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Capturing Light, Color, and Motion in Marine Landscapes |
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CWB is proud to announce the new lineup for the "Art on the Water" series for 2008. Eight incredible artists, including five renowned watercolorists and three premier artists from the Pacific Northwest, will gather at CWB's docks to hold painting workshops. The programs will include watercolor, aqueous mixed media, and pastel. Our setting at the south end of Lake Union provides a plethora of marine and city scapes as well as delightful figure-painting opportunities. Explore the following class descriptions to find what excites you most and be sure to register early, as classes fill up fast! Contact Mareth Warrent PRIOR to registering to make sure there is space available in the workshop. A registration fee of $125 will hold your place.
Click here for a registration form and medical release form for the painting workshops. Contact Mareth Warren for more information on the
workshops.
marethw@comcast.net; www.marethwarren.com
(206) 706-3442
Figurative Watercolor from Photographs
Instructor: Ted Nuttall , www.tednuttall.com
Date: March 24 - 27, 2008 (Monday - Thursday)
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Medium: Watercolor / Figure
Cost: $390 members / $430 nonmembers
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Ted is the quintessential people watcher, a habit that has engendered an intuitive ability to capture the quiet, underlying character of his subjects. His approach to his workshops is wonderfully unique - his teaching, his painting (from photographs), his story-telling and his way of working with each student, sets the stage for high-level creativity. Your approach to figure painting will never be the same. Limit: 15 students.
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Secrets of Painting Loose
Instructor: Eric Wiegardt, www.ericwiegardt.com
Date: April 14 - 17, 2008 (Monday - Thursday)
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Medium: Watercolor / Marine Landscapes
Cost: $375 members / $420 nonmembers
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Eric will show daily how to put together a painting of brilliant color, fluidity, and bold brush statements. This workshop is designed to encourage students to paint loosely, breaking the niggling detail habit, construct a beautiful painting in one sitting and free creative thinking from cumbersome theories of color and composition. Students will truly benefit from Eric's broad depth of experience. Limit: 18 students.
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Painting Upside Down and Backwards
Instructor: Cathy Woo , www.alkinet.com
Date: May 5 - 7, 2008 (Monday - Wednesday)
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Medium: Aqueous Mixed Media / Creativity
Cost: $325 members / $375 nonmembers
Level: Beginner to Advanced (some experience necessary)
This exciting workshop is designed to jolt students into a new way of thinking about their work. A simplified approach to design and composition will be discussed using collaborative exercises, demonstrations, critiques and class discussions. Students will be given strategies, approaches and tools to jump start new confidence in their artistic expression. Cathy's zeal and creative approach will breathe new life into your work! Limit: 16 students.
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Figure and Marine Landscape
Instructor: Charles Reid , www.charlesreidart.com
Session 1: June 16 - 20 (Monday - Friday)
Session 2: June 23 - 27, 2008 (Monday - Friday)
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Medium: Watercolor / Figure / Marine Landscapes
Cost: $690 members / $735 nonmembers
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Charles has long been considered a master of the medium
of watercolor, and has written numerous books on the subject. His paintings are fresh and spontaneous, displaying his profound understanding of light and color, and expert drawing ability. His figures are beautifully rendered, in a direct and gestural manner that reveals his interest in painting the light as much as the person. Limit: 18 students.
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Hidden Beauty of Watercolor
Instructor: Jack Dorsey; www.gunnarnordstrom.com
Date: August 4 - 6, 2008 (Monday - Wednesday)
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Medium: Watercolor / Marine Landscapes
Cost: $300 members / $340 nonmembers
Level: Beginning to Advanced
Jack will teach basic elements of design and how to utilize these elements in developing a strong painting with pure watercolor application, creating real "show stoppers". The importance of good design and perspective will add to the painting's unique qualities. Technical mastery is important but mood is vital, so emphasis on capturing mood will be covered during the workshop. In addition, he will also explain how to choose subject matter which is common to experience but uncommon to expression. Limit: 16 students.
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Capturing Light, Color and Motion in Marine Landscapes
Instructor: Steve Hill , www.windsweptstudios.com
Date: Sept. 22 - 25, 2008 (Monday - Thursday)
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Medium: Pure Pigment Pastel / Marine Landscapes
Cost: $390 members / $450 nonmembers
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Steve returns to CWB to teach studio & en plein air pastel painting techniques with an emphasis on interpreting marine landscape elements (water, reflections, light and color), while making good choices about content and nurturing your own interpretation. Steve's daily live demos are masterfully painted and well-narrated. His infectious enthusiasm for teaching pastel keeps everyone at a high energy level. Expect to come away from this workshop very well motivated. Limit: 15 students.
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Painting Color and Light - Boats and Reflections
Instructor: Steve Rogers, www.watercolorsbyrogers.com
Date: October 6 - 10, 2008 (Monday - Friday)
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Medium: Watercolor / Marine Landscapes
Cost: $375 members / $420 nonmembers
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Steve loves to teach and paint in a straightforward, traditional manner expressing himself with juicy watercolor paint. Emphasis will be given to technique, especially dark values and reflections, in the mini-demos held throughout the week. Students will have lots of painting time with lots of help from Steve. Don't miss a rare opportunity to learn from and paint with this 2006 National Watercolor Society "best-of-show" winner. Limit: 18 students.
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