Classes

By limiting these sessions to only 5 students, we have the luxury of time to explore the work completed each month. Offered in a 3 month block, each student has the opportunity to take in and act upon gentle suggestions to show growth and development in their work over time. As with all my classes, recordings will be available for later review.

Fall Block #1: Tuesdays; October 18, November 15, & December 13. 3pm-4pm PST

By limiting these sessions to only 5 students, we have the luxury of time to explore the work completed each month. Offered in a 3 month block, each student has the opportunity to take in and act upon gentle suggestions to show growth and development in their work over time. As with all my classes, recordings will be available for later review.

Fall Block #2: Thursdays; October 20, November 17, & December 15. 3pm-4pm PST

By limiting these sessions to only 5 students, we have the luxury of time to explore the work completed each month. Offered in a 3 month block, each student has the opportunity to take in and act upon gentle suggestions to show growth and development in their work over time. As with all my classes, recordings will be available for later review.

Winter 2023 Block #1: Wednesdays; January 18, February 15, & March 15; 3 to 4pm PST

By limiting these sessions to only 5 students, we have the luxury of time to explore the work completed each month. Offered in a 3 month block, each student has the opportunity to take in and act upon gentle suggestions to show growth and development in their work over time. As with all my classes, recordings will be available for later review.

Winter 2023 Block #2: Thursdays; January 19, February 16, & March 16; 3 to 4pm PST

Designed to cover special topics in the watercolor landscape genre, this series will allow students to ‘paint along’ with Cynthia . We will explore traditional and alternative watercolor techniques and paint application/brush handling, along with more nuanced discussions of composition and design.

As with all Zoom courses, video recordings of the class sessions will be made available to registered students to allow review and to assist in homework assignments. A separate class critique session will be scheduled to offer review and feedback of inclass work and homework assignments.

4 Weeks
Wednesday mornings: February 15 - March 8, 2023; separate critique sessions Tuesdays, 2pm to 3pm PST
10am to 12pm PST; 

By limiting these sessions to only 5 students, we have the luxury of time to explore the work completed each month. Offered in a 3 month block, each student has the opportunity to take in and act upon gentle suggestions to show growth and development in their work over time. As with all my classes, recordings will be available for later review.

Spring 2023 Block #1: Wednesdays; April 12, May 10 & June 7; 3 to 4pm PST

Winslow Art Center - Online class

Class Dates: Mondays, June 5-26, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Pacific Time, 1:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time, 6:00-8:00 PM London Time
Critique Sessions: Sundays, June 11-July 2 – 1:00 PM Pacific Time, 4:00 PM Eastern Time, 9:00 PM London Time
Level: All
Medium: Watercolor

Is it the beauty of their varied shapes and colors? Or their romance, as if they are treasure washed up after journeying across oceans? Or their spiral creating the ‘perfect’ natural design (the golden ratio)? Whatever the reason, seashells seem to cater to our desire to collect and categorize and covet beautiful things. In this 4 week watercolor course we will celebrate the loveliness of shells!

Working from photos (or from your own specimen collection) we will explore the beauty and wonder of these amazing structures while learning basics (and a few advanced) watercolor techniques. Suitable for artists of all experience levels.

Materials List availabe at WAC website

Online Master's Color theory: Match that Color

Class Dates: Mondays, August 7 to 28, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Pacific Time
Critique Sessions: Sundays, 3pm Pacific Time
Level: All
Medium: Watercolor

Mixing exactly the color you want is not random or by chance.  In this 4 week course we will look to the Masters in watercolor (and other media) to determine their success in developing the right color for the right place in their compositions.  From Zorn to Titian (and more) we will look at how and why their specific limited palettes produced such evocative results and how they created the perfect colors for their compositions.  Students will gain 'color confidence' as they learn the essentials of reading and matching tones, hues, tints, shades and saturation. Materials listed in Details section

En Plein Air - Santa Cruz Coast

Seascapes in Watercolor 

4 Week Series - Live & in Person, on Location

Wednesdays - September 13 to October 4, 2023

11am to 1pm 

Additional Online Critique: Tuesdays 3pm 

$295 per person

Limit to 10 students

This 4 week plein air series class will offer students the opportunity to explore an expanded watercolor palette and technique repertoire designed for seaside exploration.  Meeting together and strictly following social distancing protocols, we will explore several beautiful local coastal spots. Crashing ocean waves, sea bluffs, rocky coastlines, serene beach scenes, boats and floats and more!

Locations/Schedule will be provided upon registration.

By limiting these sessions to no more than  6  students, we have the luxury of time to explore the work completed each month.  Offered in a 3 month block, each student has the opportunity to take in and act upon gentle suggestions to show growth and development in their work over time. As with all my classes, recordings will be available for later review. 

Fall 2023 - Thursdays;  September 14, October 12, November 9; 3pm to 4pm Pacific Time.