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Showing posts with label palette knife painting workshop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label palette knife painting workshop. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

All Finished ...

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So... the Carriage House Workshop Studio is done. It's been an amazing project and tons of fun. Surprisingly it went very smoothly. Only a few minor delays and I am so happy with the end result. I never imagined it would turn out this great.
The photos above show the completed studio. The single sliding door is in the back and the two double carriage doors are in the front. My taboret is the bright green table (which is a former potting shed) with my large easel to the left and my table top easel on top.


When my husband and I decided to convert the old carriage house in our backyard in to my new studio, I knew I had finally found the perfect location to teach.  Offering workshops in the Carriage House, which was built in 1915, allows me the opportunity to invite my students in to my home and share what I am most passionate about ... my family, my home and my art. Because of the studio size, the workshops taught in the studio will be limited to only ten students. But the intimate nature of the workshop allows me the chance to develop both the skill and the motivation of all of my students.  In three days students will rediscover their passion for art, learn the basics pertaining to values and colors and master the techniques of painting with a palette knife! 
If you would like information on my workshops, click on my workshop page






Image and video hosting by TinyPic Check out my upcoming palette knife painting workshops at http://www.saetastudio.com/Leslie_Saeta_fine_Art/Workshops.html.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Koi Pond

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"Koi Pond"
Oil, 12" x 12" on canvas panel.
$550.00
Throughout my painting workshops I find myself always asking my students "What did you like about that exercise?" or "What did you learn and what was frustrating for you?". At dinner most of the class agreed that they wished they could paint "more loose". So ... we painted "fishies" on the morning of Day Two.
I think the exercise was a wonderful one as it really required everyone to "paint loose" and we ended up with some beautiful paintings. Unfortunately my photo does not show how beautiful these paintings really are!


Tuesday, May 17, 2011

One Plus One Equals ...

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"One Plus One Equals ..."
 Oil, 8" x 8"
$250.00 with display easel
On the first morning of my Palette Knife Workshop I did a quick study to give the students some practice with the "knife".  These pear paintings were completed in about an hour and our focus included holding the knife, creating texture and using paper towels to keep your palette knife and colors clean! As you can see, the students did a great job!


After finishing two paintings on the first day, I raced home to finish dinner preparations. We all enjoyed a fun dinner complete with homemade crabcakes, seared ahi, steak, homemade cobbler and lemon ice cream/gingersnap pie. Oh, and a few bottles of wine ...
For more information on my workshops, click here. Please note ... there are less than ten spots left in my workshop with Dreama this September!

Monday, May 16, 2011

Where's the Dock? - SOLD

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"Where's the Dock"
Oil, 12" x 12"
Sold.

I just finished my "whirlwind" two weeks and although it was a very busy time, it was wonderful. This past week I taught a two-day palette knife workshop. My students traveled from Florida, Texas, Arizona, Nevada and California and we had a VERY productive workshop! In two days we completed four paintings! The painting above is one of my demo paintings and only my students know why the title is so appropriate. (Maybe one of them will leave a comment here and let you know why it is so aptly named ...). The finished paintings from the class are amazing ...

I will post the rest of the paintings this week and also let you know about my experience at the Balboa Artwalk. Hint ... this painting above was one of many that sold at the Artwalk!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

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!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Perfect Day - Workshop Day One

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 "Perfect Day"
Oil, 12" x 12"
$550.00
I held a two day palette knife workshop this week and it was wonderful. The artists in attendance came from as far as Oregon and Palo Alto and we painted, laughed, painted, shared stories, painted, shared a fun meal together and painted some more! As you can see from the collection of a few of the paintings below, everyone really did a fantatic job. I am only sorry that I didn't tell everyone to leave their paintings so I could photograph all of them!  I now have ten new (and some old!) friends and I am very thankful to have gotten to know so many wonderful artists.
Also thank you Marian Fortunati for your wonderful post about the workshop!

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