This five-day workshop begins Monday, May 31, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. All levels welcome. Tuition: $385. Materials fee: $35. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONLearn to paint an enchanted lighthouse, tropical paradise, wine country fantasy, dynamic rural landscape in all four seasons, and special effects utilizing the elements and principles of design. Demos/hands-on use of seven water-based media: Watercolor, Acrylic, Gouache, Casein, Inks, Egg Tempera and Matte Acrylic. Keith's 50+ page workbook containing his "MAGIC REALISM: Step-By-Step Techniques & Inner Secrets" is included.
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KEITH SLUDER is a master watercolorist, muralist, workshop instructor, degreed designer, consultant, and former gallery owner. Critics call Keith the "new Andrew Wyeth" with his powerful and often poignant depictions of a vanishing rustic America. His 1500 collectors include celebrities, athletes, and politicians. Jack Richeson, Jo Sonja, and Daniel Smith Art Supply Companies have chosen Keith to be their representative and supply various specialty paints for use in his workshops; a huge savings for Keith's students!
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This two-day workshop begins Monday, June 7, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $190. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION In this two-day watercolor methods class with award-winning artist, Jeannie Vodden, learn how to achieve Jeannie's magical realism... a combination of imagination, attention to detail, and successive transparent colorful washes. Jeannie will teach you how to put color into your own paintings. You will go home with a small painting, several practice studies, and a better understanding of watercolor. This class is for beginning to advanced painters and will be invaluable for those taking her three-day "Magical Portraits!" workshop, June 9-11.
JEANNIE VODDEN lives and works in the town of Jackson, CA, located in the foothills of the Northern Sierra. Jeannie is a versatile painter who has taught workshops nationally for over 15 years. She enjoys demonstrating her watercolor techniques to art and community organizations and finds the challenge of judging art competitions rewarding.
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This three-day workshop begins Wednesday, June 9, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $265. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Join award-winning watercolorist Jeannie Vodden for a special three days of portrait painting. Bring casual sunlit snapshots to paint from: natural settings and fond memories are great choices. Through a series of colorful transparent layers, achieve a realistic image. Incorporate a bit of magic if you like... Jeannie will generously share her methods with enthusiasm and individual attention. For intermediate to advanced watercolorists with some portrait experience.
JEANNIE VODDEN has taught workshops and often demonstrated in the "California Works" Fine Art Show at the State Fair. The State of California has purchased two of her paintings for its archives. She has won many Best of Show and Peoples' Choice awards, and has been accepted twice into the prestigious Crocker Kingsley Art Competition in Sacramento.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $240 Member $230 Member - Register by 05/09/10 $265 Non-Member $255 Non-Member - Register 05/09/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This two-day workshop begins Saturday, June 12, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $190. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONMaking monoprints is a spontaneous and experimental process. In this workshop we use simple tools to create different effects and explore a range of textural effects using leaves, netting, lace, stencils and more... the potential and possibilities are limitless. No two prints can ever be alike - thus the name, monoprinting. There are no "rules" and no art experience is required, yet challenging to even the most experienced artists. Tuition: $190.
CAYEN ROBERTSON is a working painter, sculptor and assemblage artist who has taught monoprinting and given visual perception workshops at the O'Hanlon Center for the Arts in Mill Valley, CA, for more than 25 years and for the last several years at the Mendocino Art Center. She has traveled extensively in Europe and the US, studying art in private and public collections.
Please note: The dates and duration of this workshop have changed since the summer 2010 catalog was printed. The new information is: This two-day workshop begins Saturday, June 19, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm both days. Tuition: $190. Materials fee: $10. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Learn to produce breathtaking still lifes glowing with brilliant color! Working from life, students will render their subjects using a layering technique incorporating both semi-hard and soft pastels. You'll also learn how to blend those layers in varying degrees depending on your desired result. The instructor will demo this technique and touch on color theory also. Students should be able to complete two to three small (8" x 10") pieces by the end of the workshop.
GEMA LOPEZ recently left a 20+ year career in the graphic design field to pursue her passion of drawing and painting, a passion first instilled in her by her grandfather, a muralist in central Mexico. The recipient of several awards, she has exhibited in the San Francisco Bay Area.
This five-day workshop begins Monday, June 14, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $385. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Spend a week of intensive painting from life on location and in the studio. Beginning with preliminary sketches, we will work on several paintings during the week, with an emphasis on building up layers to create light and form. Some drawing/painting experience is desirable, but Diane is comfortable working with students at all levels of experience.
DIANE TESLER began her painting career in Hawaii, drawn to the quality of light and a compelling subject: abandoned cars. The power of light and the beauty of the discarded have remained a constant in her work, since. A painting instructor at the Art League School in Alexandria, VA, she has had one-person exhibitions at the Midwest Museum of American Art, Vanderbilt University and the Evansville (IN) Museum of Arts and Science.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $360 Member $350 Member - Register by 05/14/10 $385 Non-Member $375 Non-Member - Register by 05/14/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This five-day workshop begins Monday, June 21, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $385. Materials fee: variable. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Paint on location and experiment in the studio, while discovering the flexibility of watercolor with Charlotte Severin in her eighth year of teaching for MAC. Experimental papers and supplies will be provided by the instructor at cost. Charlotte welcomes all levels of experience and everyone has fun!
CHARLOTTE SEVERIN has taught more than 30 years in Bay Area schools and is teaching her 17th year of adult classes for the city of Pleasanton. She paints all around the world leading plein air travel workshops, last year to Spain and southwest France, this year Tuscany and the Cinque Terre, Italy. A signature member of CWA, she has paintings in the permanent collections of the Oakland Museum and the Riverside Art Museum and her works are collected internationally.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $360 Member $350 Member - Register by 05/21/10 $385 Non-Member $375 Non-Member - Register by 05/21/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This five-day workshop begins Monday, June 21, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $385. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION This class will start with a lecture/PowerPoint presentation about the major abstract art currents. You will have a chance to explore various styles in watercolor or acrylic paint. Structured approaches will dovetail with improvisation and chance happenings. A variety of materials, tools and techniques will be introduced. Group projects, as well as individual instruction and instructor's demonstrations are part of this class. Suitable for absolute beginners and intermediate students.
CHRISTINE COHEN's painting instruction covers a wide scope of styles. She teaches regularly at the College of Marin in Marin County. Her fresh style of teaching watercolors and acrylics inspires and support students of all skill levels.
This two-day workshop begins Monday, June 28, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $190. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Discover the magic of the underpainting en grisailles technique. In this fun, two-day watercolor workshop, award-winning artist and teacher Carmen Gardner provides in-depth coverage of color relationships, modeling for form and value, glazing, and more. Participants learn the fundamental essentials required to plan and execute a piece filled with intensity, luminosity and light.
Since arriving on Maui in 1981, CARMEN GARDNER's artistic journey started as a popular radio personality, then as an actor/director, including a summer at England's Royal National Theatre. She has come back full circle to her first love: painting. Carmen treasures the "creative process," more than the arrival at a final product. She is honored to be sharing the adventure with the many "Maui Masters" who make the Valley Isle their home. Carmen is an extremely popular Mauai artist whose workshops fill up every time. This will be her first watercolor workshop at the Mendocino Art Center.
This three-day workshop begins Wednesday, June 30, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $265. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION This three-day watercolor workshop is designed to give the participant hands-on guidance in painting people from photographs. Painting a portrait, or telling someone's story, requires more than capturing a likeness. Award-winning watercolor artist Carmen Gardner will spend three days sharing techniques on how to approach this elusive specialty. Participants will learn how to choose the subject and how to photograph/capture their personality.
Since arriving on Maui in 1981, CARMEN GARDNER's artistic journey started as a popular radio personality, then as an actor/director, including a summer at England's Royal National Theatre. She has come back full circle to her first love: painting. Carmen treasures the "creative process," more than the arrival at a final product. She hopes her art reflects the "spirit" of the islands. Carmen is an extremely popular Mauai artist whose workshops fill up every time.
