Workshops/Classes
NEW ONLINE CLASSES
In order to maintain the safest environment possible, classes will be offered via Zoom Meeting,
a free online audio-visual platform
through the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
Watercolor III- Intermediate Expression - ONLINE
Inspired Landscapes in Watercolor - Intermediate
July 21, 28, August 4, 11
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Create luminescent landscapes utilizing "wet in wet" as well as "wet on dry" techniques, glazing, and textural effects are used to give your painting depth and excitement.
Reflective Sunsets in Watercolor - Intermediate
August 18, 25, September 1, 8
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Learn how to create a luminescent sky that is illuminated from the sun setting. Add cloud formations to the sky and watch your painting come to life as the reflection of the sun setting and clouds are reflected within the water.
Watercolor IV - Masters - ONLINE
Landscapes or seascapes created in watercolor from your own photos that inspire you or one the instructor supplies. We will be utilizing advanced techniques to create textures and depth within a refined composition.
Sunset Inspired Cloud Formations - Masters
July 22, 29, August 5,12
9:00 - 11:00 am
The stunning array of colors created within a sunset influence the colors within cloud formations as well as the reflections of those colors in water below. This masters level class takes your skies and their reflections to a more complex level of watercolor painting that will even include adding in a plume of smoke from a wildfire at sunset.
Agricultural Landscapes - Masters
August 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9
9:00 - 11:00 am
Landscapes created from farmlands vary widely from one state to another and one country to another. Flat farmland, to rolling hills of Tuscany, Italy this masters class will explore how to capture the beauty before us utilizing advanced
techniques to create depth and texture within you watercolor painting..
Workshops - ONLINE
Color Theory - Intro
September 17, 2020
6:30 - 8:30 pm
This introductory workshop will give you a basic working knowledge of color theory to help you be successful in your paintings and eliminate a lot of the frustration the comes with mixing the wrong colors together and creating "mud".
Wild Webbing Watercolor - Intro
October 29, 2020
6:30 - 8:30 pm
This introductory workshop introduces you to textured backgrounds created within a watercolor painting utilizing different materials and pouring watercolor paints over it. The final result can be used as an abstract painting on its own or you can take it a step further and paint a realistic scene on top of it in the next level workshop.
To register for any of the above online classes through the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens please visit their website Click programs then classes & workshops
