PAINTING A TREE IN PLEIN AIR, June 18, 2018

Today we went outside to sit under a tree.  We looked up into the tree's branches to make a plein air painting.

Jin painting

Wendy

Jin

Kimberley

Karen (teacher)

MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE, June 14, 2018

This week, students used postcards from Yosemite to paint their individual interpretation of a mountain landscape.

Wendy

Samantha

Kimberley

Jin

Amrita

PAINTING FLOWERS, June 7, 2018

This week we painted sunflowers four different ways (wet, with pen, with watercolor pencil, etc.)

Jin

Samantha

Wendy

STILL LIFE, May 31, 2018

With all supplies now in hand, this week the project was a still life, using all the basic colors in the palette.

Amrita

Wendy

Sherri

Jin

Hemal

BLACK AND WHITE TREES, May 17, 2018

For this first class, students used black and white photos of trees in a forest to emphasize texture and contrast.

Samantha

Sherri

Amritsa

Hemal

Wendy

Kimberley

Jin

HOMEWORK, December 8, 2016

Terry did a painting of a rainbow that he had captured in a photo.

INSPIRED BY INDIAN PAINTINGS, December 8, 2016

The Indian theme of this class was inspired by the Rama Epic exhibition at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco., Students heard a lecture about how art was created during the Mughal and Rajput kingdoms in ancient times. They then selected a postcard image of an Indian Court painting to reproduce or to interpret.

Terry

Reba

Susan

Manohar

Mahmoud

Koulsaya

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Ashmini

A WINTER VIEW, December 1, 2016

Students viewed a demonstration of how to tone colors to create a wintry palette (by mixing in a small amount of the opposite colors).  They then painted a view from the window of the studio.

The following examples are not complete because the teacher did not have a chance to take a photo of each person's work.

Susan

Antoanela

Kousalya

Manohar

Reba

PAINTING BIRDS AFTER AUDOBON, November 17, 2016

This week, after looking at Audobon's watercolor paintings, students painted birds.  The results are lively, and each bird has a distinct personality.

Antoanela

Mahmoud

Reba

Susan

Manohar

Manohar

Kousalya

Ashwini

PAINTING CLOUDS, November 3, 2016

For this first session, we experimented with different ways to combine watercolor with water by wetting the paper. The subject was clouds. To keep it simple and because it was a beginning class, we used mostly black paint.

The examples below are by students who already had experience in painting watercolors.

Manohar

Susan