Class Description

This class will cover the basics of painting in watercolor, from sketching in paint, to mixing colors, to “erasing” your mistakes. Weather permitting, this class will take place outdoors and we will paint subjects from nature.

Students will leave the class with their own travel card of watercolors from Beam Paints*, a brush, and some watercolor paper to continue practicing at home.

*Beam Paints is a 100% Anishnaabe Kwe owned family business in M'Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island. Check them out at beampaints.com (not sponsored, I just love them SO much - Iana)

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Some experience in drawing will help you in this class, though it’s not necessary. Absolute beginners are welcome!

If you’d like to learn more about drawing first, consider taking Drawing 1: Fundamentals (May 22) or Drawing 2: Drawing from Life (3-Parts: May 27, 28, and 29, alternate session on the 31)

Registration:

Please register at least 24 hours in advance by emailing iana.d.dobreva@gmail.com the sooner the better! Class fee is collected the day of the class. Ages 14+

Class cost: $45 materials included - you’ll get to keep your paints, brush, and take extra paper home!

Class length: 2 hours

Spots: 6 (minimum 2)

Instructor Bio

Iana Dobreva (she/her) has over 20 years of experience in drawing and 10 years experience painting. Self taught from a young age with the help of her mom, Iana eventually studied drawing in an academic environment as a teenager through the Ringling College of Art and Design summer programs. She later attended Carnegie Mellon University, where she fell in love with watercolors and earned a degree in Drama, focusing on designing for the stage and continuing her education in drawing.