Drawing / Painting

Folk Art Family Tree

Carol Maher

If you know the names of your children, your parents, your grandparents, and great grandparents, then you have everything you need to bring for this project.  The instructor provides stretched canvas, paint brushes, a boxed set of tubes of acrylic paint, and a template to transfer to the canvas.  As you work you will grow in skill in handling the materials, and go home with paints, brushes, and a framable tribute to family ties through the generations.

NEW 2 DAY CLASS!

The Landscape in Watercolor

Betty O’Brien  

Watercolor has long been a medium used for landscape paintings – the Adirondack’s beautiful scenery has inspired many famous artists, including Winslow Homer.  In this class you will first be given an introduction (or review for those with prior experience) to basic techniques and characteristics of the watercolor medium.  The techniques practiced will be used to prepare backgrounds that can be painted upon in the second session, or by the students on their own.  The second day students will be provided with photos of landscape elements (trees, skies, closeups of plants or bushes, etc.) to use as images to be manipulated with various watercolor techniques.  If weather permits, we will use the outdoor scene by the school as a source of subject matter.  Students will be encouraged to use the medium as a means of capturing their impression of the natural world.  The ability of the medium characteristics to capture the essence of a subject in fresh and fluid manner will be stressed.  You will learn to move the brush in ways that can open the senses to immediate and fresh responses to what is observed, as well as felt.

• July 11 & 12, 2012 – Wednesday & Thursday - CRN – 70126
• Length of Class – 2 – days
• Hours – 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Location – 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
• Tuition – $150
• Materials:  Students should bring with them the following items:  a choice of paper towels, an old small towel or a sponge for water control. A soft pencil and eraser.  Pallete with mixing area or a white plate or plastic coated paper plate to mix paint on. If bringing your own paint, brushes, and paper, please include the following:

• Paints:
• At least one transparent red, yellow or blue hue.
• Reds: permanent rose, deep red rose or rose madder, alizarin crimson
• Permanent magenta, Winsor red or vermillion
• Yellows: aureolin, gamboge or new gamboge, hanza, winsor or Transparent lemon
• Blues: Cobalt, Prussian, Ultramarine or French Ultramarine, winsor or
• Manganese
• Plus: Phthalo green and Burnt sienna
• Brands: Cotman and Grumbacher are good student quality. Professional brands include American Journey, Da Vinci, Winsor & Newton, Daniel Smith, and Holbein.
• Brushes: The kit will include a #10 round and a 1/2″ flat. Students with their own brushes should have a # 10 or #12 round and a flat no smaller than the #1/2 ” and can bring any other watercolor brushes that they wish. Synthetic brushes are fine; but just make sure they are made specifically for watercolor.
• Paper: A good quality140# cold press watercolor paper (11″ by 15″ or larger). Brands include: Arches, winsor & Newton, Strathmore, Kilimanjaro, Fabriano, Bockingford, or Lana quarelle. (At the workshop, water color paper will be available for purchase for a nominal fee)
• Material kits can be purchased from the instructor for approx. $40 which includes necessary supplies