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5APRVENETIAN PLASTER ON CANVAS PAINTINGMixed MediaClass Type:Mixed Media,PaintingSkill Level:All LevelsTeacher:Roberta Veatch

TIME

(Saturday) 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

COST

$65

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EVENT DETAILS

This class is for anyone who wants to learn how to apply and paint on Venitian Plaster on canvas. You will learn proper application and the many techniques to create texture and apply layers of color. Giving your paintings depth and the look of Encaustic without the mess. These techniques can also be used on paper and the instructor will demonstrate both. Beginners, as well as seasoned artists will enjoy painting on Venetian Plaster. Every student will bring a finished 11” x 14” painting home and come away with new ideas, and how to enhance your current painting or begin a new and fun way to paint!

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Artist Roberta Veatch studied fine arts at Arizona State University. She has been painting and working with oils and acrylics for over 25 years. Her love for color and design prompted a certification in Color Therapy and most recently Expressive Arts. In addition to being an accomplished artist she has owned and operated an art gallery in Arizona with her partner Vicki, where they supported artists and taught a variety of workshops. She served as a docent for the ASU Fine Arts Museum and has a degree in Spiritual Counseling from The Ageless Wisdom University in Scottsdale, AZ. She has taught art to children and adults in the pursuit of helping others find their creative spirit!

MATERIALS

Instructor will provide: Paper, brushes, Venetian plaster and paint.

Students will bring: Wear comfortable clothes, bring 9 x 12 canvas, a smock or apron to protect clothing.

IMAGES

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Class Pics

My Creative Journaling class is going great - and beautiful work is being created. I enjoy teaching 'live' and plan on teaching this class for the Fall semester through SICL. If you live in Stockton or nearby you can take the class through SICL - Delta College continuing education.

These pages were created by my students - some beautiful layering going on.

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Creativity Through Visual Journaling

I am teaching a creativity class through adult education at Delta College - SICL. My first class was yesterday. This is the first time teaching this class 'live' and not online. What I learnt was that I had too much information to impart for the two hour time slot! Better more information than not, but I will have to tweak the six-week class to fit a live platform.

It's true what Dali said: "A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others." Salvador Dali

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Meaning of Ritual

Maria Popova wrote in a post:

I think a great deal about the difference between routine and ritual as a special case of our more general and generally trying quest for balance — ripped asunder by the contrary longings for control and whimsy, we routinize daily life in order to make its inherent chaos more manageable, then ritualize it in order to imbue its mundanity with magic, which by definition violates the predictable laws of the universe.

I like this definition. We teach about the importance of ritual in our creativity class. Rituals can help lead to habits that support your creative practice. Even creativity needs practice and ritual can set your intention and determination toward fulfilling your goal.

Art Markman wrote in a post:

To really develop a habit for creative practice, you need a regular ritual. For example, Stephen King (a prolific and creative writer) sits down each morning to write for a few hours. He compares the process of getting ready to write to the ritual of getting ready to go to sleep.

Rituals don't have to be elaborate. They can be as simple as my ritual of cleaning my working space before I begin a creative project.

Setting a daily ritual to practice creative ideas will help you make the time you need to be creative.

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Motion Creates

Moving our bodies is a great way to feed our creative spirit.

There is a wonderful article on Brainpickings that discuss wanderlust:

With the hindsight of a decade and a half, Solnit’s book emerges as triply timely today, as we struggle to master that ever more precarious balancing act of living with presence in the age of productivity. She writes:

Thinking is generally thought of as doing nothing in a production-oriented culture, and doing nothing is hard to do. It’s best done by disguising it as doing something, and the something closest to doing nothing is walking. Walking itself is the intentional act closest to the unwilled rhythms of the body, to breathing and the beating of the heart. It strikes a delicate balance between working and idling, being and doing. It is a bodily labor that produces nothing but thoughts, experiences, arrivals.

Read the full article:

http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/06/03/wanderlust-rebecca-solnit-walking/?mc_cid=02fe5a4959&mc_eid=4313242c4a

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Mind Mapping For Inspiration

Mind Mapping is a great way to free up your imagination and see where it leads. Mind mapping is one of our assignments in Rituals Of Creativity™. You start with a central thought, problem, idea or project...then branch out from there. It's am amazing tool when you are stuck or just don't know how to take the next step. Roberta used this process to map out our Vibration Of Color™class.

Here is a terrific blog site that explains this process well:

http://blog.framed.io/the-key-to-creativity-mind-mapping/

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Hero's Journey

This animated video by Matthew Winkler is a wonderful tutorial on the Hero's Journey. A journey we all take, no matter how small or large our goals. Many writers use these steps when creating their story line. I also feel that the stages of the Hero's Journey is also a creative process, with highs and lows along the way, and ending with transformation.

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Find Your Color Palette From The Masters

I want to share with you a blog post on color palettes of master artists.

Art Varsity is the website, and they have taken 35 famous paintings and listed the dominant colors used by the artists. This is a cool idea and a great way to find out what color combinations inspire you.

My favorite palettes were two paintings by Henri Matisse. What are yours?


35 Inspiring Color Palettes link

Cheers,

Vicki

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Rituals of Creativity May 4

We are excited to offer Rituals Of Creativity this May. A 4 week online class where you'll explore your creative process. Register online at Rituals Of Creativity Description and Registration

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Boredom Feeds The Creative Mind

Read an interesting article by Clive Thompson in Wired magazine. In a nutshell, I'm going to paraphrase it here.

If you're "dying of boredom" don't head for your phone, tablet or one of the myriad of mobile devices to play a game of Solitaire or Angry Birds! Boredom fuels your creative mind. We need to lean into these downtimes so we can delve into deeper thoughts.

This might be the reason why I think of my best ideas in the shower. Nothing to do but soap and wash.

A restless mind craves stimulation. When you're not satisfied you tend to seek out ways to engage your mind. What worries psychologists is we are eliminating these 'slow times' by grabbing our mobile device. This shuts down deeper thinking.

I love this: Call boredom useful and productive monotony.

But be aware there is a difference between useful boredom and lethargic boredom. Lethargic boredom is when you can't be bothered. When you feel worn out like a faded dishrag.

So embrace "fructifying boredom" and shut off those pesky devices at least for while.

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Vibra

Wow! We can't believe it's already Week 4 of our Vibration Of Color course. All of our students have done such an incredible journal work. If you'd missed taking this course, we will be offering it again this summer.

What's coming up? In May, we are offering Rituals Of Creativity. Rituals of Creativity investigates the creative process through an invitation to create. There will be videos to view, assignments to complete and share, and Creative Mining, a supplemental document to support further investigation into the subject matter. All assignments will use a visual journal format. We believe that the creative process is not a linear one. Therefore the modules overlap and you might find yourself going back to one or more past modules as you work on the current one.

A new class is in the making! Journey With Words...where we'll explore the importance of writing and the power of words. This class will available in the fall of 2015.

We hope you will stay in touch and join our 3 Creative Alchemists Facebook Group.

We always love to hear from you!

Vicki and Roberta

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Online Course Registration Open for 2015 Online Courses

December is winding down. What are your goals for 2015? Do you have something specific you want to accomplish? Keeping in intention is important for any project. This is where ritual comes in. We teach Rituals of Creativity - a powerful course that helps you keep in intention, explore your creativity and all while having fun.

Registration is now open for both of our online courses!

Vibration of Color - February 16
Rituals of Creativity - March 30

http://www.3creativealchemists.blogspot.com/p/online-classe…

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Finishing Touches

 

Roberta is visiting and we're putting the finishing touches on Vibration of Color™ which starts in February, and Rituals of Creativity™in March. 

I took this picture in Japan at one of their wonderful shrines. The colors were so beautiful and added to the serene nature of the landscape. 

Online Creative Courses

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Experimenting Is Fun

Right now I have three paintings in different stages of development. All are experiments where I'm trying out new techniques and stretching my abilities. I've given myself permission to fail. Fail in the sense I'm not worried about the final product. Having fun is my prime objective. Being open and free of expectations allows the creative side of me to have fun as well.

The painting you see here is not close to being done. I've added real maple leaves to the canvas, and I will see how they hold up. I need more layers and added interest, such as lines, shapes and possibly words. This is a cross composition, but the cross shape is too equal in size. I will obscure some of the area and create different size shapes and add color.

Taking a picture of your work in progress is a great way to see what needs to be added or taken away. Also, hanging your work where you can see it every day is another way to get to know your painting. It's a great way to get a fresh perspective on your work of art.

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Venetian Plaster

I've been trying to get into the art studio for the longest time. Really there is no excuse, but after saying that, I've been writing more than painting, trying to finish up a first draft. I did try my hand at using Venetian Plaster on canvas. Roberta loves the stuff! I can't say how successful I was with it, but it did create nice texture. I did one layer of paint so this is a start...

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Layering Is The Key

Roberta and I spent five days in Santa Fe at the Artisan's Expo. We had fun taking a workshops. Sandra Duran Wilson's workshop focused on the importance of layering your work. This is a start to a piece I did on clayboard, a very smooth surface. I used acrylic paints,netting and cheesecloth for texture, and collaged the geometric shapes. A start to a possible painting...

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2015 Dates for Online Classes

We have 2015 dates - Rituals of Creativity, a six week online workshop teaching the creative process. This is for anyone who wants to live a more creative life. You don't have to be an 'artist' or in a creative field to explore your creative side.

Mark the date: March 30, 2015.

Check it out: Rituals of Creativity Online Class

Vibration of Color, a 4 week online class exploring color and their meanings.

It's an exciting time for artists and non-artists to open up to color; it’s vibration and how it affects us on a very basic level. Color is used to create environments to suit our every mood and preferred tastes. Learn more about color and what colors appeal to you and why. 

Mark the date: February 16, 2015

Check it out: Vibration Of Color Online Class

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Leaving On A Jet Plane

Roberta and I are packing our bags and heading to the art colony, Santa Fe, to attend the Artist's Materials Expo—Creative Fusion. We're taking some fantastic workshops and will bring back fresh ideas we can share with you and incorporate in our classes.

Keep Creating!

Vic and Bert

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Rituals of Creativity™ Starts October 20

This is my friend's journal for the Rituals of Creativity™course we teach through Valdosta University. The course is being offered on October 20, in just a couple more weeks. Roberta and I are excited to teach this course again. To register visit our Rituals of Creativity™ Page

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