Archive for August, 2011
Friends of Sharon Art Studios Art Exhibit
The Sharon Art Studio, is San Francisco’s largest public art center and has offered art classes for youth, adults, and seniors for nearly 50 years. The studio offers affordable classes in ceramics, leaded and fused glass, jewelry and metal arts, drawing, watercolor, mixed media, and more… More »
Tee-Juice Fabric Markers, Super Juicy
TeeJuice : a hyper-caffeinated double triple shot of high performance fabric scribblers, free-flowing and juicy, ready to take your wearable art to the next level. Work on fabric as easily as on paper with Tee Juice Fabric Art Markers!… More »
Live Art with Renee Yoch
“Even though I work mainly from my imagination, my designs are inspired by a massive quantity of research into period costumes and patterns from around the 1880′s second bustle period and Victorian architecture. I find enough information until I feel comfortable designing and creating my own content and twisting historical costumes into my own aesthetic, hence Vaulker’s [one of Yoch’s main characters] bustle coat,” … More »
Fabriano Watercolor Pads
This is a coup. From the oldest paper mill in Europe which has been making paper for only 800 years, comes an unsurpassed value. Priced for students and beginners with quality that is often mistaken for professional grade paper, Fabriano’s Studio Watercolor pads now come in a variety of standard US sizes… More »
Live Painting with Jim Hutchison
Jim Hutchison is a self taught artist living in San Francisco who is part of Hunter’s Point Shipyard Artists. Jim studied English Literature and received his MA from University of Oregon. He began his artistic career in 1980 and paints mostly landscapes and portraits. Jim held solo exhibits in Los Angeles and Santa Cruz between 1988-1993, and then moved up to the Bay Area because he loves the weather (not too hot, lots of fog!). His work has been shown in… More »
Acrylic Basics – An Introduction to the Medium
If you want to get your feet wet in painting, but are not ready to deal with the solvents and oil paints or the transparent layers of watercolors, you might find acrylic paints a great place to start. Acrylics dry faster than oils and are water-based paints that are not water soluble when dry. They come in three different forms, heavy body, soft body, and fluid. Heavy body paints are like a firm paste, soft body paints are creamy, and Fluid paints are like using a viscous inks… More »
Kidsfest and Merry Mayhem
Creative Chaos = Kidsfest! The mess may be cleaned up, but the happy memories remain. Kidsfest is a creative arts festival that we host each summer. It’s when children and their parents explore and experiment with hands-on art activities. Before the fun begins, we select a theme..some past favorites include Around the World, Heros, the Olympics, and this year was Pirates!… More »
Watercolor Effects with Acrylic Paints
Golden paint representative, Nina Deckert, will demonstrate how acrylics are used as watercolor. We’ll discuss pigment properties, the merits of using acrylic and the different effects and techniques made possible with acrylics thinned with water. We’ll also look at acrylic grounds that accept any water media, and discuss archival considerations such as lightfastness and varnishing… More »
SCRAP Art Exhibit
Breathing new life into old objects and reducing waste by diverting over 200 tons of materials heading to landfill every year, SCRAP is a favorite destination for teachers, parents, artists, and organizations. Founded in 1976, it is the Bay Area’s oldest creative reuse center, materials depot, and workshop space. Donations of quality re-usable materials such as textiles, buttons, paper… More »