In order to paint the landscape well, the artist must master the various elements of it. This class will focus on the painting a variety of water, lakes and streams – how things reflect on still surfaces as well as the many aspects of moving water. Students who have taken the Landscape Basics class will benefit, but it is not a prerequisite. Students will learn how to paint clear water, how to depict shadows across water as well as reflections. We will also be covering moving water and falling water too. Students will discover why properly painted water can add interest and drama to an otherwise ordinary scene.

Wednesdays, September 2 – 23
10 am – noon

Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels
Instructor: Mike Callahan

VIRTUAL CLASS INFO: This class will be held online through Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to registrants the day before class begins. While the class will be held virtually, your registration will include admission to the Museum. You are encouraged to visit the Museum during normal Museum hours.

SUPPLY LIST:

Paint: Note: If you already have a set of oil paint with a variety of colors, you are welcome to bring it, if not you should get the following colors:
M. Graham brand
Zinc White (37ml), Titanium White (37ml), Hansa Yellow (37ml), Quinacridone Rose (37 ml), Phthalocyanine Blue (37 ml)

Thinner: Weber Turpenoid (pint) or similar artist’s grade odorless mineral spirits.

Medium: M. Graham Walnut Oil (4oz)

Containers: Silicoil cleaning jar or other small glass jar with sealable lid (for thinner)
Small can such as olive can (for medium)

Brushes:
Synthetic Brights OR Filberts: Silverbrush Bristlon #2, #4, and #10
Or
Connoisseur Pure Synthetic, #2, #4, and #10
Or any quality hog bristle in those sizes if the student already owns their own brushes.

Painting or Palette knife (steel is preferable to plastic)

Disposable Palette

New Wave Disposable Palette (grey) or similar

Brush Cleaner

The Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver 2.5 oz

Canvas
4- Stretched Canvases or Canvas Panels (9”x12”, 11”x14, or 12”x16” – larger sizes than these not recommended due to time constraints)

Roll of absorbent paper towels (i.e. Viva or Blue Shop Towels)

Optional: Nitrile gloves

Approximate cost of above items $100- $120

In this workshop, I will share with you some really great tips, tricks and techniques I have learned along the way, either through my own experimentation or from some pretty amazing artists including Carl Purcell, Karen Frey, the late, great, Charles Reid, and John Salminen. You don’t need to be an expert for this class; I’ll show you how a lot of special effects are accomplished, and how to get those really great darks that make your paintings exceptional!No middle-value blah paintings here!

Sunday, August 9
10 – 3 pm

Instructor: Ronnie Rector
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Supply List:

Bring your own watercolor painting kit, but be sure to have the following:
•    One full sheet (22×30) of Arches 140 lb cold press, which you will tear into eight 5.5×7.5 pieces, or a watercolor sketchbook*.
•    Pen and pencil, to sketch with and take notes.
•    Watercolor** brushes: A #6 and #10 round, and a 1” flat, will be adequate. I recommend Silver’s Black Velvet brushes or Richeson’s “Quiller” 7000 series brushes as an excellent, not-too-expensive choice.
•    Watercolor paints of your choice. “Artist grade” paint, please – colors are stronger and more vivid.  My favorite colors are listed at the end of this, if you’re interested.
•    Watercolor palette. I recommend something like Cheap Joe’s Original palette or the Robert Wood palette, which both have bigger wells for your paints and large mixing areas. The tiny travel palettes are okay but bring a white plate or metal butcher’s tray (RESCO) to make good puddles of paint in.
•    Roll of 2” masking tape (NOT blue or green painter’s tape or white “artist’s” tape).
•    Wide mouth water container – the plastic “Folgers Coffee”-style tubs are great!
•    Small container of salt
•    Spray bottle for water
•    Sea sponge if you have one. If not, you can watch the demonstrated techniques and see if you like them.
•    Paper Towels (Viva are best for watercolors!)
•    Blow Dryer

*Be sure your sketchbook is made with (at a minimum) 140 lb. watercolor paper, which can hold up to applications of water and paint without shredding like sketch paper.

**Brushes used for acrylics will not provide the results you want to see when working in watercolor. 

If buying supplies at NV Fine Arts, tell them you’re taking my class and they’ll give you a 10% discount.

Questions? Send me an email!  ronnierector@yahoo.com
 

Buy what YOU like, though; don’t limit yourself to my choices!

Buy what YOU like, though; don’t limit yourself to my choices!

If you don’t already have watercolors of some sort, here’s a good place to start:

Source – Nevada Fine Arts:
1 full sheet of Arches 140 lb cold press watercolor paper (~$10)
1 size 8(ish) round watercolor paint brush – Richeson 7000 “Quiller” series (~$15)
3 tubes of Daniel Smith watercolors, a blue, a red and a yellow; each are from $9 to $12. I suggest:
Cobalt or Ultramarine Blue
Carmine or Pyrrol Red
Azo Yellow or Hansa Yellow Medium
A plastic palette with a few good sized wells ($5-$15) or butcher tray for mixing paints
And a good-sized container for water, a roll of plain ol’ masking tape, and some Viva paper towels.
Email me if you have any questions about your watercolor kit – ronnierector@yahoo.com!

Learn to combine the texturing of ink and the vibrancy of watercolor to create illustrations while focusing on butterflies. Explore the tradition of scientific illustration while referencing specimens and photographs in this watercolor workshop. No experience necessary.

Saturday, May 16
10 am – 3 pm

Instructor: Carroll Charlet
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Supply List:

• Tablet of 140# Watercolor paper (Casson, Arches, or Strathmore). NOTE: Paper can be purchased from instructor during class for $2 per sheet.
• Small round 10 well pallet with plastic lid
• Sketch tablet or paper
• Basic watercolor set (Reeves or Richardson set of 12 is fine, or your own set)
• 2 drawing or mechanical pencils, and a rubber eraser
• Fine point (005) black ink pen, MUST be waterproof
• Two plastic water containers
• Roll of paper towels

Take your watercolors to the next level with this fun method of using the batik method of applying hot wax to save and build layers of color. Together, we will create a painting on rice paper, which adds an extra element of interest and texture. Instructor will guide students through the batik process, while assisting each student with color mixing, composition and values to create a focal point in their work. A fairly simple drawing will be provided by the instructor for students to use, but students are also free to bring a reference image to draw out on their own. A working knowledge of watercolor painting is preferred; this class is not for absolute beginners to the medium.

Sunday, August 30
10 am – 3 pm

Instructor: Ronnie Rector
Ages: Adult (15+) / Working knowledge of watercolor painting is recommended

Supply list:

• Black Micron Pen or other waterproof fine-line pen
• Watercolor brushes, flats or rounds or both, your choice. Bring your preference for working in large to small areas of a painting.
• Watercolor paints of your choice
• Watercolor palette of your choice. I recommend having a few good-sized mixing areas, but bring whatever you’re comfortable working with
• Water Container
• Roll of Paper Towel
• Masking Tape
• Lots of newspapers – will need at least 3 dozen sheets per artist, so if you have a pile, please bring them
• Sack lunch

CANCELED: Inspired by her Czechoslovakian heritage, instructor Iva Neveux will introduce students to basic painting techniques to create beautiful decorative eggs. Each student will create two hand-painted wooden, paper mache or flat wooden eggs using combinations of dots, lines, dashes and curves. All materials included with registration.

Saturday, April 4
3 – 6 pm

Instructor: Iva Neveux
Ages: Adults (15+) / All levels

Instructor Notes: Students who want to learn how to blow/hollow real eggs, can bring a couple of eggs and a container to transport the eggs.

CANCELED: Inspired by her Czechoslovakian heritage, instructor Iva Neveux will introduce students to basic painting techniques to create beautiful decorative eggs. Each student will create two hand-painted wooden, paper mache or flat wooden eggs using combinations of dots, lines, dashes and curves. All materials included with registration.

Wednesday, April 1
5 – 8 pm

Instructor: Iva Neveux
Ages: Adults (15+) / All levels

Instructor Notes: Students who want to learn how to blow/hollow real eggs, can bring a couple of eggs and a container to transport the eggs.

In order to paint the landscape well, the artist must understand the light that fills it and how it affects the appearance of it.  This class will focus on the painting various types of skies and clouds, the source of that light. Students who have taken the Landscape Basics class will benefit, but it is not a prerequisite. Students will learn why the sky is blue and why that matters when painting the landscape, how to paint different types of clouds in a variety of lighting situations and how clouds affect light and add drama and interest to an otherwise ordinary scene.

Tuesdays, March 3 -24
10 am – noon

Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels
Instructor: Mike Callahan

SUPPLY LIST:

Paint: Note: If you already have a set of oil paint with a variety of colors, you are welcome to bring it, if not you should get the following colors:
M. Graham brand
Zinc White (37ml), Titanium White (37ml), Hansa Yellow (37ml), Quinacridone Rose (37 ml), Phthalocyanine Blue (37 ml)

Thinner: Weber Turpenoid (pint) or similar artist’s grade odorless mineral spirits.

Medium: M. Graham Walnut Oil (4oz)

Containers: Silicoil cleaning jar or other small glass jar with sealable lid (for thinner)
Small can such as olive can (for medium)

Brushes:
Synthetic Brights OR Filberts: Silverbrush Bristlon #2, #4, and #10
Or
Connoisseur Pure Synthetic, #2, #4, and #10
Or any quality hog bristle in those sizes if the student already owns their own brushes.

Painting or Palette knife: (steel is preferable to plastic)

Disposable Palette: New Wave Disposable Palette (grey) or similar

Brush Cleaner: The Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver 2.5 oz

Canvas
4- Stretched Canvases or Canvas Panels (9”x12”, 11”x14, or 12”x16” – larger sizes than these not recommended due to time constraints)

Roll of absorbent paper towels (i.e. Viva or Blue Shop Towels)

Optional: Nitrile gloves

Approximate cost of above items $100- $120

CANCELED: Learn about composition in painting and develop your watercolor skills while being inspired by the artwork of Georgia O’Keeffe. Students will begin the class by going into the galleries and looking at O’Keeffe’s Hawaiian flower inspired 1939 work Hibiscus with Plumeria. This class is ideal for beginners, or those wishing to refresh their skills.

Instructor: Reena Spansail
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Sunday, April 5
10 am – 2 pm

Supply List:

    -Your personal watercolor pallet
    -If you are a beginner getting ready to purchase your first watercolor paints we suggest: https://www.amazon.com/Winsor-Newton-Cotman-Sketchers-14-Pieces/dp/B00004THXI/ref=sr_1_1?s=arts-crafts&ie=UTF8&qid=1541442397&sr=1-1&keywords=windsor+newton+travel+watercolors
   -Several sheets of 140 lb cold pressed watercolor paper (recommended professional grade such as Arches, Daler Rowney Langton Prestige, Kilimanjaro)
   -Frisket or Masking fluid
   -Roll of paper towels
   -Drawing pencil (mechanical pencil works the best)
   -Kneaded eraser
   -2 Plastic water containers
   -At least 3 brushes: Rounds # 4 & 8, Rigger brush (recommended Silver/Black Velvet brushes)
   Supplies can be found at Nevada Fine Arts (limited supply), dickblick.com, cheapjoes.com

 CANCELED: One of the best ways to learn posthumously from a master painter is to paint a “master copy”. That is, study the painting intently, look at how the artist handled the subject and manipulated the paint. Try to get inside the artist’s head and figure out why the artist emphasized one thing over another.  Then, paint a copy of it.  In doing so, you’ll potentially learn what it took for the artist to produce a particular work, what steps he may have followed, which parts were difficult and which were easier.  In the end, you’ll have a broader understanding and perhaps a technique or two you’ll be able to employ in your own future painting endeavors and, you’ll have your very own actual painting of a master work to hang on your wall and enjoy forever!

In this workshop, instructor Mike Callahan will take students inside the museum to study Childe Hassam’s painting “The South Ledges, Appledore” up close.  He’ll give a brief overview of the Hassam’s life and discuss the period in which he created this particular painting.  Then, the students will move into the classroom space where Mike will do a demonstration showing how he thinks the artist painted it as you, the student, follow along painting your own.  

By the end of the second day of this workshop, you will have painted your own painting that you can proudly display on your wall impressing both family and friends!

Saturday and Sunday, March 28 and 29 
10 am – 2 pm

Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels, some experience helpful
Instructor: Mike Callahan

SUPPLY LIST:

Paint: Note: If you already have a set of oil paint with a variety of colors, you are welcome to bring it, if not you should get the following colors:

M. Graham brand 

Titanium White (37ml) Hansa Yellow (37ml), Quinacridone Rose (37 ml), Phthalocyanine Blue (37 ml)

Thinner: Weber Turpenoid (pint) or similar artist’s grade odorless mineral spirits. 

Medium: M. Graham Walnut Oil (4oz)

Silicoil cleaning jar or other small glass jar with sealable lid (for thinner)

Small can such as olive or tuna can (for medium)

Brushes:
Synthetic Brights OR Filberts: Silverbrush Bristlon #2, #4, and #10
Or 
Connoisseur Pure Synthetic, #2, #4, and #10
Or any quality hog bristle in those sizes if the student already owns their own brushes.

Painting or Palette knife (steel is preferable to plastic)

Disposable Palette
New Wave Disposable Palette (grey) or similar

Brush Cleaner
The Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver 2.5 oz

Stretched Canvas or Canvas Panel 20”x24″

Roll of absorbent paper towels (i.e. Viva or Blue Shop Towels)

Optional: Nitrile gloves

Approximate cost of above items $100- $120

One of the best ways to learn posthumously from a master painter is to paint a “master copy”. That is, study the painting intently, look at how the artist handled the subject and manipulated the paint. Try to get inside the artist’s head and figure out why the artist emphasized one thing over another.  Then, paint a copy of it.  In doing so, you’ll potentially learn what it took for the artist to produce a particular work, what steps they may have followed, which parts were difficult, and which were easier.  In the end, you’ll have a broader understanding and perhaps a technique or two you’ll be able to employ in your own future painting endeavors and, you’ll have your very own actual painting of a master work to hang on your wall and enjoy forever!

 In this workshop, instructor Mike Callahan will take students inside the museum to study Edward Hopper’s “Ryder’s House” up close.  He’ll give a brief overview of the Hopper’s life and discuss the period in which he created this particular painting.  Then, the students will move into the classroom space where Mike will do a demonstration showing how he thinks the artist painted it as you, the student, follow along painting your own.  

 By the end of the second day of this workshop, you will have painted your own painting that you can proudly display on your wall impressing both family and friends!

Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8 
10 am – 2 pm

Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels, some experience helpful
Instructor: Mike Callahan

SUPPLY LIST:

Paint: Note: If you already have a set of oil paint with a variety of colors, you are welcome to bring it, if not you should get the following colors:

M. Graham brand 

Titanium White (37ml) Hansa Yellow (37ml), Quinacridone Rose (37 ml), Phthalocyanine Blue (37 ml)

Thinner: Weber Turpenoid (pint) or similar artist’s grade odorless mineral spirits. 

Medium: M. Graham Walnut Oil (4oz)

Silicoil cleaning jar or other small glass jar with sealable lid (for thinner)

Small can such as olive can (for medium)

Brushes:
Synthetic Brights OR Filberts: Silverbrush Bristlon #2, #4, and #10
Or 
Connoisseur Pure Synthetic, #2, #4, and #10
Or any quality hog bristle in those sizes if the student already owns their own brushes.

Painting or Palette knife (steel is preferable to plastic)

Disposable Palette
New Wave Disposable Palette (grey) or similar

Brush Cleaner
The Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver 2.5 oz

Stretched Canvas or Canvas Panel 18”x24″

Roll of absorbent paper towels (i.e. Viva or Blue Shop Towels)

Optional: Nitrile gloves

Approximate cost of above items $100- $120