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Upcoming Classes in 2012
Recreation Department class in Los Gatos, CA
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Illustrated Watercolor Journaling: Beginning
Ever want to take one of our classes over a period of a few weeks, so that you can try your skills out and come back for more? We have just the thing! Note, this class is our original class that we have been teaching at the Rec Dept for over 10 years. If you are interested, scroll down to our Advanced class.
We teach a six-week "Illustrated Watercolor Journaling" class through our local Los Gatos-Saratoga Community Education & Recreation department in a classroom setting. The content is much the same as the day-long class, but with some additional homework, and a few new tricks up our sleeves.
Come to get those drawing, painting and journaling skills really moving! Get lots of feedback (the non-scary kind!), get lots of practice, see your progression, and start filling in those journal pages!
A $10 materials fee is payable to the instructors at the first class.
WINTER 2012 Illustrated Watercolor Journaling: Beginning
Fridays: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10, 17, March 2 (6 weeks) NO CLASS Feb 24
3:30pm-5:30pm
Cost: $118 plus $10 material fee
LG Adult Recreation Center Upstairs Room 206,
208 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA 95030
Register at the Rec Dept for this class here
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Illustrated Watercolor Journaling: Advanced
Our long time students have been clamoring for a more advanced class to improve their skills, so we have added this new class to the roster.
Take your watercolor journals to the next level with our advanced skills class. Gay and Christina will be teaching advanced drawing, painting and writing techniques like drawing and painting people, negative space, landscapes, more on hand-lettering and writing, color themes, page layout/design and more based on the interest and requests of the class. This class is meant for students who have already taken "Illustrated Watercolor Journaling" and are wanting to expand their skills. We might also meet for a class or two in a cafe in Los Gatos so that we can experiment drawing together in public.
NOTE: Please bring your own portable watercolors, waterproof pens, brush and journal and/or watercolor paper to class. There will be no material fee for this class as students will be bringing their own.
WINTER 2012 Illustrated Watercolor Journaling: Advanced - 6 week class
Fridays: Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10, 17, March 2 (6 weeks) NO CLASS Feb 24
1:00pm-3:00pm
Cost: $118
LG Adult Recreation Center Room upstairs Room 206, 208 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA 95030
Register at Rec Dept for this class here |
Gay teaching at Palace how to create layered landscapes.
Lots of room at the table for each student at Palace. Plus access to all of those great art supplies & fun stuff to draw!
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"Illustrated Watercolor Journaling"
Palace Art Supply, CA
Saturday, March 3, 2012
10am - 4pm
Get a winter time watercolor journaling day-long infusion! All day drawing, watercolor, and journaling workshop held from 10am until 4pm at the wonderful Palace Art and Office Supply in Capitola, CA.
Palace Art & Office Supply - Capitola Retail Store 1501-K 41st Avenue, Capitola, CA 95010
Cost: $125.00. Bring a lunch or go out to one of the many restaurants nearby.
Register by calling Palace at 831-464-2700.
If you have questions, you can ask Mabel Gidcumb.
What am I going to learn?
- Learn different ways of seeing
- Left versus right brain exercises
- Different ways of sketching, sighting, contour and quick sketch
- Brief demonstrations on how to make your own watercolor journal
- Fresh and quick color techniques
- Basic color theory, color wheel, primaries, secondaries,
complementaries and neutrals
- Watercolor tricks and techniques
- Ideas to help get your own journal or theme journal started
Class materials will be for sale at Palace at a special lower price for all students the day of class. If you would like to bring your own materials (or have them already), here is the list: One or two large sheet of watercolor paper (140 lb cold press), Large Niji waterbrush, #10 round watercolor brush, Sharpie pen, a pencil, and a Windsor Newton Cotman Sketchers Pocket Watercolor kit.
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Our class at Skyland Church (top), practicing the sighting technique on the back deck at Skyland Church (middle), and student Collette Streight showing one of her journal pages (bottom). |
"Illustrated Watercolor Journaling"
Santa Cruz Mountains, CA
June 23, 2012
10am - 4pm
Register Online
Get a watercolor journaling day-long infusion! All day drawing, watercolor, and journaling workshop held from 10am until 4pm at a Whitaker Hall at Skyland Church in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California.
Skyland Church is located at 25100 Skyland Road, Los Gatos, CA 95033 (directions)
Cost: $125.00, includes all materials. Bring a lunch. Register Online
What am I going to learn?
- Learn different ways of seeing
- Left versus right brain exercises
- Different ways of sketching, sighting, contour and quick sketch
- Brief demonstrations on how to make your own watercolor journal
- Fresh and quick color techniques
- Basic color theory, color wheel, primaries, secondaries,
complementaries and neutrals
- Watercolor tricks and techniques
- Ideas to help get your own journal or theme journal started
Perfect for the artist who says "I can't draw a straight line!" as well as the experienced artist who is looking for some new techniques. |
Collage page (top) and collage/acrylic painting "Magic Night" (bottom) created for the
2011 LPEF Gala
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"Collage & Journaling"
One-day Workshop
Santa Cruz Mountains, CA
Saturday, October 13, 2012
10am until 4pm
Register Online
In this class Christina teaches you to experiment with new ways of playing with your journal. She will teach our latest collage techniques including blender pen transfers, wax resist, spackle texturing, watercolor rubber stamping, tape transfer, and more!
You might want to bring some photos, scraps of memorabilia, etc. that you'd like to make into a particular theme page. We will be working at a size of 5.5 inches x 7.5 inches – the same size as our normal watercolor pages. We'll have all sorts of things to play with: old magazines, lots of scraps of wall paper, tissue paper, pens, watercolors, stamps, various mediums, crayons – lots of things to add texture to your pages. There will be lots of time to create and explore…
Class will be held in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California at Skyland Church in Whitaker Hall.
Skyland Church is located at 25100 Skyland Road, Los Gatos, CA 95033 (directions)
Cost: $125.00, includes all materials. Bring a lunch. Limit 20 students. Register Online
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Special 4-night "Watercolor Journaling" and "Bookmaking with Brenda Books" retreat at beautiful Asilomar in Pacific Grove, CA
November 7 - 11, 2012
Join us for our fifth year! This year, something new! After so many requests to learn how to make lovely watercolor journals, we have asked the lovely Brenda Jatho, of Brenda Books to come and teach us how to create a hardbound watercolor journal on our first full day, Thursday, Nov 8th. She will bring all of the supplies necessary.
And then, we will continue our retreat spending time learning drawing, watercoloring and journaling in those very journals we just made through the techniques we teach in "Illustrated Watercolor Journaling" over an extended long weekend.
We will be staying at the lovely and historic Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, CA. Check-in is 4pm on Wednesday. We will have a short introductory class on the first evening. We will have a full day of bookmaking instruction on Thursday, a full day of watercolor journaling instruction and demos, on Friday, including plenty of time to explore the grounds and get some great pages into your journals. On Saturday afternoon we are teaching and then an excursion: to Carmel to draw? to the Aquarium? to Point Lobos? It is up to you! We will have final instruction on Sunday morning, including time to complete pages in your journal and share with the class. Check out is on Sunday at noon.
Cost: $1045 double occupancy
(save $50, pay $995 if pay in full by February 29, 2012)
Additional: $350 single supplement (only 2 available)
Includes all class instruction (including bookmaking), double occupancy accomodations for four nights at Asilomar, all meals throughout the weekend, and use of class art supplies. Does not include wine/beer with meals. Does not include entrance fees for Aquarium or state park, should you decide to go. Upon registration, please note in the comment field if you are signing up with a friend with whom you would like to share a room. Otherwise a roommate will be assigned. Only 20 spaces available.
This retreat is for beginners who have never taken one of our classes before and previous students or more advanced students who want to sharpen their skills in a beautiful setting.
Art materials will be provided for use during the weekend only. We will also have a materials list if you wish to purchase your own before the class (recommended).
Bonus online info: Learn about the amazing architect, Julia Morgan and her designs at Asilomar and beyond.
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