A vibrant watercolor painting features dark purple and pink flowers with green stems in the foreground against a textured background of gray and bright yellow washes.

Rocky Neck Art Colony, Inc.

LXCL:Workshop with Loren Doucette. **OUR TICKETING SYSTEM ADDS A PERCENTAGE TO SUPPORT ITSELF. If you don't want to pay this, just make sure you enter 0 on your sign-up.

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Need a jumpstart to your art making?&nbsp;Diving in to explore the nature of your creative process and your own unique creativity is the focus of this two-day class. Artist and teacher Loren Doucette will help you submerge yourself in the materials that you choose and speak to you most to find what lifts and drives your practice again.&nbsp;Through seeing and deep listening, you will gain clarity on practices that work best for you at this time. Participants are encouraged to work from imagery and subject matter that genuinely excites them. You can draw inspiration from the outdoor landscape, work on figurative work or flowers and still life, for example.&nbsp;Work realistically or abstractly or a combination.This is a time to try new things and experiment or to start a new series. As a group, we will seek that freedom of expression that allows for true discovery.&nbsp;You will be supported by instructor Doucette who will speak to the group each morning with inspiring notes from her workshops with Tim Hawksworth and La La Zeitlyn, and she will work with each artist throughout each individual&#39;s process.&nbsp; Materials Supply List (depending on your choices): &nbsp;If you are working in Watercolor:Good quality watercolor paper (Arches is a great option)Masking tapeYou can tape your paper to a drawing board or use a watercolor blockVariety of watercolors and brushesPencil and eraserPaper towelsIf you are working in Acrylic:Your choice: Canvas, gessoed wood panel, gessoed paper clipped to drawing boardVariety of acrylic paints and brushesAcrylic medium or extender (optional)- It extends drying timeBig container for waterPaper towelsCharcoalIf you are working in Chalk or Oil Pastel:Good strong paper for pastel use (best if pre-treated with pastel ground)For oil pastel, a good strong paper or a heavy mixed-media paper should workBulldog clips and a drawing boardWide variety of chalk pastel colors, darks and lights, specially greens, yellows, blues, whites and neutralsHard pastels (Nu pastels)&nbsp;Medium pastels&nbsp;Soft pastelsIf you are working in Oil Pastel:Good strong paper for oil pastel use- a heavy mixed media paper should workBull Dog Clips and a Drawing BoardWide variety of oil pastel colors, darks and lightsEspecially greens, yellows, blues, whites and neutrals &nbsp;

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for this class with Loren Doucette.&nbsp; Materials Supply List (depending on your choices): &nbsp;If you are working in Watercolor:Good quality watercolor paper (Arches is a great option)Masking tapeYou can tape your paper to a drawing board or use a watercolor blockVariety of watercolors and brushesPencil and eraserPaper towelsIf you are working in Acrylic:Your choice: Canvas, gessoed wood panel, gessoed paper clipped to drawing boardVariety of acrylic paints and brushesAcrylic medium or extender (optional)- It extends drying timeBig container for waterPaper towelsCharcoalIf you are working in Chalk or Oil Pastel:Good strong paper for pastel use (best if pre-treated with pastel ground)For oil pastel, a good strong paper or a heavy mixed-media paper should workBulldog clips and a drawing boardWide variety of chalk pastel colors, darks and lights, specially greens, yellows, blues, whites and neutralsHard pastels (Nu pastels)&nbsp;Medium pastels&nbsp;Soft pastelsIf you are working in Oil Pastel:Good strong paper for oil pastel use- a heavy mixed media paper should workBull Dog Clips and a Drawing BoardWide variety of oil pastel colors, darks and lightsEspecially greens, yellows, blues, whites and neutrals Any questions, drop me a line,Janice BrandRNAC.Workshops@gmail.com

Need a jumpstart to your art making? Diving in to explore the nature of your creative process and your own unique creativity is the focus of this two-day class. Artist and teacher Loren Doucette will help you submerge yourself in the materials that you choose and speak to you most to find what lifts and drives your practice again. Through seeing and deep listening, you will gain clarity on practices that work best for you at this time. Participants are encouraged to work from imagery and subject matter that genuinely excites them. You can draw inspiration from the outdoor landscape, work on figurative work or flowers and still life, for example. Work realistically or abstractly or a combination.This is a time to try new things and experiment or to start a new series. As a group, we will seek that freedom of expression that allows for true discovery. You will be supported by instructor Doucette who will speak to the group each morning with inspiring notes from her workshops with Tim Hawksworth and La La Zeitlyn, and she will work with each artist throughout each individual's process.  Materials Supply List (depending on your choices):  If you are working in Watercolor:Good quality watercolor paper (Arches is a great option)Masking tapeYou can tape your paper to a drawing board or use a watercolor blockVariety of watercolors and brushesPencil and eraserPaper towelsIf you are working in Acrylic:Your choice: Canvas, gessoed wood panel, gessoed paper clipped to drawing boardVariety of acrylic paints and brushesAcrylic medium or extender (optional)- It extends drying timeBig container for waterPaper towelsCharcoalIf you are working in Chalk or Oil Pastel:Good strong paper for pastel use (best if pre-treated with pastel ground)For oil pastel, a good strong paper or a heavy mixed-media paper should workBulldog clips and a drawing boardWide variety of chalk pastel colors, darks and lights, specially greens, yellows, blues, whites and neutralsHard pastels (Nu pastels) Medium pastels Soft pastelsIf you are working in Oil Pastel:Good strong paper for oil pastel use- a heavy mixed media paper should workBull Dog Clips and a Drawing BoardWide variety of oil pastel colors, darks and lightsEspecially greens, yellows, blues, whites and neutrals

Rocky Neck Art Colony, Inc.

A Deeper Relationship with Painting and Drawing (wks)

6 Wonson St l

RNAC Member

$175

Non RNAC Member

$200