Make Upcycled Bracelets at Pinole Artisan Meeting

Learn to make fabulous bracelets from old neckties at my hands-on (pun intended) free workshop at the Pinole Artisan’s August 4, 2017 general meeting!

I’ll provide materials and tools – but if you have a tie that you KNOW (check with the tie-wearer first!) won’t ever be worn again, bring it along. Also – any fun buttons you’d like to sew onto your bracelet ….

Pinole Artisans meet the first Friday of every month at the Pinole United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Avenue. Wheelchair accessible. Meetings begin at 7 p.m., are free, with very friendly artists and snacks. All are welcome!

For more information or if you have a question – email me! HeidiRand@gmail.com

Encaustic Artist Raven Iacono at Pinole Artisan meeting

Exciting news for the Friday June 3rd Pinole Artisan meeting! Encaustic artist Raven Iacono will give a presentation introducing us to this fascinating medium, also known as hot wax painting. Raven’s presentation will cover “The Basics, Surfaces, Safety, Advanced Techniques, Mixed Media, Video Tips and Technical Information.” She will also have handouts and answer questions at the end of the presentation.

Whooping Crane. Encaustic Painting with handmade paper, vintage text paper, gold leaf, carved sections with pigment sticks, by Raven Iacono

 Encaustic is a wax-based paint composed of beeswax, resin and pigment, which is heated, applied to an absorbent surface and then fused by reheating.

Snowy Owl. Encaustic mixed media by Raven Iacono

Raven is an accomplished encaustic artist who has taught and shown her work locally and internationally. You can see more of Raven’s artwork at her website: http://www.theravensnestart.com

Raven writes about running, encaustic and teaching on her blog: https://the-ravens-nest.org/

Follow her facebook page. : https://www.facebook.com/TheRavensNestArt

Raven’s Etsy shop : http://etsy.com/shop/RavensNestArt

Pinole Artisan meetings are held on the first Friday of every month at the Pinole United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Avenue.  Meetings begin at 7 p.m., are free, and all are welcome! Questions? Email me at heidirand@gmail.com

Visit the Pinole Artisan website to learn more about this wonderful group.

Workshop with Grace Taormina at Pinole Artisan meeting

Heart Mixed Media Collage by Grace Taormina

Come and create at the Pinole Artisan’s March 4, 2016 general meeting! Mixed media artist Grace Taormina will lead a hand’s-on workshop exploring combining artistic media to create original designs for a variety of surfaces.  Grace will show you new ways to create pattern and textural interest with heat embossing, stencils and stamps. All materials will be provided.

Asian Mixed Media by Grace Taormina

The author of two books about rubber stamping, Grace is a designer and a mixed media and fiber artist who teaches a wide variety of art classes in the Bay Area, nationally, and online at CraftArtEdu.com.

Pinole Artisan general meetings are held the first Friday of every month at the Pinole United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Avenue.  Meetings begin at 7 p.m., are free, with very friendly artists and snacks. All are welcome!

Visit the Pinole Artisan website to learn more about this wonderful group.

Watercolor Artist Michael Reardon at Pinole Artisan meeting

Watercolor artist and teacher Michael Reardon will be the guest speaker/demonstrator at the Friday February 5, 2016 Pinole Artisan general meeting. Reardon has been painting in watercolor for over twenty-five years. In his artist statement, he explains that he uses the medium to record his observations, convey a sense of place and light, and communicate his impressions of the built, natural, and imagined worlds.

“Canale” © Michael Reardon

Reardon exhibits his watercolors nationally and internationally. Recently his paintings won two awards at the San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition. In 2011 he presented a solo show at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery in San Francisco, and in 2012 he won Best of Show at the Triton Museum of Art Statewide Exhibition of Watercolor.

“Gubbio” © Michael Reardon

Very much in demand as an instructor, Reardon leads workshops around the country and internationally, in which he focuses on teaching the use of light and color. His watercolors have been featured in many magazines, including American Artist Watercolor, the Artist’s Magazine, Southwest Art, Watercolor Artist, Plein Air. And L’Art de l’Aquarelle. He is also the author of the forthcoming book  “Watercolor Techniques: Painting Light and Color in Landscapes and Cityscapes”  to be published by North Light Books in February 2016. Click here to learn more about Micheal Reardon.

“Arezzo” © Michael Reardon

Pinole Artisan meetings are held on the first Friday of every month at the Pinole United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Avenue.  Meetings begin at 7 p.m., are free, with very friendly artists and snacks. All are welcome!

Visit the Pinole Artisan website to learn more about this wonderful group.

Resin Demo by Linda Russio

The multi-talented artist Linda Russio will be the guest speaker at the Friday August 7, 2015 Pinole Artisan general meeting.  Linda, whose business is called Stop n’ Paws, makes unique handmade jewelry and accessories including personalized pendants, and apparel for dogs such as coats, harnesses and bandannas.

Linda’s exciting and diverse line of jewelry is inspired by animals and nature, and she creates a lot of her jewelry by re-using game pieces and other vintage finds.

At the August meeting, Linda will demonstrate and give us tips and tricks on using epoxy resin to make tile coasters and small jewelry pieces.

Linda created this optical lens necklace — the  frame around the cats is three dimensional and the frame and image are coated with resin.

You can see Linda’s work at her website, Stop ‘n Paws  and in her Etsy store. Some of her pet apparel is also available at the All Hounds Pet Store in Crockett, California, and she shows at local fairs. You can get updates by following her on Facebook.

Pinole Artisan meetings are held on the first Friday of every month at the Pinole United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Avenue.  Meetings begin at 7 p.m., are free, and all are welcome! Questions? Email me at heidirand@gmail.com

Visit the Pinole Artisan website to learn more about this wonderful group.

Artist Larry Hatfield at Pinole Artisan meeting

Painter Larry Hatfield will be the guest speaker at the Friday July 3, 2015 Pinole Artisan general meeting.

Mount Tamalpais #19. Painting copyright Larry Hatfield

Larry has been a graphic designer and Illustrator, and has also done etching, 3D animation and computer graphics. He is currently concentrating on his drawing and painting. Larry will show and discuss his paintings, and will do a demonstration. You can see some of Larry’s artwork at his website.

Elephant Rock – Golden Gate – Lime Point. Copyright Larry Hatfield

In his artist statement, Larry says: “I want people to feel the importance of place, to want to go there and experience it. I want them to notice something new or see the familiar in a new light. I want to engender affection for the creation and the thoughtful additions to it.”

Pinole Artisan meetings are held on the first Friday of every month at the Pinole United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Avenue.  Meetings begin at 7 p.m., are free, and all are welcome! Questions? Email me at heidirand@gmail.com

Visit the Pinole Artisan website to learn more about this wonderful group.

Anne Austin at Pinole Artisan meeting

Anne Austin, the Curator and Coordinator of the City of San Pablo Art Gallery, will be the guest speaker at the June 5, 2015 Pinole Artisan general meeting.

San Pablo Art Gallery, photo by Marvin Soriano.

The San Pablo Art Gallery features monthly shows of local artists and group exhibitions. Several Pinole Artisans have had shows at the Gallery. Anne will speak about curating and coordinating exhibits, and about showing artwork in general. She will also discuss what she looks for when she selects artists for shows, how she finds new artists, and what she sees as trends in the art world from a gallerist’s perspective.

Anne will show photos of the Gallery, and will also show her own artwork.  You can see some of Anne’s artwork at her website.

Pinole Artisan meetings are held on the first Friday of every month at the Pinole United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Avenue.  Meetings begin at 7 p.m., are free, and all are welcome! Questions? Email me at heidirand@gmail.com

Visit the Pinole Artisan website to learn more about this wonderful group.

Karen LeGault at Pinole Artisan meeting

I’m excited to announce that Karen LeGault will be the guest artist at the February 6th, 2015 Pinole Artisan general meeting.

Karen began drawing and painting in 1967, and has been painting professionally since 1993. After completing her first major body of award-winning oil and watercolor paintings by age 20, Karen spent many years exploring and experimenting in varied areas, including fabric design, photography, video and graphics.

Karen began teaching drawing and painting classes in North and East Bay community centers in 1993, and taught at the Berkeley Botanical Garden from 1993 to 2002.  Having studied, practiced and taught Tai Chi Chuan and other spiritual disciplines since 1981, Karen has a special interest in combining Eastern and Western concepts and techniques.  Her work is in hundreds of private collections.

You can see more of Karen’s work on her website and her blog. She posts information about her shows on her Facebook page. Karen’s artist statement beautifully expresses her passion about her work: “I love to work from the world around me, to immerse myself in natural surroundings, to engage with a single flower or plant, to place myself in a bowl of fruit or walk like an ant or fly like a bird or bee among objects on a table, to feel the swimming through a cool substantial water. It is physical. I need to feel and smell the places I engage with. My brush feels the subjects into the paintings.”

Karen will be having an Open Studio at her home studio, 2512 13th Ave. Oakland, from noon to 4 or by appointment, on January 24 & 25, 2015. For more information, contact Karen at klegault@sbcglobal.net

Pinole Artisan meetings are held the first Friday of every month at the Pinole United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Avenue.  Meetings begin at 7 p.m.  All are welcome! Questions? Email me at heidirand@gmail.com

Golden Paints Rep at September Pinole Artisan Meeting

Artist, author, teacher, and Golden Paints representative Tesia Blackburn will be the honored speaker at the Friday September 5th Pinole Artisan meeting, at the United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Ave., Pinole. The meeting begins at 7 pm, Tesia’s lecture will start around 7:30. All are welcome, the lecture and parking are free (and pssst… free goodies!)

Copyright Tesia Blackburn

Tesia has been a working artist for over 25 years. She received her BFA from the Academy of Art in 1984, studied lithography at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1990 and received her Master’s of Art in 1992 at John F. Kennedy University. Visit her website for a list of her workshops and classes and to check out her wonderful artwork. And Tesia has a new book out! Take a look inside the book, Acrylic Painting With Passion, at Amazon.

Tesia has spoken at Pinole Artisan meetings before, and her events are always a complete delight! Her lecture packs in a ton of valuable information about acrylics, from the basics through the many new possibilities with Golden’s amazing variety of products. You’ll learn about mineral and modern pigments and how they relate to color mixing, glazing and the creation of fabulous new colors. Tesia will discuss the unique properties of Fluids, Heavy Body, and the OPEN acrylics; talk about Interference and Iridescent paints for unusual effects; let us know about the many Golden Paint gels and mediums and how they can change texture, saturation and intensity of color, and how to use them for sculptural effects and more. She’ll also show us Golden’s Grounds, which you can use to prepare surfaces for painting, drawing, pastel, digital printing and mixed media, and will introduce us to some exciting new products, including QoR, the new watercolor.

Copyright Golden Paints

Tesia’s lecture includes an array of examples of the materials put to use, and will inspire us to explore the extensive potential of acrylic painting (and more), and she also provides a free goodie bag of paints and helpful literature!

All You Need is Love, acrylic on canvas by Tesia Blackburn. © Tesia Blackburn

If you register at this Eventbrite link (it’s free to register and you don’t have to create an account) Tesia will have a better idea of how many samples to bring.

 

Lynn Koolish at Pinole Artisan meeting

I’m really excited to announce that fabric artist Lynn Koolish will do a presentation on fabric dyeing at the April 4th Pinole Artisan meeting. Lynn is a Bay Area artist specializing in art quilts and fabric dyeing and painting. In addition to quilting and experimenting with surface design techniques, Lynn teaches a variety of workshops on surface design, painting on fabric, fiber collage, quilting, and more, in person and in DVD format. Lynn’s quilts have appeared in local and national quilt shows, and this is a great chance for you to see her amazing work in person. If you can’t make the meeting, you can see Lynn’s work on her website and on Flickr.  Lynn’s books include: Fast Fun & Easy Fabric Dyeing; Amish Quilts; Fast, Fun & Easy Creative Fabric Clocks; Cupcakes!: 30+ Yummy Projects to Sew, Quilt, Knit & Bake; More Photo Fun; Innovative Fabric Imagery for Quilts; and she has also edited many more books.

Exciting update! Lynn will be giving away several rolls of kraft•tex, the wonderful new art material from C&T Publishing!

Pinole Artisan meetings are held on the first Friday of every month at the Pinole United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Avenue.  Meetings begin at 7 p.m.  All are welcome! Questions? Email me at heidirand@gmail.com