Option 1: 6 Wednesdays, July 10 - August 21, 2024 (no class 7/24)
Option 2: 6 Thursdays, July 11 - August 22, 2024 (no class 7/25)
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Classroom 5A
Instructor: Deborah Velasquez
Level: No experience necessary
Materials Fee: $5 payable to the instructor
Tuition: $210, Members save 10%
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Class Description

Join us for an exciting class where you'll explore simple color theory and master the art of organizing your palette using watercolors. In this workshop, you'll have the opportunity to create personalized templates that showcase your favorite color mixtures and pigment combinations. You will learn techniques to harmonize hues, blend shades and tints. We'll use watercolors and gouache as our mediums. Through playful experiments and meditative painting prompts, we'll create geometric shapes and patterns, do mark making, and paint botanical designs.
By the end of the session, you'll have a deeper understanding of color relationships as well as a collection of beautiful artworks and the knowledge and skills to turn them into printable patterns, perfect for fabric or wallpaper.

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A $5 supply fee is payable to the instructor for extra materials she will provide.

About the Instructor

Deborah Velásquez, a Brooklyn original, lives the creative life in the wooded hills of New England with her husband and two boys. She is an award-winning artist, designer, and the author of Drawing in Black and White. She loves the mix of design, words, art, and craft. Her work is modern, sophisticated, graphic, and bold and reflects her love of nature and the simplicity of line. She makes art digitally as well as using traditional methods, including gouache, watercolor, and printmaking.

Deborah is a graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art and the University of Hartford Entrepreneurial Business program. She has studied textiles and fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York, where she received her Millinery Certification. She's exhibited her work in numerous galleries, taught workshops, and even spoke at The Smithsonian. Her artistic designs grace various products, from rugs to stationery. They've been featured in well-known magazines and are available through major retailers worldwide, including Minted, West Elm, Bed Bath and Beyond, and more.

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