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Painting: Introduction to Watercolor Workshop
Class #: AR425 Register Now
Watercolor is a beautiful and versatile medium which has recently been embraced by contemporary art practice. It is suited for larger studio work, for quick journal and travel sketches, or for painting in plein-air. This workshop is designed to introduce students to all aspects of watercolor materials and techniques such as color, transparency, texture, wet into wet, and other tricks of the trade. You will be introduced to artists working in this medium through books and local art exhibitions. Gain confidence with watercolor and begin your exploration of this luminous and exciting medium. Take advantage of the spontaneity and inherent beauty of the watercolor medium, while engaging your personal vision through the unique experience that watercolor has to offer.
Instructor: Francesca Pastine
Cost: $175
Cost: $160
Day: Thurs.        # of meetings: 6
Date(s): 10/17 - 11/21
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Fort Mason, Bldg B     Rm: 205

ALSO STARTING IN AUGUST AT KALA ART INSTITUTE IN BERKELEY:

Watercolor Painting

Francesca Pastine
Class #81: Thursdays, August 29-October 10, 6:30-9:30pm
Tuition $345


Watercolor paintings, works on paper, and other water media have a
strong presence in contemporary art practice. The spontaneity and
luminosity of water-based media on paper is unsurpassed. We will
engage in a laboratory of contemporary practice, with both
traditional and untraditional watercolor techniques, engaging with
watercolor paint, gouache, alternative papers, pens, and ink. You
will begin to set up experiments with material and processes that
will lead you to your own unique visual language. Methods of
critical analysis, color literacy, contemporary painting issues,
and basic painting methods and skills will will also be covered.
Both experienced painters and beginners are welcome.
Francesca Pastine was born in New York City and received her MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute. She has had exhibitions throughout the Bay Area and many major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Milwaukee, and Sofia. Pastine is represented by Eleanor Harwood Gallery in San Francisco and Pentimenti Gallery. in Philadelphia. She will participate in an exhibit, Rebound: Dissections and Excavations in Book Art, at Halsey Contemporary Art Centre at the University of North Carolina in 2013. Pastine is the recipient of Pollock-Krasner Grant and a Kala Art Institute Fellowship. She has taught art at the San Francisco Art Institute, California College of the Arts, the City College of San Francisco, and Dominican University.
http://cutter.rexx.com/~fpastine/