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In-Gallery Workshops: All in-gallery workshops are held in our beautifully light-filled education center inside the San Diego Watercolor Gallery in The ARTS District of Liberty Station. (Location)
ZOOM Workshops: Virtual workshops will be conducted using Zoom. They will include a combination of live painting demo(s), interactive communication with the instructor, and individual painting time - all from the convenience of your home / studio.
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Premier Workshops are typically four days and take place during the week. They are taught by nationally and internationally renowned artists. Workshops are open to artist of all levels.
Eudes Correia is one of the most outstanding contemporary watercolor artists on the world stage.
He transforms ordinary people who travel in the city, almost invisible, into the protagonists of his work. Always counting a history with sensibility and personality. Eudes has excelled on the international stage, participated in exhibitions, and given workshops in more than 30 countries around the world.He is sponsored by Winsor & Newton Global.
In this class he will address the following:
Skill level: Intermediate Painter
Non Members Fee: $475.00 Members Fee: $450.00
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - Friday, April 12, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM-3:30 PM |
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Learn Roberta's eclectic style to paint various subjects in watercolor, acrylic, drawing, and collage.
All levels welcome.
Non Members Fee: $185.00 Members Fee: $165.00
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2024 - Sunday, April 21, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM-3:30 PM |
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Let's have fun together exploring basic techniques of gel plate printing. We'll start with an overview of supplies, equipment, and their care. Then, we'll launch into exploring a variety of ways to create collage papers, cards, and monotype art pieces.
We will do this through a series of mini-projects that will be done as a class. Gel plate printing is fun and full of surprises!
Experience level: Beginners on up. All are welcome.
Non Members Fee: $185.00 Members Fee: $165.00
Date: Monday, May 20, 2024 - Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM-3:30 PM |
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Acrylic Abstracts on Aquarius 2024
Once a solely traditional realistic watercolorist, Risë currently enjoys creating abstract paintings using Golden Fluid Acrylics and Mediums on Strathmore Aquarius II paper.
The class will begin the painting with an intuitive, experimental approach and continue toward resolution with the application of the principals of design.
Risë will share the secret of three primary hues from which artists can mix virtually any color imaginable. She will acquaint those attending with simple, user-friendly strategies applicable to any color wheel to create powerful and coherent color harmonies.
Lessons will also focus on design dominance related to textures, transparency/opacity, and editing for strength and consistency. Students will explore the use of symbols in abstraction.
Experience: All levels welcome.
There will be a $10.00 supply fee payable on the first day of the workshop.
Non Members Fee: $185.00 Members Fee: $165.00
Date: Monday, June 10, 2024 - Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM-3:30 PM |
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Learn from an artist/biologist how to combine the elements of the landscape with collage, mixed media, and acrylic to create an abstracted landscape painting.
In this workshop we will work with mixed media, and experimental techniques and tools to create complex surfaces and collage papers. We will use a variety of materials (inks, oil pastel, watercolour, pencil crayon, coloured marker…) We will explore unusual tools for paint application and mark making (cards, brayers, Squeegies, combs, feathers, twigs, textural materials) as well as techniques such as resist and monoprinting.
Experience level: All are welcome.
Non Members Fee: $275.00 Members Fee: $250.00
Date: Monday, July 8, 2024 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM-3:30 PM |
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This three-day workshop provides an excellent opportunity for watercolor artists to explore and learn the keys of painting successful watercolors on location.
During the workshop and through step-by-step demos, Shuang will discuss the following with you, plus personal assistance and help when you paint:
All levels welcome (*This is an outdoor workshop, mobility and transportation required)
Non Members Fee: $350.00 Members Fee: $325.00
Date: Friday, July 19, 2024 - Sunday, July 21, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM-3:30 PM |
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Abstracted Landscapes in Watercolor
In this class you will ...
Experience level: Intermediate to Advanced
Non Members Fee: $450.00 Members Fee: $425.00
Date: Monday, August 12, 2024 - Thursday, August 15, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM-3:30 PM |
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* * * THIS IS A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP * * *
Instructors Susan Hewitt and Denise Tverdoch
Learn the basics of matting framing for gallery exhibitions. The workshop will cover framing options, acceptable matting, and glazing methods. We will explore multiple mounting techniques including floating. Emphasis will be placed on learning how to cut mats using various mat cutters.
You will learn the secret to perfectly aligned double matting and how to create multiple diptychs and triptychs. In addition, cradle board framing, our newest substrate, will be demonstrated. Also discover ways how to properly package your artwork for shipping.
All levels welcome.
Non Members Fee: $120.00 Members Fee: $100.00
Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM-3:30 PM |
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Hello everyone!
I am very much looking forward to our workshop this September. I hope you all are too!
I will be giving a demonstration each day.
Seeing that my specialty is painting people, I would encourage everyone to try do a portrait or figures on our 3rd day. I will give a portrait demo that morning and afterwards can help anyone with their drawing before starting their own painting. Please try and have your painting predawn and we can adjust from there if needed.
Please bring several samples of previous work to show. I will be available at times for a more personal review of your work.
Experience level: No matter where you are at presently, we will have fun and hopefully I can teach you a few things.
Non Members Fee: $450.00 Members Fee: $425.00
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 - Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM |
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Join us for an engaging two-day workshop, all about visual storytelling with gouache on a dark surface. Our class will include a series of four collaborative paint-alongs. We'll explore my personal favorite: telling a story with a simple composition that intentionally leaves a portion of the black paper untouched by paint, offering a unique design element. Join us for two days of exploring the beauty of this versatile medium.
Recommended experience level: All levels are welcome
Non Members Fee: $185.00 Members Fee: $165.00
Date: Monday, November 11, 2024 - Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM-3:30 PM |
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