"Painting
the Landscape of Zion" with Roland Lee
For more information
or to register call SUWS President Dick Rose at 635-4722
This
workshop is designed to help artists become better interpreters of the
landscape through learning to see what nature does to catch our attention.
Our role is not to duplicate nature but to create new images based on
our personal experiences. We will explore a variety of techniques and
processes which will help us master the unique medium of watercolor,
using as our subject the unique and spectacular landscape of Zion National
Park.
Class Schedule and Materials List:
Day 1. 9am - 4pm Community Center
245 No. 200 West, St. George
Morning:
Powerpoint: Values, Shapes and Edges - What matters most
Powerpoint: Seeing the Light - How humans really see nature
Painting Demo: The Value Study in Pencil
Student Painting: Simple Landscapes in watercolor
Materials needed: sketch paper or sketch books, soft pencil (4B or 6B)
Afternoon:
Demo: Painting Values in Watercolor, controlling the water, identifying
edges through value contrast
Student Painting: Rocks, Shadows, Reflected Light. Exploring wet-on-wet
and wet-on-dry techniques
Materials needed: 4 pieces of WC paper cut to 1/8 sheet or 1/4 sheet
size; Paint, brushes, palette, water can etc.
Day 2. 9am - 4pm Community Center
Community Center 245 No. 200 West, St. George
Morning:
Powerpoint: Understanding the characteristics of skies
Painting Demo: Painting dramatic skies in 5 minutes or less
Student Painting: Negative shapes
Visit “Century of Sanctuary” Art exhibit at SG Art
Museum
Afternoon:
Powerpoint: Creating Depth in your paintings with aerial and linear
perspective
Demo: Painting Foreground, middle ground, and distance
Student Painting: Adding the land masses to sky paintings from this
morning
Materials needed: 4 pieces of WC paper cut to 1/8 sheet or 1/4 sheet
size; Paint, brushes, palette, water can etc.
Day 3. 8am - 3pm Travel to Zion
National park
Morning:
Meet at Senior Citizen Center at 8am and carpool to Zion. Bring outdoor
painting and sketching gear, plus water, hat, sunscreen etc. We will
take the shuttle from the Visitors Center Parking Lot down the canyon.
We will spend the morning sketching and painting at two locations along
the river bottom. Lunch: Shuttle to Zion Lodge. Bring a sack lunch or
buy lunch at the Zion Lodge.
Afternoon:
We will meet at the old Grotto Museum near the lodge to see the new
“Artist in Residence” cabin. More sketching and painting
until 3pm when we will return home.
SUWS Meeting – 6:30 pm –
Critique and show
Bring sketches and paintings for critique and show-and-tell at SUWS
meeting tonight 6:30 pm at the Library.
Suggested Materials List
Painting Indoors:
Watercolor Paints (any kind), Brushes, Water Can
2 sheets Watercolor paper (140lb. Arches Cold press is my preference)
cut into 1/8 sheets or WC block
Mounting board and tape, Sketchbook and soft pencil (6B or 8B), Washcloth
or towel for blotter, Paper towels
Painting outdoors:
Hat, sunscreen, water, hiking shoes, Snacks
Portable Outdoor painting set-up (anything you like) We will ride the
shuttle into the canyon so it should be easily carried in a backpack.
Sketchbook and pencil.
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