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North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill100 Old Mason Farm Rd., Chapel Hill   Dates: 1/26-28, 2024Time: Friday and Saturday – 9:30-4:30, Sunday – 1:15-4:30Cost: $225 ($202 for North Carolina Botanical Gardens members)   Landscape painting offers the artist a playground of visual opportunities to experiment with color and structure. Students will immerse themselves in learning about composing a landscape, establishing a value structure, how and when to use warm and cool colors (temperature) and how and when to mute colors (chroma). Students may work in either chalk pastels or oil paint.   Each class will begin with a demonstration; one day in oil, the next in pastel. [...]

Hi All,May 5 – June 30, 2023.   Opening Reception: 6-9 PM on Friday, May 5 and 6. I will attend both evenings.   I am thrilled that Ambleside Gallery offered to host a 30 year retrospective of my work from 1991 to present. Mediums that will be displayed include dry-brush watercolor, egg tempera, pastel and oil. The techniques will rank from scientifically correct to impressionistic.   I am rather floating right now! Look forward to seeing you.   [...]

Patricia Savage will be doing a free pastel demonstration from 7-9 pm at Waverly Artists Studio and Gallery tomorrow, December 7, 2013. A short description from the gallery owner is below. Invite your friends. Bring your children.   The gallery is located in Waverly Place Shopping Center located at the corner of Kildaire Farm Rd and Tryon Rd. Hope to see you there!   Waverly Gallery Painting Demo Details   [...]

Instructor:  Patricia Savage   Mondays: June 11, 18, 25, July 2, and 9 from 7:00-9:30 pm   Location:  Waverly Artists Group   Waverly Place, 302 Colonades Way, Suite 209-D, Cary, NC 27518   5 weeks, 2.5 hour class per week (Hours: 12.5)   Prerequisites: None   Class Size: 12   Cost: $185   Chalk pastels are pure, vibrant, luscious pigment mixed in some chalk with a little bit of binder added. They are easy to apply and can be reworked any time and many times. They can be used on any surface that has some tooth. They can be applied very loosely or tightly with many different textural variations.   After blocking out the basic compositional shapes with thumbnail sketches, students learn how to [...]

Patricia Savage has added several new classes to her website, psavageart.com.   One new addition is a five week Self-Directed course. There are a maximum of six people in each class, so you can get lots of hands-on instruction time. You decide on what you are wishing to learn more about and Patricia will help you accomplish your goals.   Contact her at 919-438-6766 for more information.   [...]

Open Studio   Dates: Mondays, September 12 – October 11Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmLevel of Experience: beginner to advancedClass Size Limit: 5   Mediums: pastel, dry-brush watercolor, non-traditional egg tempera, graphite pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, scratchboard, and carbon dustSubject Matter: floral art, traditional botanical illustration, landscape, composition, color theoryRegistration Deadline: Monday, September 5Fee: $120 or $25 per session   Bored with your current painting technique? Struggling with a painting? Having trouble with a composition? My mission is to help you troubleshoot your paintings and to help you find your own unique style and medium and to have fun. This class provides a supportive and safe [...]

The Northeast Pastel Society has selected Patricia Savage’s, “Moonrise at Sunset” for display in the Seventh Annual Northeast National Pastel Exhibition in Old Forge, NY. Dates of the exhibition are May 14 through June 25. Congratulations, Patricia! [...]

Date: Saturday, April 23Time: 11am – 5pmSet-up: 9amLocation: Raffaldini Vineyards, 450 Groce Road, Ronda, NC 28670   Raffaldini Vineyards has asked us to display our work in an upstairs room of their vineyard. We may NOT hang our work in their walls, but will display our work on our own tables or full size easels. If you have 10’ x 10’ booths, you may set it up. You, or a friend, must stay for the entire event and your table should not be left unattended. The vineyard will take a 6% commission on sold work and you are required to collect sales tax. There is no insurance available.   This [...]

Patricia Savage is participating in the Germanton Art Gallery and Winery’s 18th Annual Invitational Miniature Show taking place from December 3 – January 1, 2011.   Opening Reception: Friday, December 3, 6 – 8 pm [...]

Lori D. White and Patricia Savage both launched new websites this Fall to showcase their beautiful paintings. Please click on the screenshots below to visit their sites and see for yourself! [...]