Abstracted Landscape in Watercolor - LIVE

Instructor: Ratindra Das

Abstracted Landscapes in Watercolor

In this class you will ...

• Explore shapes and their relationships and placement on paper.
• Use your drawings and photographs in a creative way. Extract essential shapes from your reference materials (your own photographs, sketches, drawings, or paintings) and place these in an orderly manner on paper.
• Explore lights and darks (values). Know the difference between “Nature’s Light” and “Artist’s Light.”
• Learn to use conceptual and ambiguous lights as well as value relationships with colors.
• Explore color in design. Learn how a color dominance (warm or cool) can achieve unity in a painting. Explore tertiary colors and their effects in painting. 
• Add Verve to your painting. Movement, calligraphy, design for flatness, and move towards abstraction.

Experience level: Intermediate to Advanced

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Non Members Fee: $450.00 Members Fee: $425.00

Matting and Framing

* * * 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.

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Non Members Fee: $120.00 Members Fee: $100.00

The Enlightened Brush: Compelling Portraits and Figures

Instructor: Ken Call

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.

• On day 1, you can bring something of your own to paint, regardless of subject matter. It can be landscapes, flowers, people, etc. This will give myself a chance to see at what level each of you are in regards to watercolor painting. No matter where you are at presently, we will have fun and hopefully I can teach you a few things.
• On day 2, we will all be painting from the same reference photos supplied by myself - of people, of course! You should be getting the photos by e-mail about 2 weeks before.

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.

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Non Members Fee: $450.00 Members Fee: $425.00

Gouache on Black Paper: Telling a Story with Big Shapes, Edges, and Colors LIVE

 Instructor: Sarah Sullivan

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

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Non Members Fee: $185.00 Members Fee: $165.00