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"Cruising"

Oil, 8" x 10" on canvas panel.

$350.00 with display easel.

As artists, we all struggle with managing our personal and professional lives. I always try to keep an up to date calendar to prevent scheduling conflicts. Although my recent conflict was not my fault, I hate it when this happens. 

My son's college actually re-scheduled the date of their Parents Weekend which conflicts with my October workshop scheduled at Debra Huse Gallery. The October dates have now been changed to November 3 - 6th. I realize this is a huge inconvenience to those already signed up for the workshop but I promise you ... my son would never understand if I missed his first Parent's Weekend at Davidson College in North Carolina! 

So ... I have decided to offer a free 90-Minute Marketing Consultation ($200 value) to anyone who attends this workshop. It's my way of saying SORRY for changing the dates and also a way to let you all know that it isn't too late to sign up for this workshop! Details about this workshop can be found at Debra Huse Gallery and on my website.

Check out my upcoming palette knife painting workshops at http://www.saetastudio.com/Leslie_Saeta_fine_Art/Workshops.html.

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Here I am starting my demo with the palette knife! 

These are the amazing paintings completed by the workshop artists with palette knives!

I remember the conversation I had with Dreama many months ago about ways in which we could make our workshop "different". We talked a lot about many of the workshops we had attended and about how we thought we could enhance the "workshop experience".
One of the decisions we made was to add two evenings with all of the artists. Because I love to cook, I thought it would be wonderful if we could cook dinner for the artists. By inviting them in to our home (or my brother's house ... as was the case this week) we could provide an environment where we could share even more about ourselves.
This past Friday night each artist had the chance to share their personal feelings about their art. We all shared from the heart and laughed ... and even cried. The experience of that amazing evening will be with me forever. As artists we know we are unique and yet we found how we all shared so many common traits, stories and funny "crazy crafting" stories from our childhood.  This was the opportunity to share and talk  ... and to reinforce that we are definitely on the right path.

Atlanta Workshop - Day One

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We just completed the first day of our Atlanta workshop and it was wonderful! We have 24 amazing students, all with different backgrounds and levels of painting experience. It is an incredibly fun group and the creative energy in the room today was powerful. There is an incredible feeling of camaraderie and it really does feel as I have known everyone in this workshop for a very long time!

Dreama was "on stage" today and she did an amazing demonstration using her transparent oils technique. Her colors are luscious and I think her demo painting is divine. I am really impressed with all of the paintings that were completed in the class today. I promise to post photos of them tomorrow ... we just ran short of time ...

After class Dreama and I raced back to my brothers house and cooked dinner for everyone. The dinner was good (if I do say so myself) and while enjoying fresh berry cobbler we discussed workshop expectations, experiences, color mixing and selection and selling your art. It was great to just sit around and chat and listen to all of the wonderful comments shared by everyone in the class.

Tomorrow I am the "demo-er" so I better try to get some shut eye. We have another dinner to cook tomorrow night!

Just The Two Of Us - SOLD

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"Just The Two Of Us"

Oil, 6" x 6" on museum quality canvas panel

$200 with display easel.
Sold.

I have been so busy that "painting time" has been very scarce! But a wonderful blogger named Joyce took the time to send me some wonderful sailing photographs and I knew I had to make time to get in the studio to paint! Thank you ... thank you Joyce for so many wonderful photos!

Our holiday party is a week away ... egads ... and as usual I am cooking for 200 - 250 guests. I am a slave in my kitchen but truly loving it. I think I finally have "party preparation" down to a science.

I also have a two day palette knife workshop coming up in January. It's here in South Pasadena and I have three spots left. I have decided to add a homemade gourmet dinner (served at my house) to the class ... it's a wonderful time to stay up and chat about all things pertaining to art. For more information, click here.
Next week on the "Artists Helping Artists" radio show, Dreama and I will be talking about "Ways to Get Organized" for the New Year. We are looking for lots of tips from artists so please email me if you have any ideas you would like to share. We are looking for tips in and out of the studio!