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.

Na Pali Coast Sunset Original Watercolor Paintings

"Na Pali Coast Sunset" 8"x10" is an original watercolor with pen & ink painting
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"Na Pali Coast Sunset II" 8"x10" is an original watercolor with pen & ink painting

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Mahalo for checking out my new paintings!

Aloha,
Marionette
www.kauai-artist.net

Kauai Beach Resort
Thursday, April 7th
Our monthly Art & Wine event returns to Shutters Lounge featuring the wines of Napa Valley. Kauai-based artist Marionette Taboniar will be on-site this evening for a live demonstration and mini-exhibition of her popular watercolor, pastel, acrylic and silk paintings.

5:30pm Art Reception with Marionette Taboniar
6:00pm Wine Tasting
featured wines of Napa Valley for the evening…….
§ Robert Mondavi Fume Blanc 2009
§ Franciscan Chardonnay 2008
§ Robert Mondavi Carneros Pinot Noir 2009
§ Franciscan Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
$20 per person
includes (4) tastings / tax & gratuity not included

Kauai Beach Resort
4331 Kauai Beach Drive, Lihue, HI 96766
ph: 808-246-5501 | fax: 808-245-3956
email: MLewis@aquaresorts.com | web:http://www.kauaibeachresorthawaii.com

How to Paint Rain Drops

My gift to you this Holiday Season is a video demo on how to paint rain drops (or Hawaiian snow) on a red hibiscus using watercolors.

This technique can be used on just about any flower. First, finish painting the flower including any shading and highlights. Second, make sure it is dry. Next, start the rain drop technique I demonstrate in the video to create lovely, three dimensional rain drops.


Aloha and Mahalo!

Oriental Bamboo Sumi-e Style

This is a little video I put together to demonstrate how to use Sumi-e to paint a very simple bamboo composition. I am using a sumi-e brush and watercolor paint on newsprint. Enjoy!

Aloha,
Marionette

Beginning Sketchbook Journaling Workshop

Beginning Sketchbook Journaling
at the National Tropical Botanical Gardens Southshore Visitor Center
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.(lunch break will be from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m.)

Join Kauai artist, Marionette, as she teaches you how to start your own sketchbook journal using the beautiful surroundings of the botanical gardens for inspiration. She will teach you how to use pencil, pen & ink, watercolors, watercolor pencils, and colored pencils to create field sketches of Kauai's flora and fauna. She will also suggest what information to include to make your journal unique, full of your own observations, and a lasting memory of your time on Kauai.

What you should bring: A light weight folding chair, a hat, sunglasses, suntan lotion, water, a sack lunch.

Optional to bring (but recommended): Insect repellent, a digital camera, a raincoat.
The gardens do have bottled water for sale and if you need a folding chair, please let Marionette know in advance so she can provide one.

Cost is $75 per person and includes your own high quality sketchbook journal to take home. Prepayment is required to guarantee your spot in the class.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the gardens.
Class size is limited to 5 people.
In case of bad weather the class will be canceled and all students will be given a full refund.

For more information or to register, please visit: http://kauaiartclasses.blogspot.com/

Kauai's Orchid and Art Festival 2010

This past weekend I was honored to be teaching "Painting Kauai's Exotic Orchids" at the Hanapepe Orchid and Art Festival. This is a photo from Friday's class that took place at Amy Lauren's Gallery.

This artist said that she normally does oil painting and that this is her FIRST watercolor. I think she did a beautiful job on this one!

Another gorgeous start to a beautiful orchid painting!

A lovely orchid painted by a young lady who just turned 13 years old! Happy Birthday!

Now this was the most unique and imaginative painting! This eight year old student painted the top painting, and then she decided she wanted to put her orchid in a pot. So she drew out and did the bottom painting to connect the two all from her own imagination!

Here's where the class was held.

After the class I took a walk around to see the "Orchid Show".

Then I took a stroll around Hanapepe Town to visit the art galleries there.

They even had a classic car show.

Here's the painting I worked on during my second class on Saturday.

Another beautiful piece by one of my students.

Here's a glimpse of Hanapepe and the famous Banana Patch Studio.

www.kauaiartclasses.blogspot.com

I hope you've enjoyed this pictorial about our little orchid festival!

Aloha and Happy Creating,
Marionette
www.kauai-artist.net

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

New Sumi-e Style ACEOs

I love to dabble in this beautiful art form by creating these precious, minature original paintings from time-to-time. Each one measures just 3.5"x2.5" and are sometimes referred to as Artist Trading Cards or ACEOs. ACEO stands for art cards, editions and originals. They are like sports trading cards for artists and are a very popular item being sold and collected over the internet. The only requirement for creating one is that it should measure 2.5" x 3.5" (the standard size of a sports trading card). The medium used to create one is limitless - watercolor, acrylic, pencil, photography, oils, just to name a few.

These original watercolors can be purchased for only $15 each at my Etsy Gallery: http://www.kauaiartist.etsy.com .

Aloha and Have a Wonderful Day,
Marionette
http://www.kauai-artist.net

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

Imagekind

 

 

Happy New Year!  Wishing all of my blogging friends a very happy, healthy, and prosperous new year!

I recently joined Imagekind, a print on demand website that is the sister company of CafePress.  They offer printing on different types of paper, canvas, framing and even greeting cards of these three images.  I will be uploading more of my art soon.  Visit my Imagekind page at http://marionette.imagekind.com/ .

Aloha and Happy Creating,

Marionette

www.kauai-artist.net

www.kauaiartclasses.blogspot.com

Two More Calendar Choices!

I just updated my CafePress Art Gallery with two more 2010 calendars filled with my original art!
Please visit my Kauai Art Gallery at http://www.cafepress.com/KauaiArt.

Aloha,
Marionette

A Slice of Kauai

Tropical Bamboo available as an 8"x10" Print

Orchids on my Porch Original ACEO

My Orchid Garden Original ACEO

Now through July 22 I am offering FREE SHIPPING on Everything to Everywhere as my Christmas in July Sale at my Etsy Shop www.kauaiartist.etsy.com !

Mele Kalikimaka (in July)!
Marionette

New Paintings From My Studio

Lotus Flower Watercolor with pen and ink

Na Pali Cruise Acrylic on canvas

Kokee Rooster Watercolor with pen and ink

Shipwrecks Beach Acrylic on canvas

For more info on each of these paintings, please click on the image or the link provided or visit my Etsy Gallery at www.kauaiartist.etsy.com .

Aloha from Kauai,
Marionette
www.kauai-artist.net
www.kauaiartclasses.blogspot.com

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

Orchid Paintings Update

Remember this one? I was in the process of completing this acrylic orchid painting in a previous post and now it is finished! I also included a before and after of a watercolor orchid painting that I am also going to enter into the 3rd Annual Kauai Orchid and Art Festival Art Show and Competition on March 27 & 28, 2009. This year's them is Orchid Fantasy.

Happy Orchid Acrylic on Canvas

Kiahuna Orchids Watercolor with Pen and Ink

Come paint with me in Hanapepe during my class, Painting Kauai's Exotic Orchids – Saturday, March 28, 10am-1pm at the park in Hanapepe during the "Orchid Festival". In this fun watercolor class you will learn to paint a beautiful orchid flower using some basic painting techniques. All levels of experience are welcome and all materials are provided. Fee $30. Check out the Official Hanapape Website for more info! For more info about theclass, Click Here.

I was also featured on Kraftouch Treasures' blog today as "Star of the Day".

Aloha and Have a Great Day!