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• VIRTUAL - Flowers in the Landscape and Still Life

  • Start
    June 05, 2020
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  • End
    June 26, 2020
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
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  VIRTUAL -  Flowers in the Landscape and Still Life -
  Susan Giannantonio

  
  

  Four Fridays in June

  June 5, 12, 19, 26
  

  1:00-2:30pm Central (11 Pacific, 12 Mountain, 2 Eastern)

  
  

  Image: Week 1 - Lilacs
  

  Examining flowers of the season, we look at many tricks to create loosely rendered, impressionistic florals.  Each week we will cover unique techniques and occasionally introduce some new and sometimes unusual tools so your paintings look fresh, bold and colorful.

  

  Supply List: traditional watercolors, paper & brushes

  
  

  More details:  www.susangiannantonio.com
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Image: Week 2 - Peonies & Fresh Spring Flowers

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Image: Week 3 - Building an Annuals Painting from the Inside Out

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Image: Week 4 - Botanicals-=Gardens that Paint Themselves

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• VIRTUAL - The Quarantine Sketchbook

  • Start
    June 10, 2020
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  • End
    July 29, 2020
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H Virtual Meeting Room
  • Spaces left
    19

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  VIRTUAL - The Quarantine Sketchbook

  Ellen Orseck

  Wednesdays, June 10-July 29,

  10:00am-12:30pm Central Time - $200

  Image:  Up Down Up

  Explore creating a sketchbook which documents the lives we lead in quarantine. Incorporate ways of adapting, coping and re-configuring the new normal.  Artists will be combining pen, ink and watercolor to capture the world around them in their homes, their families and their environments.  This eight-week on-line class is open to all levels.

  Note: Please note that registration will close two days before class. Please register early.

  Supply List & Recommended Reading

  Supply List for The Quarantine Sketchbook.docx

  Watercolor Art Society.docx

  
  

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• VIRTUAL - Sketching People: From Pencil Line to Color

  • When
    June 20, 2020
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (CDT)
  • Location
    VIRTUAL CLASS VIA ZOOM
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    17

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  VIRTUAL - Sketching People: From Pencil Line to Color

  Ksenia Annis

  Saturday, June 20
  10:00 - 11:30 - $30
  

  
  

  If you always wanted to draw people but didn’t know where to start, this class is for you. I will show you my technique for quickly capturing human form on paper and create fun, unique and expressive sketches of people. We will talk about how to get proportions right without lengthy measuring and revising your drawing. I will show you quick shading techniques that will add more life and dimension to your sketches. We will also make our sketches burst with color with a quick addition of watercolor washes. We will work from reference photos, but I will ask students to practice what we learned on their own using friends and family members as models. This class will be about fast sketching, but most of all it will be about building your confidence, having fun and expressing yourself as an artist.

  
  

  Level: All levels

  Materials: You will need your usual watercolor painting supplies. Feel free to practice along with the demos during class or take notes and try the techniques later.

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• VIRTUAL - Abstraction: Organic & Geometric

  • Start
    June 23, 2020
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  • End
    August 11, 2020
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H Virtual Meeting Room
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  VIRTUAL - ABSTRACTION: ORGANIC & GEOMETRIC - Ellen Orseck

  
  

  Eight Sessions - Tuesdays, June 23 - Aug 11, 4:00pm-6:30pm Central Time
  

  Fee: $200

  Image:  Aqua Vortex
  

  Play with various approaches to abstraction in water media.  This course will focus on alternative materials and different ways to utilize tools and surfaces.  Instead of exploring the visual depiction of reality, artists will work non-objectively with color, form, gesture and shape.  Inspiration may come from nature or man-made surfaces, but the practice of reduction, distillation and simplification will transform those images into an entirely different outcome. This eight-week-online-class is open to all levels.

  Note: Please note that registration will close two days before class. Please register early. 

  Supply List & Recommended Reading

  Supply List Abstraction.docx
  

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• VIRTUAL - Rainbow Pets: How to Paint Animal Portraits with Luminous Watercolors

  • When
    June 27, 2020
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (CDT)
  • Location
    VIRTUAL CLASS VIA ZOOM
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  VIRTUAL - Rainbow Pets: How to Paint Animal Portraits with Luminous Watercolor

  Ksenia Annis

  Saturday, June 27
  10:00 - 11:30 - $30

  
  

  Learn how to paint very colorful, but realistic pet portraits with watercolors. We will talk about expanding our palette beyond browns and grays to create luminous portraits reflecting the joy and happiness our four-legged friends bring to our lives. During the first 45 min of the class a few theoretical points will be explained and illustrated, then students will paint their favorite pet or animal with the instructor available to answer questions and give pointers.

  Level: All levels

  Materials: You will need your usual watercolor painting supplies. Feel free to practice along with the demos during class or take notes and try the techniques later.

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• VIRTUAL - From Selfie to The Painted Portrait

  • Start
    July 10, 2020
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  • End
    August 28, 2020
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H Virtual Meeting Room
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  VIRTUAL - FROM SELFIE TO THE PAINTED PORTRAIT DIGITAL PORTRAITS IN THE MODERN WORLD- Ellen Orseck

  
  

  Eight Sessions - Fridays, July 10 - Aug 28, 1:00pm-3:30pm Central Time
  

  Fee: $200

  Image:  Seeing Green
  

  In the 21^st Century, the concept of portraiture has been radically transformed.  Since the advent of selfies, we see faces differently. Whether you are interpreting a selfie to create a self-portrait or to fashion a portrait of another, the source material has been altered by the digital way we now communicate.  This eight-week on-line painting course is open to all levels.

  Note: Please note that registration will close two days before class. Please register early.

  Supply List & Recommended Reading

  Supply List Selfie.docx
  

  Suggested Readings Selfie.docx
  

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• VIRTUAL - Mixing and Mingling: Luminous Grays and Blacks for Animal Portraits

  • When
    July 11, 2020
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    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (CDT)
  • Location
    VIRTUAL CLASS VIA ZOOM
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  VIRTUAL - Mixing and Mingling: Luminous Grays and Blacks for Animal Portraits

  Ksenia Annis

  Saturday, July 11
  10:00 - 11:30 - $30

  
  

  No black pigment is required to paint beautiful, varied grays and blacks with watercolor. And we won't even need a palette for this technique, all the mixing and mingling will happen directly on paper. We will be painting animals, but this technique can be applied to any subject and is a great tool in the arsenal of any watercolor artist. After a brief look at color theory and a couple short demos from the instructor, students will paint from provided photos with the instructor available to answer questions and give pointers.

  Level: All levels

  Materials: You will need your usual watercolor painting supplies. Feel free to practice along with the demos during class or take notes and try the techniques later.

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• VIRTUAL - Wet & Dry Charcoal Portrait

  • Start
    August 06, 2020
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  • End
    August 27, 2020
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
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  VIRTUAL - Wet & Dry Charcoal Portriat - Laura Spector

  Thursday afternoons 
  Aug 6, 13, 20, 27.
  1:00 - 3:00 pm.  
   $100

  Explore a step-by-step process of building up a charcoal portrait from a photograph. Class will focus on separating light and shadow, building the architecture of form from short contour lines, and developing a likeness while making choices with how to layer, soften and sharpen edges. This class will begin with the use of brushing on liquid charcoal, which expedites the foundation of the portrait for a more complex and textured drawing.

  
  

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  Supply List and History - Charcoal.pdf

  

  
  

  
  

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• Don Andrews Major Workshop

  • Start
    October 05, 2020
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    (CDT)
  • End
    October 09, 2020
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    1601 West Alabama
  • Spaces left
    4

  Don Andrews' Designing Nature Watercolor Workshop
  
  

  October 5-9, 2020

  Seasoned artists and teachers will tell you that their biggest breakthrough came when they began applying design concepts into their paintings. Early in our painting life we all struggle to copy nature as we see it. Painting becomes a lot of work with little reward. What's missing is an understanding of design. Design concepts are logical, learnable, and once you have them they'll be evident in every painting you paint.

  Participants are encouraged to bring sketches or photos of your favorite subject matter- flowers, figures, boats, city streets, or country scenes. Each day Don will provide morning & afternoon demonstrations and show you how to boil down any subject to a simple exciting watercolor statement. No stress, no fear, lots of demonstrations, laughs, and personal guidance.

   
  

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