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Hoffman Center for the Arts
News Release
Date: January 28, 2020
Hoffman Center Offers Watercolor Basics—Four Elements
of Successful Painting
Tuition: $300.00
Dates: January 13, January 27, February 10, February 24
Time: 1:00 pm to 4 pm via Zoom
The Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita will offer Watercolor Basics, a series of four classes to initiate the beginner or provide a refresher for intermediate painters. Led by Eugene artist Carolyn Gates, participants will practice washes, glazing, wet-into-wet techniques, composition, color theory, and value.
Live sessions are held on Zoom on the second and last Wednesdays in January and February from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Live sessions include demonstrations, show and tell, and Q & A. The workshop consists of an online segment with handouts, materials lists, and additional video demonstrations. Students who miss a ‘live’ session will be sent a link to the recording.
Additional information may be found at: https://hoffmanarts.org/events/watercolor-basics-four-elements-of-successful-painting/
Watercolor Basics:
Four Elements of Successful Painting
Materials List
Any of these materials are easy to find online at Dots ‘N Doodles Art Supplies – Astoria Or 503-325-5081
Paper: 140# Cold Press paper – This can be any 100% rag or cotton paper, such as Arches, Fabriano, or Fluid 100 (100% Cotton paper) You can buy it in full sheets (22” x 30”) or in blocks or pads. For this class I recommend either 2 full sheets, (which we will tear into smaller sizes for the various exercises and paintings), OR a block or pad that is 9” x 12”.
Sketch book: Bring your favorite sketchbook, to use for thumb nail sketches and planning ideas
Brushes: Bring any watercolor brushes you already have. Synthetic brushes are the least expensive, and you should get the best you can afford. Pure sable brushes are the best, but are the most expensive. No 12 round, No 8 round, No 4 round, 1″ flat, 1/2″ flat (optional)
Paint: Bring any transparent watercolor paints that you have (NOT Gouache or Acrylic). The minimum suggested palette would consist of the following (examples in parentheses):
1 Yellow (Aureolin OR Hansa Yellow, Cadmium Yellow OR New Gamboge)
1-2 Reds (Cadmium Red OR Pyrrol Red & Permanent Alizarin Crimson OR Carmine,)
1 Blue (French Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue, Prussian Blue)
1 Green (Winsor Green, Pthalo Green, Sap Green)
1 Brown (Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Sepia)
1 Black ( Ivory Black, Payne’s Gray, or Neutral Tint)
If you want to buy new watercolors, I recommend using M.Graham, or Daniel Smith. My minimum suggested palette for the beginner is:
French Ultramarine Blue
Burnt Sienna
Aureolin (Yellow) Or Hansa Yellow
Cadmium Red OR Pyrrol Red
Permanent Alizarin Crimson OR Carmine
Winsor Green (Yellow Shade) OR Sap Green
Payne’s Gray
This palette of colors will allow you to mix some nice oranges, greens, purples, and grays.
Other Supplies:
Palette: to put your paint on, and mix colors. I recommend a plastic folding palette.
HB Pencil
Kneaded eraser
2 plastic water containers (for example: empty yogurt containers)
Paper towels
Masking tape
Small spray bottle
Photographs and Still Life Material
Throughout this class we will be working from either life or from photographs. The choice is up to you, but remember to keep things simple if you are a beginning student. This class will focus on organic subject matter, so think about photos of flowers, birds, mushrooms, trees, simple landscapes, etc. If you want to paint from life you will set up objects in front of you to paint from. Fruit, sea shells, simple flowers in a vase, tea pots, pottery, etc are good things to make a still life from.
Hoffman Center for the Arts
News Release
Date: January 28, 2020
Hoffman Center Offers Watercolor Basics—Four Elements
of Successful Painting
Tuition: $300.00
Dates: January 13, January 27, February 10, February 24
Time: 1:00 pm to 4 pm via Zoom
The Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita will offer Watercolor Basics, a series of four classes to initiate the beginner or provide a refresher for intermediate painters. Led by Eugene artist Carolyn Gates, participants will practice washes, glazing, wet-into-wet techniques, composition, color theory, and value.
Live sessions are held on Zoom on the second and last Wednesdays in January and February from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Live sessions include demonstrations, show and tell, and Q & A. The workshop consists of an online segment with handouts, materials lists, and additional video demonstrations. Students who miss a ‘live’ session will be sent a link to the recording.
Additional information may be found at: https://hoffmanarts.org/events/watercolor-basics-four-elements-of-successful-painting/
Watercolor Basics:
Four Elements of Successful Painting
Materials List
Any of these materials are easy to find online at Dots ‘N Doodles Art Supplies – Astoria Or 503-325-5081
Paper: 140# Cold Press paper – This can be any 100% rag or cotton paper, such as Arches, Fabriano, or Fluid 100 (100% Cotton paper) You can buy it in full sheets (22” x 30”) or in blocks or pads. For this class I recommend either 2 full sheets, (which we will tear into smaller sizes for the various exercises and paintings), OR a block or pad that is 9” x 12”.
Sketch book: Bring your favorite sketchbook, to use for thumb nail sketches and planning ideas
Brushes: Bring any watercolor brushes you already have. Synthetic brushes are the least expensive, and you should get the best you can afford. Pure sable brushes are the best, but are the most expensive. No 12 round, No 8 round, No 4 round, 1″ flat, 1/2″ flat (optional)
Paint: Bring any transparent watercolor paints that you have (NOT Gouache or Acrylic). The minimum suggested palette would consist of the following (examples in parentheses):
1 Yellow (Aureolin OR Hansa Yellow, Cadmium Yellow OR New Gamboge)
1-2 Reds (Cadmium Red OR Pyrrol Red & Permanent Alizarin Crimson OR Carmine,)
1 Blue (French Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue, Prussian Blue)
1 Green (Winsor Green, Pthalo Green, Sap Green)
1 Brown (Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Sepia)
1 Black ( Ivory Black, Payne’s Gray, or Neutral Tint)
If you want to buy new watercolors, I recommend using M.Graham, or Daniel Smith. My minimum suggested palette for the beginner is:
French Ultramarine Blue
Burnt Sienna
Aureolin (Yellow) Or Hansa Yellow
Cadmium Red OR Pyrrol Red
Permanent Alizarin Crimson OR Carmine
Winsor Green (Yellow Shade) OR Sap Green
Payne’s Gray
This palette of colors will allow you to mix some nice oranges, greens, purples, and grays.
Other Supplies:
Palette: to put your paint on, and mix colors. I recommend a plastic folding palette.
HB Pencil
Kneaded eraser
2 plastic water containers (for example: empty yogurt containers)
Paper towels
Masking tape
Small spray bottle
Photographs and Still Life Material
Throughout this class we will be working from either life or from photographs. The choice is up to you, but remember to keep things simple if you are a beginning student. This class will focus on organic subject matter, so think about photos of flowers, birds, mushrooms, trees, simple landscapes, etc. If you want to paint from life you will set up objects in front of you to paint from. Fruit, sea shells, simple flowers in a vase, tea pots, pottery, etc are good things to make a still life from.
HOFFMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
DATE: January 28, 2021
Hoffman Center for the Arts offers:
Date: Second Thursday of every month from January through April 2021
Time: 10:00am to 1:00 Pm
Each live session will be on Zoom; links will be sent out the day before each class
Tuition: $140 for four sessions
To practice art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it! –Kurt Vonnegut
Join Melissa Grace Young as your guide on the second Thursday each month beginning January 14. Explore new ideas and techniques, build your lettering skills, and connect with like-minded participants as you follow each other’s progress. Develop your creative process and find your path as you participate in these monthly workshops
Grow Your Art Practice is a year-long journey of sketchbook journaling offered in four-month segments for $140 each. Workshops include 2-1/2 hours of instruction plus a half-hour to share pages, answer questions, and present homework ideas between months.
Sessions will be recorded and made available to you for a limited time if you miss a live session. All students have access to video demonstrations, examples, material lists, and tips and tricks residing in the entire course’s online segment. The online classroom will be updated monthly with new information and includes a forum on which participants can upload photos of their pages, ask questions, give, and receive feedback.
Melissa Young’s career has been spent in family medicine. But she says:
“I’ve always used creative outlets to help keep me grounded.”
She has dabbled in ceramics, jewelry making, spinning & weaving, quilting, and acrylic and watercolor painting. Over the past few years, she enjoys sketchbook journaling for both every day and traveling. She finds it a useful tool for spring-boarding other larger artworks from ideas developed on her journals’ pages.
So DO IT! Sign up today to commit yourself to practice your art in 2021, and watch your astounding journal unfold.
Hoffman Center for the Arts
News Release
Date: January 28, 2020
Hoffman Center Offers Watercolor Basics—Four Elements
of Successful Painting
Tuition: $300.00
Dates: January 13, January 27, February 10, February 24
Time: 1:00 pm to 4 pm via Zoom
The Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita will offer Watercolor Basics, a series of four classes to initiate the beginner or provide a refresher for intermediate painters. Led by Eugene artist Carolyn Gates, participants will practice washes, glazing, wet-into-wet techniques, composition, color theory, and value.
Live sessions are held on Zoom on the second and last Wednesdays in January and February from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Live sessions include demonstrations, show and tell, and Q & A. The workshop consists of an online segment with handouts, materials lists, and additional video demonstrations. Students who miss a ‘live’ session will be sent a link to the recording.
Additional information may be found at: https://hoffmanarts.org/events/watercolor-basics-four-elements-of-successful-painting/
Watercolor Basics:
Four Elements of Successful Painting
Materials List
Any of these materials are easy to find online at Dots ‘N Doodles Art Supplies – Astoria Or 503-325-5081
Paper: 140# Cold Press paper – This can be any 100% rag or cotton paper, such as Arches, Fabriano, or Fluid 100 (100% Cotton paper) You can buy it in full sheets (22” x 30”) or in blocks or pads. For this class I recommend either 2 full sheets, (which we will tear into smaller sizes for the various exercises and paintings), OR a block or pad that is 9” x 12”.
Sketch book: Bring your favorite sketchbook, to use for thumb nail sketches and planning ideas
Brushes: Bring any watercolor brushes you already have. Synthetic brushes are the least expensive, and you should get the best you can afford. Pure sable brushes are the best, but are the most expensive. No 12 round, No 8 round, No 4 round, 1″ flat, 1/2″ flat (optional)
Paint: Bring any transparent watercolor paints that you have (NOT Gouache or Acrylic). The minimum suggested palette would consist of the following (examples in parentheses):
1 Yellow (Aureolin OR Hansa Yellow, Cadmium Yellow OR New Gamboge)
1-2 Reds (Cadmium Red OR Pyrrol Red & Permanent Alizarin Crimson OR Carmine,)
1 Blue (French Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue, Prussian Blue)
1 Green (Winsor Green, Pthalo Green, Sap Green)
1 Brown (Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Sepia)
1 Black ( Ivory Black, Payne’s Gray, or Neutral Tint)
If you want to buy new watercolors, I recommend using M.Graham, or Daniel Smith. My minimum suggested palette for the beginner is:
French Ultramarine Blue
Burnt Sienna
Aureolin (Yellow) Or Hansa Yellow
Cadmium Red OR Pyrrol Red
Permanent Alizarin Crimson OR Carmine
Winsor Green (Yellow Shade) OR Sap Green
Payne’s Gray
This palette of colors will allow you to mix some nice oranges, greens, purples, and grays.
Other Supplies:
Palette: to put your paint on, and mix colors. I recommend a plastic folding palette.
HB Pencil
Kneaded eraser
2 plastic water containers (for example: empty yogurt containers)
Paper towels
Masking tape
Small spray bottle
Photographs and Still Life Material
Throughout this class we will be working from either life or from photographs. The choice is up to you, but remember to keep things simple if you are a beginning student. This class will focus on organic subject matter, so think about photos of flowers, birds, mushrooms, trees, simple landscapes, etc. If you want to paint from life you will set up objects in front of you to paint from. Fruit, sea shells, simple flowers in a vase, tea pots, pottery, etc are good things to make a still life from.
HOFFMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
DATE: January 28, 2021
Hoffman Center for the Arts offers:
Date: Second Thursday of every month from January through April 2021
Time: 10:00am to 1:00 Pm
Each live session will be on Zoom; links will be sent out the day before each class
Tuition: $140 for four sessions
To practice art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it! –Kurt Vonnegut
Join Melissa Grace Young as your guide on the second Thursday each month beginning January 14. Explore new ideas and techniques, build your lettering skills, and connect with like-minded participants as you follow each other’s progress. Develop your creative process and find your path as you participate in these monthly workshops
Grow Your Art Practice is a year-long journey of sketchbook journaling offered in four-month segments for $140 each. Workshops include 2-1/2 hours of instruction plus a half-hour to share pages, answer questions, and present homework ideas between months.
Sessions will be recorded and made available to you for a limited time if you miss a live session. All students have access to video demonstrations, examples, material lists, and tips and tricks residing in the entire course’s online segment. The online classroom will be updated monthly with new information and includes a forum on which participants can upload photos of their pages, ask questions, give, and receive feedback.
Melissa Young’s career has been spent in family medicine. But she says:
“I’ve always used creative outlets to help keep me grounded.”
She has dabbled in ceramics, jewelry making, spinning & weaving, quilting, and acrylic and watercolor painting. Over the past few years, she enjoys sketchbook journaling for both every day and traveling. She finds it a useful tool for spring-boarding other larger artworks from ideas developed on her journals’ pages.