Online Class: Summertime Still-Life in Watercolor

Join us for this intermediate-level class for an observational still-life study of fruits in watercolor inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s watercolor still-life. O’Keeffe’s tonal treatments and compositional approach will be explained by instructor Sudeshna Sengupta. She will show how to add depth and dimension by filling in the negative spaces around the objects, which also serve as a unifying element. You may set up a still-life with real fruit and vegetables ahead of
time or follow along Sudeshna’s in-class demo of still-life with pears.

Supplies needed for this class:

• A set of Watercolor (either tubes or half-pans)
• Watercolor pad or block of Strathmore 400 series or any other brand in any size between 9” x 12” and 12” x 16”
• A regular 2 pencil (a.k.a. HB) and an eraser
• Round and Flat Watercolor brushes (synthetic ‘Taklon’ brushes are fine): 3 to 5 Round brushes in the range of Size 8, 10, 12, 14 and at least 1 Flat brush that’s 1⁄2” to 1.5” wide.
• Watercolor palette with multiple wells and a larger area to mix paints. Plastic palettes work.
• Q-tips and paper towel or pieces of cotton rag. Cut-up pieces from a clean, used t-shirt work well.
• Masking tape if a watercolor pad is used instead of a watercolor block.
• 2 to 3 empty glass jars or containers for holding water. Used yogurt containers or wide-mouthsmaller glass jars work well.
• Optional: Hair dryer if available
• Optional: A white wax crayon or a small piece of candle for optional resist techniques

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This class is suitable for youth ages 12 and up. Children are welcome to participate alongside their adults.

Space is limited, reservations required.

This program will take place via the video conferencing app – ZOOM. Details for accessing the Zoom meeting will be with your receipt upon registering and again sent via email the day prior. Please register in advance in order to access the program. Note that all program times are in Mountain Time.

Online classes are not recorded. Online classes are offered only as a live and interactive experience.

About the Instructor:

Sudeshna Sengupta’s career as a teaching artist spans multiple decades, continents, and cultures that inform her pedagogy of decolonizing studio art. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 1985 from Visva-Bharati, an international university founded in India, by the humanist poet Tagore, the first non-European Nobel Laureate (1913). After teaching art and design at the college level in New Delhi, Seattle, and California, she taught at NMSU-Alamogordo, where she established its first intaglio printmaking studio in 1995. Since moving to Santa Fe, she has been teaching courses in online studio art at the Santa Fe Community College. She also conducts workshops and short courses and presents lectures and community-based art events for various age groups with civic, cultural, and community organizations in the US and in India, often with a focus on multicultural and inter-cultural experiences that emphasize human, cultural, and environmental connectedness through creativity. To see her art please visit: notes-and-doodles.com

This class is being offered on a sliding scale:

$10; minimal fee.

$20; covers the cost of the class.

$30; covers the cost of the class, plus a contribution to support educational programs.