WEEKEND FALL WORKSHOP

FULL WITH A WAITLIST

Traveling Sketchbook

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Nov 9-10

10am-4pm

Want to be able to capture that sense of a wonderful moment and place whether traveling or just hanging out? Or record the little and big items in your life to create a unique visual record? Participants will learn several easy and successful strategies for drawing, painting, collage and writing in situ to turn their adventures and everyday life into hand held works of art. Mini-field trips within and outside the museum will also offer source material and inspiration.

Basic watercolor and drawing skills are not essential but will be helpful. 

New Class (well, a reconstruction of requested return) 

Topics in Watercolor: Enhanced Techniques- Multi Week Class

Visual Arts Center

Richmond, Virginia 

Fridays 9:30-12 noon

October 11-November 15th

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For those who are already proficient with the watercolor medium.  Students will expand watercolor expertise with a new topic introduced each week. Some exercises include and are sequential: botanical illustration, oversized still life, exercises to loosen up, skeleton study, and painting from a live (clothed) model.

Visual Arts Center of Richmond

September 28 - September 29

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Get introduced to watercolors or refresh your knowledge of the medium. We’ll explore our materials, then cover application methods like wet–on–wet, glazes, blocks, resists and lifts. We’ll also cover work area set–up, composition set–up, lost and found edges, transferring imagery and methods for controlling the paint. With an emphasis on value as a way to produce convincing compositions, class discussions will touch on color theory, light, texture, and transparency. We’ll paint from direct observation and reference photos. Expect lots of one–on–one guidance and detailed demonstration from the instructor. Students will come away with a deeper understanding of this medium and its expressive possibilities.