Watercolor Portrait Painting from Photographs
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Join this small group full-day workshop and learn techniques for creating watercolor portraits.
All levels are welcome, though basic drawing skills are required. We’ll begin with guided drawing suggestions to help outline your portrait on watercolor paper. Techniques such as grid drawing and tracing will be introduced. Please bring a photo of a loved one or use a teacher-supplied reference.
Tuition includes all painting materials. Please bring your own beverages and food, or enjoy takeout from a nearby Hopkinton restaurant.
Paper Recommendations-if you prefer to use your own:
• Best: Arches Cold Press 140 lb. Watercolor Block (100% cotton), 7x10” or 9x12”
• Good: Canson Montval 140 lb. Watercolor Block
About the Instructor Meredith Fitzgerald
As a working artist, Meredith currently focuses on varying interpretations of landscapes of place, body, and memory. Through oil paint, pastel, installations, and videos, she explores landscapes affected by the passage of time. Meredith has experience with printmaking, knitting, sewing, embroidery, wreath making, calligraphy, origami, woodworking, welding, and robotics. Meredith has an MFA from the Pratt Institute and has been a resident at the Vermont Studio Center.
Art with the Hopkinton Center for the Arts
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General Information
Location: Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Rowe, Hopkinton
Date: Sunday November 9
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm
Ages: 18+
Cost: $190.00