Merry Christmas From Artful Endeavors!

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season with family and friends!

We’ll look forward to seeing you in the new year and sharing our love for art and painting.

Be sure to visit our

New Year of Painting, Open House

Jan 3, 2010. That’s Sunday, 2p – 4p

Bring friends, family, and a goodie to share.

I’ll have schedules, samples of upcoming projects, and prep.

Come see our new supplies and pick up that bottle of paint that you’ve needed/need.

Check out our terrific sale items!

Attendees enter a drawing for one of Liz’s original painting.

Mystery Painting

Did you recognize the painting in the last Artful Endeavors News Letter?
This delightful design is by artist Helan Barrick. Check out more of Helan's wonderful designs on her web site.
Come to our New Year's Open House with Helan's name and get an additional 10% off sale items.

Creative Scheduling

Coming up with a class schedule for our decorative painting classes is an art in itself. Over the years we have come up with a system that we use to get us started. A class schedule by it's very nature is always a work in progress.

After pulling out lots of idea painting books and packets, collecting students, along with pencil and paper, we begin to list everything that any student has an interest in painting. Then we vote. In this election you vote for every painting you like. The most popular paintings are scheduled first. OK, we have an idea of what and who, now I get to figure out the best way to schedule these projects taking into consideration who wants to paint them, when those painters are available, when do we need breaks for holidays, how many weeks will it take to complete a project, which class wants which projects, what are the goals of the painters...

And now we have a schedule. Until, as happens frequently, we decide to adjust it.

Simple.

Marie Merritt

After the first of the year we are painting a beautiful white rose by Eastern Tnn. artist Marie Merritt. I thought you might enjoy seeing her wonderful paintings.

Artful Endeavors on Face Book

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Gift Certificates!

Remind your family and friends that we have gift certificates for classes and/or supplies at Artful Endeavors.

What better way to give you something you enjoy so much.

They can buy the gift certificate at the studio or here on line.

Scroll down for amount options.

Gift Certificate

2 week class $48.00 3 week class $72.00 4 week class $96.00 class or supplies $50.00 class or supplies $75.00 class or supplies $100.00

Winter Wonderland

I finished our fun winter wonderlandscape! We'll paint this on Nov 18th at 6:30p. It's an easy painting so you can bring a friend to introduce to decorative painting. Details.

I'll be at Jerry's Artarama Art of the Carolinas this next week with the Carolina Mixed Media Art Guild. We'll be looking after the instructors and working in the ATC make and take it area. Come see me on Friday afternoon.

Art of the Carolinas

The dates for the show are:
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 13 - 15, 2009.
The workshops begin on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

TRADE SHOW HOURS:
Friday & Saturday: 9:00a.m. - 5:30p.m.

Sunday: 10:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.

WORLD OF ART CHALLENGE
Featuring the
Carolina Mixed Media Art Guild.

The pieces can be viewed in the Boardroom in the workshop area during Art of the Carolinas at the N. Raleigh Hilton next weekend:

THURSDAY
12:00p.m. - 5:00p.m.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.
SUNDAY
9:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.

Be sure to check out CMMG's Artist Trading Card station in the workshop area.
They will have a make and take area set up for free fun!!

Lets Have a Painting Party

We're planning a painting party for Friday, Nov 20, 6p - 10p.
We'll paint a delightful little chipmunk eating a stick of peppermint, another great Lydia Steeves design, eat pizza and party.
This is not a difficult design, so you can introduce a friend or relative to the fun of painting.

Register now so that we can have your surface and paints ready for you.
Mark your calendar and plan to join us.
$32 includes surface and paints.

Santa at the Fair

I'm proud to share that my Santa, a Ronnie Bringle design, received Best in Show.