sharing. Kathie’s teaching helped us to challenge ourselves and the paintings created were wonderful and definitely stretched our creativity.
We played with awesomely colorful dragonflies on Yupo paper. Definitely a new experience. No two paintings turned out even similar. I’ll have to do some more experimenting with this exciting technique using inks and acrylic paints.
We’re already talking about next year. You’ll most like see more batik back on our schedule plus more exciting mixed media. Kathie is always coming up with something new.
You find more seminar photos on Kathie’s seminar page on our web site. Be sure to notice all the huge smiles.
Your creative engines that is. It’s the last week in Aug, kids are returning to school, and there’s art in the air. In the studio too!
I hope you have all had a good summer with lots of fun, family, and friends. For those of you have had challenges this year, I sending positive thoughts and looking forward to having all of you back to painting with us again.
We have a new supply of Americana and Traditions paints and the new DecoArt French stencils. The Chalky Finish paints are in stock with lots of color choices.
We have lots of art experiences planned for this fall including weekly classes, workshops for all ages, and seminars. Wed am and evening classes resume in Sept with new and exciting projects planned. You can find more details on the web site but here are some of the upcoming highlights.
Basic Techniques
Yellow Daisy clock
Session 1
Tue am open class: We’re open for class on Tue am as usual with opportunities for you to make up a missed classes or work on a project of your own with some assistance from me. Also if you are wanting to start your painting experience with us, we’ll work you into our Tue schedule. Please contact me to get started with Decorative Painting Basics. If you just like this painting and want to paint it, you can do that on Tue am also.
Sodas and Sundaes Workshop: Join us Sept 27th for a 4 hr workshop painting these colorful ornaments. Could be for your holiday tree but just too darn cute not to keep out all year. Register now!
Kathie George seminar: Register now for our seminar with Kathie. Register and details. We have some awesome new techniques to explore with Kathie. Do you Yupo?
NC State Fair: Remember to register your entries before Sept 19th. NC St. Fair 2015
It’s time to get you entries registered for this year’s NC state fair. Entry forms need to be completed and mailed or emailed by Sept 19, 2015.
Be sure to notice that the groups have changed. There is no professional group any longer. There is E/experienced, 5 yrs or more of experience, or N/novice, less than 5 yrs experience.
You can enter one item in up to 10 categories.
You can find the complete instructions at http://www.ncstatefair.org/2014/Competitions/Entering/documents/HandicraftsandHobbies.pdf
And on line entry at http://www.ncstatefair.org/2014/Competitions/Entering/HandicraftsandHobbiesCompetition.html
That’s all I can think of right now but watch the web site and blog for updates. Hope to see you at the studio soon.
We had a great time painting with Ros this summer. It was a week full of painting with old friends and meeting new ones while enjoying Ros again. I have lost exact count but this was somewhere around 18 or 19 yrs of seminars with Ros. Each one successful. Our dates for next year are July 22-26, yes, we’re planning 4 days next year. We have some good ideas planned and would love to have you join us. We’ll call next year our 20th year anniversary!
Registration is open for our seminar with Kathie George for three days of mixed media exploration! Always fun and educational. Registration, photos, and more information.
Night Hunter Liz Miller CDA
ArtFling is coming up Sept 5 and 6, that’s Fri and Sat. Join Gail Schmidt and me for more mixed media fun. We’re asking everyone to register by sending in your fee by Aug 8. That’s coming up soon so be sure to get your seminar fee submitted. Let us know if you want Gail to supply the surface for you. More info and on line registration. Register now!
Summer Geraniums stage 2.
I’ve updated the class schedule on the web site so be sure to check for updates. There are a few date changes and we have some exciting plans for new projects. I’ll be designing more original paintings and will have photos on the web site as soon as they are painted.
Straw Fish
Our Aug 9, Saturday workshop is coming up soon. We’re painting fish with a straw and acrylic inks! What fun. We’ll probably have time to play around with this technique with other animals. Register by Aug 4 so that I have time to plan.
Watercolor Sheep: my painting from a workshop with
A Susan Crouch design
I have some exciting news for you. We have award winning watercolor artist, Susan Crouch coming for a seminar at Artful Endeavors, May 29, 30, and 31, 2015. This is a theory and techniques seminar and you will probably not be completing specific projects during the seminar. Our focus in on learning not finishing a project. You can find more information on this web page. I’m still working on the page and need to get photos from Susan to post.
More info about Susan. I’ll open the seminar on Sept 5. Participation is limited to 15. Susan is from Statesville, NC so one of our NC artists.
NC St. Fair 2015
It’s time to get you entries planned for this year’s NC state fair. Entry forms need to be completed and mailed or emailed by Sept 19, 2015.
Be sure to notice that the groups have changed. There is no professional group any longer. There is E/experienced, 5 yrs or more of experience, or N/novice, less than 5 yrs experience.
You can enter one item in up to 10 categories.
You can find the complete instructions at http://www.ncstatefair.org/2014/Competitions/Entering/documents/HandicraftsandHobbies.pdf
And on line entry at http://www.ncstatefair.org/2014/Competitions/Entering/HandicraftsandHobbiesCompetition.html
I’ll look forward to seeing you entries this year. I know they will be awesome.
Just a few un-fun notes:
Come paint with us soon.
Liz
We have our plans made and registration is open for our seminar with Kathie George coming up Nov 17,18, and 19, 2014!
We’ve gone mixed media this year with texture and acrylics. We’ll play with Yupo paper techniques and texture on watercolor paper.
I know, there’s no batik this year. Our students were so excited about the mixed media projects that we’ve gone that way for this time. And the paintings are so exciting.
The Yupo paper is an entirely new product for us and we’re eager to learn about it.
For more information on the Yupo paper check out Kathie’s blog where she introduces us to this fun man made, polypropylene product. And more from Kathie about Yupo.
Here’s our seminar information and photos! Register now! on line or send your check to Liz at Artful Endeavors.
We’ve been wanting to paint Kathie George’s Egret for quite awhile and ,as long as we have no more snow days, we’ll paint it together soon. I’ve worked on my sample and even showed it to Kathie who approves. Hope you do too. Come paint with us.
Egret, a Kathie George design
We sure did pack in the painting with Kathie during our 3 days this year, each day different new techniques and skills. I’ve painted with Kathie, learning batik, but each time I paint with her I learn something new, and this year was no exception. And Kathie is such a patient, sharing person, giving her time and talents to everyone of us at her class. Once more a successful seminar.
And Kathie is taking some lucky painters on a painting holiday to South Africa next April 12 -23, 2014. Be sure to check out the details on Kathie’s web site. You might just want to join her.
Here a just a few moments from our seminar. I was so absorbed with my painting that I didn’t get photos the first 2 days so here is our last day of fun. Love the ducks and the dyes. We’re making plans for more dye projects. What fun. Notice the concentration and then smiles with the completed paintings.
