Watercolor and How it Works

Instructor: Terry Donsen Feder

Dates: Wednesdays, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 2024 

Time: 2:30 - 5:00 pm

Ages: 15+

Members: $153

Non-Members: $170

(Registration deadline: Friday September 27, 2024)

Description: 

Working in watercolor from still life and photos, this comprehensive workshop will explore various techniques to achieve the illusions of light and space. Examining the work of other watercolor artists will open the door to endless possibilities as you learn to create washes, utilize the dry-brush technique, and build layers. This workshop is open to all levels of experience.

Materials:

Provided by Five Points Arts:

• 300lb Cold Press watercolor paper (one large sheet per participant) 

Provided by Participants:

• Round #8 brush and additional brushes of your choice

• Watercolor pad

• Kneaded eraser

• Artist tape

• Watercolor palette

• Watercolor paints: Sap Green, Cerulean Blue, Genuine Rose Madder, Brown, Yellow, Red, and additional colors of your choice

Instructor Bio:

Terry Donsen Feder is an Adjunct Professor of Art at the Hartford Art School, a position which she has held since 2001. In 2008 - 2010, she was an artist mentor for the graduate program at the Art Institute of Boston. Her work has been included in group and solo shows all over the country and in Ireland. She has done mural work, which includes two Sol Lewitt drawings, and she has designed and executed murals in Nevada, Nantucket, and a six foot by forty-seven-foot mural at peppercorns grill and Hartford. Her work is included in many private and corporate collections including the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archives of Visual Poetry, the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Sol and Carol Lewitt collection, the Chase Family collection, and the Bushnell.

Instructor Website: https://www.terrydonsenfeder.com/humannature

* All workshops are held at the Five Points Art Center, 855 University Drive

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