Composition FUN-damentals with Bonnie McIver
Thursday, September 19 from 9:30 to 3:30
Beginner to Intermediate Skill Level, Any Medium
Landscape/Seascape/Any-scape Subject
$55 members/$65 non-members
Seats are limited. Register Early!
All the best artworks in the world have 3 great things in common-composition, composition, composition. In this class we will discuss basic compositional principles, including the Rule of Thirds, then turn our focus on 4 classic landscape arrangements that will engage your viewer and create an emotional response. Next, we will analyze each of your reference photos for compositional integrity and discuss how the design elements might be adjusted to improve your composition. After completing a quick pencil sketch for values, you will sketch your image on your surface and complete the painting, without referencing your photo, hopefully. You may use my reference photo (above) and paint along with me, if you prefer. I will be working in watercolors. My goal is to teach you how to THINK about painting, rather than showing you HOW to paint. Once you grasp composition, your in-studio and plein air paintings will be much more successful, and a lot more fun to create. MATERIALS LIST: Reference Photos (8x10 or larger; B&W and color) Sketch pad Pencils (soft, medium, hard) Kneaded eraser (Faber-Castel best) Paints and painting supplies Painting surface 11x14 or larger Lunch
$55 for MEMBERS; $65 for NON-MEMBERS
Description and Supply List Link below.
Online and Printable Registrations Available. See links below.
Fundamentals and Technology with Terry Sellers Harrison
10 Week Workshop
September 10th - November 12th from 9:30am to 12:30pm
This class is for all skill levels. Students can choose their subject matter and work in the medium of their choice. It is important however to work either from life, or from good photo reference, rather than another artist's painting. Drawing and color theory will be covered in the first few weeks of the course with each new student. The color portion of these classes is especially important for all new students. Existing students are welcome to participate in these lessons if they would like to review any information. A more detailed description about the materials list and the class will be given at our first meeting. New folks will need to bring drawing paper, pencils,(the pencil can simply be a number two pencil), and a simple object to draw. Feel free to bring in some existing paintings or drawings you've done. I'd love to see what you been working on.
The class is taught with individual as well as group instruction. Each student will work at their own pace. The class atmosphere is very relaxed. I look forward to seeing each of you on the first day of class. Welcome everyone!
Terry Sellers Harrison
$150 for MEMBERS; $165 for NON-MEMBERS
Limited Seating!
Supply List below
Online and Printable Registrations Available. See links below.
Painting Rivers, Lakes and Streams with Joanne Geisel
Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 9:30am to 3:30pm
How to paint better rivers, lakes and streams? In this workshop, we will break the landscape elements down, examining their form, design, color and values in order more effectively represent them in paintings. Plus we will explore using them as compositional tools. The instructor will provide demonstrations, group and individual instruction. Students may use oil or acrylic paints. The instructor will provide demonstrations in oil.
It is recommended that you bring one or two small canvases.
$55 for MEMBERS; $65 for NON-MEMBERS
Limited Seating!
Supply List below
Online and Printable Registrations Available. See links below.
"I Can't Believe That's a Watercolor" - 2 -Day Workshop with Alex Wowk
October 17th and 18th 9:30am to 3:30pm
The title of this workshop is the question that many people asked when I displayed the originals.
The rich, bright colors reminded viewers of acrylic or even oil paintings. In this workshop I will demonstrate to experienced and inexperienced participants how to create a beautiful, brilliant watercolor painting.
Workshop participants will have a choice of any of eight 11x14 inch paintings of local scenes and wildlife to create a painting they will enjoy seeing hung in their home.
To begin, I will demonstrate how to properly tape a watercolor sheet to a mounting board. I will then demonstrate various techniques and processes such as masking with fluid or tape, painting different kinds of washes, glazing and layering, pulling color with brush and paper towel, blending, etc. Participants will then be given time to practice any techniques they are unfamiliar with.
Participants will choose an image and, using an outline which I will supply, transfer the outline to a watercolor sheet taped to their mounting board. I will supply a print as a guide to follow for colors and shading. These paintings generally take apx. 12 hours to complete therefore the workshop will be spread across two sessions.
I will explain and assist with techniques to use with each painting and the result will be an 11x14 inch painting ready to be mounted in a mat and framed.
Please feel free to call me with any questions at 910 398 5513.
$110 for MEMBERS; $130 for NON-MEMBERS
Limited Seating!
Supply List below
Online and Printable Registrations Available. See links below.
Please join us - Wednesday Morning Paint-Ins!
Everyone is Welcome!
Our informal paint-in sessions are free for members and held every Wednesday at the Bellinger Artworks Studio, 283B Koolabrew Drive NW, Calabash, North Carolina from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Donations are welcome. Artists bring whatever projects they wish to work on and simply share the experience of painting together.
We meet in Bellinger Art Studios
283B Koolabrew Drive
Calabash, NC 28467
Interested in painting Plein Air Painting? - Thursday AM
Meet up at Vereen Gardens, down by the waterfront!
Diane White has started a Plein Air Painting group who meet at Vereen Gardens on Thursday mornings, weather permitting (however, she and other diehard painters have been known to paint in the rain). You can arrive when you want but Diane tries to get there between 8:30 and 9 AM. they will be down by the waterfront. Everyone is welcome to join us! Diane’s email is diane.white257@gmail.com (or text to 412-965-1952). Please contact Diane to register for the text update list - for changes in times
and locations!
Along with Diane White, Waterway members, Bonnie Persinger, Gail Black and Janet Boschker, have started a Facebook page titled "Brunswick County NC Plein Air Painters". They are encouraging others to visit the page and engage!
In addition to the Thursday Vereen Gardens, they are trying to get out more and to different spots around Horry and Brunswick.
Themed Art Exhibits at two Brunswick county libraries
Members may hang 2 pieces of artwork per quarter at the Southwest Brunswick or Rourk Libraries to display or sell. This is done on a quarterly basis starting in September, then December, March and June.
This is a great opportunity to display your art and show the community what Waterway Art is all about. Applications are available at the library's’ main desk.
10% of the proceeds benefit the “Friends of the Library”. Contact Bonnie McIver (bonniemciver6@gmail.com) for the South Brunswick Library and Georgia Dalzell (gdalzell1@gmail.com) for the Rourk Library.
