This class explores watercolor techniques including wet on wet and use of drawing gum. Students will practice learning different triad palette combinations and pulling and glazing watercolors using personal photographs and still life as inspiration. Use of gouache and egg tempera is acceptable. Painting experience is a must. Students work at their own pace with critique and suggestions. Still life is often provided along with painting from instructors’ photos or students’ own. Demonstrations and assistance will be provided by the instructor.
$90 DCA Members – $135 Non-members
Wednesdays (1-3:30pm)
May 22 – June 26 | 6 weeks | Register Now
Instruction focuses on journaling with pen and watercolor wash. Work from your travel or memorabilia photos. We will also feature urban sketching with instruction on perspective for architectural components. Take one class or several with ongoing critique of previous month’s studies.
Suggested materials include:
Basics for the class are a journal, watercolor materials, black ink pen(s), and pencils.
Journals (choose any journal for wet (watercolor) application. Some choices:
Arches Aquarelle Travel Journal; landscape format $20.63 (Dick Blick vendor)
Moleskin Watercolor Notebook; 5 x 8 approx. $30 (Dick Blick)
Canson Watercolor 7×10 pad (Michaels) approx. $13.
Artists Loft Watercolor 5.5×8.5 pad (Michaels) approx. $6.
Pens (choose black ink, fine to medium tips)
Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens (Michaels)
Micron ink pens
Pencils and rubber eraser
Watercolor Materials
Winsor Newton professional watercolor tubes are best; choose three primaries: e.g.
ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson, aureolin yellow or winsor yellow or other colors you may
have. We will practice color mixing to obtain secondaries and build a variety.
Round brushes, sizes 6 and 10; Artists Loft synthetic (Michaels brand) is adequate and cheap
for beginner use. Princeton Select (blue handle) are also inexpensive and available at
Michaels.
Plastic Watercolor Palette (Michaels has a 17 well palette for $5.99)
Paper towels and water container (glass mason jar is good) We have a sink in the studio.
Personal photos Recommend that you bring a few favorite photos, whether travel, nature, or
celebrations of daily life. I will have photos for architectural studies to practice simple
perspective for travel themes. We’ll discuss the many types of journals as well as basic
exercises for artistic expression.
Please bring a bag lunch unless you want to enjoy a local restaurant on our lunch break.
$25 DCA Members, $70 Non-members
Saturdays (10am – 3pm)
Students will have the opportunity to learn techniques for creating a stained-glass panel. Instruction includes design, cutting, foiling, and soldering. Stress-free, excellent instruction with beautiful results!
$135 DCA Member – $180 Non-Members
Tuesdays, 6pm-8pm
January 9 – March 12 / 10 weeks | Register Now
April 9 – June 11 / 10 weeks | Register Now
Instructor: Katie Cassidy
Description:
Strong, engaging composition does not appear miraculously at the end of a painting; good composition is built from the beginning. With Katie’s guidance, this workshop will help you unravel the mystery of composition. Katie will take you through the steps of building a successful pastel painting: strong composition, value structure, engaging color, edges, and detail. Working from photos, the student will learn to simplify the subject through a series of notan thumbnails before starting their pastel painting. There will be lots of personal attention as well as group critiques. Katie will contact each student prior to the workshop with advice on photography as a subject matter. The students will work from their own photos – no professional photography is permitted.
Cost: $180 Members, $225 Non-members
Day of the Week/Time: Tuesday and Wednesday, 10am – 4pm each day
Dates: September 10 & 11
Location: Classroom
(Deadline to register is August 15)
Material list will available upon registration.
Cassidy graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park with a BFA in Art and worked for many years at the Academy Art Museum both as an instructor and head of the adult art curriculum. In 2022, Katie made a bold change in her life by moving to Colorado where, with three partners, she opened Blue Pony Artists and Gallery in Colorado Springs. She continues to teach adult art classes which she considers one of her greatest joys. She has won numerous awards, including several national awards in pastel. Katie looks forward seeing old and new friends when she returns in September to teach a pastel workshop at Dorchester Center for the Arts.
$180 Members, $225 Non-members
Tuesday and Wednesday, 10am – 4pm each day
September 10 & 11: Register Now
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