Classes & Workshops
I am available to teach a variety of classes to beginners through advanced level students. Classes can be offered weekly; as a weekend workshop; or on consecutive days. I am available to teach weekend or consecutive day workshops outside of Western North Carolina.
See below for a description of my classes.
Watch this page or contact me directly for information on upcoming
classes and workshops! Contact me directly if
you would like to make your own arrangements for a class or workshop.
Dedicate time to your creative process! This class will focus on individual skills development through your choice of subject. Bring paintings that are already in process or start a brand new study. Instruction is individualized, positive and constructive with an emphasis on learning skills that are immediately applicable. Mini-demos and “Teachable Moments” for the whole class offer valuable insights and enrich the total learning experience. Prior watercolor experience strongly suggested.
Start Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 for 7 consecutive weeks
Class Time: 1:00 – 4:00pm
Location: Willow Wisp Farm Studios, 1615 Charlotte Hwy, Fairview, NC
Tuition: $150.00 – student provides own materials.
Registration Policy
Tuition is due to reserve a seat. If cancellations are made less than 10 days before the class begins and if a substitute cannot be found, tuition is non-refundable. Prior to 10 days a 50% refund will be granted. After the class begins, no refunds or make-up classes are offered for withdrawals or no-shows. If the instructor cancels a class for any reason, a make-up class will be offered.
To Register
Please contact Jane.
Email: janesnyder57@charter.net
After registering, a Minimum Supply List and directions will be provided.
2. Weekend Watercolor Workshop:
“Make a Splash in Watercolor”
North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement
UNCA Campus, Asheville, NC
Learn a new approach to watercolor painting and release your inner muse! You
learn to create a “start” (wet washes of bold color), and you then develop your
painting based on imagery that emerges. This is a highly liberating way to work—
the painting informs and inspires you to see the next step.
Previous watercolor experience preferred.
Make a Splash in Watercolor
CRN#20002
Friday, March 16, 1 – 4 pm
Saturday & Sunday, March 17 and 18, 9 am – 4 pm
Fee: $175/member
$185/non-member
http://ncccr.unca.edu/
NCCCR membership is not required and workshops are open to the public. Workshops have limited space. Register on catalog page 19 or 21. Refunds are available until 14 days before the workshop; a $10/person fee is non-refundable.
Contact the Reuter Center to register:
Office: 828.251.6140
Email: ncccr@unca.edu
3. Weekend Watercolor Workshop: “Yin and Yang of Watercolor”
North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement
UNCA Campus, Asheville, NC
Watch the NCCCR website for yet another weekend watercolor workshop this summer. This one will focus on skills to help you paint negatively – painting the darks in order to define the lights. June 29-Aug 1, 2012. Same price as above, same registration procedure.
Beginner Watercolor
This experiential painting course is designed to introduce fundamental watercolor skills to the novice painter. The learning progression will put into practice the essential basics while applying techniques to a variety of subjects. Through demonstrations and hands-on learning, we will work to become more grounded in the core skills with the goal of having students learn enough to paint independently.
Intermediate Watercolor
In this studio class, students choose their own subject matter. Emphasis will be on learning from the immediate experience through problem solving, “teachable moments” and “demos-on-demand”. My emphasis is one-on-one teaching. Other students always have the option to observe while I work with another student.
Loosen Up with Watercolor
This workshop provides a variety of watercolor applications that will invite the artist to, “loosen up!” Emphasis will be on experimenting with techniques that allow for a less confined approach of applying paint to paper. Exercises will be offered to study specific techniques then students will apply those skills to a subject of their choosing. [For an example, see “Mystery Mountain” in the Portfolio section.]
Animal Portraits
TThis workshop explores skills and techniques used to render favorite animals in graphite, colored pencil, pen & ink and watercolor or any combination of these mediums. The primary focus is on developing accurate drawing skills, tips on getting the most out of the medium of choice, and rendering facial features, fur & feathers by layering to darker values. [For A Sample of this technique, please see “Nia” in the Portfolio section.]
Painting Faces in Watercolor
This workshop explores skills and techniques used to render the face in watercolor. We will practice drawing skills, how to transfer a drawing to watercolor paper, seeing proportion, finding shadow patterns, interpreting the value range, mixing skin tones, glazing to build darks and “losing edges” for a smooth transition between washes. [For a sample of this approach, please see “Mom” in the Portfolio section]
Atmospheric Landscapes
This workshop provides a variety of intermediate techniques that will encourage the student to pull out their larger brushes, mix bigger puddles of paint and capture a mood through flowing wet-in-wet washes. We will work on moody scenes such as dark rainy clouds, heavy mist on a rocky waterfront, bright sunny skies with puffy clouds, calm reflections on smooth water, snow fall in a wintery landscape. [See “Mystery Mountain” in the Portfolio section for examples.]
Combining Collage and Watercolor: Landscapes
Introducing special papers over watercolor adds an exciting potential for achieving unexpected textures, colors and effects. You will learn a variety of collage application techniques and tricks of the trade to ramp up the design of either a finished watercolor painting or a painting that otherwise would be considered only partly completed. Paper is fun to work with and adds a new dimension to any design.
Combining Colored Pencil and Watercolor: Wild Flowers
After bringing a watercolor up to a half way or near completion point, exciting results can happen when the paint brush is substituted for colored pencil. Vibrant and delightful to work with, colored pencil over watercolor adds a wonderful depth to any painting. Flowers are a particularly conducive to the application of this technique. [For an example of colored pencil combined with watercolor, please see “Pumpkins” and “Folk School” in the Portfolio section.]
Interpreting the Face through Collage
Using scissors, X-acto knife, glue and a variety of colorful papers, this class will focus on how to interpret the face and features through the application of various collage techniques. Each small piece of paper is in itself an abstract shape, but when all the pieces come together as a whole, the face emerges as a colorful interpretation that can be surprisingly representational. [For an example of this technique, please see “New Year, New Hope” in the Portfolio section.]
