How did the Open House go?

Open House was such a pleasant day!

The weather cooperated, so Brenda Dehaan was able to get to our event and bring all her fabulous new work!! 

She also brought copies of her new book The Craft Fair Vendor Guidebook. 
You can find her book on amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Fair-Vendor-Guidebook-Inspire/dp/1973574772/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524847603&sr=8-1&keywords=the+craft+fair+vendor+guidebook 
So well laid out and she gives a LOT of information helping even the professional vendor participant with tips, making the experience even better!

Sharon Huizenga, (owner and photographer for the Platte Enterprise, our local newspaper) stopped in to snag a few pictures and she kindly included our event in this weeks edition.

Above is Brenda and I posing behind her new work and the book, and then I am behind the food table.  You can see quite a bit of work that is displayed in the gallery.

We had visitors from all over including many of our town business owners, who dropped in to give their regards!  ♥

All in all a really nice day!!

Thank you, EVERYONE who took time out of their day to come in, pay their respects, visit with Brenda, say hello, and browse all the fabulous new!  You are ALL so appreciated.

♥
Don't forget to look on the website for future events. 
www.stagecoachplatte.com/events

An Online Class Is Coming!!!

 

 

A real quick overview for Building a Painted Scene.

 

I am teaching with acrylic paints and mediums how to Build a Scene of Nature. 

Learning how to use the pigments with the intended medium to engage your painted story more vibrantly.  To use the brush as an extension of your arm and realize how NOT DIFFICULT painting really is.

We begin with practicing elements of nature, in this series we work with trees, grass and rocks.
 (Other series planned will include water, sky and so forth)

After the practice paintings of the elements involved trees, grass and rocks the final painting will include pulling all those elements from different sources to build a scene that may or may not be an actual setting in your neighborhood but, sure could be.

Included in the class are videos with instructional how to, perfect for anyone beginning or wanting to expand their range.  I like to take classes for the practice involved of having a preplanned project laid forth that provides me a ready project so, perfect for the experienced too!
PDF's for studying.

Lists of materials and sources.

Offering group camaraderie with a Facebook private group, where we share our projects and questions that need me to answer or the ability to e-mail me with questions. 
For those who want to add the benefit of one on one instruction, I will offer a limited number of spaces for meeting over the inter net live with helpful instruction and feedback.

E-mail me at mshemeral@midstatesd.net to be placed on the list for further information as it becomes available. 

The class is set to launch in August 2015!!!

Come join us learning how easy painting really is!

A special THANK YOU to Anne Gaal,Ph.D.,CPCC,ACC at http://annegaal.com
who kept encouraging me and helped me through ALL the electronically challenging parts to bring this to the on-line community.

Go to the Stagecoach Gallery on Facebook  www.facebook.com/StagecoachGallery and sign onto the list for information as well as email me direct: mshemeral@midstatesd.net
Go to www.maryshuntstudio.com if you want to view my range.

Thank you for stopping in today :) Have a great Fourth of July weekend!

An Overview of the Retreat...Finally!

The retreat was amazing! 
For the first time I think the turnout was great! 
And it cooled off enough to make the weather bearable for some outside assignments.

Everyone is arriving and meeting each other getting acquainted time.
They came from Houston Texas, Virginia, Wyoming and Local Gentry!

Then next couple of days was BUSY.  The classes packed a LOT of information into the space of time.

Chris is giving her instruction for Pastel Painting.

Their results from the class!!!

The Photography class took advantage of rolling in weather and went on location.

 

 

Back in the classroom Chad is going over what to do with their images.

 

 

Glass Staining corner.  On the palette she learned to make the lump for using in matting.  Typically, I use a different elixir for lines and that is also on the palette.  One of the tiles being worked up.

Ready to fire in the Kiln.

These are all the pictures I have off the camera.  From my phone, which I don't know how to transfer to the computer, are images we learned to do with Instagram.  Those hashtags are:
#sdartists  # sdart  #stagecoachgallery

I did not have any pictures of the watercolor class on the camera but, they are in the instagram # group on the stagecoach page on facebook.

www.facebook.com/stagecoachgallery

Their feedback indicates they had a good time, learned a lot, and want to come again next year.

Thank you all the participants, and a special thank you to the teachers:

Chad Phillips ~ www.chadphillipsphotography.com
Chris Cernetisch ~ www.pastelchris.com
Bonnie Brahms ~ www.brahms-art.us.net
Mary Hunt ~ www.maryshuntstudio.com

We will be having one day workshops throughout the rest of the year until it is time again for the next retreat.

Slated for the 3rd weekend of June 2015.

I appreciate everyone following along and sharing the posts as we were getting the word out. 
Thank you!

♥



Because...WHY???

At the end of the day do you find it hard to "turn off" the work part of the day? and begin to relax?

Do you feel nervous or antsy?

Are you searching, seeking for ... something?  What?

There is a special place art takes a person, that helps with this. 

Not so much paint a picture that is worthy of a sale. 
More about learning art processes, that help in taking you further, into a calmer place. 
Helping to bring clarity to your world. 
Helping to bring calm to your world.
The process is what helps.

In learning the technical applications to achieve the process for painting, you are given an avenue for direction.
When you learn in a small class situation, there is more direct accomplishment and a LOT less stress than by experimenting on your own. 
So you get to the level for understanding the medium faster. 
Gaining more positive effects to your personal self.

Releasing stress and aiding and abetting the calm!
AND
Art is FUN!

Come learn to relax in the moment.  Enjoy the view and capture the spirit of that moment.

What the classes of this retreat are offering you, is a shortcut to accomplish the tasks that take you to a special place.

3FULL days (in a row, which help you retain what you are learning better!!)
With 4 Notated artisans masters in their fields!
(individual classes would cost you a LOT more than this 3 day weekend will offer of the same and potentially MORE information ...RETREATS offer POWER packed informative sessions)

Perhaps you have always aspired to learn to paint.
"wished" you were an artist.
Wondered what is all the art speak about.

Perhaps you have given this art thing an unsuccessful try, reading books looking at you tube...they make it look so easy. 
It is when correctly given the directional tools.

These are small classes. 
Allowing for a more one on one experience. 
But also gaining camaraderie in a classroom setting.

STOP wishing~
END the excuses~

I CAN'T because...because...WHY??

YOU CAN!
YOU SHALL!!

Join us July 25,26,27 (retreat opening July 24) 2014.  In this retreat you will learn how,
revisit how to,
improve the how to,
or just want to come for the fun of it because you know there never a better time than to be with others at a retreat.

We will show you YES!

YES YOU CAN!

With:
Learning how to use YOUR camera with Chad Phillips ~ www.chadphillipsphotography.com
Learn how to Pastel Paint with Chris Cernetisch ~ www.pastelchris.com
Learn how to Watercolor Paint with Bonnie Brahms ~ www.brahms-art.us
Learn about "real glass painting" with Mary Hunt ~ www.maryshuntstudio.com

Contact Mary
mshemeral@midstatesd.net
Stagecoach Gallery
Platte, SD
605-337-2308

Have a fabulous day!

How Chris Conducts a Class during the Art Retreat in July in Platte, SD

 

 

 

Pastel Painting

Chris Cernetisch

www.pastelchris.com

 

July 25, 26, 27 2014

Workshop in Platte, SD

 

$135/day or special 3Days for $375

 

Choosing just one of these 4 classes we are offering in July is really hard! 

If ever you have wanted to learn to stretch your skills or begin something totally new for yourself taking either Bonnie's or Chris's class is an option you do not want to miss. 

 

Both have excellent approaches to their venue and both have great skills in teaching the techniques.

What you learn through either Chris or Bonnie can transfer to any other medium of choice. 

You must have a clear basis for Value and Color theory, before you will ever begin to see any merit in your results. 

Having either of them as your instructor, I can't stress enough, will be more beneficial than all the years you will go through trying to do on your own, what you will learn in their 3 days of instruction is powerfully informative!

 

Let's talk about Chris's approach to giving a workshop. 

 

We are extremely lucky to have a Pastel painter in our area of Chris's level of expertise! 

As many of you are aware I am not from around these parts. 

Being from the East coast I have been privileged to be among grand talents. 

None any grander than who we have in our midst. 

Chris IS a master pastelist. 

This clarified, I can not recommend a better available instructor to begin your journey in solid painting. 

 

She will help you wisely choose from the hoards of materials on the market, what will work or not work best for Pastel application.

From paper to the paint used, she covers it.

 

That blank page will not remain blank for very long! 

She is going to help you get through the first steps of under painting, open stretch sketch...(like scales on the piano..) These help open you up with ideas of what to paint and how to execute those ideas onto the page.

 

I have been to some of these workshops, so has Chris and Bonnie! one of the ways we do NOT like is when a instructor conducts the class, that is first of all way to large to properly pay any attention to the student, AND there is NO interaction with the student and teacher...they walk around and tell all the students they are doing fine, keep doing what you are doing...

 

we can do that much at home!

These classes are being kept SMALL no more than 8 students...

 

So I asked Chris...She is rather hard to find at times...so it is from her FB page...

 

Me:

I have a question about this workshop you are giving in Platte in July .. This is as I have experienced through one before: they take on like 20people...spread them out..then walk around and tell the student ...hmm hmm you are doing a fine job...I don't want to hear I am doing a fine job I want some interaction...how do you conduct your class?..is this class for experienced or can a total beginner join in...okay 2questions..

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  Christine Kasowski Cernetisch very good questions! this class would benefit both someone who's not touched pastels or someone who has, but didn't get the results they were after. I'm not a meanie, but I won't tippy toe either, you will get instruction, not sugar coated 'atta boys'. those are nice but REAL instruction will help you grow much more! and I will 'meet you where you are'....I will help you starting where are are starting, not some pre-determined notion that I have. My classes are tiny, so I can really work with each student on their level. As a teacher, that is my job, to help you get the most out of the class!

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  Mary Simpson Hunt will we use ONLY photos as reference or will you take us into using what we see...or maybe help us combine the both?

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  Christine Kasowski Cernetisch ah, photos. they can help, and we will use them, but they will not use us!! there will be instruction on using a photo for what it can do for us, but then learning when to abandon it. I plan to take some time working outside as well, as drawing from nature in real life--plein air--is the best teacher of all and I will point out where photos fall short, so students dont' make the mistake of being photocopiers! photos have 'holes' and they lie, and I'll point out these shortcomings so those mistakes won't be carried into a painting.

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  Mary Simpson Hunt this sounds like a truly full and helpful workshop..I keep seeing "value" mentioned...why is value so important...do we cover this?

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  Christine Kasowski Cernetisch as the old saying goes--color gets the credit, but value does the work. if value is right, colors can be manipulated quite a bit! but if value is wrong, no color you can splash on there will ever make it look 'right'.

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  Christine Kasowski Cernetisch I will be working on value quite a lot in my class, it is SO important! I will be showing some tricks to help a student see values, as that is usually the biggest trick. once you can see value, things can be a bit easier

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Her paintings are breath-takingly stunning!!! You find yourself lost in her studies...you are one in her paintings...

 

She is truly a master and you do not want to pass up an opportunity to explore painting through Chris's guidance into this medium.

 

THREE FULL days!!!

 

 

This workshop is priced like NO other workshop or class you will take anywhere!

 

I have taken a mother load of workshops and seminars and classes over my years...and never have I been to any as small a group, or with as much attention to details given to thought about the STUDENT. 

We want you to grow spiritually as well as technically.

 

Come on out to this workshop you won't be sorry you did.

 

Three other class choices:

Photography...learning about the camera YOU use! How to gain the best from ITS features to document your life...Chad Phillips (SD PREMIERE Photographer) www.chadphilipsphotography.com

 

Water Painting...Learning how to incorporate success in wet media! Bonnie Brahms www.brahms-art.us

 

Staining Glass ... (essentially glass painting as seen on church windows) you can use the applied principals in other media but, you work on glass as the canvas in this class.  No glass experience is needed.  All Materials supplied in this class.  Mary Hunt www.maryshuntstudio.com

 

any information can be sought from Stagecoach Gallery of Platte SD 605-337-2308

and from Mary at mshemeral@midstatesd.net

ask for a brochure

 

additionally read further into this blog more information throughout.

 

Come on out ..ya know ya want to!



Buffalo Finished...

except for varnishing the buffalo I think is done..I am not sure if i like the nostril breaths..like on a chilly morning...
In the morning I will see how it hits me when I come into the studio...

Now to find another board and prepare it...and see what happens for subject matter..
:D

thanks for looking.

Reverse Painted Shade Traditional

"Wave Of Conflict" is a traditionally reverse painted lampshade. (in lit state)
I did this one back in the 90's and it won an award at the Museum show I had it entered. Back in Va.
I am showing you this to prepare you for the next few postings that you can follow along for how I get to the finished product.

First of all, I use finely ground grass with mineral and ores mixed to a texture that is like paint.
With a brush I lay the design onto the inside of the shade.
(think reverse of how you traditionally might paint a picture)
this much is fired in the kiln...for painting a crystal such as this shade I have to use low-firing mixtures..technically more flux is added...the temps I am taking this to are no higher than 1100 or my crystal will cave on me.
(yes it happened)

Next step is I matte the inside of the shade...A black "paint" is mixed up then put totally over the inside of the shade
everything gets covered up...then I slowly brush the matte away with special stippling brushes that will lend the texture and subtle shading to my images
after MANY hours of brush away step...the shade gets fired again.

Then each color I decide to use on the images and backgrounds get scheduled as each color matures at a different temperature. So highest temps first and so on...

The lampshade you will watch grow is about the homesteaders moving west. This shade is designated for a museum showing in OK with the Chisolm Trail group..you can see the link over to the right of this post.
Check it out some mighty fine artist are part of this group.

The show is in March ...so I have some work to be doing and fast...Right after Christmas I leave for Texas...and this needs to be done...or I have to drive my ownself down and back..and I am not much on this chore...
so
I am opting for being DONE!

More explanations will be given for each step as we follow the Homesteaders
along their trail to being a reverse shade...

Have a great week!...and thank you for coming by!