Sheila Parsons’ Art-Ventures Web Site Updated for May 2012

Our main web site sparsons.com has been updated with a new Featured Painting of the Month and a new Fine-Tuning painting. The featured painting this month is a new still life for the season. A landscape painted in France gets the Fine Tuning treatment for May. Please check it out and let us know what you think. We always value your feedback.

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Art-Ventures Web Site Updated for April

Our main web site sparsons.com has been updated with a new Featured Painting of the Month and a new Fine-Tuning painting. The featured painting this month is a study of a colorful wall in Greece. A landscape painted in Arkansas gets the Fine Tuning treatment for April. Please check it out and let us know what you think. We always value your feedback.

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29th Annual Ozarks Adventure in Watercolor Workshop Registration Open

Registration is now open for Sheila’s 29th Annual Ozarks Adventure in Watercolor. The dates for this exciting workshop are October 28, 2012 through November 3, 2012. Visit sparsons.com to view the new brochure and registration forms. Please note that this workshop is limited to 18 students.

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Web Site Updated for March 2012

Our main web site sparsons.com has been updated with a new Featured Painting of the Month and a new Fine-Tuning painting. The featured painting this month is a still life from Sheila’s “My Stuff and ….” series. A landscape painted in Ireland gets the Fine Tuning treatment for March. Please check it out and let us know what you think. We always value your feedback.

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February Updates to sparsons.com Completed

Our main web site sparsons.com has been updated with a new Featured Painting of the Month and a new Fine-Tuning painting. Please check it out and let us know what you think. We always value your feedback.

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone. Please visit Sheila Parsons’ Art-Ventures web site for the new Featured Painting of the Month and the new Fine Tuning Watercolors instructional feature.

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Hoiday Greetings

Happy Holidays to all of you.
May your new year be filled with adventure, creature comforts, friends and joy (and lots of art time)!
Our very best to you
Sheila, Richard,
Sassy, Paxson,
Kacey.Tiger Lily
…Our menagerie.

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Sheila Parsons To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Sheila Parsons is the recipient of the second Lifetime in the Arts Award presented by the Public Libraries of Faulkner and Van Buren Counties (Arkansas). Sheila has conducted watercolor painting classes at the Conway library for many years, but she has been an artist her entire life. Sheila has donated generously to Friends of the Library each time she has conducted a class at the library.

Her work will be on display at the Conway library from October 10 through October 31. Thursday October 27 from 6-7 PM, Sheila will be honored with a reception and award presentation.  The library is located at 1900 Tyler Street, Conway, Arkansas 72032.

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Painting Selected for Juried Exhibition

One of Sheila’s watercolors has been accepted into the 2011 White River Juried Exhibition. The painting is titled “Lake Lilies”. It is one of 33 paintings that were selected out of 88 entries. The exhibition will be at the Batesville Area Arts Council Gallery on Main, 246 E. Main Street, Batesville, Arkansas. The exhibition will run from October 3 to October 28, 2011.

Lake Lilies

Lake Lilies

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Sheila to Resume Teaching Workshops

After a year’s break Sheila Parsons is ready to teach again. The Friends of the Library has invited her to teach three classes this summer and fall at the Faulkner County Library in Conway, Arkansas. They are:

Introduction to Watercolor:This is a class for those who have little or no experience with the watercolor medium. The instruction will be a non-threatening exploration of watercolor techniques with the goal of helping the student create personal paintings.  Class will be held August 15, 16, 17 (the kids go back to school and parents take up a new hobby). There will be an afternoon session from 1:00 to 3:30 pm and if needed a second class will meet from 7:00 to 9:30pm. The fee of $100 includes use of all needed supplies.  To enroll call 1-501-327-1750.

Continuing Watercolor Classes
Intermediate to Advanced painters are invited to continue their exploration of watercolor with two more five-day classes in Conway at the library.  These two classes will meet in September (12 – 16) and October (10 – 14).  Afternoon and evening groups are available and each class will have fifteen hours of instruction. Details on these classes will be announced in the media or are available by calling 1-501-327-1750.

Painting Holiday Class:

These three classes will culminate with a six day painting holiday to Eureka Springs, AR to be held Oct 30 to Nov 5th. This will be Sheila’s 28th Ozarks Adventure in Watercolor in Eureka Springs. Click here for more information about this very special workshop.
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