The Calendar is up. All Drink and Painting will happen at 110 Main Street in Suite 304. Located in East Greenwich! Classes are every weekday evening from 6:30-9pm. (Only 7 per class allowed so be sure to sign your entire group up at once)
If you would prefer to hold a Drink and Paint evening at your home I am available to make house calls on the weekends.
Click the link above and get booking!
See you all VERY soon.
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Ta Daaaaa
Ooops … forgot to add the steam on the coffee
Here is the one with Steam 🙂 … gotta have steam right?
thanks…
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Here is my ‘practice’ piece. Ugly I know … but this piece was created only to learn to blend acrylics. I am VERY happy with the level of control I have over the paint now. I really thought I would never get along with Acrylics. I am a long time lover of Oil paint and the smooth blending ability it has.
I have not finished this piece yet… i still have to do his hair, eyes, coffee cup, and shading. I will post the finished piece later on today. I am posting my progress so far to show where I am at in my painting world. I have really tried to do landscapes, and although I can, I still prefer to create wonderfully strange characters. I don’t know, it is probably the Author and Illustrator in me. I do think people and creatures are so much more interesting than the landscape they inhabit. After all, my writing is more character driven than anything else so it would only make sense my art would be too.
Thanks for following and I will see you later on today with my finished creature…
erin
Okay… the newest thing seems to be to drink and paint. I am on board with it now that so many of you requested I host this type of gathering. I have secured two places for us to meet and paint so far.
One is a bar for you drinkers out there 😉 and the other is a coffee house for those of us that love a good caffeine buzz.
I am working diligently today on the workshop details and will create a page on this blog for you to sign up and pay through paypal. I have to say I am looking forward to teaching all of you some paint techniques and hanging out with you.
I would like to personally thank Angela Chiperas for the final push into doing this although I do appreciate everyone who suggested we do this.
I will be posting details as soon as I iron them out today. In the meantime could you please go to Paint and Drink page to answer my poll and give me a heads up that you plan to attend. This will be extremely helpful for me to plan. THANKS BUNCHES!
I look forward to painting with all of you!
Blessed Be!
Erin
So many things to complain about lately. The weather, not enough money, the ex-husband … you know this story as well as I do. We all do it. Every one of us gets wrapped up in the minor speed bumps in life however, if we are not careful, we could be consumed by it. I have found that not only me but some very close family and friends are being consumed at this very moment. It’s important for everyone in New England to realize that before we know it, new growth will be rearing it’s head from the cold dead ground. All we need is a tiny bit more patience … hold on for a little bit longer because one morning in the very near future we are going to wake up to singing birds and blooming flowers. We are so close to shaking off the winter blues and for just that alone… I am truly thankful. Hang in there everyone and I will wink and nod as I pass by you on the street when we get out to walk and wake from our sloppy slumber we call hibernation.
Blessed Be
Erin
Here it is, a few days before spring, and the wind is howling like a wild animal through the cracks of my windows. Maybe it’s because of the pond. All I know is that I have never had such a case of cabin fever in my entire life until now. This winter has afforded me many opportunities though so I am thankful for that. I created my new home studio filled with all my favorite things and added another bedroom onto my home. My daughter has come back to live with me and all is well.
Although my studio name has changed to THE RUSTY PALLETTE my artwork remains the same. Unique, twisted, and strange.
After closing the final chapter in my YA Novel, synopsis written and three chapters sent out to Agents, I begin a new story. We could all use a new story right?
So with that said, keep your eyes peeled for pix of my new studio. I’m still perfecting it however I will leave you with the images below to help you imagine where my next project is taking me.
Until tomorrow….
I had an amazing time creating this piece for the Alice in Wonderland project. It is for a coffee table book that will be printed in Norway.
The project is described by the creators as this…
150Alice is a project celebrating the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. We have brought together 150 brilliant illustrators from around the world that have each created a single page for this 300-page book.
The project promotes the illustrators’ art in a unique way and gives them an opportunity to create a masterpiece together. It provides them a platform to give back to the community by expressing themselves and sharing their talent with the world.
Lewis Carroll created Wonderland, and the story surrounding it, out of his love of entertaining children. His story gained great success and 150 years later is still enjoyed by children all over the world.
We are here to drive forward Lewis Carroll’s idea of encouraging art and creativity among children. At 150Alice, all profits from this book will be donated to educating children in China and Mongolia about art and creativity. With your generous support, we can help a generation of children develop a more vivid imagination.
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I would like to thank both Sig and Thomas for letting me work on such an important project.
Please visit and support this project at http://www.150alice.com
Thanks so much!
Erin
Hello all. I write today with some bitter news. The Story Emporium is closing its doors. It was a wonderful 2 years at The Hope Artiste Village however It seems I create art so much better in the privacy of my own home. I will be moving my art studio into my house. I want to thank everyone who participated in the success of The Story Emporium. Please know that without you, it’s success wouldn’t have been possible. I say it’s success because although I am closing it, it was very successful. Successful in the sense that it made so many people smile and so many people connect. This is a very personal decision for me and it is because of my personal needs that I am moving my art home. I do so many shows on the road and will keep my art shows posted here on my blog. I did a few new paintings last weekend at home because like I said, its where I work best. Here they are….
Have a great day and please, keep following. Just because The Story Emporium doors have closed does not mean my creativity has 😉
Erin T Whalen
Here is the finished piece that I posted about earlier. Let me know what you think… leave a comment. Thanks!
Hello everyone….
I am writing to tell you that The Story Emporium has added another owner making it twice the fun! We would like to officially welcome Mara Berkely … a children’s author to our bookstore! She will be running the smaller children’s activities with her space called “Words + Pictures”. Children can come in and illustrate children’s books on their own or if they choose they can look at an illustration and write their own text! Her goal to bring to The Story Emporium is teaching how children’s picture books are created.
While you are visiting you can peruse her gallery of old writer tools and learn how the business of writing has changed over the years.
We are also welcoming back visiting authors where you can purchase tickets (their book) beforehand and join in on an author (or illustrator) Q&A. Some of these author visits will have crafts as well. At the end of the visit the Author or Illustrator (or both) will sign your book!
Erin T Whalen will continue to be there however she will primarily be illustrating and teaching art techniques. We thought it would be wise to split the space between author and illustrator so the children can choose which they would like to focus on.
We are creating a calendar of events now as well as a summer program for kids of all ages. This calendar will be posted soon. If you would like a personal call or email when our events are ready please feel free to email thestoryemporium@gmail.com.
Thank you so much for your patience while we underwent this difficult transition… difficult but WELL worth it!
Until we speak again, keep reading and imagining!
The Story Emporium Staff
