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Sedona Arts Center — Painting For All Levels Online! with Gretchen Lopez on Aug. 7

by Community Contributor • August 3, 2020 • Comments Off

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LIVE Online Learning
through Sedona Arts Center!

Sedona Arts Center’s Online Classes and Workshops are perfect for students who are interested in taking one of our educational opportunities, but are unable to travel. These learning opportunities provide a well-rounded experience in various visual art mediums.

Our classes are live online learning experiences with one-on-one interaction between student and instructor. Visit us online to learn more about all of our online classes!

Painting For All Levels Online!
An Online Workshop with Gretchen Lopez
August 7, 2020
10:30am Arizona Time
10:30am Arizona Time, 1:30pm ET, 12:30pm CT, 10:30am PT

Last opportunity to catch this class at the special low rate of $45/student!From the beginning to the experienced student, this one-day class in oil or acrylic will guide and teach students how to approach the painting process with confidence, while exploring the basics of value-pattern, composition and color. Students may work from life and/or photos. Instructor demonstrations and lots of individual attention provided.

Using special outreach funding we have been able to offer this course at a reduced fee of $45.00 per student, allowing students to work from home while developing their painting practice!

This class also takes place on: August 14, 2020

PAINTING FOR ALL LEVELS ONLINE! : LEARN MORE / SIGN UP

Creating the Abstract Landscape
An Online Workshop with Amanda Hawkins
August 13 – 15, 2020
There is a sweet spot of overlap between the traditions of abstraction and contemporary landscape painting where mark-making and the implications of planar structure combine with color and light to create a magical realm of newly discovered space.

This 3-day online painting retreat explores abstraction, color and mark through the lens of landscape painting. Abstraction is explored in a structured and intuitive way, meant to give students the tools and confidence to take risks and make informed decisions on the canvas. This workshop will explore unconventional color palettes, investigate one’s own unique mark, pay careful attention to color as value, and most importantly transform reference imagery into rich, energetic, abstract paintings.

Each morning the class will meet remotely via Zoom to engage in discussion and complete a few relevant yet experimental warm-up exercises. Each afternoon will be spent working on larger, and more involved paintings in the comfort of your home studio. Expect demonstration videos for each exercise and at least 1-hour of live painting per day by the instructor.

Despite distance, there will be ample individual attention consisting of daily 1:1 personal meetings. At the conclusion of each day, students have the option to tune into 1-hour of Q&A with the instructor, talk to their cohorts, and share painting updates.

CREATING THE ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE : LEARN MORE / SIGN UP

iPhoneography Online Crash Course
with Kelli Klymenko
August 22, 2020
9am Arizona Time
9am Arizona Time, 12pm ET, 11am CT, 9amPTIn today’s technological world, even professional photographers and artists are recognizing the iPhone as a useful (and even practical) photographic tool. Join photographer artist, Kelli Klymenko in his one-day workshops for beginner and advanced students and you’ll go beyond the basics and learn to shoot professional quality photographs with your iPhone.

In this 1-day workshop you will learn how to shoot, edit and share remarkable landscapes, portraits and the macro world around you using only your iPhone. Kelli will guide you through simple tips and tricks that will take your photography to the next level. Discover how to capture the essence of a place and your subjects rather than just taking a picture. You will also learn basic video and video editing techniques for use with apps such as Facebook and Instagram.

iPHONEOGRAPHY ONLINE CRASH COURSE : LEARN MORE

Dive Deep into Watercolor
An Online Workshop with Karen Elaine
September 19 – 20, 2020
9am Arizona Time
9am Arizona Time, 12pm ET, 11am CT, 9amPT
This 2-day online watercolor retreat is a playful and intuitive exploration in the world of watercolors. Novice or experienced are welcome to participate. You will explore Asian and Western watercolor styles, methods, and materials, and will be creating handmade watercolor journals and custom color palettes. Be prepared to have a lot of fun and enjoy the deep dive into my watercolor realm. Students are encouraged to bring watercolor journals in progress, favorite watercolors, brushes, and tools. See materials list tab for essential and optional materials.

DIVE DEEP INTO WATERCOLOR : LEARN MORE / SIGN UP

Loosen Up with Aquamedia Painting Online!
An Online Workshop with Robert Burridge
October 5 – 7, 2020
Burridge’s popular “Loosen Up!” workshop nurtures individual success and personal enrichment with a big emphasis on daily painting projects at your own pace. It is stress-free, but be warned; you could end up with too much enthusiasm for painting. This Burridge flagship workshop offers a variety of painting subjects for everyone. Designed for the professional painter who is stuck in a style as well as for the novice who wants to conquer their fear of painting.

LOOSEN UP WITH AQUAMEDIA PAINTING ONLINE : LEARN MORE

Abstract/Figurative 3-Day Online Workshop
An Online Workshop with Robert Burridge
October 9 – 11, 2020 This workshop pushes you out of your safe zone and into a brand new, looser, abstract direction drawing, painting and collaging the contemporary nude. You will learn expressive painting techniques for the modern painter. If you ever wanted to learn how to paint the freestyle abstract figure, this workshop is for you. Color is explained and explored. You will learn the 12 Design Compositions for a successful painting. Your “drawing the nude” skills are not a prerequisite.

Classes will include a variety of poses with the nude, draped and partially draped model, lots of paint sketching, gestural drawing and finger painting techniques. Be prepared to paint looser, bolder, freer, lighter and more intuitively. Plenty of time for action-filled painting exercises, demos and personalized attention. All water soluble paints are welcomed. Materials list provided. No photography, please. Handouts provided.

ABSTRACT/FIGURATIVE 3-DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP : LEARN MORE

Paper Paintings Online: Female Fashion Portraits
An Online Workshop with Elizabeth St Hilaire
October 17 – 23, 2020 Celebrate the year of the woman!

This is a comprehensive four-day workshop using the easy ZOOM online interface that will take you through the mixed media portrait process step-by-step, utilizing live online demos, video lessons, pdf printouts, classroom lecture, and opportunities to share your work one-on-one with the instructor. You’ll learn to create your own hand-painted collage papers and experiment with gel printing, stamping, and patterning paper through a multitude of techniques. Rip and glue and apply your papers in a painterly manner over the top of a female portrait made with charcoal drawing and painting. Classroom lecture and demos will be incorporated for all steps of the process.

Most of this online workshop will be via Zoom, LIVE from the Sedona Arts Center! However the first session will be in advance and broadcast live from Elizabeth’s Northern California based studio. At the end of this four-day Workshop, you will have a new set of skills and new confidence having created a mixed media fashion illustration–your very own Year of the Woman paper portrait! Elizabeth has taught collage workshops in person for over eleven years, it is that extensive experience that has helped her to create this comprehensive, easy to understand online format.

PAPER PAINTINGS: FEMALE FASHION PORTRAITS : SIGN UP

Re-Framing the Ordinary – Online
An Online Workshop with Stuart Shils
November 13 – 15, 2020 November 13 – 15, 2020 | 9:00 – 11:30 am daily (Arizona time) Maximum enrollment 12.
First day 3.5 hours then 2 days at 2.5 hours a day with a follow-up meeting of 30 minutes arranged with each student individually after the workshop. Maximum enrollment 12.

Note: The first meeting is an evening orientation talk with Stuart Shils: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I NOTICE JACK NICHOLSON? Thursday, November 12, 2020, 4:30 – 6:00 pm (Arizona time)

These three lively mornings will explore the relationship between drawing and observation, examining how close and clarified observation can hone our visually analytical minds, regardless of what it is we are looking at. Each day will begin with either a slide talk or a guided conversation exploring issues like:

-visual confidence
-the meaning of simplification
-the shaping and reshaping expectations
-where to begin and how to begin
-what matters on paper

RE-FRAMING THE ORDINARY ONLINE : LEARN MORE / SIGN UP

Fine Art Gallery Online

The Center’s Fine Art Gallery showcases the largest selection in Sedona of artwork by local artists. If you are seeking a rare piece of fine art, a gift of exquisite jewelry, appreciate stunning photography, or looking for a lovely keepsake from your visit to Sedona, the Arts Center has it all and more. The Arts Center is a 501(c)3 organization that offers all purchases without sales tax – almost a 10% savings. Curbside pick-up and gallery viewing is available by appointment.

SEDONA ARTS CENTER FINE ART GALLERY ONLINE : CLICK HERE