Creative Aging: Watercolor Workshop with Karen Fitzgerald

Thu, Oct 28 2021
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Virtual

arts and crafts creative aging


Come paint with us!

Offered as a consecutive 7-session, virtual course (hosted on Zoom), this Creative Aging Watercolor Workshop is aimed at participants ages 55+ who have limited experience working with the medium. We will cover not only technical aspects of the medium, but also essential concepts of the visual language and working on a 2-dimensional surface. The workshop is less a "how-to" and more of an exploration of your own development of a painting vocabulary. 

Teaching artist Karen Fitzgerald has taught in library settings for the past 10 years. She is a master teaching artist and a mid-career professional visual artist living and working in Western Queens. www.FitzgeraldArt.com.

The virtual workshop will occur most Thursdays from 5-7pm beginning September 16th and ending in a special event on December 2nd. Workshop dates: 9/16, 9/30; 10/7, 10/28; 11/4, 11/18; 12/2. The Zoom link will be emailed to you one (1) hour before the workshop begins.

Recommended art supplies (not provided):

  • Grumbacher tube watercolors — 10 basic colors
  • 3 different watercolor brushes — A flat, a round and a wide water-brush
  • Watercolor pencils — The best brand is Koh-i-noor, Mondeluz 
  • Watercolor paper — 90# preferred, 12"x18" (do not buy smaller sized paper!)
  • Palette — Plain white ceramic plate is preferred
  • Yupo paper — To experience working on a different substrate (buy a small quantity)
  • Blotting cloth — Such as a well-worn, many times washed old cotton sheet
  • Water container — Large cup, etc.
  • Watercolor supplies can be found at Dollar Tree, Amazon, Blick and others! 

Registration is closed.

Please contact Liza Katz (lkatz@bklynlibrary.org) with any questions.

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 10/28/2021 01:00 pm 10/28/2021 03:00 pm America/New_York Creative Aging: Watercolor Workshop with Karen Fitzgerald

Come paint with us!

Offered as a consecutive 7-session, virtual course (hosted on Zoom), this Creative Aging Watercolor Workshop is aimed at participants ages 55+ who have limited experience working with the medium. We will cover not only technical aspects of the medium, but also essential concepts of the visual language and working on a 2-dimensional surface. The workshop is less a "how-to" and more of an exploration of your own development of a painting vocabulary. 

Teaching artist Karen Fitzgerald has taught in library settings for the past 10 years. She is a master teaching artist and a mid-career professional visual artist living and working in Western Queens. www.FitzgeraldArt.com.

The virtual workshop will occur most Thursdays from 5-7pm beginning September 16th and ending in a special event on December 2nd. Workshop dates: 9/16, 9/30; 10/7, 10/28; 11/4, 11/18; 12/2. The Zoom link will be emailed to you one (1) hour before the workshop begins.

Recommended art supplies (not provided):

  • Grumbacher tube watercolors — 10 basic colors
  • 3 different watercolor brushes — A flat, a round and a wide water-brush
  • Watercolor pencils — The best brand is Koh-i-noor, Mondeluz 
  • Watercolor paper — 90# preferred, 12"x18" (do not buy smaller sized paper!)
  • Palette — Plain white ceramic plate is preferred
  • Yupo paper — To experience working on a different substrate (buy a small quantity)
  • Blotting cloth — Such as a well-worn, many times washed old cotton sheet
  • Water container — Large cup, etc.
  • Watercolor supplies can be found at Dollar Tree, Amazon, Blick and others! 

Registration is closed.

Please contact Liza Katz (lkatz@bklynlibrary.org) with any questions.

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