Classes and Workshops Learn How to Paint in Watercolors! Leesburg, VA Beginner & Intermediate Two Thursday classes are available in Leesburg, VA. Thursday morning class (9:30 am to 12:30) or Thursday afternoon class (1:30 pm to 4:30 pm). Summer 2012: Watercolor classes will be held on Wednesday nights and Thursday afternoons. Registration is now open for winter classes, which begin in January. Location Contact ArtSquare (formerly Loudoun Academy of the Arts) 12 Cardinal Park Drive SE Leesburg, VA 20175 Enroll for class today online or call: www.loudounacademy.org 703-777-8043 See color in a new way with watercolorist Catherine Hillis and fine tune your powers of observation. Beginners will focus on the basics of good drawing and strong painting skills and intermediates to advanced students will move ahead in their mastery of design, technique and applying fresh color. New material presented EVERY TIME! Technical skills are taught here. Art Space in Herndon, VA Beginner & Intermediate Saturday classes, 12:30 until 3:30 pm The next six-week session will begin on Saturday, March 10, 2012. Location Contact 750 Center Street Herndon, VA 703-956-6590 www.artspaceherndon.com Call Robin or Les at the Art Space in Herndon or register online. $190.00 per student for the six week session Learn everything you can about watercolors with Catherine Hillis. Begin with the basic skills, move on to advanced technique, and improve your powers of observation. Learn about the fluid medium, from beginning to end. Students will use photographic references and the still life to paint from. Winchester, VA Beginner & Intermediate Friday, March 30, 2012, 10 am until 4 pm. Location Contact Studio Art Shop 2033 S. Pleasant Valley Road Winchester, VA 540-665-2787 Contact Studio Art Shop for registration and information. 540-665-2787 $85.00 tuition for the day Do you want to learn how to paint lace and fabrics? Do you want to paint whites? Learn some tricks of the trade in creating realistic laces and fabrics in watercolors. Set up still lifes or bring still life photographs of your choice to paint from. Bring supplies, lunch and snacks. Vienna Arts Society, Vienna, VA Beginner & Intermediate Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28, 2012 10 am until 4 pm each day Location Contact Classes are held at the Vienna Art Center 115 Pleasant Street N.W.,Vienna, VA 22180 (703) 319-3971 Pauline Lorfano, education Arla Albers, president Vienna Arts Society or see www.viennaartssociety.org/ Call (703) 319-3971 for registration Learn some new tricks of the trade, improve your skills and technique in watercolor painting and add to your thoughts on composition. Join the instructor and the Vienna Arts Society for a two day workshop in Vienna, VA. Bring photographs to work from and all supplies. The instructor invites you to bring old paintings that you'd like to complete or correct. Craftworks at Cool Spring, Shepherdstown, WV Beginner & Intermediate Saturday and Sunday, May 12 & 13, 2012 10 am until 4 pm, daily Location Contact Cradftworks at Cool Spring 1469 Lloyd Road Charles Town, WV 25414 304-728-6233 www.wvcraftworks.org Watercolor Bootcamp: Refresh, Review, Renew Beginners, learn skills and intermediates, advance your skills in studio painting and learn the basics of plein aire painting, weather permitting. We'll incorporate studio work with plein aire painting. Bring all your supplies and skills and capture the essence of good design, simplifying what you see and putting it down on paper. Cool Spring Farm is a unique nature reserve, with wild meadows, fields, gardens, and water features. Tuscany, Italy and The Tuscan Renaissance Center in San Fedele Beginner & Intermediate June 9 - June 16, 2012 ONLY A FEW SPACES LEFT! Location Contact Tuscan Renaissance Center San Fedele, Italy http://www.ilchiostro.com/index.php?action=workshop-details&item=167 Il' Chiostro 23 W. 73rd Street, #306 New York, NY 10023 1-800-990-3506 (speak with Michael or Linda) Passion for Paint! A Plein Aire Journey to Discovery. Join Catherine Hillis in a painting workshop that will focus on capturing the feeling of sun kissed Tuscany. Discover simple keys to opening the door to painting creatively. Demonstrations, critiques and step by step on site lessons will lead you to discover the plein aire painter within. The Tuscan Renaissance Center is a luxuriously restored monastery. Enjoy luxury accomodations, a thoughtful staff and Tuscan meals that are beyond compare. Reston Community Center: Summer Session Beginner & Intermediate Tuesday afternoons, June 26, July 10, 17 and 24, 2012 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm Location Contact Reston Community Center Lake Anne 1609 A Washington Plaza Reston, VA 20190 703-476-4500 www.restoncommunitycenter.com Learn how to see color in a new way. Improve your observational skills and paint in bold, fresh color. Basic skills taught here and beyond.... Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Rehobeth Art League Beginner & Intermediate Friday, Saturday, Sunday; July 13 -15, 2012 10 - 4 each day Painting the Summer Garden Location Contact Rehobeth Beach Art League 12 Dodds Lane Rehoboth, DE Kim Klabe educator@rehobothartleague.org 302-227-8408 Painting the Summer Garden: Work outdoors and in the classroom to paint your masterpiece. Learn how to paint glowing watercolors, connect and simplify shapes and improve your technique. If you like to capture the color and light of summer, this location and workshop will delight you. We'll try to use summer's bounty as subject matter: the beautifully lit landscape, the gardens and the beaches of Rehoboth. Be prepared to take photos and draw sketches in your sketchbook to take back to the studio for reference material. Each day will have some time in the morning spent outdoors recording what we see and afternoons will be spent painting, observing demonstrations and critiques. Craftworks at Cool Spring, Shepherdstown, WV Beginner & Intermediate July 21 & 22, 2012, 10 am until 4 pm daily Location Contact Craftworks at Cool Spring 1469 Lloyd Road Charles Town, WV 2414 304-728-6233 www.wvcraftworks.org Plein Aire Painting Adventures at Cool Spring Farm This will be an intensive weekend of painting outdoors. Bring all your supplies and skills and capture the essence of good design, simplifying what you see and putting it down on paper. Cool Spring Farm is a unique nature reserve, with wild meadows, fields, gardens, and water features. Acadia Workshop in Maine: Watercolors: Where To Go From Here Beginner & Intermediate August 12 - 16, 2013 Location Contact Acadia Workshop Center 7 Bernard Road Bernard, Maine 04612 Contact Gail Ribas, Director 207-460-4119 cell www.acadiaworkshopcenter.com awcmaine@gmail.com This workshop will incorporate both en plein aire and studio work and will help students to advance their technique as they focus, paint, and continue to complete successful work. Daily demonstrations and positive afternoon critiques are geared to help the plein aire painter build confidence. As usual with this instructor, strong technique, good design and composition and fresh color are emphasized. Students will learn how to improve technique in painting water and reflections and speed up their on site work. Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico Beginner & Intermediate To be announced Location Contact Paint in Watercolors: Ghost Ranch Retreat in Abiqui, New Mexico Request a catalogue at www.ghostranch.org or call 877-804-4678 or 505-685-4333. Register online at: http://www.ghostranch.org/catalog?page=shop. product_details&flypage=flypage_ course. tpl&product_id=706&category_id=50 Watercolor lessons with Catherine Hillis in the land of Georgia O'Keefe. This week long workshop will focus on the meditative aspects of our art and how to discover personal style. We'll combine painting the colorful and dramatic landscape, letting go of pre-conceptions, sketching, journaling and, hopefully, discovering each individual"s unique and personal style. Powered by Coranto