CREATIVE WATERCOLOR
FALL 2011 SEMESTER—Begins weeks of October 10; ends week of December 12
Instructor: Joyce Gilbert
Class day/time: Saturdays, 12pm-2pm
Building A, Room 207
Contact Info: vanjoy5@aolcom
Cost: $125 non-current paid Pride Center annual members
$95 current paid Pride Center annual members
Course Description/Objective : Students will learn the unique techniques and skills to use with watercolor paints. They will have the opportunity to master basic, intermediate, and advanced level skills, and will be required to complete several original pieces. Students will be encouraged to work together and will also be able to expand their learned skills through several projects. Ten weeks of which one week will be a visit to the Ft Lauderdale Museam of Art, the second will be a plein aire painting experience and the third and final week will be a critique of each student’s body of class work.
Week One: Discuss use of materials
Week Two: Unlocking Your creativity
Week Three: Strategies of painting
Week Four: Plein Air painting site to be decided
Week Five: Other strategies
Week Six: Elements of Painting
Week Seven: Elements of Color
Week Eight: Field trip to Ft Lauderdale Museum of Art
Week Nine: Discussion of field trip/Continue painting
Week Ten: Discussion of how this course has changed your perception of art/Class critique of course paintings
