LEADING EDGE WORKSHOPS:

April 20 - 22, 2012:  Jean Pederson, AWS, CSPWC, SFCA, ASA

is the author of the popular book "Expressive Faces:  Creative Methods for Painting People"  and she is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, the Federation of Canadian Artists, and the Alberta Society of Artists.  She has achieved international acclaim in recent years and she is a regular contributor to the Artist's Magazine.  Jean shows her work regularly at the Alicat Gallery in Bragg Creek.

www.alicatgallery.com

www.jeanpederson.com

LIMITLESS LAYERING WITH WATERMEDIA  is for experienced beginners to advanced artists, and will open the door into the exploration of various combinations of acrylic mixed with other media with an emphasis on water soluble paints and mediums.  The focus of this workshop is to explore watermedia:  everything from watercolor to gouache,m gesso, acrylics, inks, mark making tools, collage and more.  These techniques will be applied to a variety of subject of our choice from realistic to abstract.  It will include lessons on transparence of mediums, viscosity, texture and surface quality--rough, smooth, shiny, matte--and using acrylic mediums to create our own unique artistic statement.  Emphasis on design, personal style, class work.  Includes demos, lectures, critiques, individual assistance with Jean, lots of resource material.

Location:  180 Poplar Avenue, Winnipeg.    

Price:  $345.  (after March 20...$355