Mimi's Art Studio, 2008

Welcome to Mimi's Art Studio! I hope you are enjoying watching the show as much as I am making it. I love to paint. I love art!

During the course of the first thirteen 30-minute programs, I will be demonstrating painting techniques in watercolors and acrylics. I will explain color, values (the interplay of light and shadow) and composition. Watching the show, I hope you will understand the reason behind the brush strokes and feel free to develop your own creative style. You will see that each painting gains its own energy and from my original vision, the work may evolve into something quite different. Art is allowing oneself to be open to the possibilities - let your brush strokes take you where they may.

I particularly like to paint landscapes. Sometimes I will be in my studio working from a photograph or a sketch that inspires me and other times I will take you into the field showing you a site or master painting that I find beautiful.

Mimi's Art Studio airs Saturdays at 2 p.m. on WSBE Rhode Island PBS, broadcast channel 36 and RI cable channel 8.

• After April 5th it will be airing on Saturdays at 2 p.m.
on WSBE Rhode Island PBS, broadcast
channel 36 and RI cable channel 8.

I will also be introducing you to other artists and their work. I will be asking them where they find their inspiration. It is so fascinating to me.

Creating gives me joy and happiness. It is my hope that you are inspired to pick up a paintbrush, or make music, or create in what ever way makes you happy!

As Martin Ritt once said "Art! You just do it."

About The First Series (13 Episodes):

Mimi's Art Studio brings to its viewers fine art painting techniques, insight into the creative process, conversations with other artists and new ways to see the world around us. While she demonstrates techniques in acrylics and watercolor, Mimi's aim is to draw her audience into the creative process, sharing her joy in art and in the world
around us.

The show focuses on creativity and appreciation of the fine arts. We see this in Mimi's conversations with other artists and visits to museums and galleries. Mimi emphasizes individual creativity, the range of possibilities, and even the mistakes inherent in the process of creating art. The result is a show that is as entertaining as it is enlightening.

About The Artist:

Mimi is a natural in front of the camera. Her informal, wise, and witty style has led viewers of the show to call her "The Julia Child of painting."

2007 PBS Stations airing Mimi’s Art Studio

1. California: KVCR/San Bernadino, CA Sundays @ 9:00 am beginning 5/13

2. Illinois: WILL/Urbana, IL Tuesdays @ 1:30 pm beginning 5/29

3. Kansas: KTWU/Topeka, KS Tuesdays @1:30 pm beginning 4/24

4. Louisiana PBS, covers the entire state

5. Michigan Grand Rapids, MI Date to be announced

6. Nevada: Reno, Nevada Sundays @ 8:30 am Date to be announced

7. New Hampshire PTV - Pending

8. New York: WPBS/Watertown, NY Mondays @1:30 pm beginning 4/9

9. North Dakota: North Dakota PBS Tuesdays @ 1:00 pm beginning 5/8

10. Pennsylvania WBSX, University Park, PA

11. Rhode Island WSBE/Providence, RI Fridays @ 2:00 pm

12. Tennessee: WLJT/Jackson, TN Saturdays @3:30 pm beginning 4/21

13. Texas: KMBH/Harlingen, TX Sundays @ 4:30 pm beginning 4/15

14. West Virginia PBS, covers the entire state

15. Wyoming: KCWC/Casper, WY Tuesdays @ 2:00 pm beginning 6/5

To order these fabulous DVDs call: 401 789 5455, or email: mimisammis@yahoo.com

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FIRST SERIES - Thirteen Episodes	Order your DVD Today: Cost: $21.95 + $4.95 (for s&h) Total $26.90
DVD 1:

Episode 101:
Azalea - Acrylic.

Join Mimi as she visits an azalea garden in Kingston, RI, returns to her studio and captures the essence of azaleas on canvas.

Mimi’s tip, "You do the painting and I’ll do the worrying." She encourages you to get the paint, get the brush, and just start working.

Episode 104:
Yellow Sky - Acrylic.

Packed full of helpful advice on how to paint a summer sunrise with daisies, Mimi in her relaxed, inviting manner encourages you to pick up your paintbrush.

Quote: "Have no fear of perfection, you will never reach it" By Salvador Dali

Mimi’s tip is to have fun painting. We are not trying to do things perfectly, just put paint on canvas, play and explore your creativity.

DVD 2:

Episode 102:
Monet I - Acrylic.

Mimi visits the Rhode Island School of Design Museum & selects a master painting by Monet & returns to her studio to begin the study.

Episode 103:
Monet II - Acrylic.

Completion of the study of Monet’s Le Bassin d’ Argenteuil

Quote: "Unless you copy or until you copy a master painting, you should not draw a radish, because your learn so much." By Edgar Degas

"It is this brilliance, this magic light I am trying to capture." By Claude Monet

Mimi tells us the impressionist wanted to capture light.

DVD 3:

Episode 105:
Aspen - Acrylic.

The American West is the inspiration for this painting as Mimi shares her joy of the creative process and demonstrates the ease and contentment of applying paint to canvas.

Quote: "The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel." By Piet Mondrian.

Mimi tells us Picasso worked subjects over and over; that artist’s make adjustments, change lines, until they see what they want on the paper or canvas.

Episode 106:
Cattails - Watercolor

Learn about the different uses of brushes in this watercolor painting of a serene lake at dusk.

Quote: "Art... you just do it." By Martin Ritt

We hear from Mimi that watercolor is an incredibly fresh medium and one should try not to overwork it.

DVD 4:

Episode 108:
Barn in Snow - Acrylic

Seeing color and more color is the emphasis for this painting as Mimi demonstrates a snowy landscape.

Quote: "I can say things with color and shape that I couldn’t say any other way."
By Georgia O’Keeffe

Mimi teaches us that when viewing a painting, our eyes gravitate from the darkest dark to the lightest light

Episode 109:
Red Boat - Watercolor

Learn how to focus on composition in this painting of a boat on a river.

Quote: "Imagination is more important than knowledge." By Albert Einstein

Mimi says on painting with watercolor: "When it looks good, stop."

BONUS Episode 107:
Interviews

A glimpse into the creative spirit of other artists is found when Mimi interviews artists at the Providence Art Club and the annual Wickford, Rhode Island Art Festival.

DVD 5:

Episode 110:
Birch Tree - Acrylic

Filled with interesting tips and techniques for painting birch trees in a winter scene.

Quote: "Art enables us to find ourselves and loose ourselves at the same time."
By Thomas Merton

We hear from Mimi how brush strokes are very important because they show they imitate nature and guide the eye toward the center of interest.

Episode 111:
Adirondack Lake Pines - Acrylic

Special attention on the use of the fan brush with other interesting information for painting pine trees in a mountain setting.

Mimi advises us during this landscape painting to see how edges become less sharp in the distance and color becomes more muted.

DVD 6:

Episode 112:
Rolling Hill Pine - Watercolor

Demonstrates a wide variety of techniques for painting a mountain scene.

Quote: "Every moment of light and dark is a miracle." By Walt Whitman

Mimi loves this quote from Walt Whitman because without the dark we wouldn’t see the stars and without the light we wouldn’t see.

Episode 113:
Early Morning Fishing - Watercolor

Beautiful atmospheric painting made easy with simple large brush strokes.

Quote: "There is no must in art, because art is free." By Kadinsky

Mimi loves working with a big brush because it is spontaneous.

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