Join Felix for a three day exploration of materials, techniques, and painting from observation. This small group will enable you to get all the individual attention you need to take your painting to the next level. Suitable for beginners as well as more advanced artists. Held in Felix’s new teaching studio near downtown Santa Fe. [...]
Paint outdoors from May 13th – 17th, 2012 in Abiquiu, New Mexico with award-winning painter and popular Santa Fe teacher Jakki Kouffman. Enjoy sweeping vistas of towering red sandstone cliffs, highlighted against brilliant blue Southwest skies and reflected in the rushing water of the Chama River. Abiquiu is where Georgia O’Keeffe lived and painted for [...]
Microwave Dyeing Yarn and Roving Instruction with Robin Pascal / March 18th 5-Day Painting Package with Cathy Carey / March 19th-23rd Couples Glass Paperweight Making Workshop /Every Weekend in March There’s a Transfer in My Texture with Sandra Duran Wilson / March 19th & 20th Painting with Paper: Abstract Still Life with Mickey Bond /March [...]
Learn more about drawing, values, edges, and color as we visit several locations in Santa Fe and capture some of the most interesting settings in the Southwest. DIY Santa Fe – 2012 Spring Break Package features exclusive lodging savings of 20% on the Inn’s accommodations during the entire month of March, 2012.
Escape to the tranquil and beautiful village, with its breathtaking mountain views, surrounding gardens and Santa Cruz River. Discover Medina Gallery, meet the artist, and enjoy a fixed menu at the Cafe. Includes yoga, tea, lunch and a hands on workshop (based on day chosen). Tues: Retablos & Murals, Wed & Fri: Tin Smithing, Thurs: Oil Painting
Explore the world of abstract still life through beautiful patterns found in local Native American pottery while learning the layering capabilities of banana, mango and mulberry fiber paper. Participants make their own small painting. No previous experience needed.
As the New Year begins, we have the opportunity to break free of old constricting patterns and explore new stories with the power to reshape our lives. These workshops are intended to provide a safe, nonjudgmental space in which to accept the invitation to vitality and Heart. Nurture your Spirit Connect with your muse An [...]
Why do many artists enjoy working in series? Explore the benefits of creating an abstract series in a 2-day hands-on intensive workshop. We’ll use mixed media, acrylic paint, and non-traditional painting tools to liberate creativity & suspend negative judgement.
Make your work more personal by controlling the language of color, creating focal points, and discovering your unique creative voice. Students will work on location, do studio work, and paint from photos to create a truly unique process of putting paint on paper. Students can work in medium(s) of their choice.
Explore the benefits of creating your own series in a 3-day hands-on intensive workshop focusing on abstraction. We’ll use mixed media, acrylic paint, and non-traditional painting tools to liberate creativity & suspend negative judgment. Participants will create three paintings or more a day. Other topics will include under-painting techniques, the joys of a limited palette, composition & tips [...]
To commemorate DIY Santa Fe, Santa Fe Creative Tourism and the Inn and Spa at Loretto are giving away a two-night, art-inspired getaway to Santa Fe in March 2012. To enter, contestants can visit DIY Santa Fe to complete the entry form (located below), which asks contestants to summarize in 150-words or less, what [...]
Experience the Land of Enchantment in a truly hands-on manner while getting to know the city’s art, culture, history, heritage and people. Santa Fe Creative Tourism and The Inn and Spa at Loretto have partnered to present our DIY Santa Fe – 2012 Spring Break Package, featuring fabulous workshops, classes and experiences taught by local [...]
Participants will create three paintings or more a day in the subject matter of their choice. Other topics will include under-painting techniques, the joys of a limited palette, composition & tips for critiquing your own work.
Join the founder of Plein Air Painters of the West, Michael Lewis for a week of outdoor painting on the streets of Santa Fe. Michael is also the founder and creator of Artist.us.com. Learn more about drawing, values, edges, and color as we visit several locations in Santa Fe and capture some of the most interesting settings in the Southwest.
www.valdesartworkshops.com Winter classes and next summer’s art workshops are already starting to fill up! Have you looked at the Valdes Art Workshops site lately? There’s lots of new information. See the Winter 2012 weekly class schedule. Also, see the schedule for the Summer 2012 three-to-five day workshops. Registration is open for both winter and summer [...]
Studio 10 2196 Candelero Street | 505-471-8300 Cross streets – St Francis Drive and Zia www.santafestudiotour.com Darlene Olivia McElroy mixed media, assemblage www.darleneoliviamcelroy.com Linda Fillhardt mixed media www.lindafillhardt.com Mary Parkes oils www.marylparkes.com Studio 11 2816 Calle Dulcinea | 505-438-3775 Cross streets – Rodeo Road and St Francis Drive Sandra Duran Wilson acrylics, [...]
Studio 2 5B Calle San Martin | 505-988-9560 Cross streets – Tano Road and Ridgetop Road www.santafestudiotour.com Jan Denton oils, watercolor Studio 3 Los Muertos Fine Art Works 701- A Viento Dr | 505-515-4550 Cross streets – St Francis Drive and Alamo off of Calle Mejia John Maldonado hand tinwork and frames www.losmuertosart.com [...]
WHAT: Santa Fe Studio Tour 2011 (November 12-13) An exciting opportunity for visitors and locals to meet the people who make Santa Fe a creative and “different” city as well as one of the best art markets in the country. Twenty-seven of Santa Fe’s fine artists will open their private studios to display, sell and [...]
Make your work more personal by controlling the language of color, creating focal points, and discovering your unique creative voice. Students will work on location, do studio work, and paint from photos to create a truly unique process of putting paint on paper. Students can work in medium(s) of their choice.
What does the Spirit of Santa Fe mean to you? The experience of the Santa Fe spirit is an organic, primal rejuvenation of my senses. As I approach Santa Fe, the first thing I encounter is the softly rolling hills of brush, rising into the mesas, tinted terra cotta and tangerine. Then I begin to [...]
Join the founder of Plein Air Painters of the West, Michael Lewis for a week of outdoor painting on the streets of Santa Fe. Michael is also the founder and creator of Artist.us.com. Learn more about drawing, values, edges, and color as we visit several locations in Santa Fe and capture some of the most interesting settings in the Southwest.
Experience the Land of Enchantment in a truly hands-on manner while getting to know the city’s art, culture, history, heritage and people. Santa Fe Creative Tourism and The Inn and Spa at Loretto have partnered to present our DIY Santa Fe – 2012 Spring Break Package, featuring fabulous workshops, classes and experiences taught by local [...]
Awaken and free your creativity while you are experiencing Santa Fe. A unique city that stimulates and immerses you in brilliant color, pungent scents, savory tastes, luminous high desert light, and earthy textures. Feel the creative urge rising – the urge to express! Now you can – even if you have never painted! Everyone is [...]
We will work on the foundation concepts of color theory and composition. It will be reinforced by looking at local art in galleries, and discussing how these concepts are used to create meaning, mood and aesthetic paintings. Group exercises help students break the ice and get working! Day 2 – 5 I will work with [...]
