Class Description: Expand your skills and your repertoire by exploring different techniques and/or compositional strategies each week. This class is intended for students with some prior experience looking for ideas, structure or to improve their skills. We will explore a new approach each week in class and finish it for the next session.
Instructor: Joanna Brown
Dates: Wednesdays, June 1, 8, 15, 22
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Cost: $120 non-members; $100 members
Max number of students: 8
Supply list:
• Pencils & erasers
• A supply of acrylics or watercolors & the appropriate brushes
• Sketchbook for note-taking & to work out ideas
• Painting surfaces for each week. 10X10, 12X12, 11X14 are all good sizes. Watercolor paper can be used for any medium. Canvas or wood for acrylic only.
• 1” chipping/utility brush (suggested vendors: Harbor Freight or Home Depot)
• Palette—Can be a large plastic lid OR styrofoam tray you would otherwise recycle OR freezer paper wrapped around a sheet of cardboard
• Xacto knife
• An old toothbrush
• Masking tape
• Apron
• Optional: stencils, palette knives, a scraper or expired plastic gift card, small spray bottle, and any other favorite supplies you may have
About the Artist:
I’m originally from the south side of Chicago and earned a BFA and MA in Art Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Certificate in Commercial Design from the University of California, San Diego. I have been a licensed art educator in Illinois, California and Oregon. In addition to classes for adults and children at VGA, I have taught beginning through advanced high school art classes in the Forest Grove and Beaverton School Districts, and art instruction methods to prospective elementary educators at the University of Portland. Member, Watercolor Society of Oregon.
Please note that by reserving a seat, you are signing up for all of the classes in the series. Reservations must be made in advance of the first class.
