In-person
WORKSHOPS with HELEN KLEBESADEL
Currently scheduled for 2023
It looks like the Coronavirus may be with us for a while. As infection numbers drop I am testing the waters of in-person instruction. All in-person workshops are subject to cancellation if CDC recommendations indicate it is unsafe for us to gather. If this happens, all payments will be refunded or you can request they apply to a future offering. I also offer personalized online instruction you can do at home.
See online offerings here.
See online offerings here.
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS AT
Olbrich Gardens
IN MADISON, WISCONSIN
Saturday & Sunday, April 1 & 2, 2023, 10:30-4:30 p.m.
Watercolor: A Fresh Start
Designed for absolute beginners and for those who have some experience painting
with watercolor but seek a refresher
Saturday & Sunday, April 29 & 30, 2023,10:30-4:30 p.m.
Advancing Your Watercolors
Designed for artists with an interested in advancing their creative and technical approach
to watercolor painting, and in expanding their subject matter.
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP SERIES AT
Common Wealth Gallery
IN MADISON, WISCONSIN
Watch Here For Specific Dates In JUNE 2023 To Be Announced For workshops:
Watercolor For The Absolute Beginner - 2 days
Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor - 2 days
Watercolor Open Studio - 3 days
Painting With Watercolor on Canvas - 3 days
Surprise Workshop with Guest Instructor TBA
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
Specifics To Be Announced
July 17-21, 2023
WATERCOLOR CLASSES IN DOOR COUNTY
AT LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY'S
Björklunden
August 13-19, 2023
Watercolor: The Expressive Medium at Björklunden
Start wherever you are with watercolor and push yourself while exploring in creative community.
Bailey's Harbor, WI
(Class full. Read description here.)
September 24-29, 2023
Watercolor: A Fresh Start at Björklunden
Learn the basics and explore wet-into-wet processes in watercolors
Bailey's Harbor, WI
(Read description and Register through Björklunden here.)
Watercolor: The Expressive Medium at Björklunden
Start wherever you are with watercolor and push yourself while exploring in creative community.
Bailey's Harbor, WI
(Class full. Read description here.)
September 24-29, 2023
Watercolor: A Fresh Start at Björklunden
Learn the basics and explore wet-into-wet processes in watercolors
Bailey's Harbor, WI
(Read description and Register through Björklunden here.)
Other Options for Working
With Helen Klebesadel
Individual instruction using online lessons with personal feedback on your art. See description here.
With Helen Klebesadel
Individual instruction using online lessons with personal feedback on your art. See description here.
Helen Klebesadel offers guided art and coaching experiences
designed to give you the opportunity to find your own path and passion
as a creative person and an artist.
You would like to experience an individual online experience or
look into scheduling a workshop nearer to you?
Contact Helen to find out how to design something that will work for you or into bringing a watercolor or creativity workshop
to your community!
Artist Helen Klebesadel offers in-person and on-line watercolor, general art, art career, and creativity workshops as well as creative coaching. Occasionally she teams up with other wonderful artist/teachers to create opportunities for artists to grow, learn and overcome the internal censors that keep us from risking what we are comfortable with to explore greater possibilities for our art and ourselves.
Helen has been invited to teach watercolor, mixed media, art career and creativity workshops from Switzerland to Texas to Alaska, and of course her home state of Wisconsin. For years she has also mentored and supported other artists seeking a more authentic creative voice, personal art, or meaningful careers in the arts. Watch this website for opportunities to share your art and aspirations with other creatives in one of her face-to-face or on-line workshops and classes, or contact her to discuss personal coaching or consulting sessions in-person or bu phone or email.
She is a featured artist in the online gallery at www.portalwisconsin.org, and was interviewed about her art on the Artsy Shark Blog. You can learn more about her artwork at www.klebesadel.com. Helen's teaching was also featured in an article in American Artist On-Line, "Teaching Watercolor Workshops to Beginners: Pitfalls to Avoid," by Leanne MacLennan.
Painting Queen Ann's Lace is a short YouTube video using wet-into-wet and resist and texture techniques to paint the wildflower Queen Ann's Lace. Check it out as Helen leads you through the steps. GO HERE
Helen's own watercolors can be seen on her art website: http://klebesadel.com
Or in her online archives here: https://www.artworkarchive.com/artwork/helen-r-klebesadel
Re-Vision Mixed Media Art & Creativity Guided Curriculum
Do a deep dive to your creative through art processes!
For artists in all disciplines and non-artists!
(Contact Helen if you are interested in hearing more about this opportunity for people
in all disciplines to individually explore their creativity through art-based exercises/.)
Helen has been invited to teach watercolor, mixed media, art career and creativity workshops from Switzerland to Texas to Alaska, and of course her home state of Wisconsin. For years she has also mentored and supported other artists seeking a more authentic creative voice, personal art, or meaningful careers in the arts. Watch this website for opportunities to share your art and aspirations with other creatives in one of her face-to-face or on-line workshops and classes, or contact her to discuss personal coaching or consulting sessions in-person or bu phone or email.
She is a featured artist in the online gallery at www.portalwisconsin.org, and was interviewed about her art on the Artsy Shark Blog. You can learn more about her artwork at www.klebesadel.com. Helen's teaching was also featured in an article in American Artist On-Line, "Teaching Watercolor Workshops to Beginners: Pitfalls to Avoid," by Leanne MacLennan.
Painting Queen Ann's Lace is a short YouTube video using wet-into-wet and resist and texture techniques to paint the wildflower Queen Ann's Lace. Check it out as Helen leads you through the steps. GO HERE
Helen's own watercolors can be seen on her art website: http://klebesadel.com
Or in her online archives here: https://www.artworkarchive.com/artwork/helen-r-klebesadel
Re-Vision Mixed Media Art & Creativity Guided Curriculum
Do a deep dive to your creative through art processes!
For artists in all disciplines and non-artists!
(Contact Helen if you are interested in hearing more about this opportunity for people
in all disciplines to individually explore their creativity through art-based exercises/.)
PAST WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
INQUIRE ABOUT FUTURE OFFERINGS
Join us and register for this fall Creativity Workshop in Door County
Re-Vision Mixed Media Art & Creativity Intensive
ARTISTS AND NON ARTISTS WELCOME!
October 25-29, 2020 ~
Re-Vision Mixed Media Art & Creativity Intensive three days and four nights at the beautiful Björklunden Lodge in Bailey's Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin.
Stay at Bjorklunden or commute for the workshop.
Private or shared lodging. Your spouse is welcome to come along and enjoy Door County too.
ARTISTS AND NON ARTISTS WELCOME!
October 25-29, 2020 ~
Re-Vision Mixed Media Art & Creativity Intensive three days and four nights at the beautiful Björklunden Lodge in Bailey's Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin.
Stay at Bjorklunden or commute for the workshop.
Private or shared lodging. Your spouse is welcome to come along and enjoy Door County too.
The Re-Vision Mixed Media Art & Creativity Intensive is an arts-based creativity expanding experience for artists and non-artists. Spend three days and four nights in beautiful Door County at a lakeside lodge in the off season. Arrive Sunday evening and have supper with the other Intensive participants (commuters invited for Sunday evening meal too), The workshop will take place 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM daily October 26-28, (with a 2 hour break at lunch to walk or nap before the afternoon activities). Leave after breakfast on Thursday, October 29, 2020.
Fees:
- Spend mornings, 9:00-12:00, enjoying mixed-media, watercolor, and/or other drawing and painting media in guided exercises designed to explore your creativity and help you move yourself forward as a person and an artist.
- Lunch, nap or take a walk to enjoy the Björklunden grounds, 12:00-2:00
- Spend afternoons in additional open studio and arts activities with coach/instructor Helen Klebesadel until 2:00-4:00 daily.
- You will have 24 hour open studio access to the art studio.
- Guided exercises are designed to help you bring your most authentic voice to your life and your art and to discover, re-mind, re-cover, and re-member your vision for yourself as a creative person. Artists will discover new motivation and content for their artwork, and non-artists will better define their life visions for themselves as creative people.
- Embrace your greatest vision for yourself as an artist and a creative and join us in pursuing the goal of imagining your next action steps toward that vision of yourself as the most whole person you can be.
- Guests may join you and share a room for the cost of double lodging and meals. Ask Helen about this option.
- Registration is being handled by Helen. Register coming soon. Questions? email <[email protected]> or call her at 608/345-3802 for other options. A supply list will be sent with registration confirmation.
Fees:
- Single occupancy in your own lakeside room for four nights in the beautiful Bjôrklunden Lodge, all meals from supper Sunday through breakfast Thursday, 9:00-3:00 workshop. and 24 hour access to the art studio: $925.00
- Double occupancy, Sign up with a friend to take the workshop together, Shared lakeside room (separate single beds) for four nights in the beautiful Bjôrklunden Lodge. Included all meals from supper Sunday through breakfast Thursday, 9:00-3:00, workshop. and 24 hour access to the art studio (pease include contact information for both participants at registration): $1590 for two people, @ $795.00
- Commuters special, three days of workshop 9:00-4:00, supper Sunday night and three lunches included, as well as 24 hour access to the art studio Monday-Wednesday: $430.00
- Bring a guest: Do you have someone who wants to come with you but not take the workshop? Include a guest/spouse registration for someone not taking the workshop while you enjoy the daily Revision Creativity Workshop. Shared lodging and meals only. Share your lakeside room (single beds) for four nights in the beautiful Bjôrklunden Lodge, and enjoy all meals together from supper Sunday through breakfast Thursday. For both: $1295
Gift Certificates Available:
Give the Gift of Creative Expression
Purchase a gift certificate for a friend or family member to use toward a Creativity Lessons offering. Email the contact information of the recipient to me and I will be happy to contact them to determined how they would like to use your gift. Questions? Email Helen at: Helen(at)Klebesadel.com
Intro to Watercolor Supply Kit
$250.00
Brushes (a total of 10 brushes including, wash brush, 2 flat brushes with clear scraper, 1 fan brush, and 6 round brushes, sizes 2, 3, 6, 8 12 rand 30.
Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Color Painting 12-Tube Set:
10 pieces of Arches watercolor paper 15x22
1 small sketch book
One role masking tape
6 plastic cups for paint mixing
1 watercolor pallet
Pencil and eraser
Paper portfolio
Corrugated Plastic Painting Board
Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Color Painting 12-Tube Set:
10 pieces of Arches watercolor paper 15x22
1 small sketch book
One role masking tape
6 plastic cups for paint mixing
1 watercolor pallet
Pencil and eraser
Paper portfolio
Corrugated Plastic Painting Board
Recent Past Workshops:
Watch for the next round or email Helen and ask her to add you to here mailing list.
To learn more about upcoming classes or to invite Helen to teach in your art community, send an email if inquiry to [email protected]
Business Skills for Artists Workshops
SAMPLE DESCRIPTIONS
SAMPLE DESCRIPTIONS
"Approach vision building that treats business planning like you are planning a series of artworks.”
Define the vision of where you want to be artistically and professionally, and then begin to chart a path of the steps to get there based on your personal values and career goals. This is an over-view process that helps participants think specifically about how to turn a vague dream into a plan with specific goals and an abbreviated business plan. For more established artists, already on a path, this workshop can help you reflect on where you’re headed and decide if you are building the career and business as an artist you actually want to have or if its time to recalculate and adjust the path.
For more established artists, already on a path, this workshop can help you reflect on where you’re headed and decide if you are building the career and business as an artist you actually want to have or if its time to recalculate and adjust the path.
- Envision the business you want to have and your path to move forward.
- Define your personal idea of career success based on your values and larger goals.
- Expand and claim the big vision, while gaining clarity about the specific smaller steps that lead there.
- Prioritize your goals to focus your actions more effectively
- Network with other area artists
Portfolio and Social Media for Artists
Your portfolio is the core of your promotional material and, combined with social media, becomes your best visibility tool for your art business. This workshop will review the essential elements: your artist statement, your résumé, and selecting strong work samples. Identify communication tools to fit your needs, craft engaging messaging, and build a basic promotions strategy with actionable steps to get the word out. Learn core functionality, and best practices to help you build an online social media strategy for your artistic business as you consider if such tools as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Etsy, and/or Instagram are best for you.
Define the vision of where you want to be artistically and professionally, and then begin to chart a path of the steps to get there based on your personal values and career goals. This is an over-view process that helps participants think specifically about how to turn a vague dream into a plan with specific goals and an abbreviated business plan. For more established artists, already on a path, this workshop can help you reflect on where you’re headed and decide if you are building the career and business as an artist you actually want to have or if its time to recalculate and adjust the path.
For more established artists, already on a path, this workshop can help you reflect on where you’re headed and decide if you are building the career and business as an artist you actually want to have or if its time to recalculate and adjust the path.
- Envision the business you want to have and your path to move forward.
- Define your personal idea of career success based on your values and larger goals.
- Expand and claim the big vision, while gaining clarity about the specific smaller steps that lead there.
- Prioritize your goals to focus your actions more effectively
- Network with other area artists
Portfolio and Social Media for Artists
Your portfolio is the core of your promotional material and, combined with social media, becomes your best visibility tool for your art business. This workshop will review the essential elements: your artist statement, your résumé, and selecting strong work samples. Identify communication tools to fit your needs, craft engaging messaging, and build a basic promotions strategy with actionable steps to get the word out. Learn core functionality, and best practices to help you build an online social media strategy for your artistic business as you consider if such tools as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Etsy, and/or Instagram are best for you.
Crow journey, watercolor and collage, by Helen Klebesadel
Watercolor and Creativity Classes & Workshops
SAMPLE DESCRIPTIONS
Watercolor A Fresh Start: An introductory watercolor workshop designed for absolute beginners as well as for those who have had some experience painting with watercolor but need a refresher to gain the confidence to start again. Join Helen to learn or re-learn the basics of watercolor as well as experimental wet-into-wet watercolor techniques that will give you a good enough understanding of the medium to start working on your own. This workshop does not require a lot of drawing skills.
Advancing Your Watercolors: A watercolor workshop for intermediate and advanced watercolor painters. Designed as a watercolor workshop for artists with some experience, interested in advancing their creative and technical approach to watercolor painting, and in expanding their subject matter. Build upon the skills you have acquired to create stronger artworks. Participants learn how to improve what they already know how to do for the best possible effects. Learn new strategies for expanding your work to find you own authentic content and approach as an artist. May be combined with Watercolor: A Fresh Start for a four-day Intensive
Finding Your Inner Artist Voice in Watercolor or Mixed Media
Are you interested in being more effective at what you are already doing? Do you want to loosen up or gain more control over your watercolors? Are you interested in discovering new motivation and your own unique subject matter for your artwork? In this workshop, you will explore both skills-based and creative process-based strategies for expanding your artwork, how to find your own authentic content and approach as an artist, and have lots of fun doing it.
New ~ Painting with Watercolor on Canvas: Stop framing your watercolors under glass! Try new techniques on canvas and other non-porous surfaces! This is a three day workshop is designed for artists with intermediate through advanced watercolor experience, and who are interested in learning how to work with watercolor on. Participant will learn the basics of how to use watercolor on watercolor canvas, Aquabord and nonporous surfaces in a group class setting. This unique workshop experience will encourage expressive experimentation in this relatively new approach to watercolor on nonabsorbent substrates. It will provide an opportunity for artists to learn a new approach to an old medium and participate in a unique exhibition experience.
Watercolor from the Center Series I & II
Series I
Take the whole series, individual classes by topic, and/or include an additional open painting studio (4:00-6:00) with the class for a full day of painting ~ 5 sessions total. Topics: Water and Color Basics; Washes and Expressive Mark-making; Controlling Wet-into-Wet; Texture and Adulteration; To Resist is Good.
Series II
Take the whole series or individual classes by topic, ~ 5 sessions total. Topics: Inspiration by Chance; Positive Shape Painting; Negative Shape Painting; Techniques that will get you kicked out of the Transparent Watercolor Society; Watercolor on Canvas and Synthetic Papers.
Re-Vision Mixed Media Art & Creativity Guided Curriculum
Do a deep dive to your creative through art processes!
For artists in all disciplines and non-artists!
SAMPLE DESCRIPTIONS
Watercolor A Fresh Start: An introductory watercolor workshop designed for absolute beginners as well as for those who have had some experience painting with watercolor but need a refresher to gain the confidence to start again. Join Helen to learn or re-learn the basics of watercolor as well as experimental wet-into-wet watercolor techniques that will give you a good enough understanding of the medium to start working on your own. This workshop does not require a lot of drawing skills.
Advancing Your Watercolors: A watercolor workshop for intermediate and advanced watercolor painters. Designed as a watercolor workshop for artists with some experience, interested in advancing their creative and technical approach to watercolor painting, and in expanding their subject matter. Build upon the skills you have acquired to create stronger artworks. Participants learn how to improve what they already know how to do for the best possible effects. Learn new strategies for expanding your work to find you own authentic content and approach as an artist. May be combined with Watercolor: A Fresh Start for a four-day Intensive
Finding Your Inner Artist Voice in Watercolor or Mixed Media
Are you interested in being more effective at what you are already doing? Do you want to loosen up or gain more control over your watercolors? Are you interested in discovering new motivation and your own unique subject matter for your artwork? In this workshop, you will explore both skills-based and creative process-based strategies for expanding your artwork, how to find your own authentic content and approach as an artist, and have lots of fun doing it.
New ~ Painting with Watercolor on Canvas: Stop framing your watercolors under glass! Try new techniques on canvas and other non-porous surfaces! This is a three day workshop is designed for artists with intermediate through advanced watercolor experience, and who are interested in learning how to work with watercolor on. Participant will learn the basics of how to use watercolor on watercolor canvas, Aquabord and nonporous surfaces in a group class setting. This unique workshop experience will encourage expressive experimentation in this relatively new approach to watercolor on nonabsorbent substrates. It will provide an opportunity for artists to learn a new approach to an old medium and participate in a unique exhibition experience.
Watercolor from the Center Series I & II
Series I
Take the whole series, individual classes by topic, and/or include an additional open painting studio (4:00-6:00) with the class for a full day of painting ~ 5 sessions total. Topics: Water and Color Basics; Washes and Expressive Mark-making; Controlling Wet-into-Wet; Texture and Adulteration; To Resist is Good.
Series II
Take the whole series or individual classes by topic, ~ 5 sessions total. Topics: Inspiration by Chance; Positive Shape Painting; Negative Shape Painting; Techniques that will get you kicked out of the Transparent Watercolor Society; Watercolor on Canvas and Synthetic Papers.
Re-Vision Mixed Media Art & Creativity Guided Curriculum
Do a deep dive to your creative through art processes!
For artists in all disciplines and non-artists!
Re-Vision Art and Creativity and Re-Vision Water-media Art Workshops
Available as a one day, two-day, three-day or week-long workshop. Contact Helen to set something up for your community.
No art experience is necessary to enjoy the Re-Vision Art and Creativity workshop. This is an arts-based workshop designed to help you bring your own most authentic voice to your life and art and to discover, re-mind, re-cover, and re-member your vision for yourself as a creative person. This creativity coaching through art workshop uses collage and other arts based media exercises to help you to embrace your greatest vision for yourself as an artist and/or creative person, and to imagine your next action steps toward that vision of yourself as a whole person. Are you ready to start to embody your greatest vision for yourself as an artist and a creative person? This workshop could be the next step.
No art experience is necessary to enjoy the Re-Vision Art and Creativity workshop. This is an arts-based workshop designed to help you bring your own most authentic voice to your life and art and to discover, re-mind, re-cover, and re-member your vision for yourself as a creative person. This creativity coaching through art workshop uses collage and other arts based media exercises to help you to embrace your greatest vision for yourself as an artist and/or creative person, and to imagine your next action steps toward that vision of yourself as a whole person. Are you ready to start to embody your greatest vision for yourself as an artist and a creative person? This workshop could be the next step.
The Re-Vision Water-media Workshop is an arts-based creativity expanding experience designed to help you bring your own most authentic voice to you life and/or art and to discover, re-mind, re-cover, and re-member your vision for yourself as a creative person. This creativity coaching through art workshop uses focuses on the use of watercolor/water-based media along with mixed media exercises to help you to embrace your greatest vision for yourself as an artist and/or creative. The goal is to imagine your next action steps toward that vision of yourself as a whole person. Are you ready to start to embody your greatest vision for yourself as an artist and a creative person? This workshop could be the next step.
Artful Observation: Nature Journaling
Connect more deeply to nature through observation. This class is perfect for beginners or experienced artist/journalists to create a personal record of unique perceptions, feelings and thoughts about the natural world using writing, doodling, sketching, drawing, and/or water-media painting techniques. Learn to use arts and creativity as a practice of mindfulness and gratitude. Supplies required.
Artful Observation: Nature Journaling
Connect more deeply to nature through observation. This class is perfect for beginners or experienced artist/journalists to create a personal record of unique perceptions, feelings and thoughts about the natural world using writing, doodling, sketching, drawing, and/or water-media painting techniques. Learn to use arts and creativity as a practice of mindfulness and gratitude. Supplies required.
Workshops in Door County, Wisconsin at Björklunden Vid Sjön
Helen regularly offers workshops at Lawrence University's northern campus in Bailey's Harbor, Door County, at Björklunden Vid Sjön. Plan to stay at the lodge or commute, but sign up soon because the workshop/seminars in this lovely place (with great food) fill quickly.
Watercolor: The Expressive Medium
Summer in Door County
Registration and fee information is available on the Björklunden website here.
(This workshop fill quickly so don't delay once registration has opened f you plan to attend). Registration through Bjorklunden
Watercolor: A Fresh Start
Fall in Door County
Registration and fee information will be available on the Björklunden website here.
Registration through Bjorklunden
Re-Vision Watercolor/Mixed Media Art & Creativity Intensive
October annually
This year Helen is offering a private, independently organized three-day, five-night workshop at Björklunden. Registration above. Space will be limited, but there will be three prices: private room, shared room, and commuters. Contact Helen to register.
Watercolor: The Expressive Medium
Summer in Door County
Registration and fee information is available on the Björklunden website here.
(This workshop fill quickly so don't delay once registration has opened f you plan to attend). Registration through Bjorklunden
Watercolor: A Fresh Start
Fall in Door County
Registration and fee information will be available on the Björklunden website here.
Registration through Bjorklunden
Re-Vision Watercolor/Mixed Media Art & Creativity Intensive
October annually
This year Helen is offering a private, independently organized three-day, five-night workshop at Björklunden. Registration above. Space will be limited, but there will be three prices: private room, shared room, and commuters. Contact Helen to register.
Past workshops have been offered at the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Wyoming Valley School
Frank Lloyd Wright designed Wyoming Valley School Art Center, Spring Green
Including:
Watercolor from the Center
Watercolor a Fresh Start
Advancing Your Watercolor
Art From the Center: Mixed Media and Watercolor Workshops
Here is a blog article I wrote about one of the workshops there that includes some hints for new painters on how to do negative shape painting: Hungry for Art.
Watercolor from the Center
Watercolor a Fresh Start
Advancing Your Watercolor
Art From the Center: Mixed Media and Watercolor Workshops
Here is a blog article I wrote about one of the workshops there that includes some hints for new painters on how to do negative shape painting: Hungry for Art.
Mixed Media and Watercolor Workshop with Helen Klebesadel
Offered from Alaska to Texas so far....
Designed for artists with some experience (advance, intermediate, and advanced beginner). This is workshop designed to help individuals expand their authentic creative voice and subject matter in their art. Through a series of guided exercises using mixed media, participants will expand their iconography and move toward overcoming the internal censors that stop us from reaching our fullest potential as creatives.