Beginning to Intermediate Watercolor workshop series – February 25, March 3 & 10, 2024

Beginning to Intermediate Watercolor workshop series

with Artist, Jennifer Koury
3-Day Workshop on Sundays, February 25th, March 3rd & 10th from 2:00pm – 5:00pm

The Roycroft Campus – 21 South Grove St. East Aurora, NY

In this Beginner to Intermediate Watercolor Workshop, students will explore a variety of techniques to understand the qualities of the watercolor medium while developing brush control, including pigment to water ratio and physics of the paper. Learn from instructor demonstrations, guided exercises, and personal painting experiences. Students will be working from photographs and still life as they develop a fundamental understanding of each of these skills.

Week 1: Fluid Washes and Calligraphic Strokes Using Water Tension and Brush Manipulation

Week 2: Pigment and Paper to Water Ratio for Edge Control

Week 3: Wet into Wet, Layering Transparent Pigment and Weaving Pigments for Texture

Students are required to bring their own supplies. Easels and tables are supplied by the Castiglia Art Center. All other materials will be supplied by each individual. See the suggested Supply List.

Jennifer Koury is a Buffalo-based artist, freelance illustrator, and arts educator. She holds degrees in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and Art Center College of Design, California and has been teaching at various Art Centers around the area.

Koury is represented by Meibohm Fine Arts, East Aurora, NY. She has exhibited her paintings in both solo and group shows around the region, and won awards, including being finalist in the Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Her art is featured in the NFWS Mary Whyte Gallery Walk video, George Washington’s Mount Vernon Visitor Center in Virginia, and Yuma Regional Medical Center in Arizona, and her illustrations have appeared in many children’s books. She is a member of the Buffalo Society of Artists, and a signature member of the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society.

For more information, please visit her website at jenniferkouryart.com

Class Tuition: $120 = Total $120 (please see the Supply List for materials you need to bring)
Registration is required and seating is limited.

Class will take place at the Castiglia Art Center in the Print Shop on The Roycroft Campus – 21 South Grove St. East Aurora, NY 14052

If you have any questions please call the Roycroft Campus at 716-655-0261 or email us.