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Nancy Couick Studios & Gallery Upcoming Events Summer 2010 10100 Park Cedar Drive, Suite 188, Charlotte, NC 28210 704-541-6944 www.nancycouick.com Email:artistsgallery@bellsouth.net In this issue...ITALY! and.... :: CLASSES :: CHARLOTTE ARTISTS SOCIETY :: PAT WEAVER IN SEPTEMBER and UPCOMING WORKSHOPS :: ART SUPPLIES & FRAMING Drive to our Villa! Amalfi Coast View! Travel with Nancy to The Amalfi Coast and Rome May 12- 23, 2011! We'll stay at the beautiful Oasi Olympia Relais above Sorrento for 7 nights. Views of the Bay of Naples and the Bay of Salerno from our villa! We'll have elegant accomodations with daily excursions to Capri, Ravello, Sorrento, and other Amalfi towns, etc. Join us for watercolors, wine tasting and cooking classes! We'll then travel to the amazing city of Rome for three more nights! Shop, explore and sketch this beautiful place! We'll book through The International Kitchen...Since 1994 the leading provider of cooking vacations to Europe. -Member of the Italian Travel Promotion Council -1994 Recipient of the French government Silver Medal of Tourism -Featured on CBS Sunday Morning News with Charles Osgood and the Food Network's Recipe for Sucess. -Soon to be seen on American Airlines CBS Eye on American, info@theinternationalkitchen.com and www.nancycouick.com/Italy Accepting deposits now! $1000 holds your space! Small group and space is limited! Will soon post photos on our website!!! www.nancycouick.com NEW CLASSES STARTING Call today 704-541-6944! Beginning Watercolor with Nancy Couick Starts Sept. 15th Wed. 2-4:30 Sign up now! www.nancycouick.com Returning studentsin all classes, please register asap. to reserve your space! Oil Painting with Gina Strumpf Starts August 5th Thurs 2-4:30 www.ginastrumpf.com Drawingwith Sharron Burns One Day Workshop Aug 21 10-4 Weekly classes begin in Sept. Wed afternoons from 2-4:00 www.sharronburns.com Charlotte Artists Society Meeting at Nancy Couick Studios & Gallery Beginning the third Thursday of September, and each month following, The Charlotte Artists Society will meet at our studios! Social & refreshments from 7-7:30, followed by meeting and artist's demos. Guests are always welcome! 10100 Park Cedar Drive, Suite 188 ART! Art Shows and Sales coming soon! We are scheduling several art events including a Christmas Show & Sale in Nov. and our Annual Student Show in Dec. watch for details to come! GREAT PRICES ON ORIGINAL ARTWORKS BY REGIONAL ARTISTS! COME SEE NEW WORKS IN THE GALLERY! PAT WEAVER WORKSHOP Sept 8-11th $395. Just a few spaces left! Call today to register! Pat's technique and instructions have led many artists to success in their art careers! A terrific instructor, Pat Weaver is an internationally recognized watercolor artist with more than 30 years of experience. Her commissioned pet portraits and painting workshops are highly sought after across the country. She is particularly noted for her spontaneous and direct watercolor work. The colors excite the viewer and flow from her brush like music from a fine violin. Her love, knowledge and command of the watercolor medium is passed onto the hundreds of students who have taken her painting workshops throughout the years. Registration for upcoming workshops: $100 deposit Waiting List only: Anne Abgott July 2010 Anne Agbott August 2010 Karlyn Holman November 2010 Accepting new registrations: Joseph Fettingis April 7,8,9, 2011 www.jfettingis.com Both Steve and Janet will teach both a 2-day and a 3-day workshop each. Steve Rogers June 22,23, and 24,25,26, 2011 Janet Rogers Sept. 7,8, & 9,10,11, 2011 www.watercolorsbyrogers.com Sue Archer Jan 11-15th, 2012 www.archerville.com Thank you for being such loyal followers. I would like to invite you to come by and see the beautiful new works in the gallery. We'll have them up soon after the Anne Abgott workshop ends next week. Hope to see you soon! We have some terrific classes starting soon, possibly to include a new Pastels class too! Please watch the website for new things happening at our art center! If there is anything you would like to see in classes or exhibits, etc please let us know! Sincerely, Nancy Nancy Couick Studios & Gallery; Art Supplies and Custom Framing Available at Nancy's Art Corner (in Studios) Come by today!
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Nancy Couick Studios & Gallery 10100 Park Cedar Drive, Suite 188, Charlotte, NC 28210 Email: artistsgallery@bellsouth.net 704-541-6944
In this issue...
Art Supplies Custom Framing Workshops & Classes Spring Fever! Computer Classes for Artists Open Studio Fridays Famous Artists Workshops
Visit us soon at our new studios! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Welcome! This is the first official monthly newsletter! We've been sending them out quarterly-"ish" before. I hope you enjoy the new format. We are working constantly to improve the newsletter, the studios, and our offerings to you. We welcome your input on any and all subjects relating to the studios and things going on here. If there are classes you would like to take here, just let us know. If you have a great teacher you'd like to tell us about, we are always looking for good ones in all mediums. If you haven't been by the new location, please drop by soon! We have lots of new things going on in our expansion...great teachers, great weekly classes, great renowned workshop instructors and all mediums being offered. I am still teaching five watercolor classes each week, and we have lots of great stuff going on! I hope you enjoy the newsletter and can come to see us soon!
Thanks for making this business such a great success! Nancy
April 13th 6-7:30 pm Introduction to Using Computers for Artists with Jim Antley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Art Supplies! We have opened a mini-art store called "Nancy 's Corner Store for Art Supplies" here. Currently we are stocking mostly watercolor supplies, and a few other things. We'll be adding new things as we grow. We can special order art supplies in all mediums for you and have them in just a few days.
At last...a good place for art supplies in South Charlotte! You can call or email your order if you wish. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Custom Framing We have added a small framing department. We have a number of mouldings and mats for you to select from. We have a terrific framer who does beautiful work at great prices! Call or come by for details! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Weekly Classes
Go to www.nancycouick.com for times & days
Current Classes:
*Watercolors with NancyCouick
*Drawing with Sharron Burns
*Oil & Water soluble Oil with Gina Strumpf (Sunflower painting by Gina)
April: John Lomax Watercolors May: Computer for Artists Saturdays/ Jim Antley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Watercolor Elements: John Lomax Thursday afternoons - April 1-22nd $100 for four weeks: 1:30-4:00 pm If you want to take an individual segment, cost is $35 per class. Handouts for each class.
Class 1: April 1 Watercolor-Back to the Basics. Discussion of materials. Washes, composition, and much more.
Class 2: April 8 Color theory. Color wheel. Complements. Landscape painting. Paint a landscape in class.
Class 3: April 15 Painting from photographs. Students bring several photos to use for a painting that day.
Class 4: April 22 Painting people in watercolors. Flesh tones. Shadows on faces. Paint a portrait.
Terry Chandler Acrylic Landscape Painting 3 day Workshop April 23,24,& 25th! $195 Two landscape paintings! One with brushes and one with painting knives. Terry will provide paints and canvas. All you need is a couple of brushes!
Mountain Spring by Terry Chandler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Spring Fever! Plein Air Oil Painting Workshop with Gina Strumpf April 17 & 18 $150 for both days! Call or email today to register
Come join Gina for two terrific days outdoors! Learn great technique for outdoor paintings! Meet at Nancy Couick Studios in the morning and go together to a local scenic spot to paint the glories of nature!
Gina also teached a weekly Oil painting class on Thursday afternoons, we willl begin a Tuesday evening class soon, so let us know if you are interested in an evening class with Gina! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Computer Classes for Artists!
Free Demo!
Tuesday evening April 13 from 6-7:30pm Jim Antley Introduction to the digital world for painters! Jim will show you "before and afters" of photos used for painting. He'll talk about how to correct and adjust size, color, composition, move images from one photo to another. This is an introduction to his upcoming series of Sat. morning workshops that begin on May 1st. We'll have refreshments for you! Please sign up in advance so we'll be sure to have space for you! ...and email will do it! artistsgallery@bellsouth.net [mailto:artistsgallery@bellsouth.net]
Saturday Computer learning series for artists:Small class sizes! Saturday May 1st 9am-12 noon $30 Photographing your artwork the easy way with your digital camera Saturday May 15th 9am-1pm $40 Beginners Class Intro to working with your images, how to download free software called "Picasa" and how to use it. Saturday May 29th 9am-1pm $40 Working with Photoshop Elements, a terrific program for artists: teaching you the basics and some of the more advanced techniques available. Elements is the "pared down" version of Photoshop - and a whole lot less expensive!
If you register for all three by May 1st, you'll get a $10 discount! ♥ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Open Studio Fridays" Come, bring your friends and (if you wish) your lunch! or..we can all go out to lunch together! All day painting, no instruction. A great chance to paint with your friends in a delightful environment! Come and go as you wish. If you need a place to paint, need room to spread out or just want to paint with other artists, come to "Painting Fridays - Open Studio" Current students of Nancy Couick Studios $10 Non-students of Nancy Couick Studios $20 (all or part of the day) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Famous Artists Workshops!
* Pat Weaver coming soon * Anne Abgott July 26,27,28, 2010 * Anne Abgott August 26,27,28, 2010 * Nancy Couick September 10, 11 12, 2010 (semi- famous artist) "Animals in Watercolor"
* Karlyn Holman November 5,6,7, 2010 * * Joseph Fettingis April 7,8,9, 2011 * Steve Rogers July 22 - 26, 2011 * Janet Rogers September 7 - 11, 2011 * Sue Archer Jan 11-15, 2012
Please google these fine artists to see examples of their works! Watch for other workshops in schedule! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Email nancy at Artistsgallery@bellsouth.net [mailto:Artistsgallery@bellsouth.net] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Discount coupons
***If you sign up for all three Computer Saturdays, you get a $10 discount ***If you take all four of John Lomax April classes you receive a $40 discount. ***Register for the quarter and receive a $25 discount in Nancy Couick's watercolor classes.
Offer Expires: Computer class coupon expires May 1.
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