Watermedia Layering: Part Two

Here's where the fun begins. Bring your drawing from October with masking where you want to keep it free from paint and try some layering techniques.

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For more information, email info@delawarewatercolorsociety.org.

Watermedia Layering: Part One

Watch and learn the basic techniques for masking and layering watercolor or acrylic.

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Multiple Approaches to Flower Painting.

Beth Collard will demonstrate painting flowers and leaves, using a number of different techniques.

Members should bring:
  • Paints
  • Choice of paper… including traditional, yupo, or rice papers
  • Any live flowers or photographic reference materials of your choice

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Figure Drawing/Painting of a Professional Model

A professional model named Kelli will be with us for the entire two hour session. Kelli will assume a variety of poses, timed to suit the artists. DWS members are invited to either draw and/or paint the model. You may want to move about the room to get different perspectives of the poses.

Bring your pencils and sketchbooks and/or paints and paper.

You may want to bring either an upright or table easel. (optional)

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Artists’ Flea Market and Helpful Hints

We’ll split our time between two events—First, an artists’ flea market and sale like we did a couple of years ago.  Second, a chance to learn about any painting tips you might had.

Bring your books, brushes, and equipment that you no longer use to sell or swap.  Please mark everything with your name and price.

Come prepared to share your painting tips, tricks, or helpful hints you’ve learned.  

For more information, email Marjorie Wuestner at delawarewatercolorsociety@gmail.com.

The term "gesture drawing" means somewhat different things to different people,
but the defining characteristics are that the drawing is done quickly and that its
purpose is to capture the essence of subject, rather than to present a realistic
rendering of details. The speed and style of gesture drawing allow you to effectively
capture motion and to sketch out the general character of something in motion
(people, animals, etc.).

Using visual presentations, you will have the opportunity to draw simple figures in a variety of poses. Bring your sketch books and drawing equipment. 

For more information, email Marjorie Wuestner at delawarewatercolorsociety@gmail.com.

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Member Chrys Dudbridge will talk about her adventures on the road in her RV, with her watercolors, and laptop.

Dudbridge, the former Director of the Lewes Library, set off on her new wheels last fall. Anyone who has wanted to chuck it all, hit the road and paint, will find her journey informative and entertaining.

For more information, email Marjorie Wuestner at delawarewatercolorsociety@gmail.com.

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Carol will focus on the following:

• The business side of art.
• What she looks for in paintings, when accepting artwork for the Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, Delaware.
• “Prescription” for artists wanting to sell their artwork in a gallery… what an artist needs to know and do before taking their artwork to a gallery.

Session Two: Painting Birthday Cards

Bring the following:

• Paints and brushes
• Ideas for painting the cards

Blank birthday cards will be provided

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For more information, email Marjorie Wuestner at delawarewatercolorsociety@gmail.com.

Isabel Pizzolato will demonstrate ways to plan and construct interesting
compositions. Using the “Elements and Principles of Design,” she will
arrange various objects to set-up creative “Still Life” compositions. She
will also address ways in which artists can produce exciting
compositions, by capturing the most fascinating and thought-provoking
parts of photographs.

Materials to bring:

• Same color graphite pencils, colored pencils, or markers (to create
  light medium and dark values)
• A sketchpad.
  

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Here’s your chance to critique your work with input from others. We should all be able to recognize the best and worst of our paintings and what little fixes we need to make to be happy with our work.

Bring two or more paintings, finished or in progress, that you think can be improved upon, and we will discuss and provide positive feedback and guidance on as many as we can get through. 

This process will give you new insights into your own work and you’ll also get to see what other artists are doing.

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For more information, email Marjorie Wuestner at delawarewatercolorsociety@gmail.com.

Bring your paints and come and explore this fun technique. For more information, contact Marjorie Wuestner as Bring your paints and come and explore this fun technique.  For more information, contact Marjorie Wuestner as mwuestner@verizon.net.

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