Watercolor for Beginners with Esther Marie<\/b> 4 Tuesdays: Jan. 28, Feb. 4, 11, 25, 2020 \u2022\u00a01-3pm $120M\/$155NM<\/b><\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.theartguild.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/EstherMarieCaponigroThoseStripes_sm.jpg” _builder_version=”3.18.7″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.7″]
This class will help promote confidence and control in watercolors for the\u00a0beginner. We will focus on developing good compositions through negative\u00a0painting, focal points and a variety of tools.\u00a0Students will learn about brush\u00a0strokes, washes, mixes, blending and color theory. They will use watercolors\u00a0to establish color and light, to work wet-on-wet, for texture, to suggest value\u00a0changes, for negative painting with discussion on composition, as well as for\u00a0focus and depth.<\/p>\n
Emphasis in this class is for individual instructional techniques\u00a0to foster your ability. Students will complete several small paintings in\u00a0the class. A demonstration will be followed by hands on experience and personal\u00a0critiques.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>A native of Long Island, Esther Marie actively exhibits in many art related gallery\u00a0shows, auctions and events both nationally and internationally. She works for\u00a0clients in New York City and across the country. She had also showed her work\u00a0globally, as far away as South Korea.\n\nShe was awarded a fellowship and hand selected\u00a0for a renowned art residency at The Chautauqua Institution in upstate New\u00a0York, as well as a full scholarship to the Vermont Studio Center. She also participated\u00a0in a Rotary International Exchange for a month where she learned about the\u00a0culture. Besides being immersed into the culture they were introduced to artists,\u00a0viewed their art, and she created several different art pieces using Korean traditional\u00a0art techniques.\n\nEsther Marie’s paintings are in several private as well as\u00a0permanent collections. She concentrates on Plein Aire and abstract painting and\u00a0has shown at numerous galleries in the Northeast of the United States. Esther\u00a0Marie was named \u201cBest in Show\u201d at the Northport Plein Aire event. In perhaps her\u00a0best achievement yet, she was chosen to be in the exclusive Heckscher Museum of\u00a0Art Long Island Biennial.\n\nAside from painting, Esther Marie enjoys teaching art, yoga, meditation, dancing,\u00a0poetry and chess. She lives and works as an art instructor and adjunct professor in\u00a0Long Island, New York.\n\nYou can see more of her art at\u00a0www.esthermarieart.com<\/a>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.18.7″]