Tickets:
$550
Class size limited to 25
PLEASE NOTE: This is a 3-day workshop, meeting on September 1st, 2nd, & 3rd from 10:00am – 4:00pm
Immerse yourself in the practice of watercolor painting! Join renowned artist Wendy Artin for a three-day intensive workshop that explores figures and form through this delicate medium. Artin has become world-renowned for her painting and watercolor workshops, previously held to great acclaim in France and Italy, that make great use of her insightful teaching abilities as well as her beautiful approach to the medium. We are thrilled to bring this extraordinary opportunity to our community!
All skill levels, from beginner to advanced, are welcome. Individual instruction will be given to each participant, offering insight and mastery over brush control, wetness, and use of the paper.
Working daily from 10 am – 4 pm, each day will be broken into two areas of study: gestural figures and still-life forms. In the morning (10:00 am – 12:30 pm), participants will examine the human figure, working from a live model to generate fast & fluid monochromatic watercolors of poses that range from 30 seconds to 20 minutes. In the afternoon (1:30 pm– 4:00 pm), the study will shift to still-life, examining the details of light, form, and color in fresh local produce, to create simple, yet essential, colorful paintings. Guided by Artin, participants will learn and expand upon the necessary techniques to capture and translate these subjects through watercolor.
Artin has asked that participants come prepared with the following items:
Paints
- Watercolors of your preferred brand, and the colors you would like to use.
Paper
- 10-20 sheets of very inexpensive paper (for quickest warm-up figure poses)
- 15-20 sheets of Canson Mi-Teintes, 70 x 50 cm, white or any light color (tear or cut in half to 35 x 50cm for use)
- 3 sheets of Rives BFK, 22” x 30”, or any other quality watercolor paper, Arches, etc. (tear or cut down to four pieces)
- 1 block of Arches hot press or cold press, whatever size is comfortable, dependent on the scale of your work
Brushes
- 1 wide flat firm 1”
- 1 round pointy medium, around 8-10 (squirrel is nice, but sable/imitation sable is fine as well)
- 1 round smaller firm, around 4-6 (not squirrel)
- Any other brushes you prefer
Misc.
- Container for water
- Roll of paper towels
- Watercolor Box OR palette for mixing
These materials will be necessary for participation. If you need assistance sourcing/acquiring any of the above materials, please contact Workshop & Residency Manager Samuel Havens, samuel@thechurchsagharbor.org
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Wendy Artin is an American contemporary artist who works primarily in watercolor and charcoal. Her work is figurative and classical and explores the timeless interaction of light and pigment on surface, subjects ranging from the human figure to fresh fruits and vegetables, architecture, statues, and city walls. "I love paper and the way images can be created by pigments moving over a thin surface of transparent water. From Rome to Paris, Boston, New York, Mexico, and Guatemala, I have painted indoors and out, subjects from the eternal to the fleeting. The human form and the humble strawberry are endlessly inspiring.”