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• Evelyn Bernal: Wet on Wet Techniques in Watercolor- 6 week class (Intermediate-Advanced)

  • Start
    24 Mar 2023
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    10:00 AM
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    05 May 2023
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    1:00 PM
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    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  Instructor: Evelyn Bernal
  Date and Time: Fridays, March 24th - May 5th (No Class April 7th), 10am -1pm
  Location: RIWS Classroom

  Class Description: 

  Definition: Wet on wet painting is wet paint applied onto wet paint, so that the colors will spread into one another producing soft edges and blending. 

  
  

  The purpose of this class is to teach a more free and loose style in watercolor. To allow water to express itself by using spraying. To drop pure pigments on wet paper and let them mix freely.

  A wonderful spring class!

  
  

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• Betsey MacDonald: Natural Flow - 4 Week Watercolor class (All Levels Welcome!)

  • Start
    30 Mar 2023
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    1:00 PM
  • End
    20 Apr 2023
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    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  Natural Flow: A Watercolor Class Using Natural Forms as Our Muse
  All Levels Welcome!

  Instructor: Betsey MacDonald
  Date and Time: Thursdays, March 30th - April 20th, 1pm-4pm
  Location: RIWS Classroom

  Description:

  Rembrandt said, “Choose only one master, NATURE.”

  In this class, we will use natural forms as our muse to create beautiful watercolors. Natural forms reflect every color in the visible spectrum from pomegranate red and dandelion yellow, to the deepest almost black eggplant violet and every color in between. Earth colors or neutrals are abundant as are different organic shapes and textures. Think of the beauty and diversity of mushrooms alone! Plus, natural forms in every size, shape and color are easily found and can sit on tables right in front of us.

  We will use watercolor to add to our appreciation of the natural world. At the same time, we’ll learn more about color mixing and improve our painting skills. We’ll experiment with wet into wet technique, dry brush, layering, using resists and even a bit of spattering and dripping. Nature provides endless forms of inspiration, all of which will help us gain confidence in our painting and allow us to share our interpretations of the beauty of the natural world through our art.

  Objectives:

  • Learn to better “see” by painting from life
  • Practice mixing perfect colors and more vibrant neutrals
  • Creatively paint natural objects by selectively using a mix of techniques
  • Become comfortable experimenting with watercolor
  • Learn to accept and use watercolor “accidents”
  • Improve skills with watercolor techniques like wet into wet, drybrush, masking and layering
  • Observe, critique and discuss student work and master watercolors
  • Connect to and appreciate the complexity and beauty of the natural world

  
  

  Materials student will need to provide: watercolor set(an inexpensive tray is fine but a set of tubes with palette is great, too), variety of brushes, masking fluid, watercolor block or pad(at least 140 lb, at least 9 x 12 or larger) or a few sheets with a gator foam board for stapling or some other support or 300 lb paper which doesn’t need mounting , hot or cold press or even rough can work, jar or two for water, spray bottle, sponge, #2 pencil or mechanical pencil, fine point sharpie.

  Materials provided by instructor: A wide variety of natural objects, some papers to try, resists, a variety of brushes, sponges, spray bottles, paper towels

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• DEMO - GOLDEN Acrylics from A-Z - Adria Arch (FREE!)

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    08 Apr 2023
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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    Rhode Island Watercolor Society - Classroom
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  GOLDEN Acrylics from A-Z
  FREE Demonstration

  Location: RIWS Classroom
  Demo Artist: Adria Arch
  Dates: Saturday, April 8th
  Time: 10am-12pm

  Description: This lecture packs in a ton of valuable information about acrylics, guiding listeners through the basics while opening up new possibilities. Gain information about mineral and modern pigments and how this relates to clean color mixing, glazing and the creation of fabulous new colors. Learn the unique properties of Fluids, Heavy Body, OPEN and High Flow Acrylics. Discover Interference and Iridescent paints for unusual effects. Get a comprehensive overview on the many Gels & Mediums and how they can change texture, saturation and intensity of color, used for sculptural effects and more.

  The lecture includes a review of Grounds that create truly contemporary surfaces for painting, drawing, pastel, and mixed media. Each lecture includes an array of examples of these materials put to use. Attendees leave the lecture enthusiastic to explore the extensive potential of acrylic painting. 

  
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• Gel Printing with GOLDEN Acrylics - Adria Arch - 3 Hour Printmaking Workshop (All Levels Welcome!)

  • When
    08 Apr 2023
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  Gel Printing with GOLDEN Acrylics

  Location: RIWS Classroom
  Instructor: Adria Arch
  Dates: Saturday, April 8th
  Time: 1pm-4pm

  Description: 
  Explore beautiful color layering and make one of a kind prints on paper and other surfaces with the flexible gel plate and Golden's OPEN acrylics. We'll learn the basics of the simple but irresistible technique that will enable you to explore design and texture.

  This workshop includes a gel plate and brayer to borrow, and all paints. Please provide your own pad of white drawing paper, approx. 11" x 14", scissors, and blue painter tape.

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• Foundations of an Art Marketing System - Becky Sciullo - 3 Week Online Class

  • Start
    11 Apr 2023
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    6:00 PM
  • End
    25 Apr 2023
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    8:30 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society - Online Zoom Meeting
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  Foundations of an Art Marketing System - Three Week Online Class

  Location: Online Zoom Meeting (you will receive a link to join the meeting via email before the class)
  Instructor: Becky Sciullo www.artisan-advantage.com
  Dates: Tuesdays, April 11th, 18th, & 25th
  Time: 6pm-8:30pm

  Description:
  Learn how to set up a system for marketing your art to serve as the foundation for online and in-person marketing. Using the Foundations system, artists in this program will learn to consistently share work with their audience across appropriate marketing channels for their unique work.

  The information is relevant for artists currently using many popular web platforms such as WordPress, Weebly, Squarespace, and Faso – or artists who do not yet have a website. The program, taught over three sessions, offers tools for creating and maintaining this system in a manageable way.

  Foundations Session One: Set up Your Web-Based Hub

  In this program, artists first receive an overview of this three-part system, so they understand how their system will work when completed. Then, we overview the setup of the first part – a dynamic web-based hub. The presentation will address how to do this for an artist starting from scratch or one looking to improve upon an existing website.

  Foundations Session Two: Find Your Unique Audience

  The second session teaches artists how to find audiences for their unique work. First, artists learn a four-step process to find audiences for their individual work. Then they learn strategies to connect with and grow their base of fans, followers, and collectors.

  Foundations Session Three: Manage Your System: Marketing Channels and Planning

  In the final session, we review different channels available for artists to market work and how to develop specific strategies using these channels. This session includes how to create a content plan for your business. Then, we pull it together and discuss how to plan all your business activities within the system, from a year down to a day.

  Students will receive a workbook for easy follow-along during class and speaker notes after the session. In addition, Becky will be available to students after the class is over via email to answer questions.

  About the Instructor: Becky Sciullo

  Meet Becky Sciullo

  

  I’m Becky Sciullo, the founder of Artisan Advantage. I help visual artists sell their work using a system I developed helping my father, artist Robert Yonke, start and grow his business. You can read a little about my work with him in the Wall St. Journal’s Attention, Bloggers. This work then led to helping other creatives through an Artist Boot Camp in the Pittsburgh area. I enjoy helping visual artists and creative businesses through group programs and individual consulting.

  I will help you set up an art marketing system that connects you directly with an audience interested in your work!

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• Andrea Warner: 4-WEEK CLASS - MONOTYPE PRINTMAKING (All Levels Welcome!)

  • Start
    13 Apr 2023
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    10:00 AM
  • End
    04 May 2023
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    12:30 PM
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    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  INTRODUCTION TO MONOTYPE PRINTMAKING

  All levels Welcome!

  Instructor: Andrea Warner

  Date/Time: Thursdays, April 13th - May 4th, 10am-12:30pm
  Location: RIWS Classroom
  Materials List HERE

  Description: 
  A monotype is a unique print made by painting, drawing or inking on one surface and transferring the image to paper or another substrate using a printing press or by hand.

  This 4-week class offers a detailed look at Monotypes, and encourages students to experiment and have fun in a stress-free environment. Basic monotype printmaking techniques will be taught as you create an array of beautiful prints using ink, elements, and the pressure of RIWS's own etching press for the transfer.

  Experimentation is key during the process and makes this art form fun and often pleasantly unpredictable. Marks and textures are added with brushes, palette knives, gauze, string, textured paper or netting. Ideas and results are as endless as your imagination. In addition to the basics, you will learn color blocking, layering and other monotype techniques.

  Our teacher, Andrea Warner, is active member of both the Rhode Island Watercolor Society and the Monotype Guild of New England. She has many years of experience in a variety of monotype printmaking techniques.

  *Students can bring items or materials, such as leaves, small twigs, kitchen recyclables, such as mesh onion bags, or anything flat, or that can be flattened, to use as elements. Full materials list HERE

  

  
  

  
  

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• Contemporary Papermaking with Suzi Ballenger - 4-Week Papermaking class

  • Start
    14 Apr 2023
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    1:30 PM
  • End
    05 May 2023
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    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  Contemporary Papermaking
  All Levels Welcome!

  Instructor: Suzi Ballenger
  Date and Time: Fridays, April 14th - May 5th, 1:30pm - 4pm (4 sessions)
  Location: RIWS Classroom
  Materials Fee: $30
  

  Description:
  Contemporary Papermaking explores methods for using paper as an expressive medium that enhances our visual and haptic languages. We will use abaca, flax, hemp and foraged garden plants to make paper using a traditional "Western Style" dip method. You will learn how to embed, layer, color and shape this malleable material. We will study various hand manipulation and drying procedures that highlight the characteristics of different fibers. These basic techniques can be mimicked in your home studio. The class will culminate in creating small, personal books of our handmade papers.

  $30 Materials Fee includes various plant pulps; dyed pulp; stencils and additives; mold/deckle/felts/pelons for forming and pressing paper; plastic apron; all supplies (thread, needle, commercial board) needed to make final journals.

  Materials you needed: A willingness to have fun, put your hands in a bucket of slurry, and get messy! 

  

  

  

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• Gyotaku Fish Printing with Carolyn Levtin - 1-Day Monotype Printmaking Workshop (All Levels Welcome!)

  • When
    22 Apr 2023
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    10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society - Classroom
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  Gyotaku Fish Printing - Monotype Printmaking

  Location: RIWS Classroom
  Instructor: Carolyn Levtin
  Dates: Saturday, April 22nd
  Time: 10am-4pm (with a break for lunch)
  $10 Materials Fee

  Description:
  

  In this one-day workshop, Carolyn Letvin will teach the process of making and enhancing prints made from fish. Originating in Japan during the mid-1800s, the process was used by fishermen to record their catches for accuracy when selling the fish. It subsequently became a popular nature printmaking art form of its own. Using both acrylic paint and water-based ink, students will create beautiful prints, then learn how to enhance the image to make them come alive on the paper.

  All supplies (including the fish!) will be provided.

  Note: We will be handling real fish for this engaging workshop, which means there may be a fishy smell while printing them, but the fun and results far outweigh any unpleasantries! 

  

  
  

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• Jerry Aissis: Abstract Landscapes - 1-day workshop (All Levels Welcome!)

  • When
    06 May 2023
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    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  A One-Day Workshop
  All Levels Welcome! Instructor: Jerry Aissis
  Date and Time: Saturday, May 6th, 10am-1pm
  Location: RIWS Classroom

  Workshop Description: This workshop will emphasize painting rocks, trees, water and buildings that can be used to create a landscape.  Emphasis will be in mixing colors directly on the paper using pouring, learning to use controlled washes, and creating textures that simulate actual objects used to paint a landscape.  This one-day workshop will have students using photos of their own to learn the basics of watercolor and how to push it to more than just copying the photo.

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• Diane Brown: Oil & Cold Wax - 2-Day Workshop (All Levels Welcome!)

  • Start
    20 May 2023
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    10:00 AM
  • End
    21 May 2023
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    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society - Classroom
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  Oil & Cold Wax 2-Day Workshop

  Location: RIWS Classroom
  Instructor: Diane Brown www.dianebrownct.com
  Dates: Saturday & Sunday, May 20th & 21st
  Time: 10am-2pm each day
  $20 Materials Fee

  Description:
  In this 2-day workshop artists will learn about the oil & cold wax experience from mixing to applying it, and using unconventional tools to create different mark-making textures. Cold wax is buttery soft and when mixed with oil paint adds body, transparency and depth to the painting. Through a process of layering and manipulating different oil and cold wax layers, rich abstract paintings are created, filled with vibrant color and visual texture. This workshop is perfect for the beginner and exciting to the experienced artist.

  Each session begins with a demonstration of the process by the instructor. On the first day, you’ll create three to four paintings on 140 lb. watercolor paper. In addition, you will be putting gesso on your boards (you determine the board size) to ready them for day two. On the second day you will begin painting on your gessoed boards. Or, you may continue painting on 140 lb paper.

  Materials List for two-day workshop:

  • 1 Roll of paper towels
  • 2 -3 wooden cradled panels (12”x12” 1-5/8”deep suggested size) You can also purchase gessoed boards if you prefer.
  • 1-Garbage bag
  • Large pieces of cardboard for transport home

  
  

  Materials Supplied by Teacher: ($20 Materials fee will be collected on the 1st Day)

  • Oil Paints
  • Squeegee
  • Cold Wax
  • 140lb. Watercolor paper
  • Palette Knife
  • Palette Papper
  • Wax Paper
  • Gesso, brushes
  • Powdered pigments, Charcoal, Collage Paper, Knitting Needles/Skewers
  • Citra Solv, pipettes, glitter, oil crayons, stencils and more

  There will be 20-minute lunch break, so bring a lunch with you!

  
  

  
  
  

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