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
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
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
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.