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
Registration is open for our seminar with Susan Crouch, April 28, 29, and 30, 2016!
Our 2015 seminar with Susan was wonderfully educational and we all learned a lot. Our watercolor paintings turned out beautiful and we are excited to have Susan back with us for 2016. Susan is a wonderful teacher and beautiful artist.
From our 2015 seminar
Susan Crouch Watercolor Workshops 2016
Level: Beginner with basic watercolor skills / Intermediate
With a focus on light and color, we will explore ideas for interpreting the subjects of nature in watercolor. You’ll learn a step-by-step approach for planning your composition that includes working with photos, creating a value pattern, and selecting colors for your painting. Possible projects include flowers, birds, or other animals. Drawings and reference photos are provided so you can paint along as I demonstrate – or if you prefer, bring you own reference material and paint the subject of your choice. Each year new demos are created to provide practical experience with various subjects and watercolor techniques.
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Susan lives in North Carolina where she has been painting in watercolor for over 20 years. She is a signature member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina and her artwork has received numerous awards. Susan has created designs for the Dayspring Division of Hallmark Cards, and her paintings have been selected for publication in Splash 12: Celebrating Artistic Vision and Splash 14: Light and Color (North Light Books)
Susan’s techniques are featured in her DVD, Painting in Living Color: Carolina Morning (Artist Palette Productions). In addition to teaching workshops, Susan has exhibited in juried outdoor art festivals throughout the Southeast.
www.susancrouch.com
Summer is usually referred to as the time to be lazy. I’ll interpret lazy as a time to enjoy something for yourself, those activities that we often put off because we have to do this or that other thing. So far summer has been far from lazy here at Artful Endeavors, instead it has been full of special events, enjoying out of the ordinary painting occasions. And, there are more of these special times to come!
Liz Miller painted with Susan Crouch from her design
The end of May brought Susan Crouch with her in-depth watercolor workshop. We learned so much and painted so much. Every painting by our participants was lovely, no “need to do overs” in the lot. Of course we now understand how to go about creating our own similar designs, and that’s even better. And we have Susan scheduled for next spring! I’ll have details later for you.
Liz Miller painted with Susan Crouch from her design
I’m editing more photos from the seminar and will have those to show you soon.
This week I’m off to a watercolor seminar, learning and increasing my skill. Maggie and I are headed to Charlotte to paint with Anne Abgott for a colorful 3 days of learning and painting. I’ve painted with Anne once before, before I knew much of anything about watercolors, and she is an excellent teacher. She loves vibrant color so her style is just fine for me. We’ll be mingling colors.
More when we return.
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
And it’s July 22 -25, 2015.
Ros is coming back this summer to Artful Endeavors for 4 days of creativity with new paintings, designed for US! We’re the first to paint them.
Mark your calendar and plan to join us. Registration is open!
We’re working on a seasonal theme this year. Ros and I have discussed topics for the painting for each day, but it’s always exciting to see where Ros has gone with each design. Projects usually arrive at the studio in April.
I’ll have more information on surfaces a little later.
Here are our starting ideas.
Wed: Spring gathering basket of flowers on sign board.
Thurs: Summer’s Old Boat, coastal scene. Canvas.
Fri: Fall still life with lots of our fall favorites; dried corn, apples, pumpkins… Sandwich board
Sat: Winter scene with gazebo in the snow on wood.
I’ll have registration information on the web site very soon.
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.
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
Of ideas and inspiration that is. The seminar with Susan Crouch that Maggie and I attended in Charlotte this past weekend was terrific. The facility was great, the food delicious, the company awesome, and Susan was wonderful, teaching us new (to me at least) watercolor techniques, theory, and generally inspiring us. 
The seminar was about learning and not just project oriented, although I did finish one of my paintings.
Finch painted by Liz Miller, designed by Susan Crouch
I’m excited that we will have Susan teach for us at Artful Endeavors next May. I can’t wait to share her with you. Find more information and register for our seminar. You can register with a deposit to save your seat.
