Great Art Adventure 10/4 & 5 2024
Thank you for another great event and sale. Keep an eye out for the 2025 Great Art Adventure in October.
This year our sale is mixed with our 70th Anniversary celebration.
Disount: Everything in the store* is on sale! Take an extra discount off regularly-priced items and sale items. Our best prices of the year.
(*extra % does not apply to school kits, framing, printing or classes).
Deals: We've stacked up special buys and overstocks for better-than-ever pricing.
Bonus Giveaways.
We start by giving away a 16"X18" lightweight fabric bag with purchase (first 50).
thank you Art Alternatives
BOGO offer on M Graham paint (B3G1 / limit 2 free).
thank you M Graham-iacs
Posca bonus gift. $25 or more of any Posca gets a Posca brand prize
thank you Posca
Purchase of ProArt products - free 8.5"x11" thin sketchbook
thank you Art Advantage and ProArt
Any purchase of Silver Brushes $25 or more - free brush case
thank you Dee and Silver Brush
Golden Acrylics has samples and QoR color cards
thank you to the Golden
Demos: A handful of art material gurus will be showing new product and fun techniques.
Friday afternoon:
Darice with Golden and Silver Brush will be talking acrylic mediums, QoR watercolors and Silver Brush brushes. Free Silver brush case with minimum purchase.
Ken with M Graham will answer any and all of your paint questions! M Graham is offering a Buy 3 Get 1 Free deal on their acrylics, oils and watercolors (max 2 free).
Jeff of Pentel, Aitoh and Holbein fame will be showing off our favorite Pentel pens and talking Holbein color. We've brought in new gouache and watercolor sets along with more Pentel than usual.
Katie Staib is painting watercolors. We've talked Katie to come in and show the newest Kuretake paints (Japanese watercolors) most importantly the new Kuretake Granulating set.
Door Prizes. We have a stack of items to raffle off. One ticket per customer, no purchase necessary...we will draw winners at the end of the event.
Also...we will have mini in-store drawings Friday at 1 and 3pm and Saturday at 11, 1 and 3pm!
Saturday Demos.
Yuming Zhu is in town! Yuming is holding a one-day Sumi-e workshop on Sunday, but will be in on Saturday to show off his talent and vast array of ParagonArt products incuding brushes, inks and paper.
Wes Hanson is in. Talk watercolors, water-media paints and about getting signed-up for one of his upcoming workshops. Try out the elusive Daniel Smith watercolor stick and the new-to-us Kuretake watercolors.
Jeff and Ken will continue to throw out knowledge. Linda Schneider will be in on Saturday showing off the Pentel sign pens and her lettering talents.
Kristen Brown will be in the building sponsored by Winsor & Newton teaching the 2 watercolor mini classes.
Kristen Brown is a San Francisco-based painter sponsored by ColArt, manufacturer of many brands like Winsor & Newton, Liquites and Viviva. She will be offering 2 mini watercolor classes using W&N artist watercolors and paper. Everything you need for the class is provided by Kirsten and ColArt.
"Still Life Painting From the Garden" with Kristen Brown
Saturday, 10/5 10:30-Noon $5 #GAA1
Create a botanical watercolor paining step-by-step using Winsor & Newton watercolors. Apply fundamental watercolor techniques as well as capturing light, simplifying form and creating details.
-Class is full! Thank you everyone.
"Landscapes in Bloom: Organic Blending with W&N Professional Watercolors" with Kristen Brown
Saturday, 10/5 12:30pm - 2pm $5 #GAA2
Suitable for both beginner and advanced painters, use a captivating method for dynamic and spontaneous textures and patterns. This method involves applying wet paint to moist paper and allowing the magic to hapen. Uses masking fluid as well!
Class is full, Thank you everyone.