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"Where artists become better artists"
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"I love teaching and
watching the excitement of
my students as their
paintings take shape and
come to life".
    Unlock your imagination as you develop
    the creativity inside you.  Nessa will
    encourage freedom to experiment, while
    applying basic principles of design,
    composition, line, rhythm and texture.  
    Special attention is given on color, color
    values and the relationships of colors.  
    Nessa will demonstrate on a variety of
    papers and other collage materials to
    build textures and will help you explore
    different types of Watermedia including
    watercolors, inks, and acrylics.  Her
    award-winning work is included in
    Collage Techniques by Gerald
    Brommer, Splash 3: Ideas and
    Inspiration, The Best of Watercolor:
    Composition and Watercolor Magic,
    Creativity.  She is a signature member
    of AWS and the International Society of
    Experimental Artists.

"Collage Techniques"
Nessa Grainger
Experimenting with
Watermedia & Collage
Studio

August 4 - 8
Bend, OR

Cost $550

Intermediate to Advanced

    NESSA GRAINGER BIO

    EDUCATION:
    Philadelphia Museum School of Art
    Tyler School of Fine Arts
    Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

    PUBLISHED:
    Rockport Publishers, 1997, 1998, 1999
    The Best of Watercolor: Composition
    The Best of Watercolor - 2
    The Best of Watercolor - 3

    NorthLight Publishers
    Watercolor Magic, Creativity, June 2001
    Watercolor Magic: Winter Issue, 2001
    Splash 3: Ideas and Inspiration, 1994

    Watson-Guptil: 1994
    Collage Techniques, by Gerald Brommer

    Who's Who, 1995 through 2005:
    Who's Who in America
    Who's Who in American Art
    Who's Who in the World
    World Who's Who of Women
    Who's Who of American Women
    Who's Who in the East
    "Editions" - IV through X, 1992 through 1999

    Juried Group Exhibitions:
    American Watercolor Society 2000
    International Society of Experimental Artists 2000
    National Academy of Design, 1996
    California Watercolor Society, 2000
    Monmouth Museum, NJ 2002

    Signature Memberships:
    American Watercolor Society
    National Association of Women Artists
    International Society of Experimental Artists
    National Collage Society
    Allied Artists
    Audubon Artists
    Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Society
    Pennsylvania Watercolor Society
    Philadelphia Watercolor Society
    New Jersey Watercolor Society
    Garden State Watercolor Society
    Watercolor Society of Alabama

    Major Awards:
    Purchase Prize, Penn State University, Berks, PA 2002
    National Association of Women Artists: Gold Medal of
    Honor 1973, others 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1997
    Catherine Lorillard Wofe Club: Gold Medal of Honor 1994
    Best Landscape 1986, 1994
    Grumbacher Gold Medal, 1995
    Edgar Whitney Memorial, 2000, others 1989, 1992, 1993,
    198, 1999
    Audubon Artists: Dale Meyers Medal of Honor 1996
    Silver Medal of Honor 1989
    Frank Webb Award, 2003

Class Outline
    "The goal of all my teaching is to encourage freedom to experiment, and to bring out the imagination and creativity of
    my students.  I give special attention to color, values and color relationships.  Yet, at the same time, I always strongly
    emphasize the importance of the fundamental principles of design, composition, line, rythm and  texture. To me,
    painting is intrinsically magical.  And it is even more so when it is inspired by experimentation."
          
    Day One:  Introduction, demo by Nessa, and discussion of examples of different media and their application for creating
    texture; followed by first effort by class to work on small paintings.

    Day Two:  Morning demo by Nessa and critique of previous day; class will start work on larger paintings that may be
    completed the next day, if necessary.

    Day Three:  Morning demo of Collage by Nessa and preliminary planning of design and composition for a large painting.

    Day Four:  Morning demo by Nessa, and critique; class will complete the previous day painting and start a still larger one.

    Day Five:  Class will complete all unfinished paintings in the morning and the final critique will be held in the afternoon.

    NOTE:  Some paintings will have to dry overnight.