Why Old Paper Turns Yellow

Self-portrait of Leonardi da Vinci, Red chalk

Read:  ScienceShot: Why Old Paper Turns Yellow - ScienceNOW

Workshop: Sketching On Location - DFW, TX

Class: 'Quick Sketching - On Location'

Dates: (3) Sat, June 9, 16, 23, 2012. 10-2:30pm

For: SAIL program. Collin County College, Plano, TX.

Description: An introduction to working ‘on location:  Landscapes, street scenes, art, architecture, nature?  Even en route, on the train, and over coffee…we fill our sketchbooks.  Emphasis on practice and exploration, not producing finished works. Emerge with an invaluable workbook sampler filled with quick-sketch studies, exercises, notations and wee vignettes in the medium of your choice. Supply list at registration.

We travel to the sketch sites via carpool, train, bus, rail, car pool and combinations of all. Transportation, parking, entrance fees, etc are your responsibility. The first class meeting at SAIL, we discuss details, arrange car pool partnering, answer questions, but feel free to pot a question here. [Below, under the Comments section]. We will also use this time to go over and then edit down the art supplies & materials you have brought in and then head out to sketch at a nearby farmers market.There are 2 to choose from in Plano and we will decide which, as a group, during the first class meeting.

General Art Supplies & Materials Overview: http://artinstructor.blogspot.com/2009/04/supplies-materials-overview.html

Photos 2011: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1601847424708.66117.1791763677

View Sketchbook Techniques:

1.    Pencil http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchdraw/

2.    Pen http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookpen/

3.    Watercolor http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookwatercolor/

4.    Watercolor Pencil/Watercolor Crayon http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookwcpencilcrayon/

5.    Colored Pencil http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookcoloredpencil/

6.    Pastel http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookpastel/

7.    Museums & Galleries http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookmuseum/

 Sketch Sites:

• Sat, June 9, 2012. 10-2:30 – Orientation at SAIL followed by sketching at [one of two farmers markets,  Plano, TX. Easy subjects [tomatoes, cucumbers, pears? ] for our first day of plein air sketching. 

• Sat, June 16, 2012, 10-2:30 - The Kimbell Museum https://www.kimbellart.org/ Fort Worth, TX.  [ TRE  train option or make your own plans. If you registered at my blog to get related art tips, news & notices, you received my invitation to the Caravaggio exhibit. Several SAIL artists and I meet up on a blustery morn, coffee mugs in hand and rode the TRE train into Fort Worth. Relaxing and easy].

’The Age of Impressionism’ exhibition. If you have taken any of my ‘from the Masters’ series, you’ll recognize the works of Renoir, Monet, Degas, Manet, Pissarro, Sisely, Morisot, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, etc. We sketch [dry mediums only]  from these Masterworks!

• Sat, June 23, 2012, 10-2:30  - The Dallas Arboretum http://www.dallasarboretum.org/   Dallas, TX  [Meet just inside the Arboretum main entrance, there are benches to sit on.]

In conjunction with artist Dale Chihuly’s hand blown glass art installation in and around the grounds and gardens you’ll learn how to portray reflective surfaces. 

Questions? Please read over the above info one more time. Then leave any unanswered question in 'Comments' below for instructor or SAIL artist to comment back on.

Workshop: On Location/Plein Air

--Cynthia Padilla instructs. Northern New Mexico

PLEIN AIR WORKSHOPS
Relaxed workshops in beautiful out door settings worldwide guides complete beginner as well as studio artist into the beloved open air tradition. 

The sketchbook will be introduced for its unique suitability to house works ranging from the loose intuitive sketch with margin notes & notations----to small format works ready to frame. 

Demos, handouts, lively discussions, individual critiques and one-on-one instruction in the mediums brought into class. We work out of doors (en plein air), weather does not cancel so dress prepared for all conditions.

Past Plein Air/On Location Workshops: Alphabetical
Arkansas  
Mountain View @Ozark Folk School

Arizona
Tucson @Tohono Chul Park

Colorado
Pagosa Springs @PSAC Art Association

Connecticut
Brookfield @Brookfield Craft Center
New London @Connecticut College Arboretum
Redding @New Pond Farm

Guatemala, Central America
Antigua @Art Workshops in Guatemala

Kansas
Lake Quivira @Lake Quivira Garden Club
Stilwell @Red Cedar Garden

Massachusetts
Jamaica Plain @Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Martha's Vineyard @Polly Hill Arboretum

Missouri
Columbia @Columbia Art League
Joplin @Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center
Kansas City @Powell Gardens
St Louis @Missouri Botanic Garden

New Mexico
Abiquiu @Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center
Albuquerque @New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science; Rio Grande Botanic Garden
Santa Fe @Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center

Ontario, Canada
Southampton @Southampton Art School

Texas
Austin@Lake Austin SpaPlano@- SAIL
Dallas@ Dallas Arboretum - Southern Methodist University; Dallas Zoo, North Park Mall, Galleria Mall; 
Farmers Branch@ FB Historical Park, 

Frisco@ The Marriot
Fort Worth@ FW Botanic Garden, The Kimbell, Amon Carter and Modern museums -Texas Christian U
Plano@ Farmers Market, 



Cynthia Padilla, leading 'PLEIN AIR' Workshops Internationally. Am I Coming To Your Town? Request Me!

Event - Movie: “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan”

Greetings students of my long running series of ‘...from the Masters’ themed sketching, drawing, painting workshops.  I announce the HD presentation of  “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan.”  An unprecedented opportunity  to experience these da Vinci works exhibited at  the National Gallery in London’s sold out show.  Due to the fragility of the paintings, the exhibit cannot tour. 

So let’s do the next best thing....attend the high-def version, complete with in-depth commentary about featured pieces in the exhibit and extra content on Tues, Feb 21,  6:30PM.  http://angelikafilmcenter.com/angelika_film.asp?hID=8774&ID=bz43qt7.dw272832615quv392l.98   --Cynthia Padilla

Artists' Excursion: Tues, Feb 21, 2012  6:30PM.  http://angelikafilmcenter.com/angelika_film.asp?hID=8774&ID=bz43qt7.dw272832615quv392l.98
What:  “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan” http://leonardolivehd.com/

When: Tues, Feb 21, 6:30 PM
Where:  Angelika  Plano movie theater http://angelikafilmcenter.com/angelika_index.asp?hID=8774

The Shops at Legacy , 7205 Bishop Rd, Suite E6, Plano, Texas.  Meet just outside the movie theater by 6:30. We’ll purchase our tickets and enter the theater at 6:45pm. The movie begins at 7pm

Movie + Pizza: 

DaVinci...Milano...Italy...pizza? Of course!  Anyone wanting to join up for a ' pie' before the movie, name the place and we'll meet there at 5pm.  After pizza, you can choose to carpool  to the movie and meet up with the rest of the group by the 6:45 appointed movie meet up time.


Make suggestions in the blog COMMENT section below. (Do NOT send individual email suggestions to me via my email address. Simply subscribe to the blog  so that you will learn of  the majority vote. Do NOT expect me to email the progress back and forth. I will be anxiously reading the suggestions... just like YOU.  Yay!

Event - Museum Sketching

The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk http://www.dallasmuseumofart.org/View/Gaultier/AboutJPG/index.htm

Sunday Meet Up! Closing day, Feb 12!  Dallas Museum of Art

Dallas, TX
 
Join me and fellow artists and students to view the critically acclaimed international fashion and art exhibition. Meet inside the museum, in the area of the Visitors Desk. I will join you there for two arrivals: 2PM or 3PM.

Bring pencil and sketchbook for some informal [uninstructed] museum sketching alongside instructor of fashion arts, Cynthia Padilla.

Workshop: Antigua, Guatemala [Private & Public Gardens, Lakes & Villages, Artists' Studios! ]

Annual en plein air workshop/retreat spring & fall with Cynthia Padilla.
 

Photos of Antigua - Lake Atitlan contribution by international pool of generous photographers w/ a shared passion for the culture & color, people & places, flora & fauna and traditions of Guatemala, 'Land of Eternal Spring.' Thank you.

2012 Dates Added!!!

Oct 27 - Nov 5, 2012
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Join like-minded art and nature enthusiasts documenting both the natural beauty and cultivated grounds and gardens of Antigua, Guatemala. Join international arts instructor Cynthia Padilla painting in ancient structures, tropical landscapes, colorful markets, and private courtyard gardens. Spend unhurried time building a journal collection of rough sketches, tiny vignettes, notes & notations, finished paintings, measurements and personal musings. All the while lulled by splashing fountains and gentle breezes of working ‘en plein air.’(translation: Out doors).

Suggested transportable mediums: Pencil, pen & ink, colored pencil, pastel, (includng the new Pan Pastels) and/or acrylic (incuding the new Chroma Interactive 'open' acrylics), watercolor, watercolor pencil, watercolor crayon.

All levels. Complete beginners without previous art experience to advanced and returning artists will find a unique art and cultural adventure awaits beyond Antigua’s ancient color-washed walls.

ANTIGUA: Our home base is a delightful cobblestoned, bougainvillea-draped town with an international ambiance. Internet coffee shops, funky outdoor cafes, art galleries, open-air markets, artisan crafts and warm-hearted, welcoming people: http://www.flickr.com/groups/391329@N20/pool/ and view some of our previous sketch sites, field trips and workshop participants: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cynthiapadilla/sets/72157602588307547/ I am still adding images and gathering up assignments to scan in, so check back regularly and subscribe to the blog for automated updates.

LAKE ATITLAN: (3) nights. See photos http://www.slide.com/r/rrYO49lR3T_RrHDgVvMmfAJsYSvmxFgd?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

INQUIRE of  UPCOMING WORKSHOP DATES: Art Workshops in Guatemala offering 10-day educational travel programs that are off the beaten track and at a very reasonable price. Total package price, including tuition, lodging in lovely colonial style hotels, hearty breakfasts; ground transportation and field trips.  $1845 approx.
Contact Liza Fourre, Director. Ph:(612) 825-0747 Website: http://www.artguat.org/ Email: fourre@artguat.org
For workshop content questions contact me, instructor Cynthia Padilla, here or via email: padillapost@gmail.com

Workshop: Drawing & Sketching

Workshop: 'Sketching from the Masters'

Learning how to sketch is the first step to learning how to draw. You will do so, inspired by the works of the Great Masters of drawing. Complete beginners... to returning students… to painters who somewhere along the line skipped this important first step!

Workshop: 'Drawing for Art Lovers'
Would you like to learn how to draw or expand your current drawing skill?  Do your travels lead you to museums & galleries, glorious grounds & gardens and you fancy yourself pausing to capture the moment quickly..confidently...in a sketchbook journal? 

Come enjoy the company of other art lovers and be guided into easy step-by-step art exercises in (3) of Fort Worth's world class museum settings. Fundamental drawing practices, demos, handouts, 1-on-1 guidance and positive critique by an international arts instructor.

All levels, including the complete beginner with no previous arts training. 
Supply list  with course confirmation. 

View: Sketchbooks http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchdraw/  An inspired, invitation only, collection showcasing varied graphite pencil  techniques from the sketchbook pages of artists worldwide.

Past 'Drawing for Art Lovers' Workshop:

Fort Worth, Texas
Texas Christian University http://www.lifelong.tcu.edu/  (3) Sat. 10-1pm
Locations:
Meeting 1: The Kimbell: https://www.kimbellart.org/
Meeting 2: The Amon Carter: http://www.cartermuseum.org/
Meeting 3: The Modern http://themodern.org/
View workshop photos:
The Kimbell: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=52182&id=1791763677&l=9829354ccb
The Carter: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1437873285457.52660.1791763677
The Modern: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1576353507376.64578.1791763677

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Cynthia Padilla, Am I Coming To Your Town? Request Me: padillapost2@gmail.com

Workshop: Acrylic

Workshop: 'Painting from the Masters - Acrylic'
 Learning how to paint, inspired by the works of the Great Masters, is a time honored tradition. Copy a simple gridded sketch, observe instructor demo, and then follow along step-by-step to completion of frameable works. All levels.

Workshop: 'Acrylic Workbook'
Interested in acrylics but don’t know how to get started? This introduction is for the true beginner or those desiring to review technique by learning the principles through practice and exploration, not producing finished paintings. Emerge with an invaluable workbook sampler of exercises, notations and small acrylic studies.

Workshop: 'Mastering Mediums - Acrylics'
Learn how to paint in styles, technique, and genres of choice. Work from personal direction or instructor supplied academic photo reference of the great Masters of landscape, seascape, abstract, floral, interior, figurative, portraiture and still life.

Workshop: 'Open Acrylics'

Learn how to paint in styles, technique, and genres of choice. Work from personal direction or instructor supplied academic photo reference of the great Masters of landscape, seascape, abstract, floral, interior, figurative, portraiture and still life.
Demo in the new Interactive brand acrylics which can be rewet like watercolors and reworked like oils. All levels...complete novice to advanced and all painting mediums. Class fee includes Interactive acrylic paints and mediums. In the time-honored method of the Masters work begins via a simple gridded sketch, so even those who can't draw can quickly begin the business of learning how to paint!

Learn all of the basics of painting with acrylics plus how to float acrylics as transparently as watercolor, apply in thick and impasto strokes, or lay down like buttery oils. The new Atelier Interactive acrylics offer the quick dry time artists expect, plus ‘open’ time to work, re-wet, and even re-work unresolved areas of a painting.
Advanced artists, disgruntled acrylic painters, oil painters concerned with fumes and messy clean up, and complete novices welcome.

Am I Coming To Your Town? Request Me: padillacasa@gmail.com 

ATELIER INTERACTIVE ACRYLIC DEMOS:
North East Texas Fine Art Association
Ellis County Art Association
Lancaster Art Club
Dallas Area Fiber Artists
Creative Arts Center of Dallas
Amarillo Art Institute

Workshop: Watercolor

'Watercolor Weekend'
Complete a watercolor painting in a weekend. Work in a time honored method that allows beginners to learn technique: Copy painting onto stretched watercolor paper, observe instructor demo, and then follow along, step by step to completion. Emerge with a frameable painting and gain the confidence to begin a second painting of personal theme and genre.


Workshop: 'Painting from the Masters - Watercolor'
Learning how to paint, inspired by the works of the Great Masters, is a time honored tradition. Copy a simple gridded sketch, observe instructor demo, and then follow along step-by-step to completion of frameable works. All levels.



Past 'Watercolor Weekend' workshops:
Collin College Cont Ed http://www.collin.edu/ce/
(2 days) Sat/Sun 10 - 4 / 12:30 - 4:30pm.
Supply List  https://www.collin.edu/ce/supplies/WatercolorWeekend.htm  
plus $5 supply fee due to instructor first day.

Workshop: Pastel

Workshop: 'Introduction to Pastel'
Interested in pastels but don’t know how to get started? This introduction is for the true beginner or those desiring to review technique by learning the principles through practice and exploration, not producing finished pastel paintings. Emerge with an invaluable workbook sampler of exercises, notations and small pastel studies.

Workshop: 'Pan Pastels - Introduction and Exploration' 

A new and exciting pastel product uniquely packed in a pan format! [Think old school glam rouge]. Complete beginners to pastel are introduced to pastel basics such as blending, layering, mark making.   

Pastel painters explore how with this new ultra soft, low dust, highly pigmented pastel in a pan, they can now cover backgrounds in one swath,  layer thin glazes, block in colors, and  or achieve painterly effects with water by adding  this new medium to the existing tools and materials.

Workshop: 'Mastering Mediums - Pastel'




Learn all of the pastel basics such as blending, layering, mark making… plus how, with the ultra soft, low dust, highly pigmented new pastel in a pan http://panpastel.com/ you can now cover backgrounds in one swath, layer thin glazes, block in colors, create ombre transitions and achieve painterly effects with water. Dabble in those, bring in your current brand and other dry mediums such as hard pastel, Conte crayon, colored pencil, colored pencil sticks, graphite, etc for mix-media mastery and experimentation. Advanced artists, jaded pastelists, and complete novices welcome. 

Workshop: 'Figure Drawing – Clothed & Costumed' 

Degas, Manet, Matisse, Klimt and more......learning how to draw the clothed figure inspired by the works of the great masters is a time honored tradition.

Workshop: 'Portrait'
Morrisot, Van Gogh, Kahlo...learning how to draw portraits inspired by the works of the great masters is a time honored tradition. http://artinstructor.blogspot.com/2009/03/student-work.html

Workshop: 'Landscape'
Grant Wood’s American landscapes,  Georges Seurat’s pointillist picnickers, Turner’s misty seascapes.....learning how to draw landscapes inspired by the works of the great masters is a time honored tradition.

Workshop: 'Intro to Figure Drawing'
Workshop: 'O’Keeffe, Klee, Kandinsky, Klimnt'
Workshop: 'Impressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, Romanticism'
[Attn Workshop Organizer: You pick the artists and or genres of interests!]

Workshop: Museum Sketching & Drawing

Program: Sketching in the Galleries
Cynthia Padilla leads informal sketching lessons from your museum's exhibitions and permanent collection. Both first-time and practiced artists welcome. Adult, youth or family program. 

Am I coming to your museum? Request me here or: padillapost@gmail.com  


Museum Clients:
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX.
Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX.
Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX.





Workshop: Drawing for Art Lovers
Would you like to learn how to draw or expand your current drawing skill?  Do your travels lead you to museums & galleries, glorious grounds & gardens and you fancy yourself pausing to capture the moment quickly..confidently...in a sketchbook journal? 

Come enjoy the company of other art lovers and be guided into easy step-by-step art exercises in (3) of Fort Worth's world class museum settings. Fundamental drawing practices, demos, handouts, 1-on-1 guidance and positive critique by an international arts instructor.

All levels, including the complete beginner with no previous arts training. 
Supply list  with course confirmation. 

Meet up/Locations:

Meeting 1: The Kimbell: https://www.kimbellart.org/
Meeting 2: The Amon Carter: http://www.cartermuseum.org/
Meeting 3: The Modern http://themodern.org/

View workshop photos:
The Kimbell: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=52182&id=1791763677&l=9829354ccb
The Carter: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1437873285457.52660.1791763677
The Modern: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1576353507376.64578.1791763677

Past Drawing for Art Lovers Workshops:
2010 Texas Christian University http://www.lifelong.tcu.edu/  

Family Program: Artist Demo
Dallas Museum of Art March 2008
View works in Bluebonnets and Beyond: Julian Onderdonk, American Impressionist and enjoy Texas music, interactive games, storytelling, and an artist demonstration with Texas based international botanical arts instructor Cynthia Padilla. Be inspired to visit the studio and participate in bluebonnet art-making activities.
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Cynthia Padilla, Am I Coming To Your Town? Request Me: padillapost2@gmail.com