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Evelyn demos at recent Free and Fun Watercolor workshop at Main Street Gallery.
I’m starting a new format for watercolor instruction in 2010. Classes will be in a workshop format. On the first Monday of each month, I will demo a topic. Students will create their own paintings using this technique and bring them for critique on the third Monday. This format will offer more flexibility for those who want to brush up on a particular skill but aren’t able to commit to a long class session. I’ve added a special focus on the share-and-tell “critiques,” since students get a great deal from seeing what others do and hearing my painting analysis.
I have been invited by North Valley Art League in Redding to give a workshop for them and may also give a beginning watercolor weekend workshop in Lewiston in the future. Below is 2010 workshop information.
Watercolor Workshops 2010
Dates:
First and third Mondays, Jan. through April, 2010; Second and fourth Mondays for May
Times:
Afternoon session—meet at 12:30 pm Evening session—meet at 4:00 pm
Location:
Main Street Gallery, Weaverville. Directions: Take Hwy 299 into Weaverville (299 becomes Main Street). As you enter Old Town Weaverville, Main Street Gallery is on the west side of the street, just up from Mountain Market, right next to Mamma Llama’s Coffee House.
Topics:
Jan: Washes/backgrounds Feb: Snow Mar: Trees Apr: Composition May: Troubleshooting
Description:
In the first three-hour meeting (first Monday), Evelyn will demo techniques, and participants will practice using techniques; painting assignments will be given. In the second two-hour meeting (third Monday), participants will bring completed painting assignments and participate in a non-threatening sharing and analysis/critique of their work, led by Evelyn.
Price:
$25 for two meetings (five hours of instruction) (Payable end of first class, nonrefundable.)
Information:
To sign up, contact Evelyn Mercer Ward, jeward@shasta.com; 530-778-3305.
Instructor Background:
Evelyn Mercer Ward has been providing instruction in watercolor painting since 2004, when she taught painting for four years for Shasta College Extension in Weaverville. Since 2006 she has been teaching private watercolor classes in Lewiston and Weaverville. Out of her classes many hesitant artists-in-the-bud have bloomed and become artists in their own right, exhibiting in local galleries (as in the recent Trinity Artists show at the Main Street Gallery). Evelyn’s classes are fun and non-threatening.
