Classes

 Following are class opportunities for watercolor painting that are offered in the near future:

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6 Class Intermediate Watercolor Class, January 25 - March 1

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My next watercolor class will be offered at the Downtown Art Center (DAC) in Chinatown.  Registration is currently available at the DAC website: https://www.downtownarthi.org/classes. Keep an eye on the website.

The class will include the following:

 

Class 1:  Explanation of values, lost edges, shading and shadows and how to achieve them with watercolor. Class will include a still life demonstration followed by a student paint session.

 

Class 2:  Demonstration of a Hawaiian beach landscape illustrating foreground, middleground, and background values and colors.  Will include a demonstration of how to render beach, rock, plants, waves, and water followed by a student paint session.

 

Class 3:  How to render expressive figures including people and 4 legged animals.  Will include an urban scene of individual people and crowds with a demonstration followed by student painting.,

 

Class 4:  A demonstration of how to paint expressive florals using lost edges, defined shadows, shading, veination, and background.  Will include a floral display and students will paint "in the round".

 

Class 5:  Demonstration of how to render buildings in an urban setting.  Will include basic perspective drawing and how to capture a specific focus in an urban scene with many competing shapes and activity.

 

Class 6:  Students will bring a photograph to class which they would like to paint in watercolor.  There will be no demo.  Dwayne will help students on a rotating basis, helping to define their message, their focus, and an approach to using watercolor to capture the photograph.

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