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• Betsey MacDonald, Animalia: Pencil & Paint - 5 Week Watercolor/Drawing class (Intermediate-Advanced)

  • Start
    09 Jan 2025
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    9:00 AM
  • End
    06 Feb 2025
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    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  Animalia in Pencil & Paint - 5 Week Watercolor/Drawing class
  Intermediate-Advanced

  Instructor: Betsey MacDonald
  Date and Time: Thursdays January 8th - February 6th, 9am - 12pm
  Location: RIWS Classroom (Lower Level Gallery)

  Class Description: If you love animals, this class will give you the opportunity to draw them from life and then do a final watercolor portrait. There is no better way to learn about animals, as well as improve your drawing skills in general, than drawing them in person! My dogs will serve as models for contour line drawing, gesture drawing and longer poses in the first two classes. We’ll use both graphite and charcoal as we learn how to capture the essence of a subject quickly but accurately and we’ll have fun doing it with real dogs! Then for the next three classes, we’ll work on watercolors from your photos of your favorite animals or from my own photos of dogs, horses or even African animals

  Course Objectives

  • Improve observational skills through drawing
  • Use line and/or value to render objects quickly
  • Acquire skills for drawing with different drawing media
  • Observe, critique and discuss student work and master drawings
  • Experiment with charcoal as a means to draw quickly
  • Discuss how line and value can be used to create form
  • Use watercolor to capture the essence of an animal
  • Understand color mixing and how to create beautiful neutral tones
  • Use a split primary color wheel to produce clean secondary colors
  • Gain a greater appreciation of the other beings who share our world

  Materials student will need to provide: For drawing: pencils, 2B, 4B and 6B, erasers, vine charcoal and charcoal pencils, stomps, mixed media paper, Instructor will bring lots of drawing materials as well. For the last two classes, a 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 or two, #2 pencil or mechanical pencil, paper towel but we can discuss painting materials in class first.

  Materials provided by instructor: Dogs and drawing materials to share

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• Introduction to Watercolor Painting with Susan Stranz: 1-DAY WORKSHOP

  • When
    11 Jan 2025
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    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  Introduction to Watercolor Painting with Susan Stranz

  Instructor: Susan Stranz BIO
  Date/Time: Saturday, January 11th, 10am-3pm, lunch break 12-1pm SNOW DATE: Sunday, January 12th
  Location: RIWS Classroom (Lower Level Gallery)
  Materials Fee: $15 (bring to class)

  DESCRIPTION:
  Learn all the basics of Watercolor Painting in this fun and informative one day workshop. If you have ever wanted to try watercolor but didn’t know where to start…this is for you.

  Learn about the basic watercolor supplies and how to use them. Instructor will have a variety of brushes, papers, paints, and more to let you experiment with.

  You will learn how to mix basic colors and complete a color chart to use at home. In addition, basic watercolor techniques will be demonstrated and you will create a techniques page for your reference.

  Finally, the instructor will guide you through a step by step process to create a small landscape painting.

  Supplies will be provided for a small materials fee of $15. You will take home your palette loaded with paint, a #8 round watercolor brush, HB pencil, plastic eraser, foam core board, instructor handouts, two reference charts and a painting.

  

  

  
  

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• Snowy Landscapes in Watercolor with Evelyn Bernal - 2-Day Workshop (Intermediate-Advanced)

  • Start
    17 Jan 2025
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    10:00 AM
  • End
    18 Jan 2025
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    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  Instructor: Evelyn Bernal
  Date and Time: Friday & Saturday, January 17th & 18th, 10am -1pm each day
  Location: RIWS Classroom

  Workshop Description: 
  Learn to paint snowy landscapes from start to finish in this two-day workshop! In this workshop you will compose and paint snow scenes using wet on wet techniques. Evelyn will demonstrate her whole process and help students along the way with their own paintings.

  Definition of wet on wet: 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. 

  SUPPLY LIST: Snowy Landscapes Supply List

  

  

  
  

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• The Winter Palette in Watercolor with Susan Stranz: 5-WEEK CLASS

  • Start
    25 Jan 2025
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    9:30 AM
  • End
    22 Feb 2025
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    12:30 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  The Winter Palette in Watercolor with Susan Stranz
  5-Week Class

  Instructor: Susan Stranz BIO
  Date/Time: Saturdays, January 25th - February 22nd (Snow day March 1st)
  Location: RIWS Classroom (Lower Level Gallery)

  DESCRIPTION: Paint local winter landscapes in watercolor using the all the beautiful colors of winter. In this class you will learn how to mix all the delicate winter hues using basic primary colors. Each painting will be discussed beginning with the basic compositional sketch, to design and color selection. A wide variety of basic watercolor techniques will be demonstrated. We will paint both exercises and paintings as a class. Subject matter will include dramatic winter skies, snow, ice, winter shadows, water, trees and more. This class is suitable for all levels including beginners who have taken the one day beginner workshop or who have basic knowledge of materials.

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• Paint a Winter Fairy Tale on Silk with Lidia Mikhaylova: 1-DAY WORKSHOP (Beginner/Intermediate)

  • When
    08 Feb 2025
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    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  Paint a Winter Fairy Tale on Silk
  1-Day Workshop

  Beginner/Intermediate
  Instructor: Lidia Mikhaylova
  Date/Time: Saturday, February 8th, 10am-12:30pm
  Location: RIWS Classroom

  Imagine the brightness of colors and the freedom of movement of the brush. Imagine the freedom of creativity pouring out of you as we paint winter with one stroke!

  Not everyone loves winter? It's cold, the daylight is short, we must wear layers of clothing. And it’s difficult to get the positive emotions of light and colors, during the dark, winter solstice.

  But, if you look closely there are many hidden gifts in winter! You can go bask in the snow by skiing, snowboarding, ice skating and sledding, even wallow in the billowing snowdrifts. Winter smells like tangerines, mulled wine and Christmas! It is a time reflect and dream about all that is possible.

  I invite you to journey with me on a bright, fluffy winter fairy tale as we paint our dreams on silk. We’ll be using the work of the Chinese artist Hong Leung as the basis for our journey together!

  We will be working for 2.5 – 3 hours in a small group. The maximum number of participants is 12 people. You don’t need to bring anything, all necessary materials will be provided!

  

  
  

  

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• Still Lives - Pastel, Acrylic and/or Water-based Oils - 5-Week Class with Jeneane Lunn

  • Start
    13 Feb 2025
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    10:00 AM
  • End
    13 Mar 2025
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    12:30 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society - Lower Level Classroom
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  Still Lives - Pastel, Acrylic, and/or Water-based Oils - 5-Week Class

  Location: RIWS Classroom
  Instructor: Jeneane Lunn
  Date: Thursdays, February 13th - March 13th
  Time: 10am-12:30pm

  Still life painting is the best way to learn to use a new medium or technique due to its relative ease compared to landscape, portraits or figures. Still life is the best subject matter to study and improve composition as everything is up to the painter. There are no happy accidents! It is a fun way to focus on and improve your painting and drawing skills. Students are welcome to use pastels, acrylic paints AND/OR water-based oils for this class. Bring one you are familiar with or learn to use a new medium!

  There is so much more to see when you set up your own still life rather than painting from a photo. You will improve at seeing shapes and comparing and contrasting color and value. Still life allows for endless creativity and inspiration. There have been many still life and flower painters in the history of art and we will spend some time looking at their work and gathering inspiration for our own work. Adding flowers to the still life is a great way to improve your knowledge of plant anatomy and improve your ability to paint gardens en plein air.

  I teach a simple method of using pastels, acrylics, and/or oils that is good for beginners and anyone interested in adding more depth to their work. You can check out some of my painting demos at my Youtube channel @jeneanelunn.

  Materials List: Pastel Supply List.pdf
  Acrylic/Oil Supply List.pdf

  

  

  
  

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• WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP with Lorraine Watry, NWS, AWA - 3-Day Workshop

  • Start
    30 May 2025
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    9:00 AM
  • End
    01 Jun 2025
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    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Rhode Island Watercolor Society Classroom
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  Watercolor Workshop with Lorraine Watry, NWS, AWA
  3-Day Workshop
  Intermediate - Advanced

  REGISTRATION OPENS JANUARY 1st 2025!

  Instructor: Lorraine Watry, NWS, AWA www.lorrainewatrystudio.com
  Date and Time: Friday - Sunday, May 30 - June 1, 9am to 4pm each day, including a one hour lunchbreak.
  Location: RIWS Classroom

  Workshop Description: 

  This watercolor class will focus on a hummingbird and water, with some demonstrations on glass. (Examples above, FINAL IMAGE COMING SOON). Students will work along with Lorraine as she walks you through the steps of her painting process. Learn and use techniques like wet-on-wet, softening edges, layering, hard and soft edges, and more. Lorraine will demonstrate steps in the process and share lots of tips and tricks along the way. 

  Lorraine will be creating a unique composition just for this workshop and will provide the photo and drawing to students ahead of time. Registration will open early next year!

  About Lorraine Watry: A native of Colorado, Lorraine is a signature member and the current president of the National Watercolor Society; she is also a signature member of American Women Artists, Rocky Mountain National Watercolor Society, and Colorado Watercolor Society. In addition, she is a juried member of the International Guild of Realism and the Society of Animal Artists. She is well known for her paintings of birds, still lifes and waterscapes, often including beautiful renderings of reflections and refractions.

  A watercolor instructor since 1999, teaching both across the US and online, as well as a Master Artist mentor with Mastrius, Lorraine has written articles for the International Artist Magazine and appeared in The Artist Magazine and Pratique des Arts. Her multi award-winning paintings have been recognized on both the national and international stage, as well as published in the “Best of Watercolor: Splash 14, 20, 23, 24”. Her watercolors are represented by Hunter Wolff Gallery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

  

  
  

  
  

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