WORKSHOP & EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR Cynthia Padilla, painter of rare antique botanicals, instructs all-media painting and drawing courses for prestigious universities, major museums, arboreta, art societies across the U S, Canada and Central America. Called to curate and juror exhibitions, lecture and demo, and lead painting retreats worldwide, the Dallas, TX based artist graduated California State University Los Angeles, began a 20 + year career in surface design, sketching in museums and galleries across Europe. Padilla’s warm and encouraging style has guided enthusiasts of all levels, to sketch and paint with confidence.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiapadilla
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php

New Workshop Added: Santa Fe 2010

Topeka, Kansas
Topeka Art Guild & Gallery
(2) Days. TBA


Kansas City, Missouri
Powell Gardens http://www.powellgardens.org/
'Field Sketch: The Garden in Spring'
(3) Days. TBA 10-3.


Sedalia, Missouri
Sedalia Visual Art Association http://www.meg-originals.com/SVAA.html
(2) Days. TBA


Columbia, Missouri
Columbia Art League http://cal.missouri.org/
(2) Days. TBA


St Louis, Missouri
Missouri Botanic Garden http://www.mobot.org/
(2) Days. TBA


Joplin, Missouri
Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center http://www.blogger.com/www.wildcatglades.audubon.org
(2) Days. TBA


Dallas, Texas
Creative Arts Center of Dallas http://www.creativeartscenter.org/
"Plein Air: Dallas Arboretum" TBA


Antigua, Guatemala, Central America
Art Workshops in Guatemala http://www.artguat.org/
"Botanical Arts & Nature Sketching"
(10) Days. TBA
http://artguat.blogspot.com/


Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Mexico Museum of Nat History & Science http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/
"Drawn from the Collection: Sketching & Drawing Workshop"
(2) Days. Sept


Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center http://www.ghostranch.org/
"Sketch Crawl Santa Fe"
(2) Days. Sept 13-19


Am I Coming To Your Town? Inquire Cynthia Padilla padillapost@gmail.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiapadilla  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php

Workshops 2009

Topeka, Kansas
Topeka Art Guild & Gallery
"Brush with Nature"- April


Lake Quivera, Kansas
"Plein Air Workshop"- April


Kansas City, Missouri
Powell Gardens http://www.powellgardens.org/
"FIELD SKETCHING: The Garden in Spring"- April


Sedalia, Missouri
Sedalia Visual Art Association http://www.meg-originals.com/SVAA.html
"A Painting in Hand: Small Format Workshop"- May


Columbia, Missouri
Columbia Art League http://cal.missouri.org/
"PLEIN AIR NATURE JOURNALING" - May


St Louis, Missouri
Missouri Botanic Garden http://www.mobot.org/
"FRUIT, FLOWER, INSECT" - May


Joplin, Missouri
Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center http://www.blogger.com/www.wildcatglades.audubon.org
"Field Sketching: An Ozark Spring" - May


Antigua, Guatemala, Central America
Art Workshops in Guatemala http://www.artguat.org/
"Botanical Arts & Nature Sketching" (10) Days. July 20-29.


Albuquerque, New Mexico
NM Museum of Natural History&Science http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/
"Drawn from the Collection: Sketching Workshop" - August


Dallas, Texas
Creative Arts Center http://www.creativeartscenter.org/ 2360 Laughlin Dr. Dallas, TX 75228 PH: 214/320-1275
‘Plein Air Painting’ (3) Sun. Nov 7, 14, 21. 9-2[site-Dallas Arboretum]
‘Painting from the Masters’ (4) Mon. Nov 2, 19, Dec 7. 10-2pm
‘Drawing from the Masters’ (4) Mon. Nov 2, 19, Dec 7. 2-6pm


Dallas, Texas
Craft Guild of Dallas http://www.craftguildofdallas.com/ 14325 Proton Dr. Dallas, TX 972-490-0303
‘Coloring Books’ (4) Th. Nov 12, 19, Dec 3, 10. 9-11am
‘Tile Painting’ (4) Th. Nov 12, 19, Dec 3, 10. 11:30-2:30pm
‘Painting Masters’ (4) Th. Nov 12, 19, Dec 3, 10, 17. 3-6pm
‘Drawing Masters’ (4) Th. Nov 12, 19, Dec 3, 10, 17. 6-9pm
‘Plein Air Painting’[Dallas Arboretum](3) Sun. Nov 7, 14, 21. 9-2pm


Costa Rica
Finca Luna Nueva Lodge. TBD


Instructor: Cynthia Padilla LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiapadilla Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php

Technique

Workshop Technique: Watercolor over Felt Tip Pen

--Cynthia Padilla

Technique

Workshop Technique: Watercolor over India Ink
--Cynthia Padilla

Bio

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR. Cynthia Padilla, Naturalist Illustrator, teaches all aspects of the art form to major museums, prestigious universities, art centers, and botanical gardens and arboreta across the United States, Canada and Central America. Sought for book reviews, workshops, to exhibit and curate shows, and as a travel leader on sketching tours, she has sketched rare orchids in Thailand, wandered abandoned courtyards in India, and sat quietly in the Central American rain forests documenting its natural beauty. Padilla’s warm and encouraging style has guided enthusiasts of all skill levels to sketch and draw with confidence.

Mastering Acrylic

'Mastering Mediums - Acrylics'

Learn how to paint in styles, technique, and genres of choice. Work from personal direction or instructor supplied academic photo reference of the great Masters of landscape, seascape, abstract, floral, interior, figurative, portraiture and still life. Demo in the new Interactive brand acrylics which can be rewet like watercolors and reworked like oils. All levels...complete novice to advanced and all painting mediums. Class fee includes Interactive acrylic paints and mediums. In the time-honored method of the Masters work begins via a simple gridded sketch, so even those who can't draw can quickly begin the business of learning how to paint!


Learn all of the basics of painting with acrylics plus how to float acrylics as transparently as watercolor, apply in thick and impasto strokes, or lay down like buttery oils. The new Atelier Interactive acrylics offer the quick dry time artists expect, plus ‘open’ time to work, re-wet, and even re-work unresolved areas of a painting.


Advanced artists, disgruntled acrylic painters, oil painters concerned with fumes and messy clean up, and complete novices welcome.


ACRYLIC WORKSHOPS 2010

ACRYLIC WORKSHOPS 2009
Creative Arts Center of Dallas

'Painting from the Masters'
(7) Th. Jan 15-Feb 26, 2009. 2 – 6pm

ACRYLIC WORKSHOPS 2008
Creative Arts Center of Dallas
'Painting from the Masters'
(6) Tues. Apr 29-May 3, 2008. 10 – 2pm

'Painting Inspiration: Acrylic or Watercolor'

(6) Tues. Apr 29-May 3, 2008. 6 – 9pm

ACRYLIC WORKSHOPS 2007
Creative Arts Center of Dallas
'Painting Inspiration: Acrylic or Watercolor'

(6) Tues. Jan 8-Feb 19, 2007. 6 – 9pm


'Beginning Painting'
(7) Th. Aug 23 – Oct 4, 2007. 9:30 – 12:30
(7) Th. Oct 25 – Dec 13, 2007. 9:30 – 12:30 


ACRYLIC DEMOS
North East Texas Fine Art Association
Ellis County Art Association
Lancaster Art Club
Dallas Area Fiber Artists
Creative Arts Center of Dallas
Amarillo Art Institute

Mastering Pastel

'Mastering Mediums Workshop - Pastel'


Learn all of the pastel basics such as blending, layering, mark making… plus how, with the ultra soft, low dust, highly pigmented new pastel in a pan http://panpastel.com/ you can now cover backgrounds in one swath, layer thin glazes, block in colors, create ombre transitions and achieve painterly effects with water. Dabble in those, bring in your current brand and other dry mediums such as hard pastel, Conte crayon, colored pencil, colored pencil sticks, graphite, etc for mix-media mastery and experimentation. Advanced artists, jaded pastelists, and complete novices welcome.


PASTEL WORKSHOPS 2009
Dallas, Texas

Creative Arts Center http://www.creativeartscenter.org/ 2360 Laughlin Dr. 214/320-1275
‘Plein Air’ (3) Sun. Nov 7, 14, 21. 9-2 [site-The Dallas Arboretum]
‘Drawing from the Masters’ (4) Mon. Nov 2, 19, Dec 7. 2-6pm


Craft Guild of Dallas http://www.craftguildofdallas.com/ 14325 Proton Dr. 972-490-0303
‘Coloring Books’ (4) Th. Nov 12, 19, Dec 3, 10. 9-11am
‘Drawing Masters’ (4) Th. Nov 12, 19, Dec 3, 10, 17. 6-9pm
‘Plein Air Painting’[Dallas Arboretum](3) Sun. Nov 7, 14, 21. 9-2pm


PASTEL WORKSHOPS 2010


Costa Rica
Finca Luna Nueva Lodge. TBD


Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center http://www.ghostranch.org/
'Sketch Crawl Santa Fe'
(2) Days. Sept 13-19, 2010


Pagosa Springs, CO
Arts Council http://www.pagosa-arts.com/
'Painting & Drawing from the Masters"
(2) Days.  Summer 2010 TBA



Hotchkiss, Colorado
The Creamery Arts Center
"Portraits (all media)”  Summer 2010 TBA


Vail, Colorado
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens
"Field Sketching" Summer 2010 TBA

Sketching on Location

Sketchcrawl Workshop
Join a group of like minded enthusiasts headed out daily with the single mission to sketch. Record the city in a sketchbook. It's museums & galleries... bustling squares & colorful plazas... public and private grounds & gardens... parks & nature centers... hushed churches & soaring buildings...all the 'must see' historic and cultural sites of the locale.

Practice working quick and loose, conquer fears of sketching in public, see the world through a deeper, more profound gaze from place to place, over coffee, and even enroute...a sketchcrawl!

Sketchcrawl Workshops 2010
Sketchcrawl: Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sept 13-19
Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center http://www.ghostranch.org/

Record Santa Fe in a sketchbook. Mornings we sketch ‘on location’ in its internationally known museums and galleries, colorful markets, bustling plazas, high desert gardens and nature centers, hushed churches and cathedrals. The historic and cultural sites of ‘the city different.’

Evenings we gather in a classroom setting sharing the varied styles and images captured by the group. After instruction in painting, drawing and journaling techniques, develop rough scribbles into delightful sketchbook entries with the addition of color, commentary and collected ephemera.

Cynthia Padilla Instructs all-media painting and drawing seminars for prestigious universities, natural history & science museums, arboreta and garden societies internationally. Padilla travels the world researching art, design and cultures: Wood block printing while in Thailand; Rangoli style sand painting in India; Glazed tiles in Italy and Portugal; Multi layered mola fabrics in Honduras; Icon painting in Greece; Retablo painting and bulto carving in New Mexico; Back strap weaving and masks in Guatemala. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cynthiapadilla/sets/

Supply List
Technique: Sketching & Drawing
"It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character.” --Camille Pissarro

• Pencil – Any; Hand held sharpener.
• Eraser - Any.
• Miscellaneous - Post-it notes; Small ruler; Camera; Tracing paper pad, Tape -Drafting, masking, blue, or clear; Watch or timepiece.  

Technique: Pen
"Use what talents you posses, the woods would be very silent if only those birds that sang best sang."--Henry Van Dyke


• Pen- Black, waterproof. Simple ball point or the fancy roller pens/felt pens. [I don’t suggest Sharpie brand].
• Sketchbook - Spiral bound suggested. Paper sturdy enough for no bleed-through. Sizes will vary widely so think 9 x 12’ish or smaller. Place in a ziplock bag.

Technique: Color [Choose either Watercolor or Pastel]
 [NOTE: ‘watercolor’ abreviated as 'w/c'].
“If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” -Vincent Van Gogh

• Paint - W/c pans, w/c crayons, or w/c pencils.(No tube w/c’s). Place in a ziplock bag.
• Watercolor Pad - (2) Small. My preference is spiral bound and for painting on location, no larger than 8 1/2 x 11’ish. Secure each with a thick rubber band. Place in a ziplock bag.
• Brushes - (1) small (1) medium w/c round. Optional: (1) medium w/c flat.
• Water contanier & rag; Ragged old cotton sock we will cut.
• Palette- Small palette with wells and a lid.

 Optional Technique: Pastel

"I would like to paint the way a bird sings.”--Claude Monet

• Pastels
• Pastel Pad - 9 x 12' ish, spiral bound, pastel paper pad. [Slip glassine paper, wax paper, or tracing paper between each page]. Place in a ziplock bag.
•  Eraser - Kneaded and white vinyl; Small soft chamois.
• Optional - Cotton balls/swabs; (1 or 2) old brushes; Wet wipes/ hand towel inside a ziplock bag.

*Optional Technique: Other
"In creating, the only hard thing is to begin; a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak."-- James Russell Lowell

• If you are choosing to bring in and work in some other medium, make sure you have all related supplies, materials, tools and equipment for success. And remember, we are working on location, indoors and out.
  

Supply List Musings: Sketch Crawl


Rambling
“Not all who wander are lost.”-- J.R.R. Tolkien

• Dress- In layers prepared for all transitioning from indoor to outdoor conditions. Loose clothes for lots of standing and squatting; Brimmed hat/cap to combat glare on paper.
• Backpack or multi pocket Hunting/Photograpers Vest - [Please don’t sub with a big purse or hand held tote]. All supplies and materials must fit inside so that we move about hands-free.
• Seating - For all day sketching from locale to locale comfort I suggest tucking some small portable seating in your backpack: ie foam stadium pad, or gardeners kneeling pad. Or just tie a thick, poufy jacket around your hips and sit on it.
• Health/Comfort - Bug spray, sun block, meds, extra glasses, etc.
• Snack – Any day we don’t break away for an official lunch, we’ll simply pack our lunch ahead of time; Plenty of water; Small thermos great to have for refilling a hot or cold beverage.  

Weather
“The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.” --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Class does not cancel out due to inclement weather, we simply adjust plans, work from sheltered views, wait for a change in conditions, or move indoors.

Approach
“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.” --Jean Cocteau.

•  Sessions include non-judgmental sharing of work, free of negative group critique. Instruction gentle and encouraging.
• Focus is process more than product and the joy of working in beautiful locations with like minded enthusiasts.

Outcomes
“I do the same thing everyday. I go to work and paint.”--Andy Warhol

•  You are urged to continue working uninstructed before or after class meeting time to develop the habit and confidence of on- location sketching. By the end of the workshop you will have a sketchbook documentation of this beautiful destination to continue working in and adding to. 

Questions? Contact Cynthia Padilla. Email: padillapost@gmail.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiapadilla Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php

Field Sketching

--Ernest Thompson Seaton, naturalist. 1860-1946.









WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION  Field sketches are simple but identifiable drawings executed out of doors from direct observation. Observe and record plants, flowers and their growth habits. Along the way, international instructor of botanical arts/natural science illustration Cynthia Padilla demos technique. Emerge with a sketchbook of careful studies, quick scribbles, convincing renderings, diminutive landscape vignettes, notes & notations, measurements & musings and the confidence to continue this beloved tradition, pairing art and science, on your own.


REGISTER Because this is a special ‘visiting artist’ workshop, note any pre-registration requirments for the workshop to ‘go.’ A deposit reserves your space and full payment due before start date. Supply list below or at registration.


CERTIFICATE http://fruitflowerinsect.blogspot.com/2008/12/certificate_02.html


SKETCHBOOK EXHIBITION: TBA In conjunction with the workshops, arrange a public viewing of instructor Padilla’s nature sketchbook journals.


SUPPLY LIST: TBA


FIELD SKETCHING WORKSHOPS 2010:
Botanica
http://www.botanica.org/
Wichita, KS
'Field Sketching: A Wichita Garden in Early Spring'
(2)Days. TBA April 2010


Sedalia Visual Art Association
http://www.meg-originals.com/SVAA.html
Tipton, MO
'Field Sketching'
(2)Days. April 2010 TBA


Columbia Art League
http://cal.missouri.org/
Columbia, MO
'Watercolor Field Sketching'
(2)Days. TBA
Location: Shelter Insurance Gardens








Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center
http://www.wildcatglades.audubon.org/
Joplin, MO
'Field Sketching: An Ozark Spring'
(2)Days. April 2010 TBA


FIELD SKETCHING WORKSHOPS-2009:
Columbia Art League
http://cal.missouri.org/
Columbia, MO
'Watercolor Field Sketching'
(2)Days. May


Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center
http://www.wildcatglades.audubon.org/
Joplin, MO
'Field Sketching: An Ozark Spring'
(2)Days. May


FIELD SKETCHING WORKSHOPS-2008:
Texas Christian University
'Field Sketching: Fort Worth Botanica Garden'
(2)Days. June
(2)Days. November


Southern Methodist University
'Field Sketching: Dallas Arboretum'
(2)Days. July

Plein Air

PLEIN AIR
Relaxed workshop in a beautiful our door setting guides complete beginner as well as studio artist into the beloved open air tradition. The sketchbook will be introduced for its unique suitability to house works ranging from the loose intuitive sketch with margin notes & notations----to small format works ready to frame.
Participants encouraged to continue working uninstructed, on site, before and or after workshop hours.

2010 Plein Air Workshops
Craft Guild Dallas, TX-Workshop Location: Dallas Arboretum
Creative Arts Center, Dallas, TX-Workshop Location: Dallas Arboretum
TCU, Fort Worth, TX-Workshop Location: Fort Worth Botanic Garden

Sketching & Drawing from the Masters

J M W Turner -- 'Torso'



'Sketching & Drawing from the Masters'- all media


Investigation of dry mediums, tools and techniques inspired by the works of the Great Masters. Work in the medium of your choosing in the genres of your interest. Photographic reference…landscape, seascape, portraiture, abstract, floral, figurative nude, still life, and more...widely used in academic teaching and learning contexts, quickly develops skills necessary to sketch and draw well. So in the time-honored method of the Masters, work will begin via a simple gridded sketch so that those unsure of their natural abilities and even complete beginners with no previous art training progress with confidence!


Bring in and work in the dry medium of your curiosity. (Chalk pastel, hard pastel,Conte crayon, colored pencil, colored pencil sticks, graphite, etc). Special opportunity to explore the exciting new ultra soft, low dust, pan pastels http://panpastel.com/ you mix, blend, layer & apply just like paint!


SUPPLY LIST: TBD


2009 Sketching & Drawing from the Masters Workshops
Creative Arts Center. Dallas, TX
(6)Mon. Nov 2 – Dec 7. 'Drawing from the Masters' 2-6pm


Craft Guild Dallas. Dallas, TX
94)Th. Nov 12, 19, Dec 3, 10, 17. 'Drawing from the Masters' 6-9pm


2008 Sketching & Drawing from the Masters Workshops
Creative Arts Center, Dallas, TX
January and April

Painting & Drawing from the Masters

'Painting & Drawing from the Masters'- all media


An investigation of painting and drawing mediums and techniques inspired by the Great Masters of landscape, seascape, portraiture, abstract, floral, western, the figurative nude, still life and more.


For those choosing dry media (chalk pastel, oil pastel, hard pastel,Conte crayon, colored pencil, colored pencil sticks, graphite, etc), demo in the exciting new ultra soft, low dust, pan pastels http://panpastel.com/ you mix, blend, layer & apply just like paint! For those choosing wet media ( watercolor, acrylic, oil, etc), demo in the exciting new Chroma http://www.chromaonline.com/ Interactive brand acrylics which can be re-wet/ re-worked to float as transparently as watercolor, remain open like buttery oil paints, or cover opaquely as gouache! Dabble in those or bring in and work in any wet or dry medium of your proficiency. And even complete beginners or painters who don’t draw will soar, for in the time-honored method of the Masters, work can begin via a simple gridded sketch.


SUPPLY LIST: TBD


WORKSHOPS 2009: Painting & Drawing from the Masters
Creative Arts Center. Dallas, TX
(6)Mon Nov 2 – Dec 7. Painting 10am-2pm
(6)Mon Nov 2 – Dec 7. Drawing 2-6pm


Craft Guild Dallas. Dallas, TX
Painting(4)Th. Nov 12, 19, Dec 3, 10, 17. 3pm-6pm
Drawing (4)Th. Nov 12, 19, Dec 3, 10, 17. 6pm-9pm


WORKSHOPS 2008: Painting & Drawing from the Masters
Creative Arts Center, Dallas, TX
Jan 15-Feb 26
Jan 8-28
April 29-May 3

Plein Air

Plein Air TBA

Painting from the Masters

'Painting from the Masters'- all media

An investigation of painting inspired by the Great Masters of landscape, seascape, portraiture, abstract, floral, western, the figurative nude, still life and more.

Figure Drawing

-Botticelli

'The Figurative Nude'
An investigation of drawing techniques and mediums inspired by the Great Masters of the figurative nude. Instruction and demo in chalk pastel, hard pastel, pastel pencil, graphite, Conte crayon and mixed media combinations over clay - based pencil and ink. No live models. Participants work instead from high quality photo reproductions (a method widely used in academic teaching and learning contexts) of Delacroix, Manet, Nevelson, Degas, Renoir, Modigliani, Michelangelo and more. Can’t draw? No problem, begin with a simple gridded sketch, a time-honored method even the Masters employed.

'Figure Drawing – Clothed & Costumed'
Learning how to draw the clothed figure, inspired by the works of the Great Masters … Degas, Manet, Matisse, Klimt and more … is a time honored tradition. Copy a simple gridded sketch, observe instructor demo, and then follow along step-by-step.

2009 Workshops:  Figure Drawing
Collin College SAIL program
"Intro to Figure Drawing" Nov 4-25th. 11am-3:30pm
"Figure Drawing-Clothed & Costumed" Dec 2-16th. 11:30-3:30pm

Portraits

---dry medium






---wet medium









"Portraits - All Media"


An investigation of the genre as inspired by the Great Masters of portrait drawing ----Renoir, Matisse, Da Vinci, Chardin, Cézanne, and more. And or portrait painting----Matisse, Warhol, Picasso, Kahlo, Van Gogh and more. Explore techniques, from realistic to abstract. Bring in and work in the medium of your choice.


For those choosing dry media (chalk pastel, oil pastel, hard pastel,Conte crayon, colored pencil, colored pencil sticks, graphite, etc), demo in the exciting new ultra soft, low dust, pan pastels http://panpastel.com/ you mix, blend, layer & apply just like paint! For those choosing wet media ( watercolor, acrylic, oil, etc), demo in the exciting new Chroma http://www.chromaonline.com/ Interactive brand acrylics which can be re-wet/ re-worked to float as transparently as watercolor, remain open like buttery oil paints, or cover opaquely as gouache!


Complete beginner? Can paint but can’t draw? No problem. Begin with a simple gridded sketch, a time -honored method even the Masters employed. No live models. We will instead spend time focused on process and work from high quality photo reproductions [a method widely used in academic contexts] to stretch artistically or master technique. Advanced or returning artists welcomed to bring in personal photo reference.


PORTRAIT WORKSHOPS 2010


The Creamery Arts Center http://www.northforkarts.org/ Hotchkiss, CO
(2) Days. TBA


PORTRAIT WORKSHOPS 2009

Plano, TX

'Pastel Drawing- Portraits'
Collin County College http://www.ccccd.edu/sailsite/

'Pastel Drawing- Portraits'

http://public.fotki.com/padilla1/portraits/
(6) wed Jan 21-Feb25

'Portraits- Pastel/Oil Pastel'

(9)Wed, 11 - 3:30. Feb 4, 11 and 18.

'Portraits- Water Soluble Oil Pastel'
(6) wed

Book Arts

---Instructor Padilla (standing) leads Martha's Vineyard workshop

'COLORING BOOKS'

See photo pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1179710@N25/pool/

Dabble in a broad selection of hand color processes and discover those that match your natural abilities and creative sensibilities. Explore all the latest in drawing mediums and materials.... graphite sticks, clay-based pencils, tinted pencils, wax-based colored pencils, woodless pencils, pan pastels and more! Demo of each technique, followed by independent exploration and experimentation. Emerge with an invaluable workbook sampler of techniques learned and the confidence to continue on your own. Ideal for the complete novice, artists working in different applications ie book artists, as well as advanced artists and crafters desiring a creativity stretch.

2009 WORKSHOPS: Coloring Books
Craft Guild Dallas. Dallas, TX
http://www.craftguildofdallas.com/
(4)Th. Nov 12,19, Dec 3,10. 9-11am

Divine Art & Craft

Retablos, Ex Votos, Milagros Workshops

An ex voto is a votive offering of public testimony to faith and gratitude…a re-telling of a rescue… a lost farm animal found… tragedy suffered yet survived…an answered prayer…divine intervention solicited. Ex voto testimony took the form of small paintings along with text, on tin or wood, explaining the circumstance. But in this mixed media immersion of techniques the folk art form can be created on textiles, furniture, in altered books, shrines, on garments, home decorative projects, fabric painting, murals, embroideries or some other art and craft of your personal proficiency. Examples of ex votos, milagros, and retablos traditional and contemporary will be presented to inspire. And remember, ex votos were made by naive untrained itinerant artists, so specific art making skills not needed!

View examples: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1152294@N25/pool/

Cynthia Padilla, Dallas, TX Instructs all-media painting and drawing seminars for prestigious universities, natural history & science museums, arboreta and garden societies internationally. The New Orleans native graduated California State University Los Angeles and travels the world researching art, design and cultures… wood block printing while in Thailand; Rangoli style sand painting in India; Glazed tiles in Italy and Portugal; Multi layered mola fabrics in Honduras; Icon painting in Greece; Retablo painting and bulto carving in New Mexico; Back strap weaving and masks in Guatemala.

2010 Divine Art & Craft: Retablos, Ex Votos, Milagros Workshops

Is This Workshop Coming to Your Town? Contact Cynthia Padilla Email: padillapost@gmail.com

Fruit, Flower, Insect

--Jan Van Kessel, circa 1600’s.


Fruit, Flower, Insect: Botanical Art & Natural Science Illustration
Indoor drawing and painting workshop focused on the realistic portrayal of fruit, flowers, insects and natures curiosities. International botanical artist/natural science illustrator Cynthia Padilla teaches the principles of accurate observation, mixing colors to match, graceful brushstroke, and purposeful composition; all in a relaxed encouraging manner.


2010 Fruit, Flower, Insect Workshops
TCU, Fort Worth. TBA
Supply List: TBA
2009 Fruit, Flower, Insect Workshops
May '09 Missouri Botanic Garden, St Louis, MO

Small Format Painting

--Renoir









Small Format Painting
Create a collection of paintings 5 x 7 down to ATC (Artist Trading Card) size. The diminutive scale welcomes the absolute novice, while presenting advanced artists with the challenge to finesse detail. Not only is there a growing fascination with these palm sized paintings, but the dimensions can translate into a more affordable option for collectors and buyers and prove greate fun for artists to artists trades. Work from personal direction or instructor supplied academic photo reference of the great Masters of landscape, seascape, abstract, floral, interior, figurative, portraiture and still life painting.

2010 Small Format Painting Workshops


2009 Small Format Painting Workshops
Sedalia, MO
'A Painting in Hand All-Media Small Format Painting & Drawing Workshop'
(2) Days. May.  State Fair Community College

Exhibit/Demo-TRAC

--Sketchbook entries Cynthia Padilla






Exhibit/Demo - Trinity River Audubon Center: 'Feather, Flower, Insect, Egg'
Sketchbook Entries, Tips & Techniques for Field Sketching from International Natural Science Illustrator/Botanical Artist Cynthia Padilla

exhibition & demonstration: Trinity River Audubon Center, Great Hall. 6500 South Loop 12. Dallas, TX 75217. Ph 214-398-TRAC

event: 2009 Inaugural Nature Fest ‘Connecting People to Nature Through Art, Exploration, and Sustainable Living' Free Admission.

exhibit/demo date: Sun Oct 11, 2009. 12 - 5 pm.

exhibit content: Sketchbook entries of plants, birds, insects and small natural science subjects in habit, executed from direct observation.

primary media: Watercolor, pencil, pastel, pen & ink, acrylic on paper.

artist statement: "I approach nature close up and document what is there. I follow the practices particular to this unique pairing of art and science: Selecting salient details only. Impartial light. Accurate color. 1:1 scale. While omitting nonessential aspects: Moody light. Dramatic shadows. Atmospheric distractions."

exhibitor: Cynthia Padilla painter of rare antique botanical engravings instructs painting and drawing courses for prestigious universities, science & nature centers, museums & arboreta across the United States, Canada and Central America. email: padillapost@gmail.com blogsite: http://www.artinstructor.blogspot.com/ 

2009 Plein Air Workshops:
‘Plein Air Sketching’

(3) Sundays. Nov 8, 15 & 22, 2009. 9am-2pm. $225

In conjunction with the sketchbook exhibition, Padilla will lead artists

and nature lovers in a workshop ramble of the Dallas Arboretum…sketchbooks in hand.

register now: Creative Arts Center http://www.creativeartscenter.org/ 214/320-1275

--Dallas Arboretum




2010 Plein Air Workshops:

TCU - Texas Christian University, Ft Worth, TX http://www.lifelong.tcu.edu/
‘Plein Air’ Ft Worth Botanic Grd.  Th/Fr/Sat Mar 25-27, 2010. 10-3pm
‘Plein Air’ Dallas Arboretum. Th/Fr/Sat Apr 15-17 2010. 10-3pm

Creative Arts Center, Dallas, TX http://www.creativeartscenter.org/
‘Plein Air: Dallas Arboretum’ Th/Fri/Sat March 25-27, 2010. 10-3pm
‘Plein Air: Fort Worth Botanic Garden’. Th/Fri/Sat April 15,16,17, 2010. 10-3pm

Ghost Ranch Retreat Center, Santa Fe, NM
'Sketch Crawl Santa Fe' Sept 13-19, 2010.

...more: http://artinstructor.blogspot.com/2009/08/workshops-2010.html

Museum Sketching

SKETCHING in the GALLERIES



Cynthia Padilla leads informal sketching lessons from your museum's exhibitions and permanent collection. Both first-time and practiced artists welcome. Adult,youth or family program.

Museum Clients
2008 - Dallas Museum of Art- http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/796909/
2002-2004 - Meadows Museum
2004-2005 - Crow Collection of Asian Art

Testimonials

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Please leave instructor testimonials/comments and or workshop reviews here:




'I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed your art classes. They were the first classes I had ever taken and I was amazed that I could actually draw anything.' --Joyce B.


“The first real class I ever had where I learned something.” --Pam N., Oklahoma


"No matter what else I ever do in life that trip trip to Antigua, Guatemala to take your 10 day painting workshop will always be one of the best things I ever did. It was just wonderful."--Gay D, Humble TX. 2007 Documenting Tropical Flora & Fauna


“If you get the chance to be at these classes -- GO! Going to Cynthia’s class was an amazing experience and she's a great teacher/person to be around! The atmosphere is very relaxed yet structured. I can't wait to have the chance to take another class from her. --Jill, C., MO.  http://mapleleafartistry.blogspot.com/


A little while ago, Cynthia Padilla, the botanical artist, teacher posted an invitation to to try out for a juried art show at Powell Gardens, just outside Kansas City, Missouri. To my surprise, I got in!! Thank you Cynthia and friends for your encouragement and the honor of being in my first show as a painter with such wonderful and talented people! [The set is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mweltephoto/sets/72157594513019085/ ] --Malinda W.


We at SAIL are so blessed to have you as an instructor. Because of your talent, skill, and teaching ability, I've advanced in my drawing skills more than I could ever imagine. And you've given me the confidence to continue to learn and experiment, both beyond my skill level and my present knowledge of the types of media.--Sally R



'Taking the Botanical Illustration course from Cynthia Padilla at SMU continuing Education was a great experience. Her love of her subject is evident .She brings not only her background in botanical art but teaches the student to see ,keep an open mind and view the world around us in a new way.'-- Judith G L


“I took several classes from Cynthia Padilla at Collin County Community College in Plano, Tx and loved every minute of them. Her enthusiasm and her love of nature comes through her to you. My drawing improved immensely. Rating 5 stars.” --Cecille P.


“For the very first time, we had requests to continue a class. And even after being granted 4 more sessions, the students then continued to meet informally, and on their own, through the Texas summer. Cynthia Padilla’s classes fill to capacity every session, often the same students signing up for her every offering.”--Jean Martin, SAIL Secretary (Seniors Active in Learning) at Collin County Community College


"We had a lot of people sign up for the Botanical Arts Workshops after hanging Cynthia's exhibit, although a few (students) were nervous that they didn't know how to do it. I had to remind them that, is why they are taking the class."-- Greg Harmison, Program Manager, Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens


“What one sees is the summation in visual form of sustained close and precise looking, the translation of the duration of observation and rendering into the simultaneity of presentation, of presentness, in a manner that casual looking would not disclose. That is not a small thing.”-- David Newman, Curator, 'In the Details: The Botanical Illustrations of Cynthia Padilla.'

Student Work: SAIL 'Pastel Drawing- Portraits'

Slide show presentation of some of the work completed in Cynthia Padilla's 'Pastel Drawing- Portraits' class for SAIL. Please leave comments for one another.

[If your work is not here, please photo asap and send to me at padillapost@gmail.com

Student Work: Creative Arts Center

Slide show presentation of some of the work completed in Cynthia Padilla's 'Drawing & Painting from the Masters' class for the Creative Arts Center Dallas. Jan - Feb, 2009

Leave comments for one another, and if your work is not here, please photo asap and send to me at: padillapost@gmail.com

WORKSHOPS 2008

Dallas, TX
Southern Methodist University
"Field Sketching at the Dallas Arboretum"
(2) days. Fri/Sat.July 11 & 12.10am-2pm

Dallas, TX
Creative Arts Center of Dallaswww.creativeartscenter.org
"MASTERING PORTRAIT DRAWING"
"MASTERING PORTRAIT PAINTING"
"PAINTING FROM THE MASTERS"
"DRAWING FROM THE MASTERS"
"PAINTING INSPIRATION"(ACRYLIC OR WATERCOLOR)"

Ft Worth, TX
Texas Christian University
"WATERCOLOR FIELD SKETCHING"Fort Worth Botanic Garden
(3) Days. Fr/Sat/Sun. Nov 13, 14, 15. 10am -4pm

Plano, TX
Collin CollegeSAIL Program
"Portraits - Pastel"(8) classes Dec 2008.
"Drawing Landscapes"(8) classes Jan 2008.
"Drawing Florals"(8) classes Feb 2008

View SAIL participants works: http://public.fotki.com/padilla1/sail/

Workshops & Exhibits 2007

Plano, TX
Collin College SAIL Program
Drawing Workshops:
'Still Life - Colored Pencil'
'Still Life - Pastel'
'Pen and Ink Drawing'
'Travel Journaling'
'Sketching Birds'

Brookfield, CT
Brookfield Craft Center
(3) Days June. "Fruit, Flower, Insect"

Kansas City, MO. Exhibit

"Paphiopedilum" Cynthia Padilla









ORCHIDS & HYDRANGEAS EXHIBITION http://orchidsandhydrangeas.blogspot.com/

Powell Gardens, Kansas City, MO
http://www.powellgardens.org/

March - April, 2007
In conjunction with the conservatory exhibit, visiting artist Cynthia Padilla's curated exhibition on the theme includes Greg Allikas, Rita Bowen, Beth Brooks, Barbara Brown, Jill Campbell, Karen Harding, Janet Haefner, Hilary Hitchcock, Julie Jennings, Sandra Kay Johnson, Barbara Reser, Jennifer Schaudt, Karen Sistek, Merridee Joan Smith, Malinda Welte, Carol Wickenhiser Schaudt.
http://orchidsandhydrangeas.blogspot.com/

[Exhibiting artist, Jill Cambell's inclusion in the show is feature here: http://mapleleafartistry.blogspot.com/2007/06/everybody-dies-famous-in-small-town.html

Workshops & Exhibits 2006

Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ.
March. 'Birds, Bees, Butterflies: Naturalist Illustration'
March. 'Silk Painting: Pour it On'

Brookfield, CT http://www.brookfieldcraftcenter.org/http://
(2) Days June. "Tile Murals"
(5) Days. June. "Drawing Nature for the Complete Beginner"

Redding, CT
New Pond Farm,
(2) Days. June. "Drawing Nature for the Complete Beginner"

Connecticut College Arboretum, New London, CT. http://arboretum.conncoll.edu/
June "Botanical Drawing'
June 'Botanical Painting'
May - August. Botanical Arts Exhibit (Solo Show)










Southampton Ontario, Canada
Southampton Arts School
(5) Days. July 'Botanical Art & Illustration'
(2) Days. July. 'Silk Painting'


Houston, TX
Bioneers Convention,University of Houston
Oct "Nature Art Exhibit of Cynthia Padilla"


Kansas City, MO
Powell Gardens
Oct. "Silk Painting'