Highlights of the year always include our seminar with some awesome visiting instructors. This year we had Susan Crouch, Ros Stallcup, Mark Polomchak, and Kathie George here to share their knowledge and wisdom with us. Enjoy the photos.
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What a beautiful day with the sun shining and a nice breeze. I’ve been taking reference photo of the flowers beginning to bloom in our yard…. painting inspiration….. We’ve been busy at the studio. This past weekend CADANC chapter of SDP had a seminar with Patty Stouffer and what fun they had. I painted a loose daffodil with them on Friday and enjoyed exercising my loose self. I was so glad to meet Patty and now have another painting friend! Love having these travel teachers visit to teach for us. We’ve been working on the schedules and have new, exciting classes planned. Now I just need to get busy on painting samples so that you can see what’s coming. |
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Notes: ▪ Right now our Wed classes are small enough that anyone wanting to make up a class or work on an individual project can join us on Wed. Just let me know when you want to come. You can come 10-12:30p, 1-3:30, or 4p-6p.
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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!
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.
Register Now!
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.
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.
