Paint Our Garden - Sunday, January 15, 2012

Women Artists of Kaua‘i’s Paint Our Garden Art Classes and Demonstrations on NTBG‘s ‘Ohana Day, Sunday, January 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Southshore Visitors Center.

Enjoy the day painting The Garden with your choice of two unique art classes by the Women Artists of Kaua‘i. Watercolor Landscapes with Patrice Pendarvis and Painting Exotic Tropical Flowers in Watercolor with Marionette Taboniar will be offered. All materials are provided and beginners are welcome. There is a charge for each class and class size is limited. Pre-registration with the artist is recommended.

Plus, plein air painting demonstrations will be given by pastel artist, Helen Turner and watercolor artist, Emily Miller. All demos are free of charge.

NTBG’s Southshore Visitors Center is located across from Spouting Horn at 4425 Lāwa‘i Rd, Po‘ipū. For more information, email Marionette Taboniar at womenartistsofkauai@yahoo.com .

The Women Artists of Kaua‘i promotes the works of female artists on the island while raising funds for local charities on Kaua‘i. All works are original, consisting of paintings, prints, photography, drawings, sculptures, pottery, mixed-media, metal, glass, fabric and textile art, or digital art.

Paint Our Garden on Sunday, April 17, 2011

PAINT OUR GARDEN during April's 'Ohana Day, Sunday April 17, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at National Tropical Botanical Garden's Southshore Visitor Center.

Three amazing art classes will be offered, and all materials are included for each class. Beginners are welcome! Plus, we will have three live demonstrations on site by our Women Artists.

PLEIN AIR OIL PAINTING with Dawn Lundquist from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. $55. To register, call Dawn at (808) 635-2785. www.lundquiststudios.com

WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPES with Patrice Pendarvis from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. $50. To register, call Patrice at (808) 635-2930. www.patricependarvis.com

PAINTING EXOTIC TROPICAL FLOWERS IN WATERCOLOR with Marionette from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $40. To register, call Marionette at (808) 631-9173. www.kauaiartclasses.blogspot.com

LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS:
"Palm Frond Painting with Acrylics" by Anna Skaradzinska
"Glass Tile Fine Art Pendants" by Dava Shepherd (DIY kits will be available for sale)
"The Art of Figurative Sculpture" by Marlene Czajkowski


NTBG’s Southshore Visitors Center is located across from Spouting Horn at 4425 Lāwa‘i Rd, Po‘ipū. For more information, call the Center at 742-2433, or visit www.womenartistsofkauai.blogspot.com.

National Tropical Botanical Garden is a not-for-profit, non-governmental institution with nearly 2,000 acres of gardens and preserves in Hawai‘i and Florida. Its mission is to enrich life through discovery, scientific research, conservation, and education by perpetuating the survival of plants, ecosystems, and cultural knowledge of tropical regions. NTBG is supported primarily through donations and grants.

The Women Artists of Kaua‘i promotes the works of female artists on the island while raising funds for local charities on Kaua‘i. All works are original, consisting of paintings, prints, photography, drawings, sculptures, mixed-media, metal, glass, fabric and textile art, or digital art.

Kauai Art Classes

Here's a few photos of some of my art class students and their beautiful work.

Mahalo Nui Loa to all my wonderful students!

Please visit my art class blog for more info on classes: http://www.kauaiartclasses.blogspot.com/

Silk Painting Class

I recently taught a few silk painting classes and was really impressed with what my students painted. The above photos are all paintings by my students and many of them have never painted on silk before. Silk painting is so much fun, and I really enjoy teaching it. Mahalo to my students for such lovely work!!!!!!

For more information on my classes, please visit: http://www.kauaiartclasses.blogspot.com/

My next silk painting class will be on Friday, December 10 from 11am-2pm at my Waimea, Kauai studio, Painting Paradise.

Aloha and Have a Great Day,
Marionette

Online Watercolor Class - The Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

reference photo

This is the second of my online art classes, Watercolor Tropical Flowers of Kauai - The Bird of Paradise. We start with a reference photo (above) and then I show you how to draw and paint this amazing flower step-by-step through video, text, and photos. I also provide a detailed art supply list. Plus, you can work at your own pace!

Here's a sneak peak of one of my videos:

If you are interested in taking one of my online art classes, please email me. You need to have a Facebook account to participate. The class fee is a voluntary donation of $10 per class. I am currently offering a watercolor landscape class, the watercolor bird of paradise class, and a beginning sumi-e (bamboo) class.

PAINTING PARADISE ON FACEBOOK

Online Art Classes

"How to Paint the Mountains"

Several of my Facebook Friends suggested that I try to teach an online art class especially for those who can't travel to Kauai. So, I thought, "Why not?" After much thought, I invited those interested into a closed group on Facebook just for the class. Now through text, photos, and video, I am able to bring my classes to my far away students and the feedback has been positive.

My first class was "Landscapes of Kauai in Watercolor "where I provided a photo of the famous Polihale Beach of Kauai for everyone to print and use as a reference for the class. Next, I put together a detailed supply list with links to Blick Art Materials website for easy ordering and also for a photo and description of the exact supply needed for the class.

Lessons took place through step-by-step photos and videos of myself painting the project. I then posted them to the group page. This way everyone could work at their own pace when they had the time. I also encouraged the students to post photos of their progress so that I could give them some feedback. Private feedback was also given through emails.

I am currently planning to continue my landscape class, plus add a Tropical Flowers of Kauai Watercolor class, a Plantation Cottages of Kauai Watercolor class, and a Beginning Sumi-e Class.

If you are interested in taking one of my upcoming online art classes, please email me. You need to have a Facebook account to participate. The class fee is a voluntary donation of $10 per class.

PAINTING PARADISE ON FACEBOOK

Silk Painting Class

On Saturday, October 31, 2009, I had the most enjoyable silk painting class! Above are photos of my students' creations (mine is the koi painting). Enjoy their step-by-step progress! If you are visiting Kauai and would like to take a silk painting class, please check out my schedule at www.kauaiartclasses.blogspot.com .

Aloha,
Marionette

Watercolors at Lawai Beach Resort

I just started teaching watercolors at Lawai Beach Resort, an amazing tropical location! If you would like more info, please visit: www.kauaiartclasses.blogspot.com. Aloha!

A VAST Encounter with Silk Painting

Melanie from The Creators Palette and Marionette

Belonging to VAST, an online art group through Etsy, has brought me several blessings. I met my good friends Schar and Dava (who both live on Kauai), and now I have had the pleasure of meeting in person Melanie , a wonderful lady and artist! She and her husband came to Kauai on vacation last week, and one of the activities that she made time for was my Silk Painting class! We had a great time talking story about art, Kauai, and life in general. Here's a peek into the class:

I teach the French Serti Technique and this is what Melanie is doing to create her lovely plumeria design. From Dharma Trading Co: "The Serti (closing or fence) technique is the silk painting technique where designs are formed with gutta or water-based resists, which are applied to white silk that has been pre-washed, dried and stretched (on a stretcher). Once the gutta or water-based resist has dried, it acts as a barrier for the dye or paint—keeping the color within the outlined areas of the design and allowing you to achieve sharply defined borders. (Without this barrier, the dye or paint would flow into more of an abstract, undefined pattern.) After the dye or paint has been properly set, the clear gutta or resist is removed and a defining line the color of the original fabric remains. Colored guttas and resists are also available that are meant to remain in the fabric."
I decided to paint a silk scarf with Koi fish. You can see my underdrawing (the purple pen) where I made some changes while applying my resist.

Here Melanie is applying her silk paints beautifully to the plumeria design.

My koi fish are now ready for a colorful background!

Here Melanie is using my "secret weapon" to make the designs in the background of the scarf. Can you guess what it is?

The background is still wet, but it is almost complete!

Melanie's plumeria scarf is gorgeous as it dries on the frame!

Hope you can join me for a Silk Painting class one day! For more info on classes, please visit my art class blog at www.kauaiartclasses.blogspot.com .

Mahalo for visiting!
Marionette
www.kauai-artist.net

Friday's Watercolor Class

Here's my "favorite" student of all! He is 93 years old, lives on Kauai part-time and comes to my classes once or twice a week when he is on island. Such a wonderful man with a very big heart! He has created several masterpieces since painting with me and is having many of them framed for his home. (I certainly hope to still be painting at 93!)
This young lady is showing us one of her latest watercolors (the heliconia) and also her first acrylic painting (the hibiscus) that she painted in a previous class. She is also one of my art class "regulars" and lives on Kauai full-time.

These two ladies dropped in for their first watercolor lesson last week after taking my silk painting class. One lives here full-time and the other in California (but frequently visits Kauai). Both are very artistic, and I really enjoyed "talking story" with them about art, Etsy, blogs, fabric art and more!!!

I am always amazed at what my students create in a single watercolor class! Mahalo to these very talented students and extremely nice people!

Aloha,

Marionette

Painting Kauai's Exotic Orchids in Watercolor

Mahalo to everyone who participated in or helped organize my workshop at Kauai's Orchid and Art Festival in Hanapepe on Saturday! I was so amazed by the talent and style of these art students that I wanted to share their creations in progress:

Several of these budding artists said they have never tried or had much luck at watercolor before! Every single student painted a winner!

A Big Mahalo to Schar and Crystal for helping me during the workshop! We had so much fun listening to the live music of Cindy Combs and Makana. What a blast! Great orchids, art, music, people, food, and the list goes on. If you are on Kauai next year at the end of March, don't miss this event!

For more information on how you can sign up for one of Marionette's Art Classes: www.kauai-artist.net

A Sneak Peak Into my Watercolor Class!

Yesterday I had such a wonderful group of ladies for my Friday watercolor class, that I wanted to share with you their creations in progress. I went around the room and captured these images as they were about half way done with their paintings. Many of them were absolute beginners!

Thank you ladies for letting me share your beautiful creations!

I teach watercolors every Wednesday from 9am-12pm and

Fridays from 11am-2pm.

You don't need to know how to draw and beginners are welcome!

Aloha,

Marionette

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