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Monday, February 8 and Tuesday, February 9, 2010
10:00 to 4:00 each day Skill level: open to all Cost: $210, bring your own materials Please send an email right away to reserve your space and a $50.00 deposit made out to Jane Goldman mailed to: The Encaustic Center 580 W. Arapaho Rd. #271 Richardson, TX. 75080 Details: Watercolor is the art of visualizing colored light and manipulating water and gravity, a balancing act between spontaneity and control. Simple in setup, dazzling in range of color possibility, its economy of means and speed of execution are well suited to recording atmospheric changes. This 2-day workshop introduces materials and approaches for beginners. Demonstrations and hands-on experimentation demystify the balancing act between spontaneity and control. Individual attention enhances the participant's personal response to the medium. Jane Goldman is well known as an artist and teacher. She is co-owner of Mixit Print Studio in Somerville,(near Boston), where she lives. She has taught at Massachusetts College of Art, UCLA, Rice University, and the University of Hartford. She has been a visiting artist at many institutions, including Harvard University, the University of Wisconsin, Smith College, Wellesley College and the University of Dallas. She teaches at Art New England Summer Workshops at Bennington College and gives many private workshops. Since 1975, Goldman's work has been exhibited widely in the United States and abroad.Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, the Peabody-Essex Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Fogg Art Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Library of Congress and many other public and private collections. Goldman has designed three installations (1999, 2002, 2005) for Boston's Logan Airport; for the Aeroporto de Punta Islita, Guanacaste, Costa Rica (2005); the Kennedy Transit Center in Providence, commissioned by the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (2002); and for the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts (2001). A nationally recognized printmaker, Goldman has made prints at several fine print workshops since 1983. She created an artist's book with Dieu Donne Paper in New York City, designed book jackets for David R.Godine Publishing in Boston, and collaborated with the Boston Public Library on the book "Proof in Print: A Community of Printmakers, 2001." SUPPLY LIST: You don't have to follow this list to the letter. I prefer to work with pigment from tubes, but if you have dry pigments in pans and want to use them, go ahead. Use student grade watercolors to cut down on price -it's preferable however not to scrimp on paper and brushes, as inferior products will give you, through no fault of your own, inferior results. Watercolor paints in 14 ml. tubes are recommended. The following 10 colors are a minimum basic palette and a good place to begin. Cadmium Yellow or Aureolin or Hansa Yellow Light or Medium New Gamboge or Indian Yellow or Hansa Yellow Deep Cadmium Red Scarlet or Pyrrol Orange Alizarin Crimson or Carmine or Quinacridone Rose Ultramarine Blue or French Ultramarine Prussian or Thalo Blue Burnt Sienna or Quin. Burnt Orange Viridian Cobalt Blue Lamp Black Brushes You need two basic brushes. Once you're convinced you want to continue painting in watercolor, get the best brushes you can afford. 1. A large #12 or #14 round brush. Big variance in price. 2. A medium-size #6 or #7 round brush. Big variance in price. 3. A wash (flat) brush (2" or more) Paper 140 lb. cold-press Arches, either in loose sheets (big sheets can be torn down e.g. a 22'x30" sheet can be torn into 4 11"x15" sheets) or blocks. Should you use a block, no smaller than 10" x 14". If you are already familiar with 140 lb. cold-press Arches (recommended for beginners and in general as it is the most "forgiving"), feel free to try other papers. Daniel Smith offers a sampler of various papers. Additional equipment Mixing trays/Palette: inexpensive white plastic is fine Water receptacles: at least 2 (e.g. Tupperware containers fitting inside one another) Board (some sort of support for your paper) Don't need if you use a watercolor block Sketching materials (pencils, eraser, clips, sharpener) Something for carrying supplies (e.g. art bin, tackle box, knapsack) Roll of paper towels Spritzer bottle Optional suggested reading The Watercolor Book by David Dewey (excellent, very complete) Where to buy supplies Asel Art Supply (at Beltline and Central 972-690-6320) Daniel Smith 800-426-6740 or www.danielsmith.com |
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For more information: Bonny - bonny@theencausticcenter.com or 214-405-5993 Jane - janegoldman@earthlink.com or 617-629-2568 |
| By purchasing this class you agree to hold Deanna Wood, Bonny Leibowitz and The Encaustic Center free from any liability in the event of accident or injury to yourself or your personal belongings during any classes. |