PAINTING CLASSES AT SALMON CREEK STUDIO

12405 NE 8th Court
Vancouver, WA98685
(360) 721-1621 (Studio)


Sign up for regular 4 or 8 week sessions at the Salmon Creek Studio in Vancouver. Learn to paint in a relaxing and gentle atmosphere where process is more important than product. You will learn to paint, but you will also learn to relieve your stress, find your inner artist, and discover something new about yourself. 4 weeks $110 or $100 if paid in advance. Ask about our 20% discount for long term enrollment!

Monday or Tuesday evening Acrylic Classes* – Learn to paint with a very forgiving medium that allows you to get the results of oils with soap and water cleanup. This class will focus on landscape and still life for beginners to advanced. Learn perspective and color mixing while discovering your creative inner core. Finished painting in 4 weeks or sign up for continuing classes. Class time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM. Call for details. 360-721-1621

Friday Morning Acrylc Classes* – Learn the subtle nuances of how to control pigment and water that gives you the opportunity to experience your creative side. Beginners welcome, easy cleanup, finished painting in 4 weeks, hours of getting lost in your work and enjoying it as your whole body relaxes! Class time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM continues monthly.

Private students are seen on Saturday mornings from 9-11AM and currently two students are taking privately from Sharon.

Students are painting a variety of subjects and scenes from vineyards and barns to abstracts and multi-media collages. All are welcome in Sharon's studio.


For Further Information on Classes, Supplies or Travel Workshops contact:
Sharon McCameron Whyte, MFA
Salmon Creek Studio
12405 NE 8th Court
Vancouver, WA98685



(360) 721-1621 (Studio)




ladyartprof@yahoo.com • http://www.visualvoyages.com

Spring Classes

Spring Classes are underway at the Salmon Creek Studio. February classes begin with classes being held on Monday and Tuesday nights from 6:30 - 8:30 PM and there is also a Friday morning session from 9:30 - 11:30.

Private students are seen on Saturday mornings from 9-11AM and currently two students are taking privately from Sharon.

Students are painting a variety of subjects and scenes from vineyards and barns to abstracts and multi-media collages. All are welcome in Sharon's studio.

Clark College Classes for Beginning acrylic students also begin February 3rd in the new Columbia Tech Center Campus. Sharon is teaching her famous "Fairy Hill" painting for beginners at a new time slot on Wednesdays from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM. There is still room in this class. If interested, sign up through Clark College!

Shown above is one of Sharon's recently complete seascapes and there are many more paintings for sale in her studio at 12405 NE 8th Ct in Vancouver. Come by or call for more information on classes and upcoming studio shows.

New Studio - New Classes!

At long last the new studio is open at 12405 NE 8th Ct in Vancouver, WA! With a lot of help from my "Painted Ladies" painting the walls, celing and floors, putting in a sink unit, some great lighting, new tables and chairs, storage and a work bench or two we are up and running!

Sorry if you missed the Open House on Sunday, Nov. 8th. Nice turn out, plenty of good food, wine and great company. My art was all on display and I sold a couple of paintings. All in all, a great day!

The first week of new classes held in the new studio were terrific. I now have a Monday evening class, a Tuesday evening class and a Friday morning class going through the holidays. We are working on some fantastic new paintings and one very fun workshop where we'll be doing a collaborative painting (where everyon paints a seperate section of a painting and then we hang it all together!)

Mixed Media Collage classes are also in the works and something I'm calling a "Paper Tapestry". A collage scroll on gessoed watercolor paper complete with imbedded stones, chinese coins, metallics, caligraphy, stamped art, and textures! Great fun and beautiful finished!

January classes are taking reservations now, and it looks like the Tuesday evening class may already be full! There is space for 8 in each class, and the Friday morning class is filling up fast as well...so if you want to join in the fun, sign up soon. Your paid session holds your spot!

FALL CLASSES AT CLARK COLLEGE

October begins new classes for both
beginners and more advanced painters.
BEGIN OCT 7, 2009!

NEW CLARK COLLEGE CLASSES!
WEDNESDAY'S 6:30 - 8:30 PM
360-721-1621
SAND, SURF, SEA!



We will be painting this painting together!

Clark College, Vancouver, WA

Acrylic Beginner's classes starts October 7 - Nov. 18, 2009
NO CLASS NOV 11 IN HONOR OF VETERAN'S DAY!
Wednesday Evenings: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM for 6 weeks
Call Clark College to Register:

Please call JoAnn Ames (360) 992-2742 or e-mail communityed@clark.edu.
PRIVATE CONTINUING STUDIO CLASSES

Post-Beginners: Try this intermediate class! We will still learn basic techniques in a relaxing and gentle atmosphere where process is more important than product. You will learn to paint, but you will also learn to relieve your stress, find your inner artist, and discover something new about yourself. Call for Fall Class times and dates. Tuesday evenings 6:30PM - 8:30 PM. Continuous enrollment. Call today!
360-721-1621

NEW Continuing Acrylic Studio Classes at Clark College

Keep on painting after your beginner classes are over. This time, pick your own subject for this 4 week continuing class. This Continuing Studio Class is for first timers who would like to create a painting of their own choosing and to continue to learn. Call Clark College to enroll now!

Dates to Be Announced
Wednesday Evenings: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Call Clark College to Register:

Please call JoAnn Ames (360) 992-2742 or e-mail communityed@clark.edu.

Sharon's Advanced Classes
Individualized Instruction for more Advanced Painters

NEW STUDIO OPENING
FALL 2009!
Join an ongoing group of more advanced painters at the beginning of each new month for individual instruction on a project of your choice. Sharon will be available in a group setting to personally guide you to perfect your style, to explore new media, or to finish that project you just can't seem to get done on your own.

Collage, mixedmedia, and printmaking methods will be shared with the class along with painting instruction to round out this class.

Be a part of this new exciting class and explore with us in MY NEW STUDIO!
New classes start monthly. Come be a part of this exciting group experience!

Summer Painting

This summer, our Plein Air Group - The Painted Ladies (a few gents too!) - painted in so many beautiful spots! Lavender Fields, the Beach, The Chinese Garden, Bethany Vineyards, and with each other in the studio! It has been a glorious summer of painting, and it culminates in a great show throughout the month of September at East Fork Cellars in Ridgefield.

Opening night was fun and exciting with free wine tastings, art demonstrations, great jazz played by Jeff Waddell and his fantastic take on soft jazz, and a delicously yummy spread of food and nibbles supplied by Stacey! The tasting room sported two rooms full of art, flowers - both painted and fresh! We had a good turn out, and all of the artists were there to talk about their art, their process, and their struggles as well as their successes! All in All a fantastic night!

Celebrate the arts this Summer with a plein air art workshop in Lincoln City, Oregon as Visual Voyages hosts a two-day painting workshop in conjuction with

Lincoln City's ART SEA FESTIVAL



The weekend will begin with check-in at Road's End Beach House in Lincoln City on Friday evening, June 12th after 6:00 PM where you will be met by our workshop coordinator, Sharon Whyte. The evening will be spent getting to know each other over a welcoming wine and cheese tasting.



Saturday: After a continental breakfast, and a lesson on the deck of the beach house in the morning, we will stake out our favorite plein air spots on the beach for a day of painting and fun during the Art Sea Festival. Painters can purchase picnic lunches on the beach from local street vendors, or relax over a gourmet lunch served on the boardwalk in the Historic Taft district, right on the waterfront.

Simultaneously, Lincoln City's outdoor street fair will be happening all around us! The Festival includes vendors from across the Pacific Northwest, music, food, sidewalk painting, and many of the Northwest's Plein Artists will be available for a "Quick Draw" contest on Saturday, June 13th. Join in the contest, or paint the day away with Sharon's demonstrations and suggestions - or a combination of both!





Find a Float On the Beach - Sponsored by Finders Keepers - or watch a glass blowing demonstration!

Later, we will join Lincoln City's "Gallery Hop", enjoy local wines, and enjoy a seafood cooking demonstration by Lee Gray, the Wild Gourmet, at the NW 15th Street Beach Access.

Sunday: After a refreshing breakfast at our beach house, we will have a lesson on the deck before checking out at 11:00 AM, but again hit the beach for our second day of painting. Sharon will do an informal critic of day one's paintings. The afternoon will be devoted to a second painting, guided by Sharon with a demonstration of how to take pictures of your finished work.

Leaving happily sunburned and art-satisfied at the end of the afternoon, we will leave in time to get everyone home by dark!

Workshop Fees are $100 plus the cost of your accommodations. Continental Breakfasts, Wine and Cheese Reception, and some supplies are included.

Call Sharon for more details. 360-721-1621

Glenwood Gallery Show

You are cordially invited to attend a Gala showing of Sharon's Newest Work and that of her students at Glenwood Gallery at Glenwood Place, 5500 N.E. 82nd Avenue in Vancouver, Washington on February 27, 2009 beginning at 6:30 PM.

Featured works include vineyard paintings, landscapes, new collages, and figurative paintings submitted by Sharon's students as well as many new works by Sharon.


Light refreshments will be served.

PLEIN AIR PAINTING IN THE VINEYARD

Due to the response to our Wine Country Weekend, we have added a day trip for those of you who can't commit to a whole weekend. We are planning a day of Plein Air painting at Elk Cove Estate Winery near Yamhill, Oregon on Saturday, October 11, 2008! The day will begin at 10:00 AM at the winery where we will set up in the vineyard to paint and sketch. You will be served a picnic lunch in the Gazebo, and then tour the winery at 1:00 PM. This will be followed by painting the afternoon away in the vineyard, or sampling more wine....as you wish.

We will also be caravaning down from Vancouver, so if you want to join us, or need a ride, be sure to call. We will leave Vancouver at around 9:00 AM on Saturday morning, and return at approximately 6:00 PM.

This fun day of painting for only $50! This covers the cost of the tour, the lunch, and the personalized painting instruction by Sharon.

Contact us for more details. Or call 360-721-1621!

Oregon Art and Wine Weekend Getaway

Sharon is busy planning the annual Oregon Wine and Art Weekend Getaway on Oct. 17-19th. This exciting event this year is a whole weekend of pampered relaxation and plein air painting! Elk Cove Vineyards near Gaston has invited us to paint in their vineyards during harvest time, and to share our vision with them.

To accomplish this in style, we have rented The Lake House in rural Yamhill, a gorgeous private residence, as our headquarters. Sharon has opened up the group for reservations for the weekend retreat complete with 5 hour wine tour, 10 hours of plein painting instruction in both the vineyard, and around the gorgeous Monet-like lily pond at the Lake House, and seasonal gourmet meals a la Northwest, planned by her and her daughter, Lori - who we affectionately refer to as the "Martha Stewart" of the Northwest. With Lori on board, you can be guaranteed that everything will not only be fresh, delicious, and home-made, but prented artfully with plenty of local wine pairings and extras.

For more information on the weekend, see www.visualvoyages.net or call Sharon at 360-721-1621!

NEW FALL CLASSES BEGIN SOON

NEW Beginner's Painting Classes this Fall
Acrylic Beginner's classes start in September - Beautiful Sky Series!

Classes for Beginners: Wednesdays 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Beginners: Learn to paint in a relaxing and gentle atmosphere where process is more important than product. You will learn to paint, but you will also learn to relieve your stress, find your inner artist, and discover something new about yourself.

Sign up for 4 weeks or 8 weeks. $100 for 4 weeks, $180 for 8 weeks. Call for more information and supply lists. 360-721-1621

Classes Start: Wednesday, September 10th, Evenings 6:30-8:30PM at Escape Therapy Studios, 120 NE 117th Ave., Vancouver, WA.

Art & Music LIVE in Camas August 1st

Camas Art & Music LIVE!








Come to downtown Camas on First Friday, August 1st, for camLIVE!
This Special First Friday celebration in downtown will be unlike
any other First Friday Event. Expect up to six live music stages to be peppered into the mix of an excellent artist line up. Nationally recognized artists like Bev Jozwiak, and Vicki
Nelson, who have both been featured in the prestigious Lawrence Gallery in Portland will be present. Additionally, art
by Rio, an outsider artist, and local favorites like Sharon Whyte, Elida Fields and Barbara Matkowski will round out the display of fine artists on the street. Thirty talented artists are
signed on, and over a dozen musical acts ranging from jazz, indy to classic guitar are scheduled for the event. Do not miss this opportunity for ART, MUSIC and FLAVOR! The event will be from 3
pm - 9 pm, in downtown Camas (4th Avenue, from Dallas to Adams).

English Estates Wine and Art Festival

Our Art Fair was a huge success this past weekend. English Estates is a small private vintner here in Vancouver that has been around since 1903, but only in the past 20 years have their wines begun to catch hold and mellow to produce some really nice Pinot Noirs. Their English Estate Black Pinot Reserve 2003 is an award winner and one of my favorites.

The art in the vineyard was so enticing with beautiful jewelry artists, potters, painters, photographers, and wire sculptures. Most every artist had sales, some more than others, and I am happy to say that I did very well selling several of my large acrylic paintings of French and Italian landscapes. My prints were also a hit and we came home Sunday exhausted but richer in both experience and profits! I will definitely go back again next year!

I guess my biggest news is that a gallery owner in a very tony part of town saw my work and has asked to represent me! That is good news indeed, and I will be meeting with her in the near future. So I will have to get busy and keep painting!

Art Show

I will be participating in an art show at English Estate Winery on on July 12 & 13th. The venue is an historic, family-run vineyard and winery near Vancouver. The grounds are lovely, flowers abound, and the buildings are quaint. It's a bit impressionistic, in fact. Artists will be displaying their works both indoors and out, and at this time of year, outdoors is optimum.

Besides having works of art for sale, I will also be advertising our upcoming workshops and European Holidays, so if you are around, come by for a taste of an old fashioned street fair and sample the wine and the art!

English Estate Winery
17806 SE First Street
Vancouver, WA

WELCOME SUMMER!

On the eve of this Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start of summer, I am really looking forward to some warmer weather. Here in the Northwest, it tends to be damp and chilly a lot longer than elsewhere. I grew up in the Midwest, where spring meant Tornado season, and I see that they are getting hit by a record number of storms this year, so I guess I shouldn't complain about a few drizzly days.

In June, I am starting a new series of classes both in the studio and at the local Community College here in Vancouver. These are always fun and I love watching the light bulb go off when one of my students has a breakthrough! Hopefully everyone who takes classes comes away with a new idea, more inspiration, or at least a better appreciation of their own talent and skill....for painting is a learned skill, like playing the piano! If you are a child prodigy, of course you will be brilliant, but that does not mean that many, many people who practice can't become excellent pianists. It is the same with painting. Practice gives you the tools to continue to improve your technique as well as giving you hours of entertainment! With that in mind...

I invite you to come paint with me!

New classes starting in June and July! Watercolor and/or Acrylics. Beginning classes will help you discover your inner artist! For those of you who are already painting, there is an intermediate class in acrylcs beginning in July. Here are the details:

Tuesday Evenings: 6:30 - 8:30PM Beginner Acrylics at Clark College with Sharon
Call 360-721-1621 for more information.

Tursday Evenings: 6:30 - 8:30 PM Beginning Watercolor at FCC with Sharon
Call 360-721-1621 for more information.

Wednesday Evening: 6:30 - 8:30 PM Intermediate Acrylics with Sharon at Escape Studio
Call 360-721-1621 for more information.

Happy Painting!

CLOUDSCAPES!

Open Studio Classes

Beginners Painting Classes
Sign up for regular 4 week sessions at the cottage studio in Vancouver.
    
Learn to paint in a relaxing and gentle atmosphere where process is more important than product. You will learn to paint, but you will also learn to relieve your stress, find your inner artist, and discover something new about yourself. Call for Class Times and Dates.   


Tuesday Open Studio Classes* – Learn to paint with your favorite medium whether in acrylics that allow you to get the results of oils with soap and water cleanup, or in water mixable oils, or even watercolor. This class will focus on cloudscapes and beautiful skies in the landscape for true beginners. Or bring a project you have been dying to work on and get one-on-one direction and help. Learn perspective and color mixing and other painting techniques in your medium of choice while discovering your creative inner core. Finished painting in 4 weeks. Class time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Drop in artists welcome! Want to visit once to see if we have an atmosphere conducive to your creative spirit? Then come by and try it out - no reservation necessary. One time visit $35. Regular space in our classroom $100 for 4 weeks, $180 for 8 weeks. Come join our happy group!