"All About Watercolors" (December 2023) with Julie Schroeder

ALL ABOUT WATERCOLORS
with Instructor Julie Schroeder

WHEN:
Wednesday to Friday (9am - 12pm)
December 6, 7, 8, 2023

WHERE:
Art League Academy
(106 Cordillo Parkway, Hilton Head Island, SC)

Join Us for this Exciting Class with Minnesota Based Instructor, Julie Schroeder.
Discover and energize your inner artist and loosen up with exciting new watercolor techniques.

This will be a FUN class with watercolor techniques. Using color, texture, layering, expressive mark making, as well as pouring & splattering, we'll be experimenting with different Arches papers & working with dry & fresh paint in tubes. We'll also use some stamps, stencils & other interesting materials.

Experienced painters as well as those who are new to watercolors will both enjoy this fun and exciting day of exploration of watercolor. This class is perfect for all levels of experience. Come & have some fun, pouring & splattering paint & prepare to be amazed at the outcome.

NOTE: Beginning students, or students who would like to have the required supplies provided by the instructor should contact Academy@artleaguehhi.org.

REFUND POLICY:
Ticket purchases to Art League of Hilton Head events are final. Credits or Refunds will not be given for missed or classes/workshops.

If a class or workshop is canceled by Art League of Hilton Head a full refund will be given.

Skill Level:	Beginner
Skill Details:	This class is GREAT for students of all levels, even those with no experience!
Materials Included:	Students Should Bring the Supplies Listed Below
Requirements:	PLEASE BRING: Click HERE for a printable PDF of the ALL ABOUT WATERCOLORS supplies list. PAPER:> Arches 140lb cold press (1 or 2 x 22x30 inch sheets) Arches 140lb hot press (1 22x30 inch sheet) BRUSHES 1.5" or 2" wash brush round brushes (small, medium & large) #3 oriental brush #4 script brush 1" flat brush 3/4" angle brush MISC Spray bottle, sea sponge, water container, quiller travel palette (or other large sized palette at least 12" x 12", pop up tissue, drawing pencils, kneaded eraser, 2 or 3 12"x16" flat boards (I use polywood), salt, cotton hand towel, plastic wrap, wax paper, plastic palette knife, masking tape & masking fluid. PAINT NOTE: Daniel Smith or other professional grade paint. Colors are numbered in importance of how I will be using them. Please have your paint set up in your palette and dry, I work with my paints already dried in the paint wells. Click HERE and scroll down to see my palette on my website. We might be experimenting with fresh paint so if you have a few tubes, you may bring them too. You don't need to use the same colors as I will be if you have your own favorite colors, please use them. It's beneficial to have at least 2 of each primary color. 1. Quinacridone Rose 2. Lemon Yellow 3. Cobalt Blue 4. Quinacridone Burnt Orange 5. French Ultramarine Blue 6. Prussian Blue 7. Quinacridone Coral 8. Quinacridone Gold 9. Quinacridone Magenta 10. Manganese Blue Hue 11. Aureolin 12. Alizarin Crimson 13. Phthalo Green (Blue leaning Green) 14. Permanent Orange 15. Organic Vermillion 16. Iridescent Gold 17. Iridescent Jade NOTE: If you have any questions about the supplies, or are just giving watercolor a try and don't want to spend a lot on supplies, please call me at (651)352-5695 or email me at brushcolour@yahoo.com. I can either bring a supply kit or recommend a more economical way to give it a try. If you know you'll be doing watercolor for a long tie, I recommend getting quality materials. They not only make painting a lot more fun, (less struggling) they usually last longer, so the long term cost just about balances out with the cheaper materials. I recommend Daniel Smith paints sold at Wet Paint, or, Online, or if it's a specific color you need, and you let me know ahead of time, I may have an extra tube i can bring. I can also bring some extra paper for sale at $10.00 for a 30" x 22" sheet, but please let me know at least 2 weeks before the class If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (651)352-5695 QUESTIONS? Email: Academy@artleaguehhi.org.
Instructor:	Julie Schroeder
Instructor Bio:	Born and raised on the outskirts of Montreal, JULIE SCHROEDER had the opportunity to explore nature. The delicious beauty of a wild strawberry, the song of a redwing blackbird, and melting spring snow in the mountains still inspire her. As a teenager in Canada, she did sketches, colored pencil drawings, and using a candle to melt crayons, combined them with leaves, moss, and other natural objects. I've always had a passion for observing life and living things. When I was young I spent my days exploring all the nearby fields, ponds, and streams for the secret life and treasures that lay hidden there. I would come home with a desire to express what I had seen. Using the tools I had available to me I dabbled in mixed media before I understood the term. I was drawn to watercolor in my late teens and discovered how amazing it is to watch what this medium can do. Spending summers trekking through the meadows and peaks of the alpine country of the Canadian Rockies, her love for nature turned into a passion for the wild places. This is still expressed in her art today. As a scuba diver, exploring the ocean with sea turtles, stingrays, sharks, and giant manta rays has also been one of her favorite pastimes. After getting her degree at McGill University in teaching, she spent 5 years with the Inuit in Arctic Canada. That time of living with the people of the far north, became one of the most profound experiences in her life. Julie says she can still hear the Canadian geese as they return in the spring to nest on the tundra, the wind as it howls across the treeless land, the echoing sound of walking across the frozen snow & the laughter of the Inuit children. The taste of wild arctic char & bannok while we ice-fished in spring is unforgettable. The blue Hudson Bay ice reflecting into frozen sundogs, the haunting sight of thousands of caribou in the fading arctic light & of course the mystifying dance of the multicolored northern lights overhead are memory treasures always carried in my heart. When I create art, I do it in celebration of the joy and beauty in humanity and nature. I enjoy merging the patterns of nature with aspects of feeling, impression, passion, and fantasy. Art for Julie is expressing the diversity, grace, and wonder of our humanness in relationship to the living world. She is motivated to continually reach new levels of expression through her art, drawing the viewer into a greater awareness of their own connectedness with the living world around them. It's important to me to create art that speaks about people and nature in an intimate way. My hope is that when people experience my art it takes them on a journey of inner healing and deeper discovery. Through my art, I strive to uplift and encourage people to experience greater joy and love for others and for the living world that surrounds them. It's a privilege to be able to share my passion and awe for the incredible beauty and complexity of creation. Julie has read extensively, experimented with, and taken many workshops in a variety of mediums. She's studied under nationally & internationally known artists. Julie's art has moved through different seasons in the 30 years since she bought her 1st set of real paints. Her painting approach has developed to a loose and freestyle, interpreting nature sometimes using collage along with paint. Julie is teaching classes & workshops & is a member of the Northstar Watercolor Society & the Minnesota Watercolor Society. Her main body of work is shown at Kelley Gallery in Woodbury. She also shows her work at the Deadwood/Lead Center for the Arts in South Dakota as well as other galleries in the U.S. & Canada. You can view Julie's website, LivingWatercolours.com by clicking HERE