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Watercolor on Canvas and Board …………………. Still Learning!


Written on August 8, 2024 at 4:57 pm, by

Spiral Cactus, my first watercolor on canvas, 12×14, ©2011 Helen Klebesadel It was 2011. I remember sitting in an RV camper in Arizona at the beautiful Patagonia Lake State Park  Continue Reading »

Categories: Adamah Art Studios, art travel, Art Workshop, Creative Play, Exhibition, Uncategorized, Watercolor, watercolor on Canvas, Watercolor Workshop, Workshops and Classes

A Drawing A Day For Good


Written on January 1, 2024 at 6:43 pm, by

Lately I have been drawing almost every day as a visual meditation aimed at inducing a sense of ‘flow’. I have found its a lot of fun to draw into  Continue Reading »

Categories: A Painting A day, Activist Art, Artist Resources, Charity, Creative Play, Creativity, Inspiration, Uncategorized, Watercolor

To Gicleé  or not to Gicleé:  Making Prints of Original Watercolors


Written on December 4, 2022 at 11:47 pm, by

“To Gicleé or not to Gicleé “ is a question I answered for myself in the early 2000s, when I made my first set of limited edition gicleé prints of  Continue Reading »

Categories: giclee prints, Uncategorized

Art Emerges with Spring Flowers in 2022


Written on March 17, 2022 at 11:29 pm, by

As spring 2022 breaks over the land and snowdrops harken that spring is really coming.  COVID -19 numbers are dropping compared to the worst of times. (though infections and deaths continue  Continue Reading »

Categories: Art Workshop, arts leadership, Exhibition, Uncategorized, Watercolor, Watercolor Workshop, Workshops and Classes

Using Art to Create A Better New Year for 2021: Online Watercolor Workshops


Written on December 27, 2020 at 12:38 pm, by

Starting January 11th Helen Klebesadel will be offering two virtual 5-week watercolor workshops that can be combined into a 10-week Watercolor Intensive.

Categories: art and technology, Art Techniques, Creative Play, Creativity, Uncategorized, Watercolor, Watercolor techniques, Watercolor Workshop, Workshops and Classes

‘Tis the Season….for art


Written on November 29, 2020 at 3:07 pm, by

My hope is that this finds you and yours safe and healthy during this pandemic that is touching our lives in so many ways. We are all working to find  Continue Reading »

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Art and Learning In Beautiful Places


Written on June 1, 2019 at 3:46 pm, by

I have just finishing teaching a multiple-day watercolor intensive in the beautiful University of Wisconsin-Arboretum.  The participants were wonderful and I am looking forward to offering similar workshop there in June of 2020.  Continue Reading »

Categories: Art Techniques, art travel, Beauty, Bjorklunden, Creaivity Coaching, Creative Play, Dillmans Art Resort, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Plein air Painting, River Arts Art Center, Shake Rag Alley Art Center, Teaching Art and Creativity, Uncategorized, Watercolor, Watercolor techniques, Workshops and Classes