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 Thursday, October 15
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
Th104    Crash Course In Confident Color Mixing Leland 
Th107    *CANCELLED* (c)The Color Of People Luconi-Winner 
Th116    Laugh, Look And Learn With An Award-Winning TV Show "Art 2 Art " With Guy Magallanes And Joyce Faulknor Magallanes 
Faulknor 
Th125    Introduction To Schmincke Gouache Shankar 
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
Th101    Loosen Up And Start Abstract Painting Today! Burridge 
Th102    The Painterly Printed Image Brady 
Th105    Understand The Masters' Approach To Painting By Duplicating Their Design And Color Garon 
Th106    Underpainting, the Hidden Magic in both Still Life and Landscape Birdsall 
Th108    Fun With Mixed Media Mattson 
Th114    Still Life Start To Finish Yeager 
Th117    Create Colorful, Vibrant Florals In Watercolor McKasson 
Th119    Watercolor Depth & Realism Humble 
Th120    Desert Sunset Garcia 
Th121    The Impressionist Landscape - Oil/Palette Knife Painting Tarbet, PSA - IAPS Master 
Th122    Collage With Liquitex Super Heavy Body Acrylics Andrew 
Th124    Sculptural Acrylic Paints Tauchid 
Th126    Color Mixing From Theory To Practice Brickler 
Th127    12 STEP Program for Artists: The Art Of Doing Business Walsh 
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
Th129    Painting Eggs And Lace With Jane Freeman Freeman 
Th130    *CANCELLED* (c)The Color Of People: Children Luconi-Winner 
Th133    Working With Color & Light In Acrylics Muenzenmayer 
Th137    Secrets Of The Impressionists: Painting Flowers Rae 
Th138    Luminous Still Life With Mussini Resin Oil Colors Shankar 
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM 
Th140    Private Portfolio Review Walsh 
 
 Friday, October 16
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
Fr105    Marketing Your Art Successfully Garon 
Fr131    Generating Revenue: Commissions, Traditional & Non-Traditional Markets Walsh 
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
Fr101    Loose Paint Sketches To Warm You Up! Burridge 
Fr103    Let's Paint H20, Agua, Water, Wasser, Or Call It What You Will Becker 
Fr104    Still Life Composition with Jane Freeman Freeman 
Fr106    Garden Party Birdsall 
Fr107    With Prismacolor: The "Eyes" Have It! Minnis 
Fr108    Learn To Paint Fog And Sunrises Mattson 
Fr110    Introduction To Acrylics On Paper Stenmark 
Fr111    Water-Soluble Oils 101: Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask! Dye 
Fr112    Color Express Jasper 
Fr113    Mastering Color! Vernon 
Fr114    Think Like An Artist Lynch 
Fr115    Pastel Painting Over An Acrylic Underpainting—An Exciting Combination! Yeager 
Fr116    Intro to Airbrushing Noah 
Fr117    Strengthen Your Focal Point With Masking And Glazing Magallanes 
Fr119    Spontaneous Landscapes In Watercolor Fong 
Fr120    Watercolor-MakingYour Drawing Work For You (Laurie's Signature Peppermints!) Humble 
Fr121    *CANCELLED* (c)Great Faces! The Easy Way—Parts And Pieces—Features One At A Time Luconi-Winner 
Fr122    Color Explosion Using The Palette Knife And Water Soluble Oils Tarbet, PSA - IAPS Master 
Fr123    Make Acrylics Look Like Oils! Andrew 
Fr124    Bigger & Bolder Watercolors VonStein 
Fr125    Water Lilies - Negative Painting - Watercolor Kemp 
Fr127    Realistic Animal Portraits In Pastel Telfer Holden 
Fr128    Metal Effects With Schmincke's Pigments, Tro-Col And Bronzes Shankar 
Fr130    Lose Your Fear of Drawing LaPointe-Lyons 
Fr132    Artist Statement & Audio-Logo Clinic de Wal 
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
Fr102    Acrylic Explorations: Transparent Layers In Mixed-Media Applications Cozen 
Fr118    Create Dynamic, Flowing Landscapes In Watercolor McKasson 
Fr126    Oil Painting Without Drawing: Still Life Vignola 
Fr129    Landscape Painting Simplified With Heiner Hertling Hertling 
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM 
Fr133    Private Portfolio Review Walsh 
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 
Fr160    Pricing Your Work Just Right de Wal 
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
Fr134    Wow Your Next Painting With New Goof-Proof Color Combos Burridge 
Fr135    Yes You Can, Paint A Portrait In Watercolor Becker 
Fr136    Start Right In Fine Art Collage Leland 
Fr137    Paint The “Wow” With Colorful Flowers And Floral Landscapes, Dramatic Sunsets, Water Reflections, And Night Skys—Color Sells Garon 
Fr138    Get Ready For Plein Air! Birdsall 
Fr139    How To Create Texture And Bold Accents In Your Watercolor Landscapes Hanson 
Fr140    Painting a Landscape at Sunset Stoddard 
Fr142    Acrylic Collage Stenmark 
Fr143    Dynamic Plein Air Studies In Oil Dye 
Fr144    Exciting Light & Color Jasper 
Fr145    Skies And Water Muenzenmayer 
Fr146    Brush Stroke Secrets Lynch 
Fr147    Pastel Painting Combined With Alcohol Spray Washes—Something Fun To Try! Yeager 
Fr148    *CANCELLED* Intro to Airbrushing Noah 
Fr149    Laugh, Look And Learn With An Award-Winning TV Show "Art 2 Art " With Guy Magallanes And Joyce Faulknor Magallanes 
Faulknor 
Fr150    Spontaneous Seascapes In Watercolor Fong 
Fr151    Watercolor-The Secret Of The Unifying Wash Humble 
Fr152    Outdoor Cafe Garcia 
Fr153    French Impressionist-Monotype With Gouache And Pastel Tarbet, PSA - IAPS Master 
Fr154    New Liquitex Acrylic Inks! Andrew 
Fr155    Chinese Brush Painting/Sumi-e Ink Painting Of Bamboo Rae 
Fr156    Working Wet Into Wet With Negative Painting Kemp 
Fr157    Pan Pastels—An Exciting New Pastel Medium Telfer Holden 
Fr158    Primers, Mediums And Varnishes for Pastel, Oil And Watercolor Shankar 
Fr159    Painting Dramatic Skies With Oil Paints LaPointe-Lyons 
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM 
Fr161    Portfolio & Marketing Materials: Selecting Your Look & Style Walsh 
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM 
Fr162    Private Portfolio Review Walsh 
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 
Fr163    Getting Collectors With Or Without Getting A Gallery de Wal 
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM 
Fr185    Private Consultation Walsh 
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM 
Fr164    Act Now! Make Money With Your Art Burridge 
Burridge 
Fr165    What A Tough Crowd. . .Simplified Becker 
Fr166    Three Hours To Oil Painting Mastery Durkee 
Fr167    “Bow Wow Wow” —Paint Your Pets For Fun And $$$ Garon 
Fr169    *CANCELLED* (c)Great Faces! The Easy Way Luconi-Winner 
Fr170    Capturing the Urban Landscape in Pen and Watercolor Stoddard 
Fr173    That's Not A Knife. . .This Is A Knife: Painting In Water-Soluble Oils Dye 
Fr174    Contemporary Impressionism Jasper 
Fr176    Capturing The Splendor Of Light Faulknor 
Fr178    Tropical Sunset Garcia 
Fr180    Peter Andrew's 12-Color Palette Andrew 
Fr181    Dreamscapes—Watercolor Kemp 
Fr183    Charging Elephant Earle 
6:00 PM - 6:45 PM 
Fr190    Private Consultation Walsh 
 
 Saturday, October 17
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
Sa131    Generating Revenue: Commissions, Traditional & Non-Traditional Markets Walsh 
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
Sa101    Abstract Florals From Loose, Colorful Splatters Burridge 
Sa102    Acrylic Techniques For Illustrators And Pastel Artists Shawley 
Sa103    The Most Important Watercolor Class You’ll Ever Take Becker 
Sa104    Three Hours To Oil Painting Mastery Durkee 
Sa105    The Secret Language Of Design Of The Masters—Understand It And Use It Garon 
Sa106    No Fear: Painting Freely As An Outsider Fish 
Sa107    Draw More Accurately Using The "Accurasee Drawing Method" Thorkelson 
Sa108    Working With Pen & Ink And Watercolor Stoddard 
Sa110    Color Theory The Quiller Way Stenmark 
Sa111    Painting Pastel "en Plein Air" With Passion Dye 
Sa112    Dramatic Depth In Painting Jasper 
Sa113    Creating The Perfect Landscape Muenzenmayer 
Sa114    Colorful First Wash—The Magic Of The First Wash Lynch 
Sa116    Intro to Airbrushing Noah 
Sa117    Watercolors Big And Small Magallanes 
Sa118    Creative Floral Painting In Watercolor McKasson 
Sa119    Spontaneous Floral Painting In Watercolor Fong 
Sa120    Tricks To Painting Chrome And Other Shiny Stuff Humble 
Sa122    Rocks-Water-Reflections-Foliage And Shadows Tarbet, PSA - IAPS Master 
Sa123    The Winsor And Newton Artists' Oil Color Workshop Andrew 
Sa124    Pattern, Paper And Passion VonStein 
Sa125    Landscape - Simple By Design - Watercolor Kemp 
Sa127    Pan Pastels—An Exciting New Pastel Medium Telfer Holden 
Sa128    Blue Heron In The Delta Earle 
Sa132    The Fine Art Of Talking About Your Work de Wal 
Sa268    Loosen Up! Birdsall 
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
Sa115    Portraits In Pastel With Photo Reference Yeager 
Sa121    Fall Colors Garcia 
Sa126    Oil Painting Without Drawing: Landscape Vignola 
Sa129    Landscape Painting Simplified With Heiner Hertling Hertling 
Sa130    Create Dramatic Atmosphere In Your Watercolors LaPointe-Lyons 
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM 
Sa162    Private Consultation Walsh 
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 
Sa158    Building An Art Business That Lasts de Wal 
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
Sa133    Loose And Juicy Landscapes Burridge 
Sa134    Luminous Layers With Acrylic Gels Brady 
Sa135    City Street Scene Secrets Revealed (say that 3 times fast) Becker 
Sa136    *CANCELLED* Waves And Water O'Connor 
Sa137    How To Paint The Portrait Like The Masters Garon 
Sa138    Orange Eyelids And Green Lashes: Paint A Fauvist Self-Portrait Fish 
Sa139    Mix Media And The Role Of Watercolor And Pastel Pencils Hanson 
Sa140    Painting Night Scenes In Watercolor Stoddard 
Sa142    Dazzling Whites In Watercolor. . .White On White On White Quiel 
Sa143    Exciting Monotypes In Water-Soluble Oil Dye 
Sa144    Painting Water With Oils Jasper 
Sa145    Watercolor Florals That Glow! Vernon 
Sa146    Painting The California Landscape Lynch 
Sa147    Intro to Airbrushing Noah 
Sa148    Laugh, Look And Learn With An Award-Winning TV Show "Art 2 Art " With Guy Magallanes And Joyce Faulknor Magallanes 
Faulknor 
Sa149    Creative Landscape Painting In Watercolor McKasson 
Sa150    Painting Sand Water And Grasses Mattson 
Sa151    Watercolor Portraits Made Easy Humble 
Sa152    Interior Design Color Spots with Watercolor And Pen & Ink Tarbet, PSA - IAPS Master 
Sa153    Acrylic Transfers! Andrew 
Sa154    Paint Your Own Holiday Christmas Cards and Marketing Your Art Rae 
Sa155    Painting The Forest Floor—Negative Painting—Watercolor Kemp 
Sa156    *CANCELLED* Paint A Space That Is Personal To You In Pastels Telfer Holden 
Sa157    Grapes In Texture Earle 
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
Sa159    Giclee Reproduction, Website, Mail Lists Walsh 
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 
Sa161    Affordable Web Sites, Online Marketing & Marketing Materials That Really Work For You de Wal 
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM 
Sa160    Private Consultation Walsh 
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM 
Sa163    The Most Fun You’ll Ever Have With A Brush, Pigment, Water And A Sheet Of Paper Becker 
Sa164    The Self-Employed Artist—What To Do, How To Do It Garon 
Sa166    Find Your Art-Assemblage A To Z Mumm 
Sa168    Drip And Drool Technique In Watercolor Quiel 
Sa170    *CANCELLED* ©Great Faces! The Easy Way—Charming Children In Oil Luconi-Winner 
Sa172    The Anatomy Of Cut Crystal Faulknor 
Sa173    Printmaking For Painters And Mix-Media Artists Smith-Hudson 
Sa174    Acrylic Drips, Pours and Peels! Andrew 
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM 
Sa177    Private Portfolio Review Walsh 
 
 Sunday, October 18
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM 
Su129    Exhibiting Your Work: When, Where, Working With Galleries Walsh 
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 
Su101    Loosen Up And Lighten Up The Rembrandt Way Burridge 
Su102    Acrylic Explorations: Working Wet Into Wet Cozen 
Su103    Van Gogh With A Twist Hurley 
Su104    *CANCELLED* Water Drops On Flowers O'Connor 
Su105    Figure Painting–The Creative Approach (Watercolor, Gouache, Pastel And Charcoal Mixed Media) Garon 
Su106    Paint Intuitively: Paint An Original From Your Mind Fish 
Su107    Painting On Non-Traditional Surfaces Mumm 
Su108    The Sketchbook As An End, Not Just A Means Stoddard 
Su110    Watercolor And Pastel Fusion - A Dramatic Blend Quiel 
Su111    Water It. . .And It Will Bloom 'N Prismacolor! Minnis 
Su112    Watercolor: Beyond The Pale Stenmark 
Su113    Creating Brilliant Landscapes In Watercolor Vernon 
Su114    *CANCELLED* (c)Great Faces! The Easy Way—Charming Children In Pastel Luconi-Winner 
Su115    European Landscape On Sanded Paper Using Pastel Yeager 
Su117    Draw More Accurately Using The "Accurasee Drawing Method" Thorkelson 
Su119    Make Your Mark! What Don’t You Know About Paper? Brickler 
Su120    *CANCELLED* Girl On Vacation Garcia 
Su122    Speed Dating With Acrylic Mediums Tauchid 
Su123    Sketching With Watercolor Swenson 
Su125    Enhanced Watercolor Mono-Prints Telfer Holden 
Su126    Geraniums On Milk Can Earle 
Su128    Lose Your Fear Of Drawing LaPointe-Lyons 
Su130    Creating Your Most Important Marketing Tool Your Professional Portfolio de Wal 
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 
Su116    *CANCELLED* Airbrushing for Intermediate & Advanced Noah 
Su118    Paint What You Love Mattson 
Su121    Introduction To Watercolor On Yupo Davidson 
Su124    Oil Painting Without Drawing: Portrait Vignola 
Su127    Landscape Painting Simplified With Heiner Hertling Hertling 
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM 
Su148    Making A Living Making Art In Any Economy de Wal 
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
Su131    Using Acrylics Like Oil Shawley 
Su132    Portrait Painting With Creativity (Water Media And Pastel) Garon 
Su133    Paint Like Matisse, Gauguin And Van Gogh: A Fauvist Landscape Fish 
Su134    Grab Bag—Expressive Assemblage Mumm 
Su137    Art Journaling—An Artistically Expanding Adventure —A Pen, Pencil And Watercolor Adventure Quiel 
Su140    Bold & Colorful Landscapes Muenzenmayer 
Su141    *CANCELLED* The Ultimate Critique Class Luconi-Winner 
Su143    Printmaking for Painters And Mix-Media Artists Smith-Hudson 
Su144    Negative Painting With Watercolor Swenson 
Su145    *CANCELLED* Creative Visioning In Watercolor For Each Month Of The Year Telfer Holden 
Su146    Tri-Art Breaks Ground with Acrylic Grounds, Gels and Mediums Wood 
Su147    Create Dramatic Florals With Sennelier Oil Pastels LaPointe-Lyons