LAST WEEKEND OF “AUTUMN ART” AT THE SAWDUST ART FESTIVAL

For Immediate Release
September 29, 2008

LAST WEEKEND OF “AUTUMN ART” AT THE SAWDUST ART FESTIVAL

(Final Autumn Art workshops October 4 & 5)

Laguna Beach, Ca – The Sawdust Art Festival’s 2008 Autumn Art will present its final weekend of workshops October 4 and 5, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Throughout September, visitors from all over Southern California have traveled to the Sawdust grounds to experience these unique hands-on art workshops. Autumn Art workshops are conducted by Sawdust artists and include one-on-one instruction in a variety of media including glass-blowing, ceramic throwing, oil painting, wire sculpture, and multi-mixed-media. Sign up for the final weekend of Autumn Art workshops before classes are full:
• Oil Painting with Charleine Guy – impressionist oil painting workshop. Learn a fun and easy way to oil paint a scene of Laguna Beach. Impressionist artist, Charleine, will guide you step-by-step through the painting process. This class if for beginner through advanced students. Each student will take home an original scenic oil painting each day.
o October 4 & 5, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
o $175 class fee includes all materials needed.
• Multi-mixed-media Playtime with Cherril Doty & Suzette Rosenthal – workshop using a variety of media including paint, paper, fibers and more. This is an opportunity to play with a variety of media, while exploring different forms of self-expression and artistic identity in a supportive and free-flowing setting. Students can begin an art journal, produce artist trading cards, and learn collage techniques, textural substrates, image transfer techniques, and many more possibilities.
o October 4 & 5, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
o $175 class fee includes all materials needed.
• Getting Wired with James Koch – 3-dimensional drawing and wiring workshop. Learn to draw in third dimension. Incorporate various methods of twisting, bending and weaving wire to create both abstract and representational work. This class will teach you how to explore creating your own designs, both abstract and realistic. Students are encouraged to bring their own found objects from home to incorporate into personalized wiresculptures.
o October 4 & 5 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
o $175 class fee includes all materials needed.
• Oil Painting with John Eagle – impressionist oil painting workshop. Learn the basic steps of creating a successful landscape painting from Laguna Beach. Emphasis will be on value, design and harmony. Students will follow along with a demonstration by John using brushes to apply oil paint on 12” x 16” stretched canvas. Each student will complete a painting each day to take home.
o October 4 & 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
o $175 class fee includes all materials needed. Come see the 2008 Sawdust grounds for one final weekend before it transforms intoa Winter Fantasy. Enrollment in all classes is limited. Contact Jennifer Tye at 949-497-0515, or email jtye@sawdustartfestival.org, to ensure your spot. All classes are held at the Sawdust Art Festival, 935 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, Ca 92651.