Gouache Painting Studio
In-Person: Adult | FULL
Be part of a community of painters, exploring the process of painting and the medium of gouache (an opaque watercolor with rich, matte color). We will use imagery from both prompts provided by the instructor to consider various painting techniques/concepts, as well as your own photographs/objects. Working on panels provides a stable support to play with paint in multiple layers, and representational imagery from observation or photographic resources will allow us to consider visual elements to express ideas and build technical painting skills.
With Artist Vicki Paret
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- Students bring:
For your own projects: Resource images (photos) - printed or digital (at least ipad size helpful), or objects to paint from observation. (The instructor will provide imagery for prompts.)
Metal, ceramic or plastic palette/plate/butcher tray, preferably white, with enough area to put out a palette of 14 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 sketches
Watercolor paper to test color mixes
Vicki Paret
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/.