Registration Information & Registration Form for Classes at Tualatin Heritage Center

Instructions for how to register for a class with Angie...

Þ Decide if you want to participate in the Mornings or Afternoons, or if you want to paint all day.

Þ If you are planning to take classes at the Keizer location, please register online at Keizer Art Association website.

Þ If you are planning to take classes at the Tualatin Heritage Center, please click on this form to call it up as a printable item. Once the form pops up, right click on it for your print option.

Þ Print the form, fill it in, and send it to Angie Wrahtz, 19155 SW Mobile Pl., Tualatin, OR 97062. Enclose your check for payment or indicate if you are paying with PayPal or bringing payment to class on the first day.

Þ It is OK to take a picture of this form filled out and send it via text to Angie to reserve your space.

Þ Students who pay ahead have priority and a reserved seat in class.  Enrollments handled on a first come basis. Lock in your space in class by pre-registering now.  No refunds unless the instructor cancels class.  Make-ups for missed classes are granted with courtesy of prior notification to instructor. Thank you.

Þ Questions? No problem. Call or text Angie at 503-705-9193.

 

Semi-Annual Calendar with Dates & Projects at both Locations for 2018

Classes offered at Keizer Art Center for early 2018

Classes Offered at the Tualatin Heritage Center in early 2018

Class Notes for October 2017

Hi Everyone!

We quickly ran through a pen exercise building a zentangle form in our last class.  I didn't have a handout nor do I have a link to Pinterest where I found this design. As we did in class, you begin at the center of the design and work your way out in radial fashion. Everyone will develop a slightly different version based on their style and personality. Think about adding shading and/or color to spiff it up. Have fun!

 

  

November and December 2017 Teaching Schedule at KAA

Fall Dates for Classes at Keizer Art Center

June Botanical and Landscape Projects

We've been working on compositions inspired by lovely shapes and repeating patterns. I suggested Calla Lilllies and here's some of what has been demo'd. Beyond that, we did some negative painting exercises that develop into landscapes.

Crab, anyone?

We've painted sea horses and turtles, so why not a crab? Here is a proposed project to get us playing with color and experimenting with technique... this sample of mine is not finished ...I want to deepen the color and add pen (of course.) By the time we are done with this, it will be off to Red Lobster for crab fest....

See you Thursday! --Angie

Some Mt. Hood Paintings completed and new Alpine Lake projects

You continue to dazzle me with your artwork! Today some folks finished their Mt. Hood paintings and we started our Alpine Lake project with gradated washes and reflections in water. Looking good all!

More Mt. Hood Paintings

We never made it to the portrait project, so that is still coming up for next week. Here are some of the results of our work on Thursday completing our landscape paintings of Mt. Hood as well as a cool, moody seascape by Sharon.

 

 

 

Misty Mt. Hood Landscapes

We put it all together...flat washes, mist, trees, wet-into-wet and the results were really great. Here are some highlights from AM and PM...

 

 

 

 

 

When we meet on the 16th, we will complete work on current projects and begin projects going in a new direction. We will turn inward and contemplate faces...our own faces. We'll come up with silhouettes and/or conceptual line drawings and add symbols and washes of color to create interesting self-portraits. If you'd rather work on the face of someone you love, that's OK too. The thing about doing yourself is, you know yourself best...and you'll have all kinds of material to draw from just thinking about what you love, your favorite memories and things that will all go into your work. Every artists paints him or herself along the way... Now is your turn if you haven't done it already...and with a modern edge. I showed some samples of face art a couple of weeks ago for inspiration. Some of that is below along with some initial sketching on the computer using myself as a subject. Photoshop is a great place to begin to alter photos from your phone to begin the process. Get started and bring your drafts to class.

 

My prep work includes this... this is just a beginning. The sketches are the jumping off point for abstraction and symbolism as you'll see when you look at the inspirations below.

 

 

 

And here are those inspiration pieces I mentioned. You can see how some of these ideas lend themselves to pen and ink combined with watercolor of. Click on any of these to print at home. 

 



 

 

 

Where does your imagination take you????

 

If the pen and ink drawing seems daunting, you can go more in the direction of pure watercolor....

 

Class Notes for AM & PM at KAA

You did great with your flat washes in the "Cat in the Window" project. Thank you to Mr. Garcia for his wonderful inspiration painting. Next week after we complete this project, we will begin to put some of what we've learned together in a new Mt. Hood Landscape project which will incorporate flat washes, mist, and tall trees. Below you will find two inspiration photos we will use and try to translate into realistic interpretations of what we see.  If this is not your cup of tea, you can of course go in a different direction.

The Mt. Hood scenes that follow are similar, one with mist and one without. We'll work on painting trees some more for those of you who misted those demos in January.



 There's room in the PM class for any of you who want to bring a friend. Have a good week all!