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ANNOUNCING: NEW GALLERY!
I'm excited to share that on September 1, 2010 I'll be the new owner
of NUEVA STREET GALLERY, 507 E. Nueva Street, in La Villita,
San Antonio. For 21 years, Richard Conn has owned and managed Nueva
Street Gallery and is now retiring. I'll be moving all the art (and
artists) from Susan Carlin Art Studio And Gallery to that much larger
location and also representing the current artists at NSG. I'm delighted
that Mr. Conn will be present once a week afterwards and will help make
the transition a smooth one. The move holds many expanded opportunities,
not the least of which is the ability to teach with some elbow room.
Watch this spot for the date we set to celebrate!
For the remainder of August, Susan Carlin Art Studio &
Gallery is open Monday through Saturday and I'm personally
there three-four days a week, often painting and grinning ear-to-ear.
Come visit!
418 Villita Street, 14B, San Antonio, TX, 210-226-3992
WORKSHOPS
Figure Painting Workshop
August 21-22 -Coppini Academy
$195. (includes all model and venue fees)
Painting the clothed figure in an interior setting, open to
all skill levels.
It’s liberating to paint people when a likeness is not necessarily
the goal. Painting someone doing something, someone in context with
the surroundings- the narrative becomes the intent. In this workshop,
artists will become storytellers.
In the real world, artists work from life or from photos, and often
a combination of both. In this workshop, artists will paint the first
day from photographs provided by the instructor- A simple scene involving
a single figure indoors. Artists will work from the model on the second
day- An arrangement involving a woman reading.
I will address issues involving proportion, composition, increasing
accuracy of drawing, representing values more correctly, ways to direct
the viewers’ eye, as well as addressing individual artists’
questions and concerns. Artists may work in oil or pastel or any drawing
medium. (Artists who work in other media may attend, if they are in
command of their medium and are seeking assistance with the subject
matter and above issues.)
Join us for a weekend of painting and storytelling!
Contact: Gaye Sekula, Workshop Chair
or contact me at susan@susancarlin.com
210-602-8562 cell, 210-226-3992 gallery
If you'd like to arrange a workshop with me in your town, please contact
me at susan@susancarlin.com
For teaching and workshop 'testimonials', see below*
Dublin, Ireland Painting Workshop Report:
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed teaching the three day Portrait
workshop in Dublin, Ireland in early July! There's talk of asking me
back next year! Crossing my fingers...
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I was excited to have been chosen to be one of eight U.S.
representatives to the 2010 International Pastel Festival in France.
And I got to travel there for the opening! Four of my pastel
paintings- Morning Flight, Afternoon Flight, Christina's Joy and Submerged
Dreamer - are in France now exhibited at the INTERNATIONAL
ESTIVALES in Saint Florent le Vieil, July 17th to September 12th 2010
Commissions News
I'm happy when I have a few commissions on my schedule. Finding a
balance between painting commissions and painting for the gallery
and also for competitions is very important to me. I can usually still
promise a portrait commission to be completed within two-three months.
Feel free to contact me with your
idea for a painting.
 I
paint LIVE weekly online on UStream.tv
www.ustream.tv/channel/susancarlin
Since July 2008 I've done a weekly (at least) broadcast of live painting
demonstrations and have been kept company by a great, ever-changing
group of artists and well-wishers. I look forward to my time online
each week on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. Central time. To be notified
when I'll be painting, you can subscribe by adding your email address
to the top subscription form in the sidebar of my
BLOG.
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in touch with my art-loving friends?
Just subscribe to my newsletter! There's a link below and on
my BLOG.
Don't forget, I love commissions!
If you'd like a portrait of someone you love (person or pet), or have
a photo or idea of some place or thing you envision as a painting,
contact me for procedure and fees. The procedure is simple and the
fees reasonable.
*Workshop
'Testimonials':
Susan is an amazing teacher for both the beginning and advanced student.
She has the gift of being able to focus on the essential needs of
her student and offer specific information that is immediately applicable
without being overwhelming. She explains concepts with elegant simplicity
and offers critiques that are to the point and never judgmental. Her
manner is enthusiastic and encouraging; it is great fun to study with
her. I have learned more in less time from her than from any other
teacher I have studied with. She also has invaluable personal experience
and creative ideas to offer regarding the practicalities of making
a living as an artist. I feel lucky to be able to study with her,
and strongly recommend her as a teacher.
Tanith Korravai
Our Rockwall workshop was just awesome!! These are the things that
stood out in my mind: First, Susan asked each person what we wanted
to work on the most- for me it was drawing skills: a portrait that
resembled the photo. Susan's point system was very helpful. She explained
the importance of value scale, she gave us a card with a hole punched
out, so you could compare the color you put down, to see where it
would fall on the value scale, this applies to landscape, portrait,
animals etc. She stressed that we learn to squint & how to do
that without getting wrinkles! The time she spent with each one of
us was the best I've ever had in any workshop, and I have taken many
over the years. I left very inspired by Susan and her advice that
I came away with, was "Commit to painting fifty small one-hour
paintings rather than (1) fifty hour painting." If you are thinking
about getting together with some of your art buddies, have Susan come
to your town. It will be the best time ever… and the most fun!!!
Happy painting,
Linda Clare, Texas
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