WATERCOLORS
Instructor - Peggy Kirkwood
Peggy Strathdee Kirkwood has been a watercolorist for over 30 years. Her work is displayed in private and public collections throughout the United States. Peggy’s formal training was completed at Elizabeth Seton College, Manhattanville College, and SUNY Purchase. After her career as an Art Director handling major accounts: Dress Barn, Blockbuster Video, Value Rent-a-Car, Easter Seals along with Robes of the Realm of North America ( a five year tour of the coronation regalia of the Royal Family), Peggy returned to her passion of watercolor. She has studied with master’s such as Sue Archer, Janet Rogers, Tom Lynch, Tom Jones, Barbara Nechis Jeanne Dobie, Garri Katz and Ted Matz.
Currently Peggy is the President and Co-Founder of The New Studio for the Visual Art of Jupiter, Inc. where she teaches on a daily basis along with private communities and private lessons.
WATERCOLOR CREATIONS - WEDNESDAY MORNINGS
The Watercolor Creations In Studio Class is for students who have come through the Beginning Watercolor Class or who have a solid foundation with Watercolor painting. Students are encouraged to bring reference to paint what they are passionate about.
Drawing skills are not mandatory but are encouraged. There will be a Lightbox to facilitate tracing of a photo or other references provided by the student if the student is intimidated about drawing. This class is ultimately about enjoying painting.
Individual one on one instruction takes place during the class as needed.
Watercolor Creations is a WIN/WIN for every student as they work on what they are passionate about and see what others are working on by sharing ideas, techniques, successes, and ultimately becoming a learning experience created by the needs of each student, which creates a superior platform of creativity for everyone!
Wednesday Mornings 9:00am - 12:00pm
OPEN STUDIO WITH INSTRUCTOR - WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
The Open Studio is designed for all levels of artistic ability and experience! Whether you paint with oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, mixed media, abstract, realism, or would just like to draw, this is the class for you!
Demonstrations, along with lessons, will be given on the elements and principles of design, color theory, pigment personality, value, grid systems, perspective and theories which apply to all media.
Bring what you would like to work on, and you will receive individualized instruction on how to approach, improve and successfully complete your work of art! Join us and experience the joy of creating art!
Wednesday Afternoons 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Thursday Afternoons 1:00pm - 4:00pm
BEGINNING WATERCOLORS - THURSDAY MORNINGS
The Beginning Watercolor class is an entry level, beginner, class. Students signing up for this class usually have little to no previous experience with watercolor. This is a foundational class with exercises given each week to build the student’s knowledge and confidence with the many techniques used to complete a watercolor painting. Critical information covered will be pigment choice, paper choice, brush choices, palette preferences, pigment personalities, water to pigment ratio, brush strokes, color mixing, along with the importance of strong values and using the white of the paper as “white”.
In addition, the student will learn the basic techniques of wet on wet painting, wet on dry painting, flat washes, variegated washes, soft and hard edges, techniques to paint skies with clouds, how to use a credit card to create rocks, how to use Liquid Frisket, how to spatter, scumble, scrape and lift paint, how to use a toothbrush for texture, how to use plastic wrap for texture and many more exciting techniques!
This class is designed to have the student learning 3 to 5 important skills at the same time by doing the structured exercises so that by the end of the semester the student is ready to begin painting! The student will leave this semester with a journal with all of the exercises to reference for years to come!