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Free classes in watercolor painting

Free materials.
New Hours! Instruction will start at 9 AM beginning in Aug. 2008.
Topics for Aug. 2008:
The still-life - painting water with watercolor
How to paint a glass jar of water with a stick inside. This is an exercise in looking closely at the various optical effects that will suggest the object - a jar of water: reflections, refraction, surface lighting, cast shadows, etc. Students will have 9x12" Fabrianno paper, several brushes and Blick dye colors to explore how to depict a difficult subject matter - water.
Topics for September 2008:
Chinese Brush Painting
How to improve watercolor technique with exercises in Chinese Brush Painting. Learn how Chinese Brush Painting can improve gestural style. . Students will have rice paper, several sizes of "bamboo" and Hake brushes, inks and other supplies. Learn first the technique for holding the brush, the application of ink on paper and simplified shapes of bamboo, birds, plants, flowers, food, etc.

Wednesdays, 9AM at the Sunrise Room, San Bruno & Visitacion Ave (across from Post Office), Brisbane, CA.

For additional information about these classes, clickon this link:
http://www.ci.brisbane.ca.us/content.asp?cat_id=240000278&C_ID=240000045

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blossoms on the trees in spring

blossoms on the trees in spring
Around January, the fake apple blossoms are blooming in Golden Gate Park. I embellished the landscape with a carpet of tulips, daffodils and other flowers. The watercolor was rendered in the expressive style of Van Gogh as an homage to the artist.

8x10" watercolor - sold

with nominal mat

$19

(© copyright line is not in the painting)

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flower Garden III

flower Garden III
A painting I did in a famous garden in the San Francisco peninsula. It is more like a garden museum than a real garden. You pay to get in and you must stay on the walkways. If you stay too long in any location, the volunteers shoo you along. The moment I pulled out a sketchbook, someone told me I had to move along. He said that I should pay an extra fee for the afternoon "tea" in which they "allow" photographers and artists to attend. The garden gestapo didn't want anyone to appreciate their aesthetic of the landscaping, but rather to shell out money in their afternoon "teas". They need money to restore the crumbling mansion of some long-gone water baron for the socialite administrators to hold their tea parties and impress their friends. Bing Crosby once entertained the supper crowd there. This building may be the only one left in California that dates back to the 19th century if they can get millions to preserve it. The painting was from memory. Perhaps I will redo this pretentious garden in a way that it deserves!

8x10" watercolor

with nominal mat

$19

(© copyright line is not in the painting)

syore@dontknowpub.com

Wild Daisies

Wild Daisies
The painting is of coastal sand dunes with their wild yellow and violet daisies blooming after the spring rains.

8x10" watercolor

with nominal mat

$19

(© copyright line is not in the painting)

syore@dontknowpub.com

Red & Orange Poppies

Red & Orange Poppies
After the winter rains, shades of red and yellow poppies cover the sand dunes.

8x10" watercolor

with nominal mat

$19

(© copyright line is not in the painting)

syore@dontknowpub.com