Art Workshops Summer 2008 – Watercolor
Judi Betts
Watercolor
Intermediate to Advanced
June 23-27, 9:30am-4:30pm
$550 plus tax
Judi Betts has been on the watercolor scene for many years as a painter, a
teacher, a juror and judge, and as the author of two books: Watercolor... Let’s Think
About It and Painting... A Quest Toward Xtraord!nary. This workshop will allow
sharing the fun and delight of watercolor with a master of luminosity and spontaneity.
Students will learn to simplify designs, use color and light in exciting ways, capture
mood and emotion, and to see as a painter. Judi will lecture and demonstrate daily,
and each day she presents the class with a challenge, often using it as an element of
surprise. Her lectures are designed to expand the potential of both artists who have
painted for years and those with limited experience. Individual challenges will be
used to help develop a new freedom of expression. Individual guidance and evaluation
is given daily to all participants.
Judi feels that many design problems are best handled indoors, but one or more
days may be spent painting outside as well, weather permitting. Workshop participants
may bring a sketchbook with their sketches or their own photos to work from
indoors. Participants are also encouraged to bring a few finished paintings or slides
of paintings for a personal review with Judi.
Pat San Soucie
Watercolor/Mixed Media
All levels
August 25-29, 9:30am-4:30pm
$550 plus tax
Incorporating different media, including
watercolors, ink, dyes, bleach, texture-making materials, different papers and
surfaces, and techniques such as pouring paints, this class will explore many different
ways of combining water media, surfaces, and techniques to create paintings.
Emphasis will be on experimentation and creating good starts rather than on finishing
paintings in class. Pat will demonstrate during the week and offer critiques,
with plenty of time for comments, questions, and discussion.
Coming from the Midwest, Pat San Soucie graduated from the art department of
the University of Wisconsin. Living in Eugene, Oregon; Buffalo, New York; St. Louis,
New Jersey, and back to Oregon, she has spent her life gathering notebooks, ideas,
paintings, friends, and experience. Pat is a member of the AmericanWatercolor Society,
the National Watercolor Society, and several other organizations, and her paintings
have hung in many juried and invitational shows. Her work has been the subject
of five feature articles in magazines and has been included in ten books, most recently
Splash 10, released in December, 2007, by North Light Publications. She has taught
classes and workshops across the U.S. as well as inMexico, Canada, and France.
Charles Reid
Watercolor/Mixed Media
Intermediate to Advances
September 8-12, 9:30am-4:30pm
$650 plus tax (includes model fee)
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL (get on waiting list)
Students in this workshop will paint from the
model for three days and from historical photographs
for two days. Mr. Reid will demonstrate
each morning and the students will paint each
afternoon, with help from Charles as needed. The
main goal of the class is to learn to simplify and avoid overworking, along with
developing edge control and learning to paint with fresh color. A painting will start
with contour drawing, concentrating on interconnecting shapes rather than individual
isolated objects. Next will come direct painting, using as few overwashes as
possible. Aiming for good paint consistency (the correct ratio of water and paint
when the brush is loaded), the hope will be to achieve correct color, edge variety,
and tonal value on the first try. Charles strongly advises students to review his
recent books, Painting Flowers in Watercolor and Charles Reid’s Watercolor
Secrets prior to the class. Both books are published by North Light.
Charles Reid has won numerous awards form the National Academy of Design.
He has also received awards from the AmericanWatercolor Society and the Institute
of Arts and Letters. Charles is an Academician of the National Academy of Design.
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