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Teaches online
Teaches all skill levels
Age: 10-85
Teaching since 1996
Masters in Liberal Arts: Museum Studies
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Watercolor instruction with a pinch of art history. We start where you are.
I teach what you want to learn. Lessons may include: Basic or advanced techniques. Mixing vibrant hues. Wet-on-wet. Dry brush. Masking. Glazing. Dew drops on flowers. Textures--using salt, layering, sponges, scratching, lifting, etc. Considering your light source. Loosening up. Managing the water to pigment ratio. Paper selection. Setting up your palette. What paints to use. And brushes: how many, what kind and brand? Painting outdoors in the open air, or from photographs, or from a still life. Using your phone to help you critique your painting. All levels--from beginner to advanced. Demonstrations on creating watercolors in the style of famous watercolorists like John Singer Sargent, or Winslow Homer.
Subject matter can include journaling, watercolor sketching, landscapes, seascapes, florals, abstracts, still life, urban settings, color grids, and more.
Additionally, you can schedule a lesson and let me know that you want to use it as a critique to review some of your work. I recommend the 30 minutes or the 45 minute session for a critique. Generally the 30 minute session is a bit too short for a complete lesson. I recommend you start with 45 minute lessons.