Elaine Drew Drawing Class
The Week of September 13, 2010
Yosemite Art Center

Elaine Drew will be teaching a drawing class and exhibiting her work at the Yosemite Art Center during the week of September 13. For more information, e-mail elaine-drew@comcast.net. or call her at 925-461-9871. The Yosemite Art Center's number is 209-372-1442.

Karen Frey Watercolor Workshop: Contemporary Realism
October 20-22, 2010, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA

NOTE: A deposit of $100 was due by August 1, 2010. To inquire about the possibility of any available spaces contact Linda Beach at lsbeach@comcast.net or call 925-449-4226.

Karen Frey will conduct a 3-day watercolor workshop at the Pleasanton Firehouse Arts Center during the National Watercolor Society exhibit. The workshop will encompass a holistic approach to creating a painting. Karen will begin with her specific color palette and how it relates to wet-into-wet applications, followed by compositional elements and underpainting. Included are lectures and demonstrations and student exploration. The artist strives to work with individual students during their work time.

A graduate of the California College of Arts, Karen Frey is a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, California Watercolor Association, Watercolor West and an Honor Society Member of Watercolor USA. Her work has been published in Painting the Many Moods of Light, North Light Books, Best of Sketching and Drawing, Rockport Publishers, Artist's Magazine, Watercolor Magic, and Watercolor Magazine. Collectors of her work include the Springfield Art Museum Missouri, American Kennel Club, Kaiser Permanente and other collections nationwide. See her work at www.karenfrey.com.

The fee for this workshop is $295. Space is limited to 16 people, so make your reservations early. A deposit of $100 is due by August 1 to secure a spot in this first PAL workshop to be held at the Pleasanton Firehouse Arts Center. October may seem to be a long time in the future, but since the Portfolio takes a summer vacation, we need to plan early. Don't miss out on this opportunity to work with this award winning watercolorist, author, and teacher. Click here to download the registration form.

For more information about this and future PAL workshops, Contact Linda Beach at 925-449-4226 or e-mail lsbeach@comcast.net.

Children's Summer Art Workshop

PAL sponsored a Children's Summer Art Workshop on August 2nd & 3rd at the Cultural Arts Building. Students learned to use washes and dry brush techniques and then worked on their own painting. The instructor was Madelynn Ellis.

Tuesday Painting Group

A group of local artists gather together every Tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m. to paint until 12:00 noon. New additions to the group are welcome. Bring painting supplies, sunscreen, a hat and lunch. We spend two sessions at each site before moving on.

If you would like to be included on the e-mail list giving directions to the locations a few days before, e-mail Pat Smith at psmithrltr@comcast.net.  

Painting Locations:

• August 17 & 24: Alviso Adobe, Pleasanton, CA
• August 31 & September 7: Old school off Tassajara
• September 14 & 21: Del Valle
• September 28: Cresta Blanca Winery, Livermore, CA

Lodging

For lodging near the PAL workshops see the accommodations listed in the Tri-Valley area at www.trivalleycvb.com/listings/index.cfm?catid=2. Hotels on Hopyard Road in Pleasanton will be closest to most workshops.