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Summer & Fall 2010

Events

San Diego Botanic Garden
Garden Expressions Invitational Exhibit

Saturday and Sunday  August 21-22   9am to 5pm

Outdoor Art Exhibit set in the garden.

http://www.sdbgarden.org/expressions.htm

San Diego Botanic Garden is just 30 minutes north of downtown San Diego in Encinitas, California.
It covers approximately 35 acres at 230 Quail Gardens Drive, which runs parallel to Interstate 5 between Encinitas Blvd and Leucadia Blvd.


Classes

Art Unraveled

http://www.artunraveled.com/ARTU10/AUindex.htm
August 3-10
Phoenix, Arizona

Batik Flora & Fauna -A Mixed Media Approach
Thursday August 9am to 4:30pm
All levels -- Students will take home 2 small paintings on canvas.

Spend a full day creating beautiful nature themed mixed media paintings on Masa paper and canvas. We will explore a special batik technique with Masa rice paper mounted on canvas. We’ll use the “dropped-in color” watercolor technique to paint vivid flora and fauna on the paper support. It’s a messy, fun, out of control way of painting that allows the colors to blend and fuse without “mud”. Colored pencils, ink lines and collage elements will be added to embellish the shapes. Don’t worry if you’ve never painted or drawn before! - I’ll go over the basics and there will be images available to work from or bring some images of your own. You’ll discover how beautiful and bright watercolors can be with this special process. The artwork will be sealed with an acrylic varnish to protect the surface. A border will be painted with an antiquing paint layer and brilliant metallic acrylic paints.


San Diego Botanic Garden

http://www.sdbgarden.org/classes.htm

Botanical Watercolor Monotype Pastel Combo
with Helen Shafer Garcia
9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday, August 29

painting Discover innovative techniques to build micro view botanical compositions uniting watercolor monotype and pastel. Monotype is an expressive printing method which creates intriguing textured color shapes. Spend the day printing and painting in watercolor exploring wet into wet approaches. We will add pastel layers to exaggerate color intensity and build luminous layers to create a unified and harmonious affect. This workshop is for all skill levels.

Please bring these materials to the workshop: 1 set of (24 or more) hard Prismacolor Nupastels, personal watercolor palette, water container, one round #10 or #12 watercolor brush, support board 12” x 16” or larger, artist’s tape, 2b pencil, paper towels, journal for notes, 1 sheet 22” x 30” Rives BFK (Paper will be also be provided to buy at the workshop) Other supplies will be provided by the instructor. Questions: email Helen at henstudio@cox.net

Cost: Members $65, non-members $75.
Pre-registration required by August 25.


Palomar College

www.palomar.edu

3 units       Fall Semester 2010  Starts August 28th

Acrylic I # 225, Acrylic II #226 , Watercolor I #235, Watercolor II #236

This is your chance to paint for 6 hours every Saturday in a studio setting. Demos, critiques and field trips are held periodically. Audit the class; take it for credit/non credit or the full blown “grade”!

Saturday's 9:00am to 3:30pm

Concepts of studio painting utilizing acrylic based colors and watercolors as the primary medium. Exploration of different styles and techniques with emphasis on contemporary modes of expression. Concentration of gaining skills in composition, brush handling, and the use of color.


Escondido Adult School Classes

3750 Mary Lane
Escondido, CA 92025
760 739-7300

Drawing Basics - Art Journaling Style

Wednesdays   9am to 12noon  Midway Plaza location   September 8 - November 17

Learn how to draw! Overcome your “I can’t draw” fears. Art journals give you an invitation to develop basic techniques and build skills needed to express your creative soul. Create and write in an art journal / sketchbook Explore drawing and painting techniques to build confidence. Sketch and paint basic forms with pencil, pen and ink, paint, collage and colored pencils. Class consists of demonstrations, critiques, and occasional “Plein Air” field trips.

Painting with Pastels

Fridays 1 to 4pm   Midway Plaza location    September Sept. 10 - November 19
For all skill levels

Watercolor Techniques and Methods

Mondays 9 am to 12pm     Joslyn Senior Center      September 20 - November 2

For advanced beginners to intermediate watercolorists.

Expressions in Watermedia-Transparency and Light

Watercolors and Acrylics

Fridays 9am to 12pm    Joslyn Senior Center    September 10 - November 19

For intermediate to advanced watercolorists.


Fallbrook School of the Arts

310 East Alvarado Fallbrook, CA 92028
760 728-6383

Book Arts:  Embellished and Stitched

book arts

Meets Thursdays 1pm to 4pm    September 23rd - November 11th

Discover the art of book making using mixed media techniques. Have your art passion awakened as you learn mixed media techniques with acrylics and other mediums to create various embellished papers to bind into books. Paste papers, mark making, paper surface textures with embellishments and other exploratory techniques will be covered. Accordion fold, pamphlet stitch, and multiple signature Coptic stitch book structures will be explored. Alter an existing book with paint, found objects and ephemera. We'll also design sculptural book structures with hidden elements that will hold small booklets- a book within a book. Book content will also be explored and discussed.

Watermedia- a contemporary approach

Thursdays 9am to 12noon      September 23 - November 11

A class for all skill levels: This class will focus on contemporary watercolor and liquid acrylic approaches of painting. Surface textures, collage, pours, mark making, and batik methods will be explored along with conceptual compositional approaches. All skill levels are welcome.  Alternative supports will be explored in acrylic and watercolor. Pigment characteristics, color theory, composition, and design will also be covered with demos, critiques and individual instruction. Returning students will benefit from new class assignments each quarter. Supplies will be discussed at the first class meeting. Please bring the following materials to  the first day of class: ½ sheet 140 Arches 140lb cold pressed watercolor paper, 1 round #12 or #14 watercolor or acrylic brush, watercolor or liquid acrylic pigments that you already have on hand in a palette, water container, 2b pencil, journal for notes. Limit 12 students.

A class for all skill levels: This class will focus on contemporary watercolor and liquid acrylic approaches including the “dropped in color” technique, which incorporates luminosity and brilliance in painting.

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