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WET PAINT SUMMER SALE 2012!
May 4 thru July 31, 2012
Two big events are the centerpiece of our Summer Sale. Our biggest two-day sale of the year, the annual Wet Paint Sidewalk Sale, will be held the weekend after Grand Old Day, Friday & Saturday, June 8 & 9, 10am-4:30pm each day. And all thru the Sale, we'll have our Summer Surface Sale: Save huge on select stretched canvas up to 60% off MSRP. Save up to 50% on Ampersand panels, 35% off MSRP on Stonehenge sheets & pads, and big savings on quantities of Jack Richeson Watercolor Paper. Save on Lascaux Acrylic, Williamsburg Oil, Pebeo Leisure Paints, select Plein Air products, and Isabey Isacryl brushes. READ MORE
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Wet Paint at SpringCon
Saturday & Sunday, May 19 & 20 10am-5pm both days
MN State Fairgrounds in the Grandstand
We had so much fun last year at this event, we’re going back! Visit our booth at the biggest comic book convention in Minnesota. We always try to bring interesting tools for the comics artist, and this year will be no exception. For ticket & general information: www.midwestcomicbook.com |
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Grandanas at Grand Old Day
Sunday, June 3
Grandanas available,
while supplies last (approx. after parade to 3pm)
It’s a Wet Paint Grand Old Day tradition!
Color your own Wet Paint artist-designed Grandanas with the fabulous Jacquard Tee Juice fabric
markers. Each year a staff artist creates a new design to be printed on a white cotton bandana.
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The Wet Paint Sidewalk Sale
Friday & Saturday, June 8 & 9, 10am-4:30pm
It's our biggest two-day sale of the year! This is your big chance to find amazing bargains on all sorts of art supplies! |
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Nature Prints with Sue Filbin
Saturday, June 30 11am-2pm
Nature printing is a really accessable way to make beautiful monotype prints from leaves and flowers using soft rubber baryers and Speedball inks. In this hands-on event you’ll learn how. Sue Filbin is a member of the Nature Printing Society. She has exhibited and sold her work as well as taught workshops on "Monotypes from Leaves, Flowers, and Delicate Specimens" and "Nature Book Making." Plus, Sue's very first nature printing demonstrations were right here at Wet Paint! |
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Make Your Own Paper Kite
Saturday, July 21 11am-2pm
This summer, we’re marrying up our favorite Japanese papers (washi) with a traditional kite design in an easy kit that you can put together & decorate on the spot with help from Wet Paint staff. If the wind is right & the kites are dry, we'll even fly them!
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Sun Prints with Sue Filbin
Saturday, July 28 11am-2pm
Summer’s here! Design your own beach sarong & say "I did it myself!" The technique couldn't be simpler: just paint what you want with a brush, then stencil over the Setacolor Soleil color as you like, and the sun does the rest: exposure to sunlight fixes the colors & stencils. |
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Guerrilla Painter Day
at Wet Paint
Sunday, July 29 12-5pm
Carl Judson, the creator/founder of Guerrilla Painter returns to Wet Paint for a special day focusing on his many products for the outdoor painter. Talk to Carl in an informal setting and ask him questions about what products are best for you.
All Guerrilla Painter products will be on sale at the best prices anywhere on this day!
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Figure Drawing at Groveland Gallery
Saturday, August 4
Figure drawing workshop with Michael Kareken (1st session) & Dan Bruggeman (2nd session). Wet Paint starter kits available for purchase at the gallery. Jump in & learn from the best! Call or email Groveland Gallery for more info & to register: www.grovelandgallery.com |
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Pet Portraits at Wet Paint
Sunday, August 5 12n-3pm
One of our most popular events of the year! In conjunction with Grand Avenue’s Paws on Grand, walk your animal friend down the Avenue & stop at Wet Paint for its official portrait by a guest artist. Free, but donations are encouraged for the designated animal charity. |
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Midwest Art & Lettering Retreat
August 9-12 Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Wet Paint will be onhand at this annual event. Its theme this year is to "find yourself in a new, great and wonderful place." Four prestigious instructors will be guiding you on your journey: Roz Stendahl (Color Theory), Carrie Imai (Foundational), Cherryl Moote (Bookmaking), and Sandy Steen Bartholomew (Zentangle).
To register & for info: www.sites.google.com/site/midwestretreat/home |
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Plein Air Smackdown at the Groveland Gallery
Saturday, August 18 11am-4pm
with a reception at the gallery to follow
Join Groveland SmackDown participating artists including Wet Paint's own Justin Terlecki and other guest artists on location within a mile radius of the gallery. Be a workshop participant or observer. Info: www.grovelandgallery.com |
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TRY IT NIGHTS AT WET PAINT
Thursday nights are TRY IT! nights at Wet Paint (5:30-7:30pm):
Think of it as a kind of “Open Mic” at Wet Paint, where you can stop by & try your hand at various products or techniques.
Some are loose & informal-- we set the theme & you
explore! Others bring a special guest to share their expertise.
With all of them, you get to try before you buy! |
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Try It! Zentangles with Joyce Francis
Thursday, May 10 5:30-7:30pm
Leave your stress at the door and prepare to enjoy a hands-on demonstration of the meditative art form called Zentangle.
Zentangle is a meditative drawing art form that uses repetitive patterns. The end result is a calm, focused mind with the added bonus of a beautiful piece of artwork.
Zentangle was created by a Massachusetts couple, Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts, who stumbled upon the meditative beauty of drawing repetitive patterns. Over the past several years it has spread around the world and taken root in a variety of settings. By the end of the demonstration you will have a beautiful piece of art and you’ll have learned a technique you can use any time or place to relax, meditate and focus on the moment.
Joyce Francis is a calligrapher and paper artist living in Northfield, Minnesota. A maniac for color, she has a lifetime love of paper, ink, and letters. Over the years her work has expanded beyond calligraphy into development of a line of cards and prints featuring her paper batik artwork, the “Northfield Fairies,” and her newest creation of Zentangle-inspired cards. Joyce has been published nationally in “Cloth, Paper, Scissors” magazine. “Waxography,” the technique she invented for lettering and drawing with hot wax, was featured along with samples of her artwork. She has also self-published a manual which gives detailed instructions for her “Waxography.” Her website is www.JoyceEFrancis.com |
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Offhand Flourishing with Heather Victoria Held
Thursday, May 17 5:30-7:30pm
Offhand Flourishing is an ornate, non-lettering calligraphic art form based on 19th Century pen techniques. The flourished designs are spontaneous ,meditative and created with very little pre-planning. Designs may vary from the historic such as scrolls, quills and ornamental cartouches to the contemporary floral designs. Heather will demonstrate the essential strokes of these versatile designs as well as coloring and embellishing techniques for added depth and interest.
Heather Victoria Held is a lettering artist living in St.George, Ontario. She was introduced to Offhand Flourishing by Master Penman Michael Sull and was later able to study extensively with him. She is a postal member of Brian Walker’s Spencerian Review, CLAS, The copperplate Special Interest Group, past president of the Hamilton Calligraphy Guild and faculty member of Odyssey 2010 Calligraphy Conference and Iampeth 2010 Calligraphy Conference. Her offhand flourishing work has been published in Romantic Homes, Pen World, Bound and Lettered, Somerset Studio, The Penman’s Journal, Scripsit, 1000 Handmade Cards, and Good Mail Day. She teaches guild workshops throughout North America. Visit Heather at her blog, www.inkflourishes.blogspot.com , or her website, www.heathervistoriaheld.com |
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Try It! Stillman & Birn Sketchbooks with Michael Kalman & Liz Carlson
Thursday, May 24, 5:30-7:30pm
Stillman and Birn makes archival quality premium hardbound and spiral sketchbooks for dry or wet media. Their founder, Philip Birn was a highly admired Viennese book binder who brought the “old world” craftsmanship to a small plant in the SoHo section of Manhattan. He pioneered the concept of the black hardbound sketchbook in the 1950s.
Michael Kalman was inspired by Philip Birn to produce sketchbooks of the same superior quality. Come experience this paper for yourself!
Drawings for free sketch books will be held throughout the evening.
Liz Carlson of the Wet Paint floor staff has been using them for some of her wonderful mixed media illustrations of birds with great success. You can find examples of her work at her Facebook artist's page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liz-Carlson-Arts-and-Illustration/369925849700286 .
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Try It! Provocative Yellows
Thursday, May 31 5:30-7:30pm
Golden Acrylics presents a seasonal selection of yellows you might not be familiar with in a sweet sample sized set for only $5.99. We'll try them out along with the winter Uncommon Blues set.
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Try It! Sketch Out at the Science Museum of MN
Science Museum of MN, downtown Saint Paul
NOTE TIME DIFFERENCE:
Thursday, June 14, 5:30-8:30pm
Free, but advanced registration required; contact Wet Paint at 651.698.6431
Drawing is an excellent way to investigate a subject. Join Wet Paint staff & the MetroSketchers group for a sketch out at the Science Museum of Minnesota & get up close to some of their amazing collection or sketch spectacular views of the Mississippi river valley from the museum’s terraces. |
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Try It! ArtGraf: Water-Soluble Graphite from Portugal with Cris Franchevich
Thursday, June 21 5:30-7:30pm
Test out this water soluble graphite & carbon in handmade sticks & cakes from Portugal. A tabletop “mountain” of graphite that Viarco has sent from Portugal will be on loan to us for the event. There’s only one in the country! Our guest artist will be Cris Franchevich, who has used these products extensively. Visit Chris’ website: www.crisgodoy.com |
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Try It! Pebeo Vitrail Glass Paint
Thursday, June 28, 5:30-7:30pm
Vitrail paints are luminous air-dry colors for painting on glass, acetate, polyester or Plexiglas. Transparent colors create astonishingly beautiful light effects. Achieve stained glass effects with raised boundaries. Come try them!
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Try It! Plein Air at Walker Art Center’s OPEN FIELD
Thursday, July 12 5:30-7:30pm
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden/Walker Art Center campus
Grab your drawing & painting supplies & join Wet Paint & the Outdoor Painters of MN for an afternoon of artmaking in & around the sculptures! Then meet up to enjoy refreshments & acoustic music in the OPEN FIELD grove. Sponsored by the Walker Art Center & mnartists.org. Check out the full OPEN FIELD schedule at: http://www.walkerart.org/openfield/index.php?page_id=21
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Block Printing on Fabric with Eugenia Rogers
Thursday, July 26 5:30-7:30pm
Join artist Eugenia Rogers & Wet Paint staff & try your hand at Speedball block printing on textiles. Eugenia's cards & art can be seen at Grand Hand Gallery in
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Divergent Reds
Thursday, August 2 5:30-7:30pm
Golden Acrylics presents a seasonal selection of reds you might not be familiar with in a sweet sample sized set for only $5.99. We'll have them out, along with spring's Provocative Yellows & winter's Uncommon Blues sets, for a full primary set evening! |
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Sculpey Polymer CLAY Monsters II: The Return
Thursday, August 16 5:30-7:30pm
Laura Holewa of Lolamade Monsters returns by popular demand with more monster love fun. Make & bake a monster at this delightful hands on demo. We have a great sculpey clay & accessories selection. |
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UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL SALE PRICES ON THIS PAGE VALID MAY 4 THRU JULY 31, 2012 |
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