Plein Air Watercolor Workshop with Donna DeLaBriandais

Plein Air Watercolor Workshop with Donna DeLaBriandais

Beginning to novice level, suitable for teens and up

Saturday, November 1st, 2014, 10:00am-4:00pm

Heron Hall, Laguna Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

$75 ($65 for Laguna Foundation members), supplies not included. Pre-registration required: www.lagunafoundation.org/laguna_walks_classes.shtml

Autumn is a wonderful time to paint indoors or outdoors, “en plein air,” and this workshop dovetails with Donna’s “Laguna de Santa Rosa, Splendor of Autumn” oil paintings exhibit in Heron Hall (on display through December 22). This workshop will begin indoors in lovely Heron Hall to study the basics of picture making, color mixing, and composition using watercolor paints on special panels. The afternoon session will be outdoors to paint the wonderful scenes at the Laguna Environmental Center and Stone Farm. Subjects to paint include the pond with cattails, historic farm buildings, and meadow scenes with Mt. St. Helena in the distance. Donna will lecture and do a variety of demonstrations throughout the day. Using special watercolor boards, you’ll complete three paintings or more during the workshop! (Participants buy their own art supplies; supply discounts available.) These watercolor solid panels offer beautiful transparent and vibrant colors on a strong support that won’t buckle or fade as with watercolor paper.

Donna DeLaBriandais is a third generation native of Santa Rosa and finds inspiration painting the landscape of Northern California. She is a signature member in the American Impressionist Society and a member of California Art Club. Donna studied painting at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and graduated from the University of San Francisco. Donna teaches painting and drawing through Santa Rosa Junior College, National Parks, and art centers. See her website- http://www.donnasfineart.com/

You can visit her “Splendor of Autumn” exhibit in Heron Hall on display through December 22, Monday-Thursday, 9am-5pm. Because of the variety of uses of the hall during the week, please call ahead to make sure the hall is open (707-527-9277, x107). Another great time to view the art exhibit is during our Second Saturday of the Month Open Houses from 10am-3pm. They are FREE and open to the public. Proceeds of art sales and workshops benefit the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization

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For more information, see www.lagunafoundation.org

Or contact Anita Smith, Public Education Coordinator and Heron Hall Manager

Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, (707) 527-9277 x 110, anita@lagunafoundation.org