Spend a morning or afternoon experiencing the techniques, materials, and aesthetics of the art of sumi-e with sumi master William Preston at his Pojoaque studio and home, twenty minutes north of Santa Fe. No previous experience is required; all needed materials are provided. Learn the techniques that make sumi-e so appealing or explore Oriental brushwork [...]
We will learn about mixing colors with the eye, iridescence, which and how colors “vibrate” against each other, how light and dark affect the “look” of colors. This will be a lot of experimenting and learning how to create the colors one wishes. No previous experience necessary.
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 [...]
William Preston’s life-long interest in sumi-e has escalated into the consuming passion of his long career as a professional artist. Born in 1930, he has drawn and painted since childhood. With only a little formal art training, he has sold bull-fight ink drawings in Mexico City, practiced sumi and photography in Los Angeles, illustrated [...]
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 13 13 Victorio Peak | 505-471-6083 Cross streets – Richards Ave and Dalton Pass Fionna Buck watercolor, encaustic wax, mixed media www.fionnabuck.com Studio 14 17A Bisbee Court | 505-424-1745 Cross streets – Cerrillos and Rancho Viejo Blvd Paul Biagi acrylics www.biagistudiogallery.com Studio 15 High Desert Arts – 7511 Mallard [...]
Studio 4 1309 Calle Ramon | 505-983-2709 Off of Hyde Park Road www.santafestudiotour.com Melanie DeLuca jewelry, painted assemblage Studio 5 1519 Upper Canyon Rd #12 | 505-984-1172 Jamie Gagan watercolor, printmaking, mixed media, jewelry Studio 6 110 W Berger Street | 317-752-0558 Cross streets – Don Gaspar and Berger St Rebecca [...]
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 [...]
As one of America’s largest art marketplaces, Santa Fe is home to a truly amazing variety of Artists. Studio Tours have long been a tradition in many communities nearby Santa Fe. Now, once again, Santa Fe has its own! Through the winter our artists have been busy creating work for this tour and they look forward to this opportunity to meet and host the public. The tour presents the work of over 43 of our city’s best artists.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ghost Ranch is a place where the elements of community, culture, light and dialog form the basis of a special learning process.Each year Ghost Ranch, sponsors dozens of exhibits, performances, lectures and other special events. Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu offers a Georgia O’Keeffe Landscape Tour, hiking trails, two internationally known Museums, the new Piedra Lumbre [...]
Adults aren’t the only ones who enjoy the pulsing innovation of one of the world’s most creative cities. The Santa Fe Children’s Museum is one of America’s top-rated children’s museums, and is consistently voted as a don’t-miss for kids in Santa Fe. One vision underlies everything the Museum does: children learn by creating! The [...]
We want all who walk through our doors to share in the “Artisan Experience”. We sell supplies to fuel creativity, share our knowledge of how to use them and give exceptional service to make everyone feel special. We strive to have fun in our jobs and create such an environment for our customers. We treat [...]
This year, 2011, marks the second year of THE ABIQUIU WORKSHOPS headquartered in , on the Chama River, 45 miles North West of Santa Fe, N.M. The Abiquiu Workshops is pleased to announce the partnership with The Ghost Ranch Education and Retreat Center, located in the Valley of the Shining Stone. This is the area [...]
Starlight Ranch is a beautiful, inspirational setting for artist workshops and retreats; classes are small with lots of demonstrations and personal attention (lunch included)! Our teachers have a long history in New Mexico (either born here or worked and taught here for years); you only have to go to their websites (linked from Starlight Ranch) [...]
Artists, students, come and spend 3 wonderful days focusing on a thematic project with artist, Diane Rolnick, who will give you direction, inspiration, and facilitate ideas or technical advice as you develop a series or body of work. Working in paint (oil, acrylic, watercolor), mixed-media (photography, collage, acrylic grounds, assemblage), drawing mediums, (pastel, charcoal, pencil), [...]
As a teacher and owner of Artists for Hire, my number one rule is that there are no mistakes. I take this even further in a workshop or session…I try to bridge the gap between what the artist thinks should be produced and what they need to produce. This is a subtle, but very profound gap [...]
And run it will— called wet in wet! you will learn how to do it, and how to do dry brush, mix color, lay washes, and see tonal patterns. Learn some basic watercolor techniques, a bit about drawing, and a lot about seeing. A great beginning in watercolors. Where: Ghost Ranch, HC 77 Box 11, [...]
