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Workshops
Workshop Schedules with Material List, Exhibitions
To see the 2011 China Visual and Sketch Tour itinerary click on Sketch in China.

2010 Workshops
Feb. 17 - 20
Watercolor workshop

Lack Charles, LA

   Nancy Melton
(337) 477-6784
nmelton@suddenlink.net
March 1 - 5
Watercolor workshop
March 6 - 7
Chinese Painting Workshop

The Villages College
The Villages, FL
http://www.artworkshopsinthevillages.com

   Linda Hammons
bshammons@aol.com
(352) 430-0976
March. 8-9
Watercolor workshop (painting elephants)

Vero Beach Art Club
Vero Beach, FL

   Gail Orozco (772) 336-8486
Joan Delozier
(772) 465-8535
joansurfside@aol.com
March 11-13
Watercolor Workshop

Sun and Fun RV Resort
Sarasota, FL

   Erin Haanen
haanenje@centurytel.net
April 14-16
Watercolor Workshop

Brentwood, CA

   Sue Clanton
(925) 634-1272
suesjohn@earthlink.net
May 13, Demo
May 14 -15
Watercolor Workshop

Valley Watercolor Society
Northridge, CA
http://www.valleywatercolorsociety.org

   Lois Hill
(818) 343-3084
LHILL1@socal.rr.com
May 17 - 19
Watercolor Workshop

Santa Rosa, CA

   Janet Beach
(775) 781-1347
Janetlbeach@aol.com
May 23
Watercolor Workshop

Palos Verdes Art Cente, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
http://www.pvartcenter.org

   (310) 541-2479
May 31 - June 17
The Art and Culture of China - A Visual and Sketching Tour (18 days)

Beijing, Xian, Chongqing, Yangtze River Cruise, Wuhan, Mt. Huangshan, Shanghai, Guilin, Yangshou and Guangzhou
For 2011 China trip detail see Sketch in China

   Lian Zhen
(510) 685-2654
lianzhen@yahoo.com
CYTS, Charlie Zhang
(415) 732-7100
charlie@cytstours.com
June 19 - July 3
Silk Road Trip (China) - A Visual and Sketching Tour
(15 days)

Beijing, Urumqi, Turpan, Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Lanzhou, Xining, Qinghai Lake, Xian, Huoxian
with Kashgar as an option

   Lian Zhen
(510) 685-2654
lianzhen@yahoo.com
CYTS, Charlie Zhang
(415) 732-7100
charlie@cytstours.com
July 12 - 16
Watercolor and Chinese painting Workshop

Omega Institute
Rhinebeck, NY
http://www.eomega.org

   Veronica A. Domingo
(845) 266.4444 ext. 224
veronicad@eomega.org
Traci Childress
TraciC@eomega.org
July 20 - 24
Watercolor and Chinese painting Workshop

South Vermont Art Center
Manchester, VT
http://www.svac.org

   (802) 362-1405
info@svac.org
July 26 - 28
Watercolor workshop

Albany, GA

   Carole Gum
(229) 432-5417
klgum@mchsi.com
July 30- 31
Watercolor workshop

San Diego, CA

   Carol Cini
(760) 231-6603
cmcini@yahoo.com
August 2-6
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Art In The Mountains
Bend, Oregon
www.artinthemountains.com

  

Tracy Culbertson
(503) 930-4572
info@artinthemountains.com

August 9 - 13
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Pacific Northwest Art School (Coupeville Art Center)
Coupeville, WA
http://www.pacificnorthwestartschool.com

  

(360) 678 3396
(866) 678 3396
info@pacificnorthwestartschool.org

August 18 - 21
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Wyoming Watercolor Society c/o The Sheridan Artists' Guild, Sheridan, WY
www.artinsheridan.com

  

Karen Myers
(307) 673-0067 ext. 219
artinsheridan@hotmail.com

August 23- 27
5-day Chinese painting workshop

Reno, NV

  

Lian Zhen
(510) 685-2654
lianzhen@yahoo.com

Sept. 6 to 10
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Whiting Center, Bear Valley Springs CA

   Nancy Waldron
(661) 703-8272
nancy1778@sbcglobal.net
Sept. 13 to 17
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Spokane Art Supply
Spokane, WA

   Shirley Wright
(509) 981-6811
shirley@shirleywright.com
Sept. 20 to 24
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Missoula, MT
This workshop is full. Please sign up for the one after.

   Dorothy Patent
doropatent@gmail.com
Sept. 25 to 29
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Missoula, MT

   Dorothy Patent
doropatent@gmail.com
Oct. 4 - 8
Watercolor outdoor sketch

Kapa'a on Kauaii, Hawaii
Art In The Mountains
www.artinthemountains.com

  

Tracy Culbertson
(503) 930-4572
info@artinthemountains.com

Oct. 10-15
Paint Happy and Cook Healthy at Lake Tahoe
(Watercolor, Chinese painting and cooking plus Tai-Chi)
 
Zephyr Point Presbyterian Conference Center
South Lake Tahoe, NV
See details on the Paint Happy and Cook Healthy at Lake Tahoe on this web site
  Lian Zhen
(510) 685-2654
lianzhen@yahoo.com
Oct. 19 - 23
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Southwest Washington Watercolor Society (SWWS)
Vancouver , WA
http://www.swwswatercolor.org

   Sheila Martinson
(360) 907-0505
sheila.martinson@gmail.com
Nov. 1 - 5
Watercolor and Chinese painting workshop

Red Deer, Alberta
Canada

   Susan Marie Wongstedt
(403) 358-8804
wsusan1@telus.net
Nov. 12, Chinese painting workshop
Nov. 13 & 14
Watercolor workshop

Ar t of the Carolinas, Jerrys Artarama
Raleigh, NC
http://jerrysartevents.stores.yahoo.net/lianzhen1.html

   Sharon DiGiulio
(919) 876-6610
Sharon@jerrysartarama.com
Nov. 16- 17
Chinese painting workshop

San Diego, CA

   Carol Cini
(760) 231-6603
cmcini@yahoo.com

Workshop material List:

Chinese painting material:

Shuan Paper(rice paper):
One mature (sized) and three raw Shuan Papers (size approximately 30 inch x50 inch).
Brushes:
Four Chinese brushes from extra small to large.
Ink:
One small bottle Chinese painting ink or Sumi ink.
Colors:
Chinese painting colors (12 tubes in one set).

Feel free to bring all Chinese/Sumi painting materials you have. I will carry the above materials for those who need them. Students can purchase the Chinese painting material kit (include all materials listed above) for $35.00 or individual items in the workshop.


Note: If the workshop is Chinese painting only, also bring the following materials:
One plywood board or gatorboard size about 16"x23", a half-sheet watercolor paper,a large palette, a pencil, a hair dryer, a medium size water sprayer, an apron, a pare of scissors and one roll of white paper towel.

If the workshop is a combination of Chinese and watercolor paintings, these materials are listed under the "Others" at the Watercolor painting materials bellow.

To order the Chinese painting materials click Chinese Painting Materials

Watercolor painting material:

Brushes:
Round - number 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8
Flat - ¼ inch, ½ inch and 1 inch

Colors (tubes):
Three tubes of the primary colors from any of the following (medium sizes): One Blue - Antwerp Blue (Windsor and Newton), Prussian Blue (M.Graham &Co.); One Yellow - Hansa Yellow Light (M.Graham &Co.), Arylide Yellow (DVP); One Red - Pyrrol Red (M.Graham &Co.), Quinacridone Rose(M.Graham &Co.) Also, other similar primary colors are OK.

Paper:
Two full sheets or three half sheets of Arches 140 lb Cold Press watercolor papers.

Palette:
One large size palette.

Masking Fluid:
A new bottle of light colored art-masking fluid (Pebeo is recommended, less then 1 1/2 year old).

Other:
One plywood board or gatorboard size about 16"x23" for taping down the watercolor paper (half sheet), Three small dishes for making color liquids, a roll of masking tape or clear packing tape, 2 sheets of graphite papers (transfer paper, erasable), a hair dryer, a medium size water sprayer, an apron, 3 sheets of tracing papers size about 15"x12", a pare of scissors, a teaspoon of table salt, a B2 or #2 pencil, erasers and one roll of white paper towel.



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