Dale Laitinen

Watercolor and oil painting, art workshop schedule, and art galleries with paintings by Dale Laitinen, artist and active workshop instructor. Dale is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society (NWS) and Watercolor West (WW). He has been featured in, The Artist’s Magazine, Watercolor Magic, Watercolor Magazine, and Drawingboard Magazine and in several books including The Splash Series, Painting with the White of your Paper, The The Transparent Watercolor Wheel and more.

Art Workshops

These workshops are intended for artists of all levels who have some experience in watercolor and would like to further their interest in painting and designing the landscape. Some workshops meet outdoors and some indoors. Others are a combination of both. With indoor classes we paint from out photos and sketches and the outdoor sessions are directly from nature. There are daily painting demonstrations, lectures, individual instruction and group critiques. Participants are responsible for their own art materials.
For more information please Contact Me

Introduction to Aquabord

Discover Aquabord. In this one-day workshop we will find the advantages of Aquabord compared to traditional watercolor paper. During the day expect instructor demos and hands on experience with this intriguing clay surface. The advantages? Brilliant color, easily liftable washes, plus many others.

June 5, from 10AM-4PM @ Sacramento Fine Arts Center 5330-B Gibbons Dr. Carmichael, CA
cost; SFAC Members: $85, Non-members: $100. A supply list and instructions will be
provided at sign up.
Attendance is limited to 20 so reserve your place now with a non-refundable $50.00 deposit.
Balance of payment is due by May 23. Cancellations must be made by May 23 to receive a
refund less deposit.
Sponsored by the Sacramento Fine Arts Center Please make checks payable to SFAC, Dale
Laitinen Workshop Registration, 5330-B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, Ca 95608. For General
Inquiries: Rod Cullum 916-860-9679, r.cullum@comcast.net. For credit card payment contact SFAC 916-971-3713, sfac2@sacfinearts.org
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Think contrast in this landscape and seascape workshop. Powerful design and contrasting values and colors will be the hallmark of this workshop. Bring your favorite Sierra and favorite Seascape photos and sketches to translate into a watermedia (watercolor) painting.

What to expect
On both days there will be demos and instruction and hands on painting:
-Draw and sketch compositions that create the dramatic views found in our chosen subjects.
-Using foundational drawings, we will paint using color layering on watercolor paper that
demonstrates the strengths of transparent pigments and the use of opaque techniques that go
hand in hand with transparent washes.
-The key to painting light is painting shadows. We will use layering techniques to develop dark
and light patterns that reveal strong value structure.
-Discover ways to color charge to make exciting shadows through the use of warm and cool
Date and Time
June 6-7, from 9AM-4PM @ Sacramento Fine Arts Center 5330-B Gibbons Dr. Carmichael, CA
cost; SFAC Members: $170, Non-members: $200. A supply list and instructions will be
provided at sign up.
Attendance is limited to 20 so reserve your place now with a non-refundable $50.00 deposit.
Balance of payment is due by May 23. Cancellations must be made by May 23 to receive refund
less deposit.
Sponsored by the Sacramento Fine Arts Center Please make checks payable to SFAC, Dale Laitinen Workshop
Registration, 5330-B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, Ca 95608. For General Inquiries: Rod Cullum 916-860-9679,
r.cullum@comcast.net. For credit card payment contact SFAC 916-971-3713, sfac2@sacfinearts.org
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St Mary’s Art Center

Class begins June 14th to 18th, 2017

Check in and welcome dinner Tuesday June 12, 2018

Instruction starts June 14th but checkin and dinner is after 3pm on June 12th

Paint, Live, and Eat! That should be the motto for this workshop which has become a nearly two decade tradition in Virginia City.  Here we expand our boundaries as artists as we paint in the Victorian studio of this venerable building. Participating artists not only take the workshop but stay in the beautifully restored rooms of the 1870’s era brick building.

Tuition and lodging are included in the cost: $650. Spouses and partners are welcome.  45. per night extra

For those commuting or staying elsewhere Tuition only/ No Lodging $425.

The Workshop: “Shape-Shifting,  Making the Invisible, Visible in Water-media”.

Email Dale Laitinen- artist@dalelaitinen.com

Paint Your Vision in Virginia City

-Big Brush Approach to water media enhances expressive shapes in your painting.

-Translate the natural world into highly designed semi abstract paintings.

-Use Opaque water media.

-Collage

-Paint on watercolor paper and Aquabord.

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Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek Wisconsin, July 30 through Aug 1, 2018

For registration and Info www.penart.org

Imagination is the key to reveal what is not readily apparent to the casual observer. The key to art-making is to develop both inventiveness and skills to fully express what is in our minds eye.

Demos and slide shows will highlight the theme of finding depth in our work. In addition we will gain experience through doing, individual painting will mark a great part of this exciting workshop. You will gain practical experience with composing your art, learning about your materials and the technical ways you can use them.

Lets dig beyond the surface of things.

Note:

I visited this area last summer and am looking forward to return

Fish Creek Wisconsin and environs support many galleries and art related activities. It is also a ideal for those who enjoy hiking, biking and boating.

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Dale Laitinen

Dale is an active workshop instructor and signature member of the National Watercolor Society (NWS) and Watercolor West (WW). He has been featured in, The Artist's Magazine, Watercolor Magic, Watercolor Magazine, Drawingboard Magazine and in several books including The Splash Series, Painting with the White of your Paper, The Transparent Watercolor Wheel and more!

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