Cheap Joe's Reviews Are In

The reviews from the Cheap Joe's Workshop are in and the students are as happy as ever! We had a great time and hope to do it again soon! 

See photos from Cheap Joe's Workshop here. 

Drawing at Cheap Joe's

Drawing at Cheap Joe's

"Nina is a master teacher- she is knowledgeable, patient, very supportive & sensitive to students’ needs.  She provided excellent materials which added to her instructional purposes. The workshop was well paced, extremely informative and lots of fun!" – Student at Cheap Joe’s Workshop
"She has a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals, which she presents with a variety of hand-outs and exercises making it easier to grasp  Throughout Nina was helpful, friendly and cheerful.  Lots of individual attention. "– Student at Cheap Joe’s Workshop
"Nina is a great teacher.  She is very positive & encouraging and patient.  She is able to get concepts across easily. " – Student at Cheap Joe’s Workshop
"Really fabulous.  I would love to work with Nina again." – Student at Cheap Joe’s Workshop
"Wonderful – gave me color theory, composition & how to make a lively drawing – great, great!"  – Student at Cheap Joe’s Workshop
"Great teacher & artist!  Nina didn't waste our time.  She was very helpful and I learned a lot."  – Student at Cheap Joe’s Workshop

 

Colored Pencils- Time To Take Them Seriously

Head over to Cheap Joe's The Sketchbook for an article about using colored pencils featuring Nina and Prismacolor colored pencils. 

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Seriously? Colored pencils?

I remember in grade school, one of my favorite things to draw with was colored pencils.  I would spend hours and hours creating with the ones that came in the small box ,only had about 6 colors, and came from the local 5 and Dime. I would wear down the tip in no time and sharpen them over and over until there was hardly anything left to hold on to. But it was so much fun and I just loved that I could take them anywhere. They were really one of my favorite things. Continued.

Book Signing of "100 Artists of the Midwest"

Nina will be siging copies of "100 Artists of the Midwest during exciting Art Prize event in Grand Rapids Michigan.

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Nina will be signing books at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore at the Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 7:00pm - 9:00pm on September 28th.  Stop by and say hello! 

Barnes & Noble

3195 28th St. SE

Grand Rapids, MI

616-940-0820