This coming April Christine Joy is looking forward to teaching a new watercolor class and the Chehalem Cultural Center which is focussed on landscape painting. One spectacular thing about Oregon is how much variety there is in natural beauty - mountains, rivers, lakes, forests and more! 

In this 4 week class, each session will be dedicated to one aspect of  landscape painting. Christine will give a demonstration at the beginning of each class and then the rest of class will be painting time for the students. Christine will make sure each student gets attention and tips based on their experience. 

This class will be great for first time painters as well as intermediate painters. For beginning painters we will learn how to set up our palettes and go through some of the basics of watercolors. For more advanced painters there will be further tips and tricks to approaching different parts of a landscape. In this class we will be working from photographs and learning how to take what we see in a photo and create a painting. Some focuses of these classes will include: brushwork, texture, and of course some color theory! Here is a basic outline some things we will do in our coming class:

Class 1: The Basics - Here we will learn how to paint a simple landscape, where we will be establishing our horizon line and deciding our composition.

Class 2: Depth - In this class we will focus on creating a sense of depth in our painting. We will be painting scenes with mountains and layers of hills in this class.

Class 3: Trees - On this day we will be painting trees, and learning how to capture the specific nature of the tree we are painting from (there are so many different trees in Oregon so we will be covering some of the most common trees we see in the PNW).

Class 4: Water - How do we paint something that is transparent? This will be the topic of our final class, focussing on reflections, transparency, and some color theory.

Each student is welcome to bring their own photographs of each of these kinds of scenery to work on in class - however there will also be photos provided in class for inspiration.

Though watercolors can seem like a tricky medium to some, there are many strategies we will work on together to make the process not only easier but also more enjoyable! Watercolors are an amazingly compact medium making the supplies easy to take anywhere. Once the students have their watercolor kits made they will be able to use it for many years to come.

To sign up for this class go visit the Chehalem Cultural Centers website or look up this link below to register:

https://www.amilia.com/store/en/chehalem-cultural-center/api/Activity/Detail?activityId=yJJJJZe

Christine is looking forward to painting with you!