I will be offering both original Acrylic and Oil paintings or prints for sale for 2 original patriotic paintings. For each original or print sold proceeds will go towards the Wounded Warrior Project to honor my brother’s service in Afghani

stan. My brother, SGT Kris Thompson is currently serving in Afghanistan as a Crew Chief on a Blackhawk Rescue helicopter.

Paintings can be personalized with military company info by request at no additional charge.
12 X 12 Original Paintings in metal frame - $95 ($35 per painting will go to Wounded Warriors)
Prints approximately 8.5 x 11 - $19 ($10 per print will go to Wounded Warriors)

Please contact Cindy by FB reply, Cindysbrushstrokes@gmail.com or evening and weekend calls at 904-501-4432.

M/C and Visa will be Accepted - Do not post this info to FB - Call me please.

I have just completed my latest Wall Mural.  This was a challenge of a different sort !  It took me a few days longer than usual due to Weather : 99 degrees on day 1, torrential down pour on day 2 cutting me short, Days 3 when I attempted to finish Hurricane Isaac decided to arrive early.  So finally on my 4th attempt I got it finished.  I promised Sue a surprise that I will add in when I next visit since it was getting late.  I finally told her what it would be... couldn't resist.... There will be an eagle flying to his/her nest with a fish in the top left where you see an opening in the trees.  You see she has a beautiful spot on the river and has an eagle's nest in her neighbors yard and I have been taking photos of her eagles while painting.

August Workshops in Albion, NY

Here is the list of classes and photos for the Albion in August Workshops.  Please reach out to me, Eileen Ryan, Laurie Cole or Eleanor Thompson if you are interested in any of the classes.

Saturday August 4th - 9:00-12:30  Winter Cardinal
Saturday August 4th = 2:00 - 5:30  Winter Wonderland
After finishing these two paintings I will show you how to turn them into your very own Christmas cards.  Printing by me will be available for an additional charge.

Sunday August 5th - 2:00 - 5:30 Woodland Sunset
Monday August  6th - 6:00 - 9:30  Lakeside Birches (Spring or Fall your choice)
Tuesday Augst 7th - 6:00-9:30  3 panel sunrise silhouettes

Albion Workshop

WOW!  What a great time was had at the workshops in Albion.  It was great fun visiting with family and friends and getting to paint with everyone.  Some of you had painted before and some of you this was your first experience and wow you could not tell !  Great paintings are hanging on many walls already !  Here are a few pictures that were taken but unfortunately I forgot to get pictures of the barn paintings and the river scene ! They were really fabulous too !

I will be back in August and the list is already filling up for some of the paintings ! How exciting is that !  I will post those pictures shortly for everyone.....

WBPP !!


I have been accepted as a Wilson Bickford Painting Partner.  Wow!  Such a great opportunity for me to share with all of you the wonderful paintings of Wilson aka Willie Bickford.  Diane Foreman and I went to Landgrove Vt last year and had the opportunity to meet and paint with Willie in that wonderful Inn setting.  While Willie is preparing his WBTT - Wilson Bickford Trained Teachers program - he has in the interim started the WBPP.  I will be offering classes starting in June with some of his paintings; check back soon to view the class schedule.


To check out his website, go to www.wilsonbickford.com  If you see a painting you would like to do, reach out to me and I will add it to the schedule.

S.E. Regional Team was a huge Success

A great time was had at our Florida Luau......  Mom went with me and attended her first painting conference - she did fantastic painting and I would not have made it through the weekend without all of her help. I was especially excited to find out that my winter landscape painting received 3rd place in the non-living category. Here are the paintings we did and a shot of mom working hard doing her first palette knife painting.  The class that I had the honor of teaching was a small one, but everyone did a great job.  Harold finally got to do his hummingbird and everyone learned how to do dew drops.

Start planning ahead for TEAM 2013 we are looking at the 2nd weekend in April.

New York Schedule - I am so Excited !!!!

Hurray - I finally have all the details worked out.  Here is the schedule for the workshop classes:

Saturday May 5th - 9:00-12:30 - Hydrangea (Pink, Blue, or Combo - your choice)
Saturday May 5th - 2:00-5:30   - Mama Goose
Sunday   May 6th - 1:30- 5:00  - Foggy Morning
Tuesday  May 8th - 5:30 - 9:00 - Lavender Lilacs (You can chose your own vase color)
Thursday May 10th - 5:20-9:00 - Olcott Lighthouse (This class is in Scottsville at the American Legion)
Sunday    May 13th - 1:30-5:00 - Bird of Paradise - (Mother's Day Special pricing)

We will be painting at the First United Methodist Church, 19 N Platt St, Albion with the exception of the Thursday class which is at the American Legion Building 61 Main St, Scottsville.

All classes are $35.  After the 1st class receive a $5 discount on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th class.  Sign up for any 5 classes including the Scottsville class for $145.  Take all 6 for just $165 !!!!!  This is a great savings just for my hometime guys !   No experience is needed to leave with beautiful paintings - let me show you how.

See you soon,
Love,
Cindy

Landscape Paintings for the New York Workshop in May

Information on location and how to sign up for the workshops will be posted shortly.

Come Paint with me in Albion, New York.

Here are the floral paintings that I will be doing between May 5th and 13th.  Check back soon to see the landscape paintings.

Come paint with me in New York

I will be in Albion, New York between May 5th and May 13th.  I will have classes scheduled at multiple locations.  All classes are suitable for painters of all skill levels.  Never painted before?  No worries - You will come away with a painting to be proud of.  Check this site soon for pictures and schedule times.  Can't wait to get home and see everyone and have fun painting with you all.

My Review of Weber Water-Mixable wOil Colors

Originally submitted at Jerry's Artarama Art Supplies

Martin/F. Weber Co. has over 150 years of artist material manufacturing excellence. With this experience, you are guaranteed that we have selected only the finest raw materials, and carefully formulated them, to manufacture wOil® Water Mixable Oil Colors. The wOil range has been form...

Weber Water-Mixable wOil Colors

Best in Class!

By Cindy Mak from St. Augustine Fl on 1/23/2012

 

5out of 5

Pros: Full Body, Near Odorless, Creamy, Glides Smoothly, Good Color Variety

Cons: Excellent Color Quality, Great Special Offer

Best Uses: School, Any place, Art

Describe Yourself: Artist

Primary use: Business

Was this a gift?: No

W Oil is fantastic. If you did not know that it was a water soluable oil paint you could not tell the difference between it and a standard oil paint as far as paintability. There is a very minimal paint smell with the paint and because you can thin the paint with water or the modified linseed oil there is no harsh thinner odor. The quick dry medium does have a typical odor to it, but it is an option and not a required product. I love this paint!

(legalese)

Make your reservation today for St. Simon's

Join me March 29th in St. Simon's Island for the 2012 TEAM South East Conference.  I will be teaching the painting I have titled "A Sweet Treat".  A Lavender Gladiola with a Red breasted hummingbird coming in for an afternoon treat.  Dorothy Dent and Brenda Harris two wonderfully talented artists and instructors will be teaching this year at the conference along with a number of other popular instructors.  Check out the TEAM Website for further information on membership and additional artist instructors for the weekend.  http://www.artteachers.org/

Happy New Year 2012

I am on my way to accomplishing my first New Year's Resolution.  I resolved to get a website or blog up and running in 2012 and to do more painting and creating this year.

 I did 2 paintings today one is a beautiful Bird of Paradise that will be a donation for an auction to benefit an animal rescue group that our favorite bagel shop supports.  The other is one of my all time favorite flowers, the purple lilac.  My grandparents had the most beautiful large purple lilac bush in their side yard.  Growing up we could not wait for lilac season and the beautiful blooms and scent from that bush.  Both paintings were done using the new Weber W Oils which are wonderful oil paints that clean up with water.  Both flowers are designs of Wilson Bickford on backgrounds of my design.

I also finished one of the paintings that I did for my W oil certification course with Donna Dewberry.

Now if I can just keep the progress going I am off to a good start to 2012.  I hope 2012 continues on a better note than 2011 ended for everyone.  Happy New Year to everyone....

Load your brush and Tickle a Canvas .......
Cindy