Watercolor Workshops

with Illustrator & Educator Laura Quincy Jones

Thursday Evenings, 5:30-8:00pm

Held at the 11 Miller St. Artists’ Studios in Somerville, MA

$180 for 4 sessions, or $50 for 1 session

All welcome! 

These workshops are open to people who enjoy art with any level of experience. We include experienced watercolorists, artists and makers in other media who are exploring watercolor for the first time, and beginners who are excited to try a beautiful new medium. This is a mutually-supportive community of artists working in an non-judgmental creative space. Welcome!

What happens during the Workshops?

These workshops meet weekly for 2.5 hour sessions. The first 30 minutes of each session involve short demonstrations and skills exercises in color mixing, composition and drawing for painting, and various watercolor techniques.

Then we have a generous hour to delve into projects of individual choice, possibly developing longer pieces, starting a new project, or extending what was started during the skills exercise. Laura gives focused, one-on-one attention to each participant to help build on strengths, navigate challenges, and bring work to completion. Attention is given to creating and finishing projects that are personally significant and inspirational for you to plan, make, and enjoy as finished pieces.

At the end of the workshop we make time to share our work and give collaborative positive feedback. Artists usually find this one of the most helpful and inspirational parts of the time together.

Meeting in the beautiful Abrazos Press studio inside Miller St, we have a lovely environment which is made extra inviting with tea, snacks, music and flowers.

What will I take away from the Workshops?

  • Experience with the tools/materials of watercolor and knowledge of various types of materials

  • Understanding of key skills for watercolor, reinforced with demonstrations and practice

  • A collection of exercise samples from which you can build

  • Your own developed painting project(s) which you can design in terms of inspirational subject matter and depth/time you choose to invest in the project. We consider one very developed piece that you work on over four sessions to be equally wonderful as several shorter pieces.

  • A feel for your own style and voice as a watercolorist, confidence to pursue your work at a pace and with an approach that works for you.

  • Relaxing, fun and productive time to let yourself create something with your own hand, eye, and heart

  • Connections with other artists who will support you and show you new techniques with their own approaches

Location

Workshops are held in-person at the Abrazos Press on the first floor of the 11 Miller St Art Studios, which is at 11 Miller St, Somerville, MA.

Price

$180 includes 4 workshops; or you may register for individual workshops for $50 each.

Refund: If you would like a refund for the whole package before the start of the program, please notify Laura within 24 hours of the first workshop to get a full refund.

Missed classes: If you need to miss a class, please communicate with Laura in advance to plan a one-on-one Zoom make-up session.

For Further Questions

Pease email Laura at lauraquincyjones@gmail.com with further questions.

Thank you for your interest in these workshops!