Online Class: Master Copy in Gouache: “Calla Lily for Alfred,” 1927

  • Friday, November 7
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM MT
  • Online

Registration required. Space is limited. Please email contact@gokm.org or call 505-946-1000 for assistance with registration.

Join us for a master copy class—a time-tested method for artists to build foundational skills while deepening their understanding of artistic techniques. 

In this workshop, expand your proficiency with gouache by dissecting and replicating Georgia O’Keeffe’s iconic painting Calla Lily for Alfred, 1927. This class will help participants understand light, color, form, and O’Keeffe’s stylistic approach to shape, texture, and blending. 

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

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: 

  • Gouache set with primary colors + white and black (Instructor will use M. Graham 1/2-Ounce Tube 5 Color Gouache Paint Primary Set or beginner set MyArtSpace Gouache. Avoid acrylic gouache.) 
  • Watercolor or mixed media paper 
  • Watercolor palette (Instructor will use Metal Watercolor Tin Box)
  • Varied acrylic/watercolor brushes (Angle and fine detail brushes recommended. Jsocoah is a good beginner set.) 
  • Pencil 
  • Eraser (kneaded eraser recommended)
  • Paper towels
  • Cup of water

About the Instructor:

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A passionate artist and experienced educator, Morgan Jones has spent the last 9 years developing these crafts. She seeks to explore how art can serve as a medium to move us both individually and communally. Her time teaching in public schools, juvenile detention, and community centers has deepened her belief that art is a fundamental means of knowing, connecting, and transforming. In addition to Fine Arts, Morgan studied Art Education at Texas State University as well as Criminal and Social Justice at the College of the Rockies in BC Canada. Morgan’s professional painting practice focuses on plein-air landscape assemblage and multiple exposure oil paintings that call into question ideas of impermanence, memory and conservation. After spending a year living on the road, developing her art from her mobile travel trailer studio, she has settled in Santa Fe to split her time between teaching and creating. Find more about her work on her website or on Instagram at @painting.nomad

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.

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