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September Opening, Classes & Walk!

August 31, 2023 – 10:09 pm

Green Awakening, ©Elizabeth Sanford

Want to see Green Awakening in person? Then come to the Tennessee Watercolor Society’s Opening Reception from 6-8 pm on Wednesday, September 13, at the Gordon JCC! Over 30 artists are participating in Field of Vision, and you can meet some of them at the reception; hope to see you there!

September is a great time to learn something new, so why not sign up for a class or workshop? Painting in Water Media – Early Fall Series still has room for 2 more; this 4-week series meets on Tuesdays from 1-3 pm at the Franklin Recreation Center, and you can register here:

https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/wcpr/activity/search/detail/23982

September brings 2 more opportunities to explore the magic of fluid paint on paper — Follow the Flow and Watercolor Weekend! Both meet at Art & Soul. Follow the Flow gives you 6 weeks of water media adventures starting on Wednesday, September 13, and Watercolor Weekend offers 2 fun-filled days of discovery on September 30 and October 1. You can learn more about both here:

https://www.artandsoulnashville.com/Teacher-Bios/Elizabeth-Sanford

Come celebrate the first day of Fall with a relaxing and meditative Forest Bathing walk at Beaman Park! We’ll meet on Saturday, September 23, at 1 pm at the Nature Center. Your $12 fee includes a donation to the park.

To register, email: beamanpark@nashville.gov

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Mystery Technique #129

August 20, 2023 – 9:25 pm

Curious about the techniques used here? You can learn more next month if you’ve signed up for email updates!

ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #128:

You can get luminous watercolor mixtures by glazing! First I drew 3 lemons and painted them all with a graded wash of the same intense yellow, adding a little yellow-orange to the one on the bottom. After this layer dried, I created a shadow color for the lemon on the right by mixing Permanent Rose and Cobalt Blue. To avoid disturbing the yellow layer, I used a soft brush to gently rewet the lemon before adding the blue-violet shadow. I repeated the steps for the lemon on the bottom, substituting a mixture of Cobalt Blue and Viridian for the shadow.

Mixing colors with transparent glazes can create dramatically different results from palette mixtures, as you can see here.

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Open House, Workshop & Sneak Previews!

July 31, 2023 – 11:21 pm

Art & Soul is having an Open House, and you’re invited! It’ll be a festive occasion with live demos and a silent auction. Hope to see you there on Sunday, August 27 — I’ll be helping people paint watercolor leaves.

Discover the possibilities of fluid paint on paper during my Intro to Water Media workshop on Saturday, August 19, at the Franklin Recreation Center. You can learn more or register here:

https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/wcpr/activity/search/detail/22839?onlineSiteId=0&from_original_cui=true

If you’d like to take a deeper dive into water media, you’ll have lots of options in September! Weekly classes start again at the Franklin Recreation Center and Art & Soul, and I’ll also be offering something new — a Watercolor Weekend workshop. Find out more details next month!

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