Monday-Friday, August 25-29, 2008

with Dianne Bersea AFCA cspwc

Join Dianne for an exploration of the spontaneous surprises of the study. We’ll visit nature’s complex visual environment to ‘see’ and expand awareness of mood, colour and compositional elements. Weather permitting we’ll create loose, simple on-site studies in pencil, watercolour crayon or watercolour paint as we learn quick, easy techniques to capture light, shadow, shape, line, tone and form. In the studio, we’ll evolve the study further or translate it into a finished art piece. In the process we'll discuss the natural evolution of a work. Some watercolour or drawing experience suggested.

Mornings -- We'll work 'en plein air" with demonstrations and hands-on to:

• enhance our seeing and awareness
• simplify the complex visual environment
• learn techniques to capture ideas and images on paper with a variety of water media

Afternoons -- In the studio with demonstrations and hands-on to:

• assess and evolve images for composition and impact
• enlarge, manipulate and transfer images to another working surface
• address large areas first with washes or flat areas of color
• complete at least one piece from study to finished art

If weather is unfriendly we'll work inside from simple still life set-ups

Dianne Bersea Biography and student comments

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