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Watercolor Landscape

The Spirit of Adventure

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July 28, 2013 – August 02, 2013
Location:
Rhinebeck, NY
Course:
SM13-3405-279
Teacher:
Ann Kristin Lindsay
Tuition:
$455
SM13-3405-279Ann Kristin Lindsay,
Description

Our yearning to connect with the world and express its beauty is natural and vital. Painting watercolor landscapes offers us a way to experience that connection. By focusing on the creative process as an adventure in playful exploration, rather than focusing on a final product that has to be perfect, we transform our trepidation into excitement and are free to enjoy the journey and marvel at the beautiful things that happen along the way.

Award-winning artist Ann Kristin Lindsay, author of Watercolor: A New Beginning, helps students of all experience levels who want to feel bolder, more adventurous, and more capable painting in watercolor. As we become comfortable with the unknowns of the creative process, we gain confidence that serves us in all aspects of life.

Through a series of sequential painting explorations, we explore many facets of watercolor painting, including working with negative space, skies, water, and reflections—all the while experiencing the deeply satisfying, soulful pleasures of watercolor landscape painting.
When we enjoy the process of painting without frustration, fear, or the judgments of our inner critic, the act of painting becomes a meditation and a prayer of gratitude, reminding us, once again, it’s about the journey.

 

More Information

Limited enrollment, please register early.


Materials List

If you have painted before, and have comparable materials, bring what you have. I will have Academy Paints ($5/tube), Arches paper ($7.00 /sheet) and other supplies for sale at the workshop.

WATERCOLORS:  4 tubes good quality watercolors: 

                                   Permanent Rose, Red Rose Deep or Thalo Red                                 

                                   Cadmium Yellow Light or Pale

                                   Ultramarine Blue and Thalo (or Winsor Blue Green Shade)

 Note: Grumbacher Academy and Van Gogh are good quality student grade watercolors that are widely available. Cotman are not recommended. All “professional” and “artist”grade paints are very good.

They can all be used together.  

 PAPER:  140# Cold-Pressed 100% rag watercolor paper. Arches Recommended

                1 full sheet (22” x 30”) cut or torn into quarters or Arches 9 x 12” pad

 

Note: If you have painted before and have good watercolor paper that is painted on one side, but don’t want to keep what’s on it, this is a good time to use the other side. Also, cheaper (watercolor)

paper can be used for the color mixing exercises.

 BRUSH:   Watercolor Brush (Need not be expensive, synthetic is fine)

                   Size 10 or 12 Round 

 

PALETTE:   A white plate with a plastic bag to fit is fine

(If you want to buy a palette, get a folding watercolor palette or a covered  watercolor palette with a large mixing area. I use a folding palette (for traveling) and the “John Pike-Regular”

                       palette in the studio.)   

 OTHER NECESSITIES:

 * Water containers (2) (deli tubs are good)

 

* Eraser: White Plastic and/or “Kneaded”

* Small Misting Spray Bottle

* Sketchbook or notebook

* Old tooth brush

* Hair dryer (optional)

* Sponge 

* 2B pencil 

* Support board max size 12” x 16”

 

(corrugated, masonite, plexi, plywood, foamcore covered w/ clear contact paper etc)

 

*Paper Towel, Tissues & Masking Tape will be provided.

 

Recommended Text: Watercolor: A New Beginning: A Holistic Approach to Painting

Available at http://www.annlindsay.org/book.html  ($40 + $5 priority shipping)

 

If you are purchasing things for the first time, may I recommend Cheap Joe's Art Stuff in Boone, North Carolina: 800-227-2788 (www.cheapjoes.com)   

Kits can be purchased in advance from Ann for $68 and include (4) 5ml tubes of Grumbacher

  Academy watercolors, 2 full sheets of Arches 100% rag cold-press watercolor paper,

4 synthetic watercolor brushes: (3/4” flat, #6 & #14 rounds 1 script liner), 1 folding watercolor palette, a sponge, pencil, eraser and support board. You will need to bring 2 water containers, an old toothbrush, a small misting spray bottle and a sketchbook or notebook.

To purchase a kit or if you have any questions call or e-mail Ann 518-658-2960 / ann@annlindsay.org


Things to Bring:

A list of things to bring will be sent upon registration.

Schedule
Sunday
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.Check In (Rooms available after 5:00 p.m.)
8:00 p.m.–8:20 p.m.Omega Welcome (Orientation)
 
Monday
9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.Workshop
2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.Workshop
 
Tuesday
9:00 a.m.–NoonWorkshop
2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.Workshop
 
Wednesday
9:00 a.m.–NoonWorkshop
 
Thursday
9:00 a.m.–NoonWorkshop
2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.Workshop
 
Friday
9:00 a.m.–NoonWorkshop
Noon–1:00 p.m.Check Out
Teachers
Ann Kristin Lindsay

Ann Kristin Lindsay, author of Watercolor: A New Beginning: A Holistic Approach to Painting, teaches us that watercolor is a medium that likes to be played with, and that art is the voice of the soul, a personal and individual expression that is not to be judged. Her aim is to help us rediscover the unfettered creative spirit of our childhood. annlindsay.org

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