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• CANCELED - Chinese Brush Painting: The Flower Detailed

  • Start
    March 03, 2020
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  • End
    March 31, 2020
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
  • Spaces left
    2

  

   CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING - CANCELED
  

  THE FLOWER DETAILED

  Peihong Endris

  Tuesday mornings
  

  Mar 3, 17, 24, 31

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm 
  

  $150  

  Level: All

  Chinese brush painting provides a wonderful opportunity to closely observe nature. One of the important factors contributing to the evolution of the distinctive style of traditional Chinese painting has been the close relationship between the materials used and their influence on artistic forms and techniques. In this class you will learn concepts of Chinese ink art and explore brush painting techniques through the beautiful and elegant magnolias. Each technique will be hands-on and with step-by-step instruction. All levels welcome! Contact the instructor at peihong1512@gmail.com or 713-206-3668 for more information and a supply list.
  

  Cost: $150 / $190 non-members
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• CANCELED - Painting Light and Shadow

  • Start
    March 24, 2020
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  • End
    April 14, 2020
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
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    0

  

  PAINTING LIGHT and SHADOW  - CANCELED

  -Carla Gauthier

  Tuesday afternoons 

  March 24, 31, April 7, 14

  1:00-4:00 pm

  $150

  Level: Intermediate to Advanced

  Whatever your subject, learn to paint it in a way that emanates warmth and sparkles with light. We will cover information about edges, color, intensity, and ways to link shadows from one object to another in our work. We will also learn to paint the different kinds of shadows -- those that create a three-dimensional look, and those that are cast shadows, both necessary to achieve the illusion of light.

  carla.gauthier@yahoo.com, 281-384-2473    www.carlagauthier.com

  Just bring your regular supplies like your palette, tubes of paint, brushes and good quality paper, pencil, eraser, sponges and paper towels, and maybe masking fluid, masking tape.

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• CANCELED - Incorporating Glass and Crystal Objects in A Still Life

  • Start
    March 28, 2020
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  • End
    March 29, 2020
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
  • Spaces left
    20

  

  CANCELED -

  INCORPORATING GLASS AND CRYSTAL OBJECTS IN A STILL LIFE 

  Monika Pate
  

  Saturday and Sunday

  March 28 & 29
  
  

  9:30 - 3:30        $100
  
  Level: All

  Join Monika Pate to explore how to paint realistic glass/crystal objects in watercolor using the layering technique. The instructor will explain how to approach the variety of shapes, colors, values, and textures of the subject. She will also provide step-by-step demonstrations and present variety of techniques to create realistic watercolor paintings. Students will also receive individual attention. Reference materials, detailed information, and supply list  will be provided to all of the registered participants at least 2 weeks prior to the workshop. Students are also welcome to work from their own materials if they prefer. All levels. Please email Monika at map352@gmail.com with any questions.  All levels.    

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• CANCELED- Portrait Painting

  • Start
    April 02, 2020
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  • End
    April 23, 2020
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
  • Spaces left
    13

  

  CANCELED- PORTRAIT PAINTING - Prof. Mohammad Ali Bhatti
  

  Thursday afternoons
  

  1:00-4:00 pm 
  

  April 2, 9, 16, 23    $150

  Level: Intermediate to Advanced

  This class is designed to learn basic techniques of portraits painting in watercolor medium. Class demos will help you to learn portrait painting skills, construction of human head, tonality, and color values. Portrait painting itself is a fun for many reasons; it is thrilling and exciting as well as challenging when painting in watercolor medium.  

  Supply List

  Graphite Pencils:     HB, 2B (preferable)

  Watercolor brushes(# 02 to #06 -- natural squirrel hair )

  Watercolor paint of your choice and palette 

  140 lb Arches watercolor paper, ¼ sheet size paper, or 12x16" block

  Lightweight drawing board

  Eraser, masking tape, sharpener

  Paper towels

  Note: Bring good quality close up photos/prints (6x6 inches) of your own choice for painting. You may also use free website for photos. www.pixabay.com

  artistmohdali@yahoo.com     281-818-6893      Click here to visit his website.

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• CANCELED - Beginning Watercolor Academy

  • When
    April 04, 2020
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    12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
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    0

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  BEGINNING WATERCOLOR ACADEMY  
  Beginner Composition and Design Principles  with Linda Southern Vanek

  Saturday Afternoon, April 4
  

  12:00pm-5:00pm.    $50

  This class is #4 in a series of five stand-alone, but sequential classes for beginners to watercolor, held once a month on Saturday or Sunday afternoons. It is for beginners only.

  Discover the secrets of master artists as we learn how strong composition and creativity sets great artwork apart from ordinary paintings!   Learn how the elements of design contribute to a strong composition, and help creativity to flow.  Bring your own photos or drawings to see how to make them into more dynamic paintings.

  Contact: Linda Vanek  linda@lindasouthern.com

  281-496-7293

  Supply List:

  sketchbook, palette, tubes of paint, brushes, good quality paper, pencil, eraser, sponges and paper towels, board to support paper, masking tape.
  

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• CANCELED - Taking the NEXT Steps to Painting with Watercolors

  • Start
    April 07, 2020
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  • End
    April 28, 2020
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
  • Spaces left
    1

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  TAKING THE NEXT STEPS TO PAINTING WITH WATERCOLORS - Robin Avery

  Tuesday mornings,
  

  April 7, 14, 21, 28

  9:30am-12:30pm.    

  $150
  
  

  We’ve learned some basics, and now we are ready to express ourselves on paper with glorious paints and perky brushes!   This is part two for those students who have basic knowledge of paint, brushes, paper, and techniques, as well as basic understanding of value.  We will focus on composing successful paintings while still learning basic painting skills.

  This is a beginner to intermediate class.
  robinavery47@gmail.com, 713-410-1075

    
  

  Supply List:

  • 6B pencil
  • tracing paper 
  • Plastic Watercolor Palette with a lid
    
  • Natural sponge
    
  • Paper towels
  • Gray watercolor pencil
    
  • yardstick
    
  • kneaded eraser
    
  • Brushes -- fewer good brushes is a better idea than lots of inexpensive brushes. There are many good brands. I prefer Stephen Quiller brushes but use others too. I will let you try out many of mine for you to decide from the first class.
    
  • • #10 round   # 6 round
    • 1 to 2 inch flat wash brush
  • Paper -- Good paper is important. Buy smaller sized paper to start out with. A block of paper will keep you from having to stretch your paper. Arches, Fabriano are good brands. Most people buy cold press 140 weight.  Remember Art Supply on Main gives Wash members a discount and Hobby Lobby's 40% coupon is good for buying Fabriano paper or kneaded erasers etc.
    
  • Paint -- Less good paint is better than lots of student grade paint. Student grade has a lot of filler in it.  This list includes one warm and one cool paint in each of the three primary colors.  These are needed for successful color mixing.
    
  • • Yellow: Winsor Yellow or Aureolin Yellow
    •             New Gamboge
    • Red: Permanent Rose or Rose Madder
    •          Cadmium Red or Winsor Red
    • Blue: Ultramarine Blue
    •           Cobalt blue

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  • Burnt Sienna (winsor newton brand)
    
  • Alizarin Crimson
    
  • Winsor Green and winsor blue......or Thalo blue  Thalo Green
    
  • Graflix Incredible Art Board from Amazon....used as a support and to stretch paper.....
    

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• CANCELED. WaterMediaGallery Demonstration- Sell Your Art

  • When
    April 11, 2020
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    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    1601 W. Alabama

  Register

  April 11, 4:00-6:00

  No cost, but must register.

  
  

  www.WaterMediaGallery.com is a website created by WAS-H honorary member Susan Giannantonio for you as an artist to create your own online store and sell your artwork. For a small monthly fee and no obligatory contract, you will make 100% of the asking price for your art.  A free 60 day trial is currently available. Attend a free class and learn 1) how to set up your store and 2) how to edit your photos on a mobile device (free app) to closely depict your artwork.  Free class, registration required.

  Please see artwork attached.

  Following the demo there will be a Q&A.  Want to watch a few how-to videos to prepare? Click https://watermediagallery.com/sellers/start-selling-videos/?v=7516fd43adaa and take a look.

  
  

  
  

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• CANCELED. Non-Representational Abstract with Watercolor & Collage Cancelled

  • Start
    April 18, 2020
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  • End
    April 19, 2020
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
  • Spaces left
    17

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  NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ABSTRACT WITH WATERCOLOR & COLLAGE - Susan Giannantonio
  

  Saturday and Sunday
  April 18-19

  9:30 am-3:30 pm     $100

  Bring your sense of adventure as we review design principals and apply them to mixed-media painting.  Bring your papers, ephemera, a mix of mediums, and prepare to have a weekend of playful exuberance!  Why not try acrylics on canvas just for fun? (optional) See my website for details:  www.susangiannantonio.com
  

  lucholiz@gmail.com, 281-347-9043,  www.susangiannantonio.com
  More info at susanteachespainting.blogspot.com 

  
  

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• CANCELLED. Chinese Brush Painting: The Colorful Peony

  • Start
    April 25, 2020
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  • End
    April 26, 2020
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
  • Spaces left
    10

  

  CANCELLED-CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING:

  THE COLORFUL PEONY

  Peihong Endris

  Saturday and Sunday

  April 25 & 26    

  9:30 - 3:30        $100

  Level: All

  In China, the Peony was known as the "king of all Flowers," and it is the epitome of nobility. You will learn that the magnificent peony, through simplicity of brushwork, depicts ideas and a unique perspective expressed on oriental rice paper.  Each technique is demonstrated by the instructor. Students receive individual attention adapted to their particular skill level and interests. All levels.
  

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  1. Brushes: a small combination brush, a large combination brush. a large hard bristle brush, a small hard bristle brush (it's brown color on the bristle), a fine pointed brush.

  2. Paper: any kind of absorbent rice paper as a pad or a roll or sheets

  3. a box of Marie's Chinese watercolor 12 or 18 tubes

  4. a bottle of Sumi-e ink

  5. a painting mat

  6. couple of palettes

  7. two paper weights as rocks, a roll of paper towel

  8. a wash jar or a small container

  
  

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• Photograph to Painting

  • Start
    April 28, 2020
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  • End
    May 19, 2020
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
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    0

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  PHOTOGRAPH TO PAINTING

  Carla Gauthier

  Tuesday afternoons 

  April 28, May 5, 12, 19

  1:00-4:00 pm

  $150

  Level: Intermediate to Advanced

  Whether you fancy yourself a professional photographer, or you just have a handful of snapshots that inspire you to paint, photos are resources that can push our art forward. Learn to take steps to identify the best shapes, arrange them in a few pleasing compositions, work on a value sketches to improve visual flow and finally choose color schemes to give your art mood and personality.

  We will do this multiple times, in class, and paint as "homework". A final critique will help us celebrate the new approaches we have taken and the resulting paintings. To get the most out of this class there will be extra time involved to get "homework" done, please take note! This class is good for intermediate to advanced levels.
  

  carla.gauthier@yahoo.com, 281-384-2473    www.carlagauthier.com

  Just bring your regular supplies like your palette, tubes of paint, brushes and good quality paper, pencil, eraser, sponges and paper towels, and maybe masking fluid, masking tape.

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• Beginning Watercolor Academy

  • When
    May 02, 2020
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    12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
  • Spaces left
    0

  BEGINNING WATERCOLOR ACADEMY - 
  Order of Operations 

  Carla Gauthier

  Saturday Afternoon

  May 2, 2020
  

  12:00pm-5:00pm.    

  $50

  This is class #5 in our popular Beginning Watercolor Academy- five stand-alone, but sequential classes for beginners to watercolor, held once a month on Saturday or Sunday afternoons.

  ***Note: This class is for beginners.  It is NOT for students who have already taken a class with Carla. Please save those spots for the beginners taking this series.***

  Award-winning artist Carla Gauthier will conclude our five-part series with a lesson on how to go from an inspiration to a painting. How to break down the subject matter into manageable parts, painting in sequential layers, from soft edges to harder details. This class will give you the confidence to get out and paint on your own.

  Contact: carla.gauthier@yahoo.com,  281-384-2473     www.carlagauthier.com
    
  

  Just bring regular supplies like your sketchbook, palette, tubes of paint, brushes and good quality paper, pencil, eraser, sponges and paper towels, and maybe masking fluid, masking tape.

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• Chinese Brush Painting: 8 Unique Techniques

  • Start
    May 05, 2020
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  • End
    May 26, 2020
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
  • Spaces left
    5

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  CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING -

  8 UNIQUE TECHNIQUES: Salt, Liquid soap, Alum, Floating rice paper,  Leaf print, Wood rubbing, Alum, & Gum Arabic

  Peihong Endris

  Tuesday mornings
  

  May 5, 12, 19, 26

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm 
  

  $150  

  Level: All

  Chinese brush painting provides a wonderful opportunity to closely observe nature. One key element of this distinctive style is the influence the materials have on form and technique. Each technique will be introduced with hands-on, step by step instruction. This class we will focus on 8 unique Chinese brush painting techniques.
  

  Cost: $150 / $190 non-members
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  Brushes; Two fine tip brush for lines work, two small combination brushes(white bristles surrounded with brown bristles in inner), a large combination brush.

  Paper: Shimmer paper or Extra Thin Cicada Wing paper (2 sheets of 54"x 27")

  A box of Marie’s watercolor, 12 or 18 tubes

  A bottle of Sumi-e ink or Chinese ink.

  A soft pencil, a painting mat, four paper weights such as rocks, a roll of paper towels, a foam board 18 x 24", a couple of 18 x 24" drawing papers.

  A wash jar or a small container, couple of porcelain dishes for mixing colors.

  
  

  
  

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• Pen & Ink and Watercolor

  • Start
    May 16, 2020
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  • End
    May 17, 2020
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
  • Spaces left
    5

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  PEN & INK and    WATERCOLOR

  Joanie Hughes

  Saturday, and Sunday

  May 16-17 

  9:30 - 3:30        $100

   This medium has endless possibilities with a variety of themes. Techniques and painting concepts will be stressed in successful mid-size and small paintings. Learn about the different tools for pen & ink. You will learn how to create delightful paintings with pen, ink, and watercolor.  Great for sketchbook travel.  

  Suitable for all levels.  

  Contact Joanie at 713-426-6767 or at joan-hughes@comcast.net. Visit her website here.

  PEN, INK AND WATERCOLOR SUPPLY LIST ~ Joanie Hughes
  

  Mix media paper pad 9X12, 90 to 140 lb
  One 22X30 hot press watercolor paper
  Tracing pad
  Small ruler
  Lead pencil
  Watercolor pencils - yellow, red, and blue
  Micron Pen #2,# 5, #8
  Ultra fine  Sharpie
  Regular watercolor palette -  Yellow, red, and blue watercolor paint if you
  do not have a palette,
  Medium and small round brush
  ONLY AFTER THE FIRST CLASS
  If interested in using a dip pen it’s best to wait until after samples and variety of pen holders, nibs, and India Inks are introduced to you.

  
  

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• Water and Boat in Watercolor

  • Start
    May 30, 2020
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  • End
    May 31, 2020
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    WAS-H 1601 West Alabama at Mandell, Houston, TX 77006
  • Spaces left
    19

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  WATER AND BOATS IN WATERCOLOR -- Les McDonald
  

  
  

  Saturday & Sunday, May 30-31, 9:30am-3:30pm.    $100

  Painting water can be challenging. This two-day watercolor workshop is designed to teach proficiency and control for painting water and landscape.

  Design elements will be taught as well as how to work from photographic reference. Methods for incorporating elements of realism will be addressed and demonstrated. Daily demonstrations with step-by-step explanations of the concepts and technique will be provided. There will be lots of one-on-one help. Within the workshop each person’s goal will be addressed so they may achieve their objectives.

  This is the photo we will be working from.  

  All levels. 

  les@lesmcdonald.com, 713-977-4729.  www.lesmcdonald.com
  

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• Don Andrews Major Workshop

  • Start
    October 05, 2020
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  • End
    October 09, 2020
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    1601 West Alabama
  • Spaces left
    19

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  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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