Opaque Watercolor (Gouache) (In-Person)

Opaque Watercolor (Gouache) (In-Person)

In-Person: Adult | This program is completed

20 Academy Street Arlington, MA 02476 United States

Main Classroom

Beginners/Advanced Beginners

4/27/2022-6/8/2022

1:00 PM-4:00 PM on Wed

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293.00 USD

Member Discount Available

Explore gouache on panel, painting representational images using photographic resources. Gouache is an opaque watercolor paint with rich, matte color. Working on a panel provides a stable support for applying many layers, and once varnished can be framed without glass.  Build technical painting skills (color mixing and mark) and consider concepts (composition and scale) as you develop paintings that convey meaning.

  • COVID Requirements
    ACA instructors and students (age 5+) enrolled in our indoor, in-person classes and workshops are asked to submit proof of full vaccination or negative COVID test at least three days in advance of the start of their program by completing our COVID Vaccination Form where they can upload a photo, scan, or digital record of your COVID vaccination card or vaccine record. For multi-session courses, students would be required to present a new negative COVID test prior to each class session.

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  • The material fee of $40 will cover paint for use in class and three panels. Payable to Arlington Center for the Arts on your first day of class. 

    Students should bring:  
    • Resource images (photos)/objects for imagery for your series. 
    • Metal, ceramic or plastic palette/plate/butcher tray, preferably white, with enough area to put out a palette of 12 colors, and an area to mix paint.
    • Brushes: at least 3 different-sized round watercolor brushes – small, medium and large (i.e. synthetic sable, sizes 2, 4 or 5 and 8,10 or 12)
    • #2 pencil or B to 2B drawing pencil, eraser, paper for thumbnail sketches
Paret, Vicki

Vicki is a painter and a potter with a M.A.T. from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, a B.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University, and ongoing education at the Harvard Ceramics Studio, Mudflat Pottery School, and Haystack Mountain School of Craft. She has been on the faculty at the Museum of Fine Arts, DeCordova Museum, and Cambridge Center for Adult Education, and until recently was Chair of the Art Department and teacher at Waring School in Beverly. See Vicki’s paintings at http://www.vickikocherparet.com/.