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Jeannine Barton Regan Watercolor Workshop DATES: June 13-15, 2008 FEES: $530.00 Single Occupancy Includes Two Nights Lodging, Taxes,
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Landscape Artist Extraordinaire |
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| Jeannine’s formal art training began at age 14 when she began art instruction in oil painting and drawing. After graduation from High School, she found the prospect of local education a dull one, she then moved to Honolulu, Hawaii and enrolled in the Honolulu Art Museum Academy and the University of Hawaii. She married a career naval officer and moved to many interesting places before settling on a farm in Scottsville, VA. Her career 1980 to 1996 was in psychotherapy. She became a full time painter in 1997 and was awarded resident membership at the McGuffey Center in Charlottesville, VA in 2ooo. Jeannine produces most of her works in her studio in McGuffey Center and has shown these works in exhibits and juried shows throughout the region. Her experimentation with watercolor has had its ups and downs, but is rewarded by numerous awards. Among many others, she won the Alexander Nepote Award for Experimental Painting from the National Watercolor Society’s Annual juried exhibition in Los Angeles in 2003. Arrive Friday after 4pm, settle in your room before dinner on your own at the top of the mountain or down the lane. You are welcome to bring snacks and spirits for your pleasure. |
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| WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Is learning to paint with watercolors tying you in knots? Come learn new water media techniques that will free up your creativity and have you enjoying watercolor painting! If you’ve been painting with watercolor but are wanting to learn alternative methods of using watercolor, join me and learn to enjoy this creative, wonderful medium in a whole new way! |
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The Meeting Place |
| Paper: There are many different choices of papers. One of the best is Arches, either hot pressed or cold pressed. Strathmore and Lana make a good paper. You can buy it in a spiral pad or in a block (the block lets you skip the step of wetting and taping your paper down so it doesn't buckle). You should get at least a paper weight of 140. #00 is nice but expensive. A size 11x14 is a good size to start with. You can go larger but don't go smaller. If you already have paper use what you have. Paint: Windsor Newton "Cotman" is a good student grade paint, or Grumbacher also is a good choice. Buy the tube paints. Pans are usually dry and chalky. Just not as good. Colors: Start out with cool colors: alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, lemon yellow, and indigo. Warm colors: new gamboge, and the earth colors burnt sienna, sap green and burnt umber. Brushes: One LARGE round brush, the largest you can find. Robert Simmons makes a good one, the Goliath (big)(#36). One flat wash brush, 2" wide. That's it. No bitty brushes this time. Sable is the very best brush but very expensive, so a good synthetic or synthetic blend is fine. I do want to say that a good brush is the most important of all materials you will work with. Don't cut corners here. Palette: A large Styrofoam meat tray makes a good one, or a large solid white plate, or buy a traditional pallet. Mainly, you need a large, flat area to mix a few paints on. Misc.: Large water container, paper towels, or rags, masking or artists tape, an art board (like a large clip board to attach your paper to, light weight and flat and portable), pencil and eraser, toothbrush, small sponge, water spray bottle. Paints, brushes, paper and misc. can be gotten online in any number of art catalogues. I use Jerry's (JerrysArtarama.com) or Cheap Joe's (cheapjoes.com) or ASW (asw.com). Don't hesitate to give this list to a sales person if you go to an art store and say "help" loud and clear! And, please call if you have questions. Also, if you have supplies and don't want to make an investment in more, bring them. We'll make do. I look forward to working with you! Jeannine Regan E-mail: jeannineregan@earthlink.net |