Details
Date:
Tues, August 18 + 25, 2020
3:00 – 4:30 PM
Instructor:
Ariel Baron-Robbins
Level:
All Levels
Age:
15+
Languages:
Taught in English
Cost:
Free
Location:
Online
Channel:
Zoom.us (sign-in instructions will be sent upon registration)
Contact:
Melissa Gabriel
[email protected]
Information
One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.
― Pierre Bonnard
These series of workshops explore this medium in a variety of aspects. The class “Virtually” meets once a week for two consecutive Tuesdays.
While we are all stuck indoors, we still can look outside for inspiration! In this workshop, we will literally look out of our windows and learn how to paint the “landscape” whether urban or natural. It all depends on you.
Students will learn how to use a grid system to create a realistic composition. They will also learn how to mix and apply colors to mimic what they observe.
Class 1: Overview and set up a grid system for painting outside of the window. Students should prepare to paint directly facing a window. Ariel will then show them step-by-step how to paint with watercolor what they observe outside. The class will discuss the history of window-based landscapes in art throughout.
Class 2: Students will share their work before class. We will continue to work on our landscapes, and I will also start another piece to explore the more expressionistic version of window landscapes. Afterward, we will have a mini-critique of work.
There is going to be a brief critique after class, but students can also get feedback in two ways:
• Students will tag their work using #artwithabr and Ariel will share it to her private Instagram.
• They can also email her at [email protected] for a detailed critique of their work.
About the Instructor:
Ariel Baron-Robbins has been teaching at the college level for over 10 years. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing and her Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. She has a personal relationship with watercolors as she learned how to paint with them at an early age. Her mother, Paula Temple (Professor Emeritus of Painting at the University of Mississippi) and Ariel would go on “exploring walks” with their paints and paper and create works outside. Ariel continued in her mother’s footsteps and became a Professor herself specializing in painting and drawing and progressing into video art and photography.
Ariel is an Oolite Arts alumnus (2014-2016) and drawing, watercolor, and digital art instructor.
Materials
You will need the following materials for this workshop:
- 12 color watercolor tube set
- 1 Chinese bamboo brush medium size
- 1 small watercolor brush
- 1 medium watercolor brush
- 1 flat hake brush – medium size
- Watercolor paper: block sizes can range from 7” x 10” to 18” x 24”
- Light pencil
- Plastic or vinyl eraser
- 2 Plastic cups for water
- Paper towel
- Masking tape
- Cardboard flat
Suggested brands are Winsor & Newton, Sennelier and Holbein (Please only tubes, no pots)
Brushes:
I suggest Arches
Please bring 3 drawings or paintings you have done before. One of them must be realistic.