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Shape-Shifting the Great Southwest

Land of Endless Beauty Watermedia Zoom Workshop

July 9, 10am to 2pm

Members- $50 General-$60

Registration and Information

www.sacfinearts.org/workshops

The sight of canyons, arroyos, and Mesas sends one’s heart racing. Painting such landscapes will reward the eyes and challenge your paintbrush to bring it to life in watermedia.

Employing watercolor on an Aquabord substrate I will demonstrate techniques I have found useful in creating paintings that meld both abstract shapes with those that describe distant vistas with formations that ignite the the imagination.

Flat brushes, and rounds plus the use of tools that lift and smear the pigment in exquisite ways the limitless vistas of the Great Southwest will uplift our spirit.

Just Published Blue Shadow Country, Paintings by Dale Laitinen

My exciting news this season is the publication by Frida Press, of a collection of my paintings entitled Blue Shadow Country. Inside the covers you will find paintings that give an overview of my natural landscapes and engineered landscapes. Along with the illustrations there is accompanying each image, an explanation of its genesis and a bit about process. Stay tuned for release dates, when and how to order.

Art dog triage…when painting in the desert never nap in a cactus patch

Virginia City, Nevada

St Mary’s Art Center

Class begins June 12th to 16th, 2019

Check out Sunday the 16th or Monday the 17th Your choice.

Check in and welcome dinner Tuesday June 13, 2019

Paint, Live, and Eat! That should be the motto for this workshop which has become a nearly two decade tradition in Virginia City. Here we expand our boundaries as artists as we paint in the Victorian studio of this venerable building. Participating artists not only take the workshop but stay in the beautifully restored rooms of the 1870’s era brick building.

Tuition and lodging are included in the cost: $625. Spouses and partners are welcome. 35. per night extra

For those commuting or staying elsewhere Tuition only/ No Lodging $450.

The Workshop: “Big Brush Painting, Make your paintings Bold.

-Big Brush Approach to water media enhances expressive shapes in your painting.

-Translate the our surroundings into highly designed semi abstract paintings. This includes both natural and structures such as buildings and other human-made subjects.

-Use Opaque water media.

-Paint on watercolor paper and Aquabord.

Note: Class starts on Wednesday the 13th but arrival is on Tuesday the 12th with an orientation dinner in the evening. You can check out on Monday the 19th if you wish.

Class limited to 14 artists so please sign up early it fills fast! But please make sure you can attend before registering, cancellations can be problematic.

$200. Deposit

Registration form contact Dale Laitinen

email: Dale@dalelaitinen.com