Tuesday

Workshop: Sketching on Location - Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

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Workshop: Sketchbook: Ghost Ranch click to register
Dates: August 5 - 11, 2013. 
Where: Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center. Abiquiu, New Mexico
Description: Imagine the magic that is the Ghost Ranch, captured between the pages of a sketchbook journal?  Mornings we ramble it’s dusty  trails pausing under fruit trees and tucked away gardens to document wildflowers, pollinators, macro views sweeping vistas . Moving indoors to sketch from the Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology’s fossils and dinosaurs and Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology’s ancient artifacts, pottery and weavings.

Evenings we gather for sketchbook entries to take shape…rough sketches refined, sightings shared and discussed, color added to views and vistas, specimens identified.  A dizzying selection of art mediums wet and dry are demo’ed nightly.  Dabble in all or master one. Personal direction in style and subject matter encouraged. From quick ink scribble, controlled colored pencil study, to atmospheric pastel landscape and sparkling wee watercolor.

[The optional Georgia O'Keeffe or Ghost Ranch Landscape tour completes the magic].
See Typical Sketchbook Techniques:
Sketchbook - Pencil http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchdraw/
Sketchbook - Pen http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookpen/
Sketchbook -Watercolor http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookwatercolor/
Sketchbook - Watercolor Pencil/Watercolor Crayon http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookwcpencilcrayon/
Sketchbook - Colored Pencil http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookcoloredpencil/
Sketchbook - Pastel http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookpastel/


Instructor: Cynthia Padilla Dallas, TX [centered sketching demo ] international instructor of all-media painting and drawing for prestigious universities, major museums and art societies and travel leader on art tours and retreats worldwide. The popular Ghost Ranch instructor has been returning to lead 'on-location' workshops annually since 2005. Avoid disappointment and register now.



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Sunday

Workshops: Sketching On Location - DFW, TX

Description: An introduction to working ‘on location:  Landscapes, street scenes, art, architecture, nature?  Even en route, on the train, and over coffee…we fill our sketchbooks.  Emphasis on practice and exploration, not producing finished works. 
Emerge with an invaluable workbook sampler filled with quick-sketch studies, exercises, notations and wee vignettes in the medium of your choice. 

 Supplies & Materials Overview: http://artinstructor.blogspot.com/2009/04/supplies-materials-overview.html

 View Sketchbooks:
1.    Pencil http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchdraw/
2.    Pen http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookpen/
3.    Watercolor http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookwatercolor/
4.    Watercolor Pencil/Watercolor Crayon http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookwcpencilcrayon/
5.    Colored Pencil http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookcoloredpencil/
6.    Pastel http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookpastel/
7.    Museums & Galleries http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookmuseum/

Photos 2011: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1601847424708.66117.1791763677 

 Sketch Sites:

  • Farmers Market,  Plano, TX.

 2013 Quick Sketching Workshops:

2012 Quick Sketching Workshops:
The Craft Guild Dallas http://www.craftguildofdallas.com/
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Friday

Retreat Black Land Prairie




WORKSHOP/RETREAT:  'On Location: The Black Land Prairie'

DATES:  (3 Days/2 Nights) Fri evening June 7th (arrive anytime after 5:30 pm) and stay thru Sun June 9th, 12 noon depart. ('Open studio' concept, so leave/return/leave as your day-to-day schedule allows).

WHERE:  Ana, Texas. [45 minutes north of Dallas]. YMCA Collin County. 1180 Houston St.  75409.

DESCRIPTION:  Desiring the art retreat experience...ie 24-hr access to the studio, working self directed or alongside instructor, evenings gathering over dinner & drink celebrating the days progress?  
Join popular instructor Cynthia Padilla sketching and painting ‘on location.’ Emerge with a workbook of rough sketches, notes/notations, photos and wee paintings executed in a quick n easy style even those with no previously recognized talent will delight in !

ART SUPPLIES & MATERIAL LIST:  At registration.

REGISTER NOW: This instructors workshops usually fill, with a waiting list, immediately at announcement. Avoid disappointment and contact instructor now: padillapost@gmail.com

FEE  $190:  Slots are very limited and are being pre reserved now. Fee includes instruction plus: (2) Nights Lodging - Fri and Sat (arrive Friday, at your leisure, anytime 5:30 pm or after; (1) Welcoming Reception - Fri evening 6:30/7pm 'ish begin; (2) Continental Breakfasts - Sat and Sun; (2) Dinners - Fri and Sat.; (1) Sunrise or Sunset Sketch Out; (2) Cocoa Summits - End of day sharing of sketchbooks and days progress over cookies and cocoa.

CANCELLATION POLICY:  No refunds for any reason as beds are booked and secured immediately upon receipt of payment.  Please find someone else to take your slot if  circumstances find you unable to attend.

R & R OPTION: Know someone simply in need of rest and relaxation? Writer, photographer,  crafter, nature enthusiasts, day dreamer. Your (adult) non painting friends are welcome to register and take advantage of the beauty of  site and benefit from time away from daily routines. Deduct $55.

LODGING DETAILS: Cozy, twin, dorm style/camp house lodging. (First paid registrants will likely snag all the lower bunks. Upper bunks to the procrastinators go); Handicap showers; Microwave and refrigerator; Morning - into - night art making opportunity; On site recreational facilities; Classmate arranged carpool option.

BRING: Comfy lounge wear/warm ups to hang out in evenings into night; Twin sheet set and blanket or sleeping bag; Pillow/pillow case; Toiletries, Towel/wash cloth; Shower shoes/Flip Flops; Flashlight; Whistle; Sack lunch and beverage from home to join Sat/Sunday classmate's al fresco lunch.




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Thursday

Workshop: Sketching On Location - Black Land Prairie


Sketching On Location (2 Days) 
DATES: Sat, June 8th,  10 am-2:30 pm. Sun June 9th, 9 am-12 pm.
CLASS SITE: YMCA Collin County. 1180 Houston St.  Anna, TX 75409. 
REGISTER NOW:  SAIL  http://www.collin.edu/sail/
Join popular SAIL  instructor Cynthia Padilla for an into to sketching and painting ‘on location.’ Emerge with a small workbook  filled with rough sketches, notes/notations, photos,  and wee paintings executed in a quick n easy style even those with no previously recognized talent will delight in!
SUPPLY LIST: At registration
OUR SKETCH SITE Offers varied opportunities for the artist, journaler, photographer, nature lover documenting the Black Land Prairie ...quiet wooded areas, sparkling lake views,  up close macro views or sweeping landscape vistas. 



Note: We move indoor to work in our light- filled classroom as conditions dictate.  Buildings are 1-story, have accessible door handles, bathrooms have accessible stalls/showers. Trails wide and graded wheelchair accessible.  Handicap parking.



INSTRUCTOR  Cynthia Padilla international instructor, leads art retreats worldwide. From the sparkling lakes of Como, Italy...to the pink city of Agra, India...craggy hillsides of Greece... to the bright lights of Paris. Padilla has criss-crossed the globe, sketchbook in hand.

Padilla Sketching on Location - Northern New Mexico


Optional Lodging/Art Retreat! ! !  (3 Days/2 nights)
LODGING DATES: Fri evening June 7th (arrive anytime after 5:30 pm) and stay thru 
Sun, June 9th, noon depart.
LODGING SITE: Same as class site. YMCA Collin County. 1180 Houston St.  Anna, TX 75409. 
REGISTER NOW: Contact instructor at padillapost@gmail.com for mailing address to send in payment or via Pay Pal 'Buy Now' button below. 
TOTAL FEE: $190 Includes: 
(2) Nights Lodging - Fri and Sat (arrive Friday, at your leisure,  anytime 5:30 pm or after
(1) Welcoming Reception - Fri evening 7 pm
(2) Continental Breakfasts - Sat and Sun
(2) Dinners - Fri and Sat.  
(1) Sunrise or Sunset Sketch Out. 
(2) Pajama Party - Sharing of sketchbooks and days progress over cookies and cocoa.

Why commute in daily? For those desiring the art retreat experience...ie 24-hr access to the studio, working self directed or alongside instructor, evenings gathering over dinner & drink celebrating the days progress. Instructor has secured over night dormitory style lodgings on site!

This fun option is thru the instructor directly.  NOT SAIL.  Beds (dorm style bunks... sign up early as lower bunks will go fast) are limited and will be reserved for the first paid registrants.  Breakfast and dinner included. Daily lunches out in the field during class hours will be taken with class mates. Bring a sack lunch and thermos beverage from home for Saturday and Sunday class.

Lodging Details:
  • Cozy, twin, dorm style/camp house lodging. (First paid registrants will likely snag all the lower bunks. Upper bunks to the procrastinators go).
  • Handicap showers
  • Microwave and refrigerator
  • Morning into night art making opportunity
  • On site recreational facilities
  • Classmate arranged carpool option
Bring:
o   Comfy lounge wear/warm ups to hang out in evenings into night. 
o   Twin sheet set; Blanket; Pillow/pillow case; Or sleeping bag
o   Toiletries
o   Towel/wash cloth; Shower shoes/Flip Flops
o   Sack lunch and beverage from home to join Sat/Sunday classmate's al fresco lunch.
o   Flashlight; Whistle.


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Wednesday

Artist Demo

Cynthia Padilla, 'Art Demonstrations' Internationally. Am I Coming To Your Town?  Request in 'Comments' form below.


 Artist Demos 2013
Demo: June 23, saturday. 2-3pm. Klyde Warren Park, Dallas, TX. ‘SCRIBBLE!’ http://artinstructor.blogspot.com/2012/09/scribblesplashsmash.html 

 Demo: April 6, saturday. noon - 4pm. - ArtsPark. North Park Center Mall, Dallas, TX
‘Fashion Sketching’ w/ Cynthia Padilla

Demo: April 23, tues. 11-noon. CAC - Creative Arts Center, Dallas
 ‘SCRIBBLE!’ http://artinstructor.blogspot.com/2012/09/scribblesplashsmash.html 
A unique opportunity to explore various and sundry dry mediums....from the traditional to the newest. Plus tips & techniques. Dry mediums include graphite pencils, the new clay based pencils, wax based pencils, woodless pencils, graphite sticks, colored pencil and woodless colored pencil bars.

Art Demo 2012:
Sept - Rockwall Art League, Rockwall, TX. Demo: ‘SCRIBBLE!’ 

March - ArtsPark. North Park Center Mall, Dallas, TX. Demo: ‘Fashion Sketching’ 
March - ArtScape Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. Demo: 'Nature Journal' 

Art Demo 2011:
ArtScape: A Fine Art Show & Sale in the Garden
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden 

Lecture/Demo 2010:
Visual Artist of Cedar Hill-"Botanical Arts/Natural Science Illustration."
Texas Outdoors Woman Network, Dallas, TX.- "Nature Sketching."

ART DEMOS 2009:
Jr. League Dallas, Garden Club, Dallas, TX.
Trinity River Audubon Center, Dallas, TX. 

ART DEMOS 2008:
Designers & Diggers, Dallas, TX.
Creative Arts Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX.
Dallas Area Fiber Artists, Dallas, TX.
Society of Watercolor Artists Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX.
North East Texas Fine Art Association, Terrell, TX
Ellis County Art Association, Waxahachie,TX
Lancaster Art Club, Lancaster, TX.
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX.
Plano Art Association, Plano,TX

ART DEMOS 2007:
Amarillo Art Institute, Amarillo, TX.

ARTIST DEMOS 2006:
Art Club, Dallas, TX.

ART DEMOS 2003:
Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX. 'Painting Retablos.' 

ART DEMOS 2002:
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX. - 'Painting Glass,' 'Painting Retablos.
Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas, TX.- 'Rangoli Sand Painting.' 
Austin Bookworkers,  Austin, TX. 'Travel Journal.'
Texas Native Plant Society, Dallas, TX. - 'An Artist's Eye in the Garden.
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Scribble/Splash/Smash

Scribble, Splash, Smash!
Workshop: Scribble! Splash! Smash!
Discover the art-making processes to match your natural abilities in this unique immersion in drawing [scribble]; painting [splash], and then mixed media combining of any or all [smash] ! Ideal for the complete novice, the journaler desiring to add image to word, or the advanced artist needing a creativity stretch. From the traditional..to newest products...to alternative applications. Lecture or demo of each technique, followed by one-on-one guidance and then time spent in personal exploration.

End product can be a workbook of techniques and exercises. (An invaluable resource to refer back to for years to come); An artist book worthy of exhibition; Frameable works or individual choice. All workshop participants invited into a non- juried sketchbook exhibition curated by instructor.
[Series below arranged in a suggested order but sign in to any or all in any order. Discount for registration of the series].

Workshop: Scribble!
(Dry Media Exploration)
Discover the art-making processes to match your natural drawing abilities in this unique immersion in dry mediums. Dry mediums can include graphite pencils, clay based pencils, wax based pencils, woodless pencils, graphite sticks, colored pencil, woodless colored pencil bars and more.

Workshop: Splash!
(Wet Media Exploration)
Discover the art-making processes to match your natural painting abilities in this unique immersion and experimentation in wet mediums.

Workshop: Smash!
(Mixed Media Exploration)
Discover the art-making processes to match your natural abilities in this unique immersion and experimentation in combining wet and dry mediums.

 Demo: Scribble!
(Dry Media Presentation)

 Demo: Splash!
(Wet Media Presentation)

2013 Scribble/Splash/Smash Workshops
Collin College Cont Ed http://www.collin.edu/ce/ Plano, TX
Scribble! (8 Fri TBA) Sept 6, 13, 20, 27, Oct 4, 11, 18, 25. 3-6pm. 
Splash!   (8 Fri TBA) Sept 6, 13, 20, 27, Oct 4, 11, 18, 25. 6:15-9:15pm. 

2013 Scribble/Splash/Smash Demos
June 23, 2013. 2 - 3pm. Klyde Warren Park, Dallas, TX for The CAC.
April 23, 2013. 11 - noon. CAC, Dallas, TX.
Sept 26, Rockwall Art League, Rockwall, TX


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Tuesday

Fashion Arts


       Fashion Arts
Since fashion changes constantly as well as seasonally, students repeat these renowned Fashion Arts camps again and again. Avoid disappointment and sign up early:
Fashion Camps Summer 2013
Teen/Tween/Youth
padillapost2@gmail.com More classes being added. Am I Coming to Your Venue? Invite Me

April 6             Fashion Sketching demo @ ArtsPark North Park Center, 12-4 pm.
June 10-14     Fashion Sketching camp @SMU, 9-noon/1-4pm.
June 17-21     Fashion Sketching camp @SMU, 9-noon/1-4pm.
June 22-28     Studio Arts: Drawing camp @ SMU, 9-noon/1-4pm.
July 1- 5          Fashion Starz camp @Craft Guild Dallas, 9:30-12:30-noon/1:30-4:30 pm.
July 22-26       Fashion Starz camp @Jaycee Park Center for the Arts, 9-noon/1-4pm.


Fashion Sketching

Interested in fashion & fabrics, art & drawing? Join other enthusiasts(whether youth, tween or teen girls and boys! ) and learn how to draw (your age category ie teen, ‘tween, youth) fashion figures, faces, clothing, textiles and/or accessories to fashion industry standards. 

Fashion Sketching & Design
Interested in fashion & fabrics, art & drawing? Join other enthusiasts(whether youth, tween or teen girls and boys! ) and learn how to draw and design (your age category ie teen, ‘tween, youth) fashion figures, faces, clothing, textiles and/or accessories to fashion industry standards. 

Fashion Sketching: The Fashion Face
Join other enthusiasts with a love of art and fashion, drawing fashion faces. Add color and make-up,  then embellish!  

Silk Painting & Pouring
 
Join the fun painting, pouring and coloring fabrics.

 These unique Fashion Arts offerings emulate real world assignments, projects and activities of the wildly exciting and fast paced fashion biz.

Past Teen/Tween/Youth Fashion Camps:
2013-2005 SMU Summer Youth 
Fashion Sketching Teen Camp 
Fashion Sketching Tween Camp
Fashion Sketching : American Girl Camp
Silk Painting Camp

2007  Brookfield Craft Center
Teen Fashion Sketching


 Am I coming to your town? Request me! padillapost2@gmail.com
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Artist in Residence


Fashion & Fiber Arts

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Monday

Artist in Residence: Ugly Toy




Ugly Toy

This hands-on workshop lets students explore sewing skills.  The finished project is a soft sculpture, plush toy of their own design.  The process of creation gives students the opportunity to explore basic color theory and the history of traditional Texas craft.


Am I coming to your town? Request me! padillapost2@gmail.com
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Artist in Residence: Self-Portrait Soft Book or Pillow


with Cynthia Padilla, Big Thought artist

Self Portrait 
Soft Book, Pillow 
or
 Banner
This hands-on workshop lets students explore a number of art forms including self-portraiture, alternative book binding, sewing, quilting, beading, knotting, embroidery, cross-stitch and needle arts. The finished project, choose a soft book or pillow, embellished with beads, trims and needle work, filled with paper and ready for a teacher directed assignment. The process of creation gives students the opportunity to explore basic color theory and the history of traditional Texas crafts.


Am I coming to your town? Request me! padillapost2@gmail.com
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Artist in Residence: Banner Making


with Cynthia Padilla, Big Thought artist in residence
Banner Making
Participants will collaborate to create a one-of-a-kind large wall hanging for their classroom or cafeteria. As they work with colorful fabric, beads, buttons, trims and stitching, children will learn basic color theory as well as math concepts like measuring and geometric shapes. Cynthia can work with very young children on simple banners for holidays, seasons, animals, etc., or lead older students in producing works that incorporate curriculum subjects, community issues, address self-esteem, cultural themes.

Am I coming to your town? Request me! padillapost2@gmail.com
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