During the months of January and February 2022 I will be offering watercolor classes on Monday mornings from 10am to noon, Jan. 10, 17, 24, and 31 and Feb. 7, 14, 21, and 28.
The classes can be taken in person at the Live 4 Art Gallery in Pawling, NY or via ZOOM. (Last year we had people participate from across the US and Canada!)
The series of eight classes costs $250. You can also show up for individual classes at $50 each, a la carte. However, sign up for all 8 classes and you save $150! There might be a Monday when you can’t make a class, but the full package is still the best deal.
Last year’s participants thoroughly enjoyed the classes, and I have spent the intervening months capturing intriguing subjects for this year’s watercolor classes. Over the past 20+ years, I have taught outdoor painting workshops in the summer on Martha’s Vineyard and in Vermont, but I have found the indoor classes to allow for a more controlled setting, for both instructor and students.
FORMAT
In these winter 2022 workshops, I send a photograph of that week’s “assignment” on Thursday. This gives people time to do their drawing BEFORE the painting class begins! Each Monday session will begin with my doing a demonstration painting from that photograph. Participants have about two hours to work through their own painting, and I am “present” to guide and answer questions. Many students continue to tinker with their painting after the class ends around noon. You are encouraged to work outside of class as well in order to make steady progress and fine tune your piece.
Another bonus of this class is that I offer Zoom critiques each Wednesday afternoon at 5 pm where students share their work. Frequently, I will share images from art history of how “painting masters” solved their own challenges. (This makes it sound almost overwhelming, like a full time commitment which may be true but we can sugar coat it!)
Classes will cover the following topics:
1) Sketching and value studies
2) Color mixing
3) Integrating figures into a painting
4) Landscape scenes- farms, street scenes, seascapes
5) Sky studies
6) Still life subjects
Elements of good painting – design, drawing, values, color, texture, and technique – will be emphasized throughout.
Participants should have their own materials: palette, paint, brushes, good watercolor paper, paper towels, sponge, pencil, eraser, sketch pad, and container for water. A more detailed list will be provided to participants well before the first class. For beginners I have a set of materials you can purchase online that will get you started. Each person should have a computer or iPad and a Zoom account.
Contact me at
ereade3@gmail.com
to sign up or get more information.