GESTURE and STILLNESS Fall 2014 Watercolor Workshop

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with Marsha Connell and Sally Baker 

Saturday&Sunday November 8&9, 2014, 9:30am-3:30pm

Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, CA

Two painter friends
One known for expressive “painterly” landscapes, one for elegantly rendered still lifes, both passionate about color, offer their unique weekend of watercolor exploration.

You’ll explore skills including
Painting soft-edged wet-in-wet forms, building images by layering marks and shapes, painting seamless transparent washes as a meditative practice, and delineating sharply focused objects.

Approaches
From abstract to realist, from spontaneous space-shaping with a brush to methodical color-forming based on careful drawing.

Your instructors
bring many years of painting and classroom experience to guide you—Marsha at Santa Rosa Junior College and Sally at Healdsburg High School, as well as workshops and classes for students and teachers across the country.

Visit Sally and Marsha during Sonoma County Art Trails Open Studios, October 11 & 12, 18 & 19, 2014. View our paintings year round by appointment, at our studios, and at Art Trails Gallery at Corrick’s  637 4th Street, Santa Rosa, CA

Participants of diverse backgrounds are welcome.
Class is structured around group exercises and individual pursuits, both indoors and in the beautiful Pepperwood landscape. Beginners will find guidance for basic exploration. Experienced painters and repeat students will find support to develop technique and personal expression.
Materials
Use what you already own or consult our list, sent upon registration. Snacks provided. Please bring your lunch.

Sign up early!
Workshop is limited to 25 participants.
Fee: $195. Complete registration using form below. Mail checks to Marsha Connell, 2180 Beverly Way, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 or Sally Baker, My Daughter the Framer, 637 4th Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. You may phone in credit card numbers or ask questions of Sally 707-829-0396, or Marsha 707-527-7754.
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GESTURE and STILLNESS Watercolor Workshop
with Marsha Connell and Sally Baker          November 8&9, 2014, 9:30am-3:30pm

Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa, CA

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Reception for Sonoma County Art Trails Gallery Preview Exhibit at Corrick’s

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“Iris and Pond”, the painting I’ve featured for my catalog image can be seen now at the Art Trails Gallery at Corrick’s. It will return home for Open Studio weekends, October 11 & 12, 18 & 19. Corrick’s is open M-F 10-5:30 and there will be two Art Trails receptions, First Fridays in September and October, 5-7. Join us! Meet and greet and enjoy the inspiring works in many media by over seventy artists, and of course wine, food, and music, too.

Sally Baker and I have been hanging art shows for two intensive days, yesterday the Preview Exhibit at the Art Trails Gallery at Corrick’s  and the day before, Art for Life, at Sebastopol Center for the Arts. It’s like making three dimensional collages, finding connections and building bridges between disparate objects, so that they have harmonious conversations, but do not blend so much that they lose their individual characters. A visual and physical challenge, and gratifying when it all comes together!

First Fridays at Corrick’s– Art Trails Preview Show