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Meditative Watercolor taught by Jinjer Markley (Multi-Session)
July 11 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Multi-Session Class
Meets 3 Saturdays, July 11,18, and 25 from 2-4:30pmIN PERSON
Building Patience, Calm, Creativity and Flexibility
From simple meditations to creative play, this class offers short explorations that can help you diffuse anger, find calm, outlast sadness, foster creativity, and cultivate joy…building both a positive mindset and painting skills. Short guided meditative skill-builders are followed by suggestions for using watercolor meditations to unleash your creativity. This class is a gentle invitation into the world of to watercolor for those new to the medium, and also an excellent way for experienced watercolorists to hit the reset button and return to “beginner’s mind.”
Class 1: Brush and Water Meditations: Guided meditations focused around specific ways to use a brush and subtle observations of water painted onto a paper surface.
Class 2: Paint Meditations, Part 1: Guided meditations focused on watering down paint and wet-in-wet explorations
Class 3: Paint Meditations, Part 2: Guided meditations focused on noticing and controlling the texture of the painted surface, and on lifting paint.
SUPPLIES:
- PAPER: You can choose any type of watercolor paper, in a small size–no larger than 4″ x 6″ PAINT: We will use a single color of paint for the first class. You can choose any color. For later classes, I specifically recommend that you get Cobalt (anything) and Pthalo (anything) as these paints exhibit properties we will observe closely.
- BRUSH: We will use a round brush in size 3, 4, 5 or 6 (your choice)
- MISC: a white cloth or paper towel, (or use the classroom paper towels) and something to use as a palette–a plastic lid or something similar is fine for this class.
All class materials are available for purchase from our store Wet Paint Artists’ Materials. We are open 10-6pm daily at 1684 Grand Avenue in St. Paul, MN or online at www.wetpaintart.com.
Classes have a limited space available and some fill quickly. Decisions about whether to cancel a class or add another session are typically made one week prior to the start of a class. If a class you are interested in is full we will have a waiting list and will contact you if a space opens up. If a class is cancelled due to low enrollment (fewer than 4 registrations) all registrations will be promptly refunded.
Ticket Instruction: You must choose a quantity to activate “get tickets”. To pay for a class registration with a Wet Paint gift card, please call 651-698-6431
Student Testimonials:
“It was a great learning experience—lots of content and lots of fun. The time went by so quickly but never felt rushed. Jinjer is a very good teacher, has wonderful energy, and engages every participant. She has a great mixture of technique and spirit. I’m hoping her color theory or science of watercolor classes might be on the calendar in the future.“
“Jinjer is so wonderful at sharing her craft and reminding us of being non-judgemental. She made it an adventure in art as well as a learning experience about ourselves while having fun. I think we all were a little sad it was over today!“
“I’d never really used watercolor before (but for elementary school) and I don’t consider myself and artist. But I felt totally comfortable in the class sitting next to others who are artists. Jinjer is the reason I felt so comfortable.”
“It was a great class. Jinjer is excellent. She teaches important skills, but does so in a way that you aren’t afraid to ‘fail’ — because according to her, there is no such thing as failure, just interesting results. She is responsive to student questions and needs. I loved the fact that we worked on painting on small paper. It was much less overwhelming. And I left the class with a much better understanding of watercolors and what I can do with them.“
