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Stan Miller
Painting the Portrait and Landscape in Watercolor
Three-Day Workshop

Date: September 12-14, 2023
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Venue: Marsh Lane Baptist Church
Price: $400 for members/$450 for non-members

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Artist Bio
Artist Bio
Stan Miller was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1949.  He moved to Spokane, WA in 1966, attended Spokane Falls Community College in 1969, taking one year of liberal arts and three years of fine art, graduating in 1973.  He has been a professional artist, painting full time since 1973.  He works primarily in watercolor and egg tempera.  Miller has become internationally known, having won numerous awards around the world.  Stan also teaches classes and workshops in watercolor around the world.  

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Workshop Description and Supply List
Workshop Description and Supply List

Painting the Portrait and Landscape in Watercolor

In this workshop students have the options of being guided through a portrait or a landscape painting.  Each day, both a portrait and a landscape will be demonstrated by the instructor, students have the choice each day of either choosing the landscape or the portrait, if they choose to be guided through the demonstration by Stan.  Students also have the option of working on their own subjects.  Students are encouraged to bring photos of subjects that they might like to paint in the future for Stan to look at and discuss with the student.  Technique, color, choosing paintable subjects, understanding composition and design will also be addressed in this workshop.  If students have questions, they are welcome to email Stan:  Stan@stanmiller.net

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Laurie Goldstein-Warren

Dynamic Pouring
Three-Day Workshop

Date: October 10-12, 2023
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Venue: Marsh Lane Baptist Church
Price: $350 for members/$400 for non-members

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Artist Bio
Artist Bio

Originally from New York, Laurie now lives in West Virginia.  She has been painting watercolors for the last 25 years.  Laurie continues to experiment with new techniques in watercolor and watercolor/acrylic.  She has exhibited her work in the US, Japan, Turkey, Greece, Canada and China.  She is a much sought after workshop instructor and exhibition juror.  Her work focus on city scapes, portraits and still life.  She has been published in The Splash Series, Watercolor Artist Magazine, and the Art of Watercolor Magazine.  She has published her first art book in 2021, entitled Her Voice, including nine other women watermedia artists.  In 2017 her work earned the High Winds Medal Award at the 150th Anniversary of the American Watercolor Society Exhibition.  She was invited to the International Watercolor Masters in England in 2022 and 2024.

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Workshop Description and Supply List
Workshop Description and Supply List

Dynamic Pouring Workshop

This workshop is for intermediate to advanced watercolorists.  It features a limited palette, and will incorporate acrylic paints along with our watercolors.  We will be pouring and utilizing a variety of finishing techniques.  In this workshop, you will learn to let go of some of your control to allow the watercolor paint to do it's natural thing.  I promise you will enjoy the process and the results!  A project will be provided with a sketch and a reference photo, or you can work on your own project, including figure, still life, floral, wildlife, etc.  If you are not sure if the image is right for pouring, you can email me your image before you go to the trouble of drawing it out.  Email me at laurengoldwarren@gmail.com.

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Sarah Yeoman

The Light of Watercolor
Three-Day Workshop

Date: November 14-16, 2023
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Venue: Marsh Lane Baptist Church
Price: $350 for members/$400 for non-members

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Artist Bio
Artist Bio
Sarah Yeoman is a nationally recognized watercolor artist and instructor, and a signature member of the American Watercolor Society.  She is from Yorklyn, Delaware and spends her summers in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York.  She has been featured in Watercolor Artist magazine, The Art of Watercolor and was featured in the Ellie Saab Haute Couture Paris Catalog.  She has served as juror for the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Northeast Watercolor Society and is the upcoming juror of awards for the Adirondack Exhibition of American Watercolors in Old Forge, NY.

From her Crows and Ravens series, to Brandywine Valley landscapes, to her 40 years of painting, paddling and exploring the Adirondacks from her family's 100-year-old, off-the-grid summer cabin, she is most at home in the woods and on the water.

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Workshop Description and Supply List
Workshop Description and Supply List

The Light of Watercolor

Watercolor more than any other medium lends itself to capturing the fleeting qualities of light.  This workshop will focus on learning how to interpret that light and the mood and atmosphere that are created because of it.  We will run through a series of imagined landscape exercises to familiarize ourselves with how the pigments move and interact with paper and water.  We will work on learning to see the shapes and values that make for good composition and finding form by gradually revealing light and shadow.

The goal of this work shop is not to copy Sarah's work, but to learn to tell your own story through these exercises and Sarah's twice-daily demos of landscapes, florals, still-life or her well-known Crows and Ravens Series.

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A $100 deposit is required to reserve a place in our Multi-Day Workshops. Payment in full is required for our One-Day Classes.

WORKSHOPS & ONE-DAY CLASSES

In addition to the traditional schedule of three-day workshops with nationally ranked artists, SWS has initiated a second instructional schedule of one-day classes with noted local artists.


ONE-DAY CLASSES POLICY:

The one-day local classes will offer watercolorists the opportunity to broaden their experience under the guidance of accomplished local artists.

Workshop enrollment is typically limited to 15-20 participants. Reservations are accepted in the order in which they are received. Wait lists are also formed in the order that requests are received.

There is no deposit with one-day classes. Payment will be made in full at the time of registration and the workshop refund policy will be followed.


WORKSHOPS POLICY:


Workshop enrollment is limited typically limited to a maximum of 20 participants. Reservations are accepted in the order in which they are received. Wait lists are also formed in the order that requests are received.

A $100 deposit per workshop must accompany the signup to reserve a space. Confirmation of enrollment will be sent upon receipt of the deposit (or full payment). The deposit is non-transferable to any other person or workshop.

Balance of payment is due one month before the workshop start date and if not received by that date, the student may lose his/her place.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

The cancelling member shall contact the Workshop Coordinator as soon as possible to facilitate replacement.  The SWS wait list has first priority over other students who are not on the wait list.

Upon a student’s cancellation of a workshop at least one month prior to the start date of the workshop, the workshop fee is 100% refundable.

Upon a student’s cancellation of a workshop less than one month prior to the start date of the workshop, the entire fee is refundable only if the space if filled and paid for.  If the space is not filled and paid for, the workshop fees are refundable, less the $100 deposit.

Once the workshop begins, there are no refunds for no-shows or withdrawals.

SWS reserves the right to cancel workshops due to insufficient enrollment or other reasons.  If SWS cancels a workshop, applicants will receive a full refund.
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