Creative Aging: Let’s Paint with Watercolors

Tue, Oct 26 2021
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Virtual

arts and crafts creative aging Virtual Programming


Tuesdays 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/16, 11/23 and 11/30, 4-6 PM

Arlington Library is proud to present this seven-week Virtual Creative Aging Watercolor Workshops. In this class participants will first learn how to create a painting by using only one color which is called monochromatic. Then they will move on to complimentary colors. They will also explore how to use multicolor designs in a painting. They will also learn how negative space in a painting draws the viewer in. Lastly, they will bring all these techniques together to present a masterpiece for the culminating event.

Teaching artist Wilfredo Santiago is bilingual in Spanish.

Workshop will be led virtually through Zoom. All participants will need access to a device with a camera and internet access.  

Registration Required. **Please be sure to register for each class you would like to participate in. 

You will receive an email with the Zoom ID link the day prior to the program.

Supplies Needed:

  • 9X12 – 140lb Paper for Watercolor
  • Large piece of cardboard
  • Masking tape
  • No. 2H Pencil
  • 12 to 15 Watercolor paint set
  • No. 6 round paint brush
  • No. 6 flat brush
  • 1 in. flat brush
  • Paper Towel
  • Salt
  • Hair dryer or small fan
  • 2 containers for water

These supplies can be found at Michaels and Blicks.

Syllabus:

Week One – October 5th

  • Paint a monochromatic seahorse
  • Paint a monochromatic frog
  • Assign Homework

Week Two – October 12th

  • Discuss Homework
  • Paint a flower
  • Assign Homework

Week Three – October 19th

  • Discuss Homework
  • Paint a colorful Elephant
  • Assign Homework

Week Four – October 26th

  • Discuss Homework
  • Paint a Bonsai Tree
  • Assign Homework

Week Five – November 16th

  • Discuss Homework
  • Paint a Bird
  • Assign Homework

Week Six – November 23rd

  • Discuss Homework
  • Paint an Eye
  • Assign Homework

Choose one of your pieces to show in Culminating Event

Week Seven – November 30th – Culminating Event

First Hour:

Discuss Homework

Paint turtle

Second Hour: Culminating Event

Show Everyone’s Masterpieces!

Brooklyn Digital: Connecting Through Creative Aging has been made possible by Lifetime Arts with a grant from The New York Community Trust.

Add to My Calendar 10/26/2021 12:00 pm 10/26/2021 02:00 pm America/New_York Creative Aging: Let’s Paint with Watercolors

Tuesdays 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/16, 11/23 and 11/30, 4-6 PM

Arlington Library is proud to present this seven-week Virtual Creative Aging Watercolor Workshops. In this class participants will first learn how to create a painting by using only one color which is called monochromatic. Then they will move on to complimentary colors. They will also explore how to use multicolor designs in a painting. They will also learn how negative space in a painting draws the viewer in. Lastly, they will bring all these techniques together to present a masterpiece for the culminating event.

Teaching artist Wilfredo Santiago is bilingual in Spanish.

Workshop will be led virtually through Zoom. All participants will need access to a device with a camera and internet access.  

Registration Required. **Please be sure to register for each class you would like to participate in. 

You will receive an email with the Zoom ID link the day prior to the program.

Supplies Needed:

  • 9X12 – 140lb Paper for Watercolor
  • Large piece of cardboard
  • Masking tape
  • No. 2H Pencil
  • 12 to 15 Watercolor paint set
  • No. 6 round paint brush
  • No. 6 flat brush
  • 1 in. flat brush
  • Paper Towel
  • Salt
  • Hair dryer or small fan
  • 2 containers for water

These supplies can be found at Michaels and Blicks.

Syllabus:

Week One – October 5th

  • Paint a monochromatic seahorse
  • Paint a monochromatic frog
  • Assign Homework

Week Two – October 12th

  • Discuss Homework
  • Paint a flower
  • Assign Homework

Week Three – October 19th

  • Discuss Homework
  • Paint a colorful Elephant
  • Assign Homework

Week Four – October 26th

  • Discuss Homework
  • Paint a Bonsai Tree
  • Assign Homework

Week Five – November 16th

  • Discuss Homework
  • Paint a Bird
  • Assign Homework

Week Six – November 23rd

  • Discuss Homework
  • Paint an Eye
  • Assign Homework

Choose one of your pieces to show in Culminating Event

Week Seven – November 30th – Culminating Event

First Hour:

Discuss Homework

Paint turtle

Second Hour: Culminating Event

Show Everyone’s Masterpieces!

Brooklyn Digital: Connecting Through Creative Aging has been made possible by Lifetime Arts with a grant from The New York Community Trust.

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