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Cedar Dance II   ©2004			Choose to view the following topics: •  Featured •  Upcoming Classes and Workshops—2011 •  Design Your Own Private Class or Workshop •  Recent Classes and Workshops—2010 Featured  (to top) Helen's teaching is featured in an article in American Artist On-Line, "Teaching Watercolor Workshops to Beginners: Pitfalls to Avoid," by Leanne MacLennan. Upcoming Classes and Workshops—2011  (to top) • Available soon: Online art classes and art mentoring with Helen • Watercolor: The Expressive Medium, week-long workshop (This workshop is full, but you can ask to be put on the waiting list.) Björklunden Summer Seminar July 31–August 6, 2011 Baileys Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin This seminar is for novice through experienced watercolor painters who wish to explore watercolor as an expressive medium in the beauty of the Björklunden and Door County landscape. Drawing skills are useful but not required, and you do not need previous experience using watercolor to participate. Participants will explore a wide range of traditional and experimental techniques in transparent and opaque watercolors while they explore the possibilities of this expressive painting medium. Whether you enjoy painting from nature or you are ready to explore your own imagination, this course will give you the tools and direction you need to create strong statements in watercolor. Participants from previous summers are welcome to repeat this class. • Watercolor: A Fresh Start Weekend August 12–14, 2011 Wyoming Valley School, outside Spring Green, Wisconsin This watercolor weekend is designed for absolute beginners as well as for those who have had some experience painting with watercolor but need a refresher to start again. Plan on enjoying this opportunity to learn or re-learn watercolor from an artist passionate about the medium. Workshop participants will explore basic traditional approaches to watercolor painting as well as fresh and experimental watercolor techniques. The goal is to send participants home with the skills and tools to keep on painting. Schedule: Friday afternoon (1–4 p.m.), Saturday all day (10 a.m.–4 p.m.), and Sunday all day (10 a.m.–4 p.m.) Cost: $225 Registration (This is a PDF file you can print, fill out and mail.) • Finding Your Creative Voice in Mixed Media Weekend August 19–21, 2011 Wyoming Valley School, outside Spring Green, Wisconsin Spend a weekend using mixed media collage to take the next steps toward overcoming the internal censors that stop you from moving forward in your art. Begin to develop a personal iconography in your art and find a path toward bringing what you care about into your art and learning how to use your own life as a resource. The workshop is designed to accommodate experienced and beginning artists who would like to participate in guided projects that will open them up to new directions. Schedule: Friday afternoon (1–4 p.m.), Saturday all day (10 a.m.–4 p.m.), and Sunday all day (10 a.m.–4 p.m.) Cost: $225 Registration (This is a PDF file you can print, fill out and mail.) • Watercolor: A Fresh Start, weeklong workshop September 18–23, 2011 Björklunden Baileys Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin This watercolor seminar is designed for absolute beginners as well as for those who have had some experience painting with watercolor but need a refresher to start again. Explore the fall at Björklunden while enjoying this opportunity to learn or re-learn watercolor from an artist passionate about the medium. Seminar participants will explore basic traditional approaches to watercolor painting as well as fresh and experimental watercolor techniques. Seminar participants will go home with the skills and tools to keep on panting. For more information, including registration: Björklunden Seminars Design Your Own Private Class or Workshop  (to top) Helen Klebesadel offers art classes and workshops on several topics in a number of formats, custom designed to fit the group, the space, and the creative needs of the participants. Individual consultations are also available. Do not hesitate to ask for an adaptation to fit your group's needs. • How It Works: • You bring 3 – 7 of your artist friends along with you • You choose the dates and subjects with Helen • General Pricing Guidelines: Workshops: • $90/full day per person; $50/half day per person in groups of 4 or more; Includes positive critique and packet of information/exercises. Private Watercolor Instruction: • 1 person: $40/person/hour • 2 people: $35/person/hour • 3 people: $30/person/hour • 4 people: See above Private Critique or Consultation: • $50 first session, $30 subsequent sessions Arranged Group Workshops: $ 500/day/group workshop + travel and lodging. (Limit of 15 per workshop.) Students bring their own supplies based on a materials list provided. Some communal supplies will be provided. Organizers are responsible for providing an appropriate workshop space. Instructor's transportation and lodging costs are required for out-of-state workshops. The cost of the workshop can be negotiated under special circumstances. • Possible Workshop Subjects: — Finding your creative voice — Start with your art to build your career — Introductory watercolor — Advanced watercolor techniques — Artists considering the Business of Art — Intermediate/Advanced Critique for Artists • Existing Workshops Topics to Choose From: Group workshops work best with 10 or fewer participants. Limit of 15 participants per workshop. Students bring their own supplies based on a materials list provided. Some communal supplies will be provided. Organizers are responsible for providing an appropriate workshop space. • Finding Personal Creative Voice in Art This class can be offered as a mixed-media or watercolor workshop aimed at developing creative thinking and personalized subject matter. Available as a one-day, full weekend or weeklong workshop. Description: Take the first steps toward developing a personal iconography in your art making and overcoming the internal censors that stop you from moving forward. This workshop will take a mixed media approach to learning how to use your own life as a resource in your art. The workshop is designed to accommodate experienced and beginning artists who would like to participate in guided projects that will open you up to new directions. • Watercolor, The Expressive Medium Designed for participants at varied levels, beginning through intermediate and advanced, this watercolor workshop introduces beginning watercolorists to the basics of the media at the same time that intermediate and advanced painters are shown new techniques and fresh approaches to traditional watercolor painting. Available as a one-day, two-day or weeklong workshop. Also available as a series of one-day workshops. Description: Explore watercolor as an expressive medium. Drawing skills are useful but not required. You do not need to have past experience using watercolor to participate. Participants will explore a wide range of traditional and experimental techniques in transparent and opaque watercolors while they explore the possibilities of this expressive painting medium. Whether you enjoy painting from nature or you are ready to explore your own imagination, this workshop will give you the tools and direction you need to create strong statements in watercolor. • Watercolor: A Fresh Start This watercolor workshop can be offered as a weekend or a week-long workshop. It is designed for absolute beginners as well as for those who have had some experience painting with watercolor but need a refresher to start again. Plan on enjoying this opportunity to learn or re-learn watercolor from an artist passionate about the medium. Workshop participants will explore basic traditional approaches to watercolor painting as well as fresh and experimental watercolor techniques. • Advancing Your Watercolor Workshops: Advancing Your Watercolor: Watercolor is Wet Advancing Your Watercolor: Resistance is Good Advancing Your Watercolor: Making Your Mark Advancing Your Watercolor: Adulterations Advancing Your Watercolor: Textures at Play Advancing Your Watercolor: Non-traditional Media Advancing Your Watercolor is a series of one-day workshops that can be combined for longer learning opportunities. These workshops are designed for participants who have had some training in watercolor. Each workshop is focused on advancing the participants' technical, creative, and critical processes in watercolor. Description: Spend the morning exploring the fresh potential of watercolor techniques. Each afternoon, participate in individual and group supportive critiques intended to provoke discussion of approaches to art-making with the aim of advancing each individual in the group. • Goal Setting for Artists This is a one day workshop designed for participants who have made a commitment to their art but who could use a little guidance in starting to create a plan of action. Description: So you’re hard at work making your art: What do you want to do with it when you’re finished? Whether you are interested in sales, gifts, exhibits, art fairs, art activism, or an online presence, you have many possible ways to share your art with others. In this class we take the time to imagine some possibilities so you can decide on your next steps. • Advancing Your Watercolor/Mixed Media: Art and Career This one or two-week workshop is designed for intermediate/advanced watercolor or mixed media artists to give them the opportunity to experience a unique blend of art exercises, supportive critique, and guided activities geared to expand their art making and visibility as artists. Participants experiment with innovative approaches to art making while figuring out the next steps in their careers. Recent Classes and Workshops—2010  (to top) • Advancing Your Watercolor: Art and Career Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival July 18–August 1, 2010 University of Alaska–Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska This two-week workshop offers intermediate/advanced watercolor artists the opportunity to experience a unique blend of painting exercises, supportive critique, and guided activities geared to expand their art making and visibility as artists. Participants will experiment with innovative approaches to painting while figuring out the next steps in their careers. • Watercolor: The Expressive Medium Björklunden Summer Seminar August 1–7, 2010 Baileys Harbor, Door County This seminar is for novice through experienced watercolor painters who wish to explore watercolor as an expressive medium in the beauty of the Björklunden and Door County landscape. Drawing skills are useful but not required, and you do not need previous experience using watercolor to participate. Participants will explore a wide range of traditional and experimental techniques in transparent and opaque watercolors while they explore the possibilities of this expressive painting medium. Whether you enjoy painting from nature or you are ready to explore your own imagination, this course will give you the tools and direction you need to create strong statements in watercolor. Participants from previous summers are welcome to repeat this class. • Watercolor: A Fresh Start September 19–24, 2010 Björklunden Baileys Harbor, Door County This watercolor seminar is designed for absolute beginners as well as for those who have had some experience painting with watercolor but need a refresher to start again. Explore the fall at Björklunden while enjoying this opportunity to learn or re-learn watercolor from an artist passionate about the medium. Seminar participants will explore basic traditional approaches to watercolor painting as well as fresh and experimental watercolor techniques. Seminar participants will go home with the skills and tools to keep on panting.
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