Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Summer Home Studio Workshop Schedule

Every Summer, I host 3 workshops in my home studio.  They are limited to only 10 students, so everyone gets lots of individual attention!  These really fill up fast, so if you are interested, sign up TODAY!  Seriously!
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May Workshop:  Wire Drawing and Illusionary People Workshop
 (3 Day watercolor, collage, and marker workshop)

Instructor:  Karen Knutson www.karenknutson.com
Dates:  May 6 – 8th, 2015 (Wednesday – Friday)
Hours:  9:00 – 4:00
Place:  Karen’s Home studio (Red Rock Studio)
8621 Coachman’s Lane, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 
Home phone:  952-934-0876      Cell:  612-940-9231
Cost:  $295
Contact:  karen@karenknutson.com to sign up
** (To register, send me an email.  The first 10 to respond will get in!  Then mail your check to 
Karen Knutson, 8621 Coachman's Lane, Eden Prairie, MN 55347)

This is my new favorite thing to do:  wire drawings.  They are done with permanent markers, but they look like they are wire sculptures!  That’s why I invented the name, “wire drawings”.  We will have one day of wire drawings, and watercolor paintings and the other days will involve learning how to paint groups of people in an illusionary manner.  You may or may not choose to add collage.  You know me, I will more than likely be adding collage, but you have the option either way. 

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June workshop:  Painting Textures with Acrylic- People paintings
 (3 Day acrylic workshop)

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Instructor:  Karen Knutson www.karenknutson.com
Dates:  June 16 – 18, 2015, (Tuesday – Thursday)
Hours:  9:00 – 4:00
Place:  Karen’s Home studio (Red Rock Studio)
8621 Coachman’s Lane, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 
Home phone:  952-934-0876      Cell:  612-940-9231
Cost:  $295
Contact:  karen@karenknutson.com to sign up
** (To register, send me an email.  The first 10 to respond will get in!  Then mail your check to Karen Knutson, 8621 Coachman's Lane, Eden Prairie, MN 55347)

I’ll demonstrate painting people in this workshop, however, you can paint totally abstract if you would prefer. No drawing experience necessary.  I have shortcuts to make drawing people really easy!  This workshop will concentrate on how to get many textures that only acrylic allows.  We will be using rubbing alcohol, different surface textures, and many other tricks to come up with special effects. Each painting will have about 4 layers to produce the special effects.  So fun! I’m really enjoying acrylic most of all lately!  Can’t wait to share my tricks!
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July Workshop:  Paint like Gustav Klimt with Good Design! 
(3 Day Watercolor OR Acrylic workshop with collage and metallics)

Instructor:  Karen Knutson www.karenknutson.com
Dates:  July 28- 30 (Tuesday – Thursday)
Hours:  9:00 – 4:00
Place:  Karen’s Home studio (Red Rock Studio)
8621 Coachman’s Lane, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 
Home phone:  952-934-0876    
 Cell:  612-940-9231
Cost:  $295
Contact:  karen@karenknutson.com to sign up
** (To register, send me an email.  The first 10 to respond will get in!  Then mail your check to Karen Knutson, 8621 Coachman's Lane, Eden Prairie, MN 55347)

We will get to doodle to our heart’s content in this workshop.  Acrylic actually makes this process easier, but if you’d rather work in watercolor and collage, that’s fine too.  This workshop will emphasize good design and lots of tricks to make the detail work easier.  We will also be working with several different types of metallic special effects and will be studying Gustav Klimt’s paintings. 


1 comment:

  1. They sound great and I am decidedly cross that I live so far away!

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