Donna Downey's Blog, page 53
February 26, 2014
go big...and you'll be changed forever!
take the leap and discover the world of painting on large 36x36" canvases.
April 10-13, 2014
in this 4 day event weekend you will learn the art of using color as i debunk the "theory" of the color wheel and present color in a simple, fresh new way. begin to understand that art is about seeing and feeling as we use the canvas to better understand about ourselves as we tell a visual story of who we are.
in this intimate 10 student setting, we will each take to an individual floor easel and pa...
February 25, 2014
February 24, 2014
Techniques with Pastel Pencils
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft: Techniques with Pastel Pencils
watch my 13th technique episode for the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft line on the Craft Channel
stay tuned!
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* DON'T FORGET those students signed up for the
FULL year of the NEW 48 WEEKS workshop
your 15% off discounts start immediately and lasts throughout 2014!
February 21, 2014
"48 weeks" - week 7 MAGIC...
bright, bold, colorful and lots of layers this week!!
this is the journey my students took this week!
here are some of the incredible artworks that have come out of week 7 of my "48 Weeks" workshop.
{Karin Sandström Gördén}
{Yvonne Fay}
i will try to share each we...
February 20, 2014
becoming an INSPIRED Artist...the event!
what does that mean?
to me it means : to understand and interpret media (acrylics, watercolor, oil, pastel, etc) and create uninhibitedly...allowing the artist within to emerge and communicate through color, texture and light.
now that sounds great, but what does that really mean to me?
(i like this whole asking and answering my own question thing, lol) i wanted to create and event that students gathered without the burden of bringing any supplies and spent the weekend learning and immersin...
February 19, 2014
February 18, 2014
NEW "Workshop in a BOX"...
introducing my new online
workshop series...
this online series includes the complete video workshop and the tools/supplies needed to create it.
the first release in this series is my new
"Field of Vision" workshop
so many of you wanted to know more about using and creating with the R+F Pigment sticks that i wanted to bring you a workshop that not only provided you with the instruction you needed to begin creating the textural depth of using oil paints, but also the supplies needed at an i...
February 17, 2014
Stamping with Gelatos
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft: Stamping with Gelatos
watch my 12th technique episode for the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft line on the Craft Channel
stay tuned!
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* DON'T FORGET those students signed up for the
FULL year of the NEW 48 WEEKS workshop
your 15% off discounts start immediately and lasts throughout 2014!
February 14, 2014
"48 weeks" - week 6 MAGIC...
its POPPY WEEK!!
this is the journey my students took this week!
here are some of the incredible artworks that have come out of week 6 of my "48 Weeks" workshop.
i will try to share each week a little bit more of the art being produced and the PURE MA...
