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Workshops & Private Lessons
Workshop Schedules and Material List

2012 Workshops
January 23 -27
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Art Breakthroughs
Boise, ID

   Anne Watson Sorensen
(208) 375-5521
aewatsonart@aol.com
Feb. 17-19
Watercolor workshop

Armory Art Center
West Palm Beach, FL
http://www.armoryart.org

   Armory Art Center
(561) 832-1776
Emily Jahn: emily.jahn@armoryart.org
Feb. 20 -22
Watercolor workshop

Sun and Fun RV Resort
Sarasota, FL

   Erin Haanen
(941) 706-1968
haanenje@centurytel.net
Feb. 24 -27
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Visual Arts Center of Panama City, FL

   Helen Ballance
artdrama4life@yahoo.com
Feb. 29 - March 2
Watercolor workshop

Palm Springs Art Museum, CA
http://www.psmuseum.org

   (760) 325-4490
artistscouncil@PSMUSEUM.org

March 17-18
Watercolor workshop
19 - 20
Chinese painting

Oceanside (near San Diego), CA

   Carol Cini
(760) 231-6603
cmcini@yahoo.com
April. 18 - 21
Watercolor workshop

Lack Charles, LA

   Nancy Melton
(337) 477-6784
nmelton@suddenlink.net
April. 23 - 25
Watercolor workshop

Houma, LA

   Helen Robichaux
helenrobichaux@comcast.net
Apri 28 - May 8
Plein Air

Alaska Sketching and Visual Trip
See details on Alaska Trip

   Lian Zhen
(510) 685-2654
lianzhen@yahoo.com
May 14 - 17
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Oliver Art Center
Frankfort, Michigan

   Elisa
(231) 352-4151
clartcenter@sbcglobal.net
May 19 - 23
Watercolor and Chinese painting seminar

Red Deer Art Club
Alberta, Canada

   Elise Mathews
(403) 346 5645
elisemathews@yahoo.com
June 4 - 6
Watercolor workshop

Tehachapi, CA

   Nancy Waldron
(661) 703-8272
nancy1778@sbcglobal.net
June 11 - 15
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

San Diego Watercolor Society, CA
http://www.sdws.org/WorkshopDetails.php?WorkshopID=2012025

   (619) 876-4550
June 16 - 17
Watercolor workshop

Palos Verdes Art Center, CA

   Jody Wiggins
(310) 377-5551
jodywigginsusana@yahoo.com
July 9 - 13
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Omega Institute
Rhinebeck, NY
http://www.eomega.org

   Veronica A. Domingo
(845) 266.4444 ext. 224
veronicad@eomega.org
July 23 - 27
Watercolor and Chinese painting outdoor sketch

Bend, Oregon
Art In The Mountains
http:www.artinthemountains.com

  

Tracy Culbertson
(503) 930-4572
info@artinthemountains.com

Aug. 14 -17
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop
  

Estelle Smith
(603) 476-5507
estellesmith@roadrunner.com

August 20 - 22
Watercolor workshop

Albany, GA

   Carole Gum
(229) 432-5417
klgum@mchsi.com
August 23 - 25
Watercolor workshop

Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama
http://www.hsvmuseum.org

   (800) 786-9095
(256) 535-4350
Sept. 10 to 14
Paint Happy and Cook Healthy at Lake Tahoe
(Watercolor, Chinese painting and cooking plus Tai-Chi)
 
Zephyr Point Presbyterian Conference Center
South Lake Tahoe, NV
See previous workshops on the Paint Happy and Cook Healthy at Lake Tahoe on this web site
  Lian Zhen
(510) 685-2654
lianzhen@yahoo.com
Oct. 1 to 30
6 Chinese painting & watercolor workshops

Cap Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Mpumalanga
South Africa
http://deidrepowell816.wordpress.com

  

For Cape Town, Johannesburg and Mpumalanga workshops:
Deidre Powell
deidre.powell816@gmail.com
Cell : 082 257 2823
For Durban workshops
Bev Letard
bevletard@vodamail.co.za
Cell : 082 462 8729
Tel : 031 561 7000

Nov. 5 - 8
Chinese painting & watercolor workshop

Dayton, OH

  

Yuki Hall
(937) 426- 7229
YukiHall@woh.rr.com

Nov. 9 -11
Watercolor workshop

Ar t of the Carolinas, Jerrys Artarama
Raleigh, NC
http://jerrysartevents.stores.yahoo.net/lianzhen1.html

   Sharon DiGiulio
(919) 876-6610
Sharon@jerrysartarama.com
Private Lessons
Private lessons is one-on one-or one-on-two.

You choose what you want to do: see lian's demos on Chinese paining and watercolor, work on particular subjects, critic and help your paintings, helping to develop your own painting style ext.

Fee:

One-on-One: $90.00 per hour, 2 to 3 hour per day.
One-on-two: $110 per hour, 3 to 4 hours per day.
Minimum 2 days.

 

   Call or email Lian Zhen to arrange schedules.
(510) 685-2654
lianzhen@yahoo.com

Workshop material List:

Chinese painting material:

Shuan Paper(rice paper):
One mature (sized) and three raw Shuan Papers (size approximately 30 inch x50 inch).
Brushes:
Four Chinese brushes from extra small to large.
Ink:
One small bottle Chinese painting ink or Sumi ink.
Colors:
Chinese painting colors (12 tubes in one set).

Feel free to bring all Chinese/Sumi painting materials you have. I will carry the above materials for those who need them. Students can purchase the Chinese painting material kit (include all materials listed above) for $35.00 or individual items in the workshop.


Note: If the workshop is Chinese painting only, also bring the following materials:
One plywood board or gatorboard size about 16"x23", a half-sheet watercolor paper,a large palette, a pencil, a hair dryer, a medium size water sprayer, an apron, a pare of scissors and one roll of white paper towel.

If the workshop is a combination of Chinese and watercolor paintings, these materials are listed under the "Others" at the Watercolor painting materials bellow.

To order the Chinese painting materials click Chinese Painting Materials

Watercolor painting material:

Brushes:
Round - number 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8
Flat - ¼ inch (with wedge shape end, for applying masking), ½ inch and 1 inch

Colors (tubes):
Four tubes of the primary colors from any of the following (medium sizes): One Blue - Antwerp Blue (Windsor and Newton), and/or Prussian Blue (M.Graham &Co.); One Yellow - Hansa Yellow Light (M.Graham &Co.) and/or Azo Yellow (M.Graham &Co.) and/or Arylide Yellow (DVP); Two Red - Pyrrol Red or Napthal Red (M.Graham &Co.) and Quinacridone Rose(M.Graham &Co.) Also, other similar primary colors are OK.

Paper:
Half sheets (15"x22", or 16"x20") Arches 140 lb Cold Press watercolor papers, NO EXCEPTIONS. 5-day watercolor workshop needs 3, 3-day watercolor workshop needs 2, 2-day watercolor workshop needs 1 and a quarter sheet.

Palette:
One large size palette like John Pike Watercolor palette (not little ones, large white color plate is OK).

Masking Fluid:
A new bottle of light colored art-masking fluid (Pebeo is recommended, less then 1 1/2 year old).

Other:
One plywood board or gatorboard size about 16"x23" for taping down the half sheet size watercolor paper, Three small dishes for making color liquids, a roll of masking tape or clear packing tape, 2 sheets of graphite papers (transfer paper, erasable), a hair dryer, a medium size water sprayer, a brush washer, an apron, 3 sheets of tracing papers size about 15"x12", a pare of scissors, a B2 or #2 pencil, erasers and one roll of white paper towel.



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