Abstract and Experimental Watercolor (Two-day Immersive)

Adult Summer Workshop | This program is completed

All levels welcome.

7/30/2018-8/1/2018

10:00 AM-4:00 PM EDT on Mon Wed

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$125.00

$110.00

$15.00

Linking abstraction to reality can be simultaneously one of the most exhilarating, yet perplexing forms of expression. In this energetic workshop, you will learn to abandon your fears and truly embrace the experimentation of what water-based mediums can do. Discover the joy of relinquishing control through guided drawing and painting exercises that transition through modes of inspiration and thought process.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE
1. Improve vitality in your mark making and brushwork
2. Interpret the essential visual components of your subject
3. Gain confidence in working with wet art mediums
4. Learn to work with time constraints

  • • Pencils: 2B, 2H *
  • • Kneaded eraser *
  • • Paper towels or rags
  • • Mixing dish/dishes or palette *
  • • 2 or more water containers
  • • Sketchbook or sketch paper *
  • • Any water colors you would like to work with (Amy's recommended brands include: Windsor and Newton, Holbein, l'Aquarelle, da Vinci) in tubes or pan; including a blue, a red and a yellow.
  • • White gouache
  • • Black ink (Higgins, India, or sumi) - fun but not required. *
  • • Watercolor brushes: round tip – a #4 and a #10 and 1-inch flat brush
  • • Watercolor paper: block or individual sheets –140lb cold pressed *
  • • Water soluble colored pencils and crayons
  • • Natural sponge (optional)
  • • Liquid masking fluid (optional)
  • • Plastic spray bottle (optional)
  • • Painters Tape (optional)
  • br/> Items marked< with an * are available for purchase in Fleisher’s school store. Members receive a 10% discount on art supply purchases.

Amy Miller is a prolific artist and educator. She always sets her focus in art community, originally based in Philadelphia but recently relocated to the foothills of California. Teaching classes online is giving her the opportunity to stay connected with the Fleisher community that she misses and loves. Her evocative mixed-media works have been displayed in numerous solo and group exhibitions both regionally and nationally. Throughout her life she has delighted in a strong relationship with pictures. A direct vehicle for communication, they spark ideas, reveal information, and burn memories. She received her BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2001.