Stephen Lursen Art

HI!!! This past week has been a blur, complete with celebrating my 32nd birthday yesterday! I have thoroughly enjoyed reading through all the wonderful comments on my latest blog post, seeing hundreds of new subscribers, and going through pages and pages of shares on Facebook. You are all so generous with your time and willingness to participate with the Ever After 2017 Blog Hop and Giveaway! Well... Now for the moment you've all been waiting for (drum roll please...) The big winner this year from subscribing, commenting, and sharing on Facebook is None other than Angela Grady from Arizona!!! Angela...

____________________________________________________ Ever After 2017 - Blog Hop & Give Away! ____________________________________________________ Hello everyone! I have some wonderful & exciting news! I am going to be teaching on Ever After this year! I am so honored and proud to be one of the selected teachers and my hope is to meet new artists and students through this amazing opportunity from Willowing Arts. And even MORE exciting news is that I can GIVE AWAY ONE SPACE on this magical new collaborative art course! Keep reading if you want to find out more about Ever After and if you want to find out how you...

This year I worked the annual Hello Huntersville Arts Festival for the 6th time. Each year I teach free classes to the public on a first come first served basis. This year over 200 customers walked up and learned my 2 step painting and walked away afterwards with their painting in hand. Here are the sample images and video that I published ahead of time. The video was vertical to be easier to watch on a mobile device. Here are some of the sample examples of the work to be taught: For the first time ever, I had some great...

  Upcoming Art Workshops in N.C. Artist and Instructor: Stephen Lursen www.stephenlursen.com Email: stephenlursen@gmail.com Location: Donna Downey Studios Address: 501 S. Old Statesville Rd. Huntersville, NC. 28078 Studio telephone number: (704) 948-4627 The link for each class is underneath the class image. These classes range from $55 - $225. From 3 hour one-off classes, to weeklong camps, to 6 week homeschool classes. Please click the links to learn about each class curriculum & further details. https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/studio-events/products/girls-night-out-painting-workshop-with-stephen-lursen   __________________________________________________________________   https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/studio-events/products/how-to-draw-and-paint-people-6-weeks-of-homeschool-classes-with-stephen-lursen   ___________________________________________________________________   https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/studio-events/products/how-to-draw-and-paint-story-illustrations-6-weeks-of-homeschool-classes-with-stephen-lursen ___________________________________________________________________ https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/studio-events/products/wednesday-evening-workshop-hummingbird-painting-with-stephen-lursen-april-19th-6-9pm ___________________________________________________________________     https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/studio-events/products/a-day-of-painting-fun-with-stephen-lursen-april-24th-2017 ___________________________________________________________________       https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/studio-events/products/fun-night-out-painting-workshop-with-stephen-lursen-may-26th-6-9pm   ___________________________________________________________________ https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/studio-events/products/how-to-draw-fantasy-characters-6-weeks-of-homeschool-classes-with-stephen-lursen ___________________________________________________________________  ...

Hello everyone! I am excited to have been included in Donna Downey's "Find Out Fridays" weekly online workshops as an October instructor! If you'd like to find out more about Donna's 2016 Find Out Friday's free weekly instructional videos just click the link. I received a bag of 5 mystery items in the mail, not knowing what the heck I was going to get, and loved the experience of getting to create using materials I am not used to. The only material I was used to was the paint marker. Everything else was new to me and I thought anxiously...