2012 ART WORKSHOPS

Wet-into Wet Watercolor Workshop (open to beginners to intermediate painters)
Classes every Tuesday • 9am – noon and/or 1-4pm Dawns Hallmark, Auburn, Calif.
Thursday • 9am – noon • $80 four sessions - $25 for one session only.

Introduction to Watercolor Painting for Beginners - $80 four sessions $25 per class meeting. Classes every Wednesday • 9:30am - noon • Snow Goose Studio, Nevada City

Winter White Landscapes - January 14, and 15th • $65 per class. • 9:30am-Noon held at Snow Goose Studio, Nevada City, CA. This two day workshop is a fun, easy intro to snow covered landscapes using wet-into-wet watercolor techniques.

Old Barns & Buildings - Saturday • January 21st • 10am-3pm - $ 65 held at the Snow Goose Studio, Nevada City, CA • Practical instruction and painting techniques to achieve the look of weathered wood textures and rusting tin. Learn to paint stone walls, brick and solid wall surfaces. Excellent for beginning to intermediate painters.

Introduction to Wet-into-Wet Watercolor - Saturday • February 11th • 10am – 3pm - $65
This one day workshop jumps into tools and techniques for painting reflective water, lakes and streams. Explore all the excitement of water and pigment moving across your paper. Snow Goose Studio, Nevada City, CA

Create an Artist Journal – Saturday • April 21, 2012 • $65 (Many materials included) Workshop limited to 8 students • 10:00 – 3pm • Snow Goose Studio, Nevada City, Calif. Start with assembling your own journal, work tools and learn all the great possibilities for capturing your thoughts and drawings through fun, easy demonstrations.

Drawing Bears in Yosemite July 1, 2 & 3rd the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley • Free - 10:30 each morning.

Painting Along the Sierra - July 15th - 21st and August 19th- 25th • Held at the Clair Tappaan Lodge, Donner Summit, CA This is a MUST pre-register as it is a limited offer.
A Sierra Club National Outing – register with Sierra Club. Lodging and meals included in one fee. Go to www.sierraclub.org Each day saunter up a trail to a clear high country lake. Enjoy painting demonstrations, easy exercises and evening critiques.

Yosemite 2012 'Getaway with Art' Retreats • June 19 – 24th &/Or September 11-16th
Limited to 12 artists, this one-of-a-kind retreat will take you to Yosemite, Hetch Hetchy and the Tuolumne Big Trees Grove to paint and sketch. Based at a private home in Foresta, inside the Park. Enjoy a private guided tour with a Yosemite naturalist and experience on site hands on instruction with two acclaimed artists; Susan Barry and Lex Munson. Both have been teaching for over 35 years. Excellent for all levels of painting and open to photographers and non painters. Call for more information: 530-277-5731 or 530-559-3790. Lodging, most meals included. www.getawaywithart.com

High Country Artist Retreat Sept. 27th -30th - Clair Tappaan Lodge, Donner Summit, CA Plein Air Painter Retreat – Rustic atmosphere atop the old hwy 40 summit pass. Enjoy demonstrations and relaxed painting in high country settings. Lodging and all meals included $250. MUST pre-register by Aug 15th. to reserve your spot!

New! Introduction to Plein Air Painting - March 17 & 18th - Saturday & Sunday from 9am to 3pm. Based at the Snow Goose Studio Learn what to take on location, how to paint in the out of doors and develop ways to create a complete composition. Fee: $75.

REGISTER FOR CLASSES:
Call Susan Barry at: 530-277-5731
Mail fees to: Susan Barry – 15561 Wet Hill Road, Nevada City, CA 95959

Questions or inquiries, please email Susan.

Descriptions of the various workshops

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