BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter July 7th, Minnesota Nice

Published: Tue, 07/07/20

Hello

Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #267,

Hello from Duluth, Minnesota! Home of the Fitger's Wild Rice Burger and Apricot Wheat Ale, Lake Superior, Amazing Local Artist's, Great Dentist, and beautiful waterfalls by the 1000s.

This coming Thursday the 9th of July I will be demonstrating for the Minnesota Watercolor Society online at the Duluth Art Institute and you can view the demo online Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNkzHswI9rU

I want to thank Sue Macfarlan and Gary Wigman for always stepping up and subbing for my weekly classes when I am away and keeping my classes and studio running!

Next class at the Civic Center in Libertyville will be July 9th from 1pm to 3:30pm with Sue Macfarlan

Open Studio at BeckerArt with Gary Wigman will be opening my classroom July 11th 9am to 11:30am

Email me at Beckerart@gmail.com for any info you may need about my classes.

Minnesota Nice!

This week I come to you from the land of Minnesota Nice. This is an expression that many people say about the people of Minnesota and I have to 100% agree. Minnesota and Minneapolis have been in the news quite a bit lately and since I have been coming to Minnesota for quite a few years I have always felt it has been the most amazing place to visit.

When it comes to painters and creative people Minnesota has some of the most amazing watercolorists out there. Probably one of the most world renowned and award winning artist in Minnesota has to be John Salminen followed very closely by Cheng-Khee Chee. I have met so many wonderful artists in Minnesota and everyone has definitely got the Minnesota Nice in them. Every time I meet an artist from Minnesota they make you feel like you have known them your whole life... one of those artist is Karen Knutson who paints some amazing stuff!

Then there are all the wonderful students I have met over the last 9 years of traveling to Minneapolis, Saint Paul and recently to Duluth. These students have been so dedicated and have traveled to so many places around the world to follow my teachings. Thank you to all those Minnesota Nice students/friends!

Recently I have discovered the wonderful North Land city called Duluth which has everything a watercolorist like myself loves to paint, with boats being the #1 thing on that list. I have also been able to pick up a few classes that I will be teaching here in Duluth once the pandemic lets us teachers start traveling again to destination workshops. But until that time the Minnesota Nice people from the Minnesota Watercolor Society and the Duluth Art Institute have let me use their facilities to do an online demonstration at the Duluth Art Institute for the Minnesota Watercolor Societies monthly demonstration.
That demonstration will take place this coming Thursday at @7pm on my YouTube Channel HERE

Come to Minnesota and meet those Minnesota Nice people!

David

Lighthouse in Duluth by the lift Bridge

BeckerArt WORKSHOPS and DEMOS of 2020

LIVE DEMOs Online every Thursday at 6:30pm CST on Facebook this week

WORKSHOP Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, W/C, Wisconsin, June 28th to July 3rd INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Vermont Art Event, W/C& Acrylic, Burlington, Vermont, July 27th to July 31st CANCELED

WORKSHOP Thousand Island Art Center, W/C, Thousand Island, NY, August 4th to August 6th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Goshen Painters Guild, W/C, Indiana, August 13th to August 15th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, W/C, Wisconsin, Aug. 31st to Sept. 3rd INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Artisan Expo, W/C & Acrylics, Santa Fe, MN. Sept. 24th to Sept. 26th CANCELED

WORKSHOP Sangamon Watercolor Society, W/C, Springfield, IL. Oct. 9th to Oct. 12th INFO HERE

Product of the Week
Duluth Ships

Are you a lover of painting boats, ships or anything nautical, this DVD has hundreds of those kinds of images from Duluth MN. If you have never been to Duluth this will give a great look at an amazing place!
Buy it here

Artists of the Week

William Wise
When you say Duluth Artist most people think John Salminen or Cheng-Khee Chee but there are a load of other great artists in Duluth and I'm starting to wonder what is in their water because I'm gonna start using and drinking it!

Here is an artist I met in Duluth that teaches at the Duluth Art Institute and is doing some amazing work with his paintings and with his classes.

Online Live demonstration this week for the Minnesota Watercolor Society on YouTube at 7:00 CST July 9th at the Duluth Art Institute

BeckerArt Brushes

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