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

I'd Rather be in Hawaii...with Dava

Felicia Kramer is continuing her "I'd Rather be in Hawaii" series today with a wonderful article about my good friend and photographer, Dava Shepherd. She lives on Kauai in Kapaa and is a fellow member of Women Artists of Kauai. One of my favorite photos from Dava is pictured above, "God Always Leaves a Window Open" and can be purchased at her Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/treasuresfromhawaii . This photo is from the (green) Wai'oli Hui'ia Church, in Hanalei which many people remember passing on their way to the "end of the road" on the North Shore of Kauai.

To read more about this amazing artist click here: http://feliciakramer.blogspot.com/2010/02/id-rather-be-in-hawaii-with-dava.html

Aloha and Have a Warm and Beautiful Day,
Marionette

I'd Rather be in Hawaii

Aloha! This week I am being featured on Felicia Kramer's Blog "Another Bright Idea". Her theme is "I'd rather be in Hawaii" and she will be featuring a different Hawaii artist each day this week. You also get a chance to win a giveaway from each artist by leaving comments on Felicia's Blog. Click here to check out her article: http://feliciakramer.blogspot.com/2010/02/id-rather-be-in-hawaii-with-marionette.html

My giveaway is a 5"x7" print of "Kalalau" which is pictured above! Mahalo Nui Loa to Felicia for doing this article!

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

I'm "In the Spotlight"

Recently I was featured in the Casey Shannon Studio Newsletter.  Casey is an amazing Sumi-e artist.  Please check out this link February 2010  for the entire interview and to see Casey's amazing work!