Hillside Beauty – Blue Sky Series #1 – Now Available

‘Hillside Beauty’ is the first of nine paintings in the Blue Sky limited edition collection featuring winter scenes and deep blue skies.

One new image will be released each day from December 9 through December 17th , 2022

This 6” x 6” original painting is created with ink, watercolor and gouache on archival paper.

It will be mounted on a black mat board 8” x 8” in size – ready for framing.

It is priced at $75 (including shipping and taxes).

To purchase this piece, send your request by email message to pat@patkatzart.com.

I will contact the first person to request each piece about completing the purchase and arranging details for shipping.

Whether you pick one up for yourself or to gift someone else or just enjoy the images as are they are posted, I hope the Blue Sky series brightens your wintry days.

Releasing Blue Sky Series Starting Tomorrow

NEW WORKS! To celebrate the season, I’m releasing the Blue Sky Series featuring winter scenes and deep blue skies.

There are nine paintings in this limited edition collection.

Starting December 9th, one painting will be released each day at 9:00 am CST for nine consecutive days.

Each 6” x 6” original painting is created with ink, watercolor and gouache on archival paper, and will be mounted on a black mat board 8” x 8” in size – ready for framing.

Priced at $75 each (including shipping and taxes), these treasures will go to the first person who requests each one by email message to pat@patkatzart.com.

Whether you pick one up for yourself or to gift someone else, I hope these images from the Blue Sky series brighten your wintry days.

Santa Barbara Plein Air Workshop

Amongst the many things I missed during pandemic times was the opportunity to attend art workshops and learn in person from other artists.

Simply being able to do that again was a major highlight of the Plein Air Watercolor Workshop that I attended in October of this year.

Santa Barbara, California served as home base for the five-day workshop. I quickly came to see why it’s referred to as the American Riviera.

The weather was superb and steady –  mid 20s C, sunny, with barely a breath of wind. The red tile roofs and the white stucco feel very Mediterranean. The place is very pedestrian friendly. Restaurants abound – great bakeries included!

American watercolor artist, Brenda Swenson, led the sessions. I’d previously taken a week-long studio class from Brenda and learned a great deal.

So I was excited about working en plein air under her instruction, and I wasn’t disappointed! Brenda is knowledgeable, well organized, and very available to her students. A winning combination!

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Registration Now Open For Fall Class – Sketching With Ink & Watercolor

It seems like I just posted a message like this recently, but here we go again.

I will be delivering another offering of Sketching With Ink & Watercolor this fall through the Community Arts program at the University of Saskatchewan.

This link will take you to the page with complete program details and online registration.

Registration just opened this morning, and spots are going quickly. When I checked a few minutes ago, there were still 3 open spots for students.

The class will presented in five (3-hour) sessions (once a week on Wednesday evenings) spread out over a month from November 9 through December 7

The series is designed for artists and would be artists who are attracted to expressive line work and lively colors and keen to create images inspired by everyday life experiences.

We will work with ink and watercolor on paper, and engage in a series of ‘see & try’ experiences – brief demos followed by hands-on exercises and assignments.

The aim: to build a set of skills to help people capture vignettes on paper wherever they find them – from their own backyards to street cafés halfway around the world.

These are some of the topics we will cover:

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Coming Up – Another Virtual Watercolor Class Offering

I will be delivering another offering of Sketching With Ink & Watercolor this summer through the Community Arts program at the University of Saskatchewan.

This link will take you to the page with complete program details and online registration. At this point, there are still several open spots for students.

The class will presented in five (3-hour) sessions (once a week on Thursday evenings) spread out over a month from July 7 through August 4.

The series is designed for artists and would be artists who are attracted to expressive line work and lively colors and keen to create images inspired by everyday life experiences.

We will work with ink and watercolor on paper, and engage in a series of ‘see & try’ experiences – brief demos followed by hands-on exercises and assignments.

The aim: to build a set of skills to help people capture vignettes on paper wherever they find them – from their own backyards to street cafés halfway around the world.

These are some of the topics we will cover:

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One Week To Go…

Black Fox Flowers

We’re less than a week away from the opening of our Artists’ Workshop 2022 Spring Show & Sale.

It’s been a fun adventure sorting through my work from the last three years and deciding what I will be presenting in the show.

Amazingly, I’m feeling pretty much ready for the big event.

Maybe that’s a result of having had the last three years to be preparing for it.

Rural Roots

If I had to choose one word to describe the work I’ll be presenting it would be ‘varied.

All of the work is watercolor – nothing has changed there.

Some is watercolor with pen and some without.

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The Show Must Go On!!

It’s been 3 long years since our last Artists’ Workshop Spring Show (Thank you Covid!).

And as of today, it’s just 3 short weeks until our 2022 Spring Show which WILL be going ahead. Yeah!!

Our members are excited to share our fresh artwork with all of you.

This year’s show and sale presents works in oil, watercolor, mixed media, collage, pastels, textile art, and watercolor batik.

You’ll find works of art featuring landscapes, still lifes, florals, gardens, urban scenes, and abstracts.

Works have been created by Celeste Dumonceaux Delahey, Jean Dudley, Kathryn Green, Monika Kinner, Val Miles, Paige Mortenson, Sharron Schoenfeld, Leslie Stadnichuk, and myself.

The show and sale will be hosted at Grace Westminster Church Auditorium (505 10th Street E here in Saskatoon) on these dates at these times:

  • Friday, April 29, 5-8
  • Saturday, April 30, 10-4
  • Sunday, May 1, 12-4

I’ll be sharing previews of a few of my own works in a message or two in the weeks leading up to the event. So watch for those.

Mark your calendar now. We sure hope you can join us!

Tools For Sketching On The Go

 

Sketching on the go, whether it’s while vacationing in a foreign country or while sipping coffee in your local neighborhood cafe, is an exciting way to experience the world.

I’ve had a number of requests to share some info about what I take with me on these excursions. The answer varies depending on where I am, how long I’m planning to be out, and what I’m hoping to capture. But, that said, here’s the scoop on the basics and the extras.

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Another Class – Another Great Experience

I just wrapped up the third virtual offering of my Sketching With Ink & Watercolor Class presented through the Community Arts program at the University of Saskatchewan.

Five sessions (once a week) spread out over a month from start to finish. The series is designed for artists and would be artists who are attracted to expressive line work and lively colors and keen to create images inspired by everyday life experiences.

We worked with ink and watercolor on paper, and engaged in a series of ‘see & try’ experiences – brief demos followed by hands-on exercises and assignments.

The aim: to build a set of skills to help people capture vignettes on paper wherever they find them – from their own backyards to street cafés halfway around the world.

These are some of the topics we covered:

  • Cultivating the art of noticing as a way to breathe more life into images
  • Experimenting with dynamic lines to add variety and emphasis to the work
  • Mixing and applying watercolors in ways that keep them fresh and lively
  • Approaching a scene, exploring compositions, choosing a focus & completing a sketch
  • Putting it all together – including specific tools and tips for sketching on the go
  • Developing skills in critiquing your own sketches to keep growing as an artist

I enjoyed connecting with another lively group of committed students. They were quick to share their questions, eager to try to the techniques, and steady on the follow through with their practice assignments.

This time I delivered an evening class (5:30-8:30). So special thanks to husband, Dave, who created a 5:00 snack to nosh on before class, and was ready with dinner to enjoy after it was over.

More than once, during the delivery of the sessions, I found myself smiling to myself and thinking, “This is fun!” What more could you ask for?

Ending The Year With Gratitude

As 2021 rolls to a close, it’s oh so clear that the challenges of the Covid 19 Pandemic continue to bring major disruptions to work, family and life as we knew it.

In the midst of the madness, I want to mark this moment by expressing my gratitude to all who have been following and supporting my adventures in art. In a world gone sideways, your words of encouragement have meant so much to me.

I hope that the art I have created and shared in recent months has helped you find distraction, diversion, connection, and perhaps even a wee bit of joy!

As I look back from this vantage point, I see how engaging in art played a key role in my own health and wellbeing through this time.

Although I could no longer travel the world at will to sketch on street corners in exotic locations, I could always head to my studio and play with my brushes and my paints.

Although our Artists’ Workshop Spring Show was cancelled, I was still able to share my work online and in two live solo exhibitions. We weren’t able to hold live receptions for those events, but that encouraged me to find other ways to connect people with the work.

While I couldn’t take part in live workshops with other artists to improve my skills, many artists embraced online opportunities and shared their instruction through the virtual world. I took advantage of many of those offerings.

I also ended up delivering virtual Sketching With Ink & Watercolor classes myself – and grew my own presentation skills in the process.

It’s impossible to predict how 2022 will unfold. But I do know that I intend to keep on making make art whenever and wherever I can. I have a few new ideas brewing, and I look forward to sharing them with you all in the months ahead.

Wishing you the very best of the season and continued good health, Pat

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