Watercolor class for Adults

WATERCOLOR

This class is best suited for beginner and intermediate watercolorists and will explore different watercolor techniques and materials. Depending on the students' needs, we will start with learning about the materials (types of paints, brushes, and paper), then move on to some basic composition and color mixing skills, brush techniques, water control and flow, and some special effects that can be achieved with things you probably already have in your home.

Instructor will have some basic skill-learning projects but students should also bring their ideas about the subject matter they are interested in painting. Students will get individualized instruction on their projects as they learn the best techniques to achieve the look they want. Students should bring their watercolor supplies (although the instructor will have some to share for demonstrations).
Students will need:1. A block or pad of watercolor paper, 140lb or heavier is best, doesn't have to be large, 9x12 or 11x14 is good. (We have some at the studio that students may purchase for 30 cents apiece.)2. Your favorite watercolor paints, either tubes or pans work fine, I recommend an assortment of 6-12 colors and a plastic or ceramic mixing palette.3. Several watercolor brushes, a large flat one and 2 or 3 sizes of rounds, maybe a #2 for details, a #4 or #6, and a larger one if you like to work fairly large, #10 or #12 is good.4. A pencil and a soft eraser.
If you are new to watercolor and unsure of what to buy, instructor will demo and explain tools and supplies the first week so maybe wait to buy your supplies until then.

About the Instructor:

Amanda Lee Condict, Instructor, she/her

https://www.instagram.com/amandaleecondict/

Amanda Lee Condict has studied at Kutztown University, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Albright College, and Empire State College. 

An illustrator and designer, Amanda has always worked in graphic arts and publishing– first as a product and fashion illustrator for Boscov’s department store; then as art director of County Magazine; and finally operating Condict and Company, a design and illustration studio which created catalogs, textbooks, and advertising collateral for a variety of clients, many of them in the fashion and beauty industries. Over the course of 30 years, her company grew to eight artists and several administrative staff before the recession of 2008 caused her to downsize. She then returned to her roots as a free lance illustrator while also teaching illustration and design in the fashion department at Albright College.

Amanda recently retired from her adjunct instructor position and creates an eclectic array of artwork, in many different styles and media. The one constant in her work is the theme or subject; it is always about people and positions them as central, as subjects in their own lives, as well as subjects in her artwork. It speaks of their relationship with things they own, their relationship with each other, their relationship with themselves, their relationship with her. 

Amanda exhibits her art in various local galleries and accepts portrait commissions. She often is inspired to create art for a cause and has donated her talents to many charitable organizations, most recently painting a victim of gun violence for the Souls Shot’s traveling exhibit. She is on the roster of the PA Council of Arts visiting artists’ program, doing artist residencies at libraries and other public spaces. She has taught art at Yocum Institute, Clay on Main, and Albright College’s Total Experience Learning; operates Vincent van BYO, a painting party studio; and paints murals, mostly as community projects. She curates the traveling group show “The Female Gaze” and was a forensic sketch artist on an episode of “The Dead Files.” She was honored with the 2021 Coggins Award of Excellence for her creativity, innovation, and service to others. She serves on several area arts committees including Public Relations for Berks Art Alliance, Berks Arts Council’s Roundtable, administrator of the Sketching Workshop, an international organization of artists, and the board of Clay on Main.

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