Closure Notice:

  • Georgia O’Keeffe Museum | Santa Fe | Early closure at 3 PM on March 29, and closed March 31

  • Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Welcome Center | Abiquiú | Closed March 26 – April 1 for exhibition changes

Stay up to date on hours and ticket availability by visiting our website or contacting us at 505-946-1000 or contact@gokm.org

Online Class: Beginning Watercolor Techniques

  • Wednesday, February 15
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM MT
  • Online

Space is limited, registration required. Please email contact@gokm.org or call 505.946.1000 for assistance with event registration.

We invite you to join us for an introduction to watercolor painting. Through a variety of exercises and demonstrations, participants will learn about the medium and techniques for creating their own watercolor paintings. We will explore paintings that Georgia O’Keeffe created using watercolor and discuss the techniques she employed. All experience levels are welcome to participate!

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.

Supplies needed for this class:

  • Watercolor paints
  • Round and flat paintbrushes (small, medium, and large preferred)
  • Watercolor paper
  • Table salt
  • Paperclips
  • Paper towels
  • Rubbing alcohol

About the Instructor

Instructor Devon Burke returned to Santa Fe after years away in Worcester, Massachusetts. She earned an MFA from Boston University in Art Education with a concentration in Art Therapy practice in the art classroom, and a BFA in Art Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Devon taught art for eight years in Massachusetts public schools and has taught beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses in painting to adults. Her main media of study is watercolor, specifically small landscape and plein air painting. Devon enjoys the delicate nature and transparency of watercolor and has a strong passion for sharing her love of it with others.

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.

Upcoming Events

Close-up photograph of young people bent of drawing with a box of multiples color pencils.

Past Event Community Events

Create with O’Keeffe: Slice of Life

MAIN LIBRARY | 145 WASHINGTON AVE, SANTA FE, NM, 87501

Thursday, March 28

3:30pm

Blue circle in center of paper, with an orange circle encompassing the blue circle. A blue single stroke encompasses the orange, with a stroke leaving the circle towards the upper right and another stroke towards the bottom left of the paper. Intermissions of orange and blue strokes encompasses this circle.

Event Classes

Online Class: Clean & Clear Watercolor Mixes using Complementary Colors

Online

Saturday, March 30

11:00am

Delicate watercolor of pink and indigo primula flowers clustered together above green leaves from which the flowers' thin stalks rise. A hint of blue bleeds out from around the leaves onto the white page.

Event Classes

Online Class: Botanical Watercolors

Online

Tuesday, April 2

3:00pm