I’ve been looking back at some of the photos of our past ArtFlings with Gail Schmidt and myself. We had lots of fun and played with lots of different techniques and products. You can see some of our past adventures in our photos.
Gail is now working with enamels and creating jewelry which does not travel well and is not practical for a painting workshop. However you can see her wonderful jewelry creations at Shabby Cottage Adorned, and on Face book.
Shabby Cottage Adorned
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.
Gail and Liz are joining their creative forces once again for our Spring ArtFling 2015.
We’ll bring you this mixed media fun on May 1 & 2, Friday and Sat, 9a-5p, 2015 so mark your calendars and plan to join us.
We have more exciting new ideas for projects, always something different and a little good crazy.
This is our fifth ArtFling, each one more fun than the last with projects that are always exciting and definitely imaginative. Many of our participants return each time for more inspiration and always want to know when the next ArtFling is planned . There’s room for you to go on this art journey with us so reserve your seat now.
Live
Grace: Gail Schmidt
Fling = let fly. And we’ll let fly with paint and what ever else we find for creating at our Spring ArtFling with Gail Schmidt and myself.
This is our fifth ArtFling, each one more fun than the last with projects that are always exciting and definitely imaginative. Many of our participants have returned each time for more inspiration. There’s room for you to go on this art journey with us.
We’ll bring you this creative fun on May 1 & 2, Friday and Sat, 2015 so mark your calendars and plan to join us.
Let fly is also appropriate since wings is a theme in both of our paintings.
Grace
Gail’s painting, Grace, is graced with elegantly beautiful wings.
While my painting, Live, shows us a delicate butterfly on an allium flower with a lively background.
Live
Check back for more details.
Plan to share our always lively, creative time this May. Gail and I are excited and ready for some artful time together with you.
Liz
We have an exciting schedule planned for this fall at Artful Endeavors. Classes, workshops, and seminars.
October will be here soon with hints of autumn in the air and fall colors on our palettes. I think I see some red and green for the holidays there also.
October
1 & 8 Wed am starts a delightful Helan Barrick Star Make Santa. 10am – 2p
1 & 8, Wed 5p – 7:30 we’ll paint a Ros Stallcup Christmas ribbon and holly design.
My vacation is the week of Oct 14 & 15 so no classes
23 Pet Portraits , Thurs, 10am – 5p. Call or email for details. this is a specially requested workshop
Our terrific pet artists.
25 Halloween Cat, Sat 10 – 1p. No experience needed and all supplies included.
Halloween cardboard tube cat.
November
6 Bringing home the tree. Special workshop with the Albemarle painters. More wonderful Helan Barrick kids. Contact me for details.17, 18, & 19 Kathie George Seminar. We still have some seats available so register now.
More Weekly Classes: Check the schedule for more weekly classes.
2015 Seminars
Our year will be full of exciting seminars and workshops so plan ahead and go ahead and register.
March 20 & 21, Spring ArtFling with Gail and Liz
May 29, 30, & 31, Susan Crouch register now to secure your seat. This seminar fills quickly.
July 22 – 25, Ros Stallcup. Four days of painting with Ros this summer.
Watch the schedule for more workshops and seminars.
CADANC, chapter of SDP, is having 2 seminar at Artful Endeavors next year also. Join our chapter to paint with us at our terrific seminars with:
April: colored pencil Janelle Johnson
Oct-Nov: watercolor with Mark Polomchak
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
Drawing Faces
Have you heard? Most of my on line classes on Creative Workshop are on sale during the month of June. 40% off! Now is the time to take advantage of this summer offer.
You have 24/7 access to my classes and if you rewind I will repeat anything you like as many times as you like. I don’t mind at all.
Creative Workshops, thanks to Gail Schmidt’s dedicated efforts, is a wonderful on line class site. Class are seldom-ly removed unless they are just out of date, so you can enjoy the class at your own pace and even see it again if you like.
Gail has excellent directions for using the site, too. Here’s how it works.
You can find more details about my classes here: details
Let’s have some creative fun together!
Mastering Decorative Painting Basics part 3
With Gail Schmidt and Liz Miller CDA
Join Liz and Gail for another mixed media adventure. Gail will teach for one day and Liz for another. This is our “no stress, just fun” workshop where we explore different media to create our masterpieces.
Gail teaches on Friday.
I’m posting a sample of her mixed media painting style, but your painting will be entirely your own, created with your favorite colors and your choice of subject from Gail’s selections.
Gail says that the techniques she uses, texture, paint, stencils, stamps, printed images, and messy fingers (yours) in layers and more lovely layers can easily be accomplished even by a novice. You can’t go wrong.
Liz Teaches on Saturday
We’ll continue our mixed media exploits using Pan Pastels, acrylic paint, and colored pencil to create a painting ready for the autumn season. We’ll set the mood for our
Night Hunter.
Again our techniques are easy and exciting.
Night Hunter Liz Miller CDA
Mark your calendar and get ready to join Gail and Liz on our mixed media escapades.
We’ll have more details for you soon!
That’s Sept 5, Fri, with Gail, and Sept 6, Sat, with Liz.
