Saturdays: Watercolor Studio [Ages 7-10]

09/18/2021 10:00 AM - 12/04/2021 11:00 AM ET

Category

Youth Classes + Workshops

Location

West Windsor Arts
952 Alexander Road
West Windsor, NJ 08550

Summary

Perfect for both beginner and intermediate painters to explore the wild world of watercolors or expand their techniques and skill.... (click title for more info)

Teaching Artist: Susan Mitrano
Ages 7-10: Saturdays, 10:00am-11:00 am: 10 sessions
September 18 - December 4 (No class November 6 & 27)
$140 Members* | $155 Non-members
*Household member or higher
$45 Materials fee due the first day of class

Description

Explore the wonderful world of watercolor! Experiment with a variety of exciting watercolor techniques including wet on wet, masking, color mixing, lifting, and gradated washes. Great for beginners as well as an opportunity for more advanced painters to expand their skills.

$45 Material fee due on the first day of class

Covid Protocols: Classes and workshops held in all spaces at the art center and Whole World Arts utilize an HVAC system supplemented with portable HEPA filtration systems. Fresh air is introduced whenever possible. Classes are spaced appropriately to allow 3 - 6 ft. of social distancing. Acrylic barriers are utilized, as needed. Mask wearing is strongly encouraged for all adults regardless of vaccination status, and required for all youth classes. All our staff and Teaching Artists have been vaccinated. High-touch surfaces are wiped down regularly using certified cleaning agents. Hand sanitizer is available in all classrooms. Youth visual arts classes have their own sanitized art supplies to be used.

About the Teaching Artist
Susan Mitrano is a certified K-12 Art Teacher who has taught in Princeton, Bridgewater and Montgomery schools as well as community art centers in NJ and PA. She has a BFA from Syracuse University in graphic design with a minor in photography. After a 15-year career as a designer and art director, Ms. Mitrano earned her BA in Art Education at The College of NJ. She is long time watercolorist, studying with Robert O’Brien, AWS in Vermont and others locally. She studied ceramics with Ursula Kaplowitz and enjoys working in many kinds of clay. She is also an avid printmaker and loves to share her knowledge of art history and art-making with the children she teaches.