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"Where artists become better artists"
Copyright © 1999 * Art In The Mountains * All Rights Reserved
Creating art that
transcends the ordinary,
Sharon combines
watercolor and colored
pencil.  "That way, I can
combine the ease and
spontaneity of one medium
with the control and detail of
another," she says.
    Create luminous colors, exciting
    light effects, and compelling
    compositions with absolute
    confidence and ease.  Sharon will
    show you how to select and
    control the behavior of pigments
    and papers; understand close-up
    flower shapes and design, work
    with multiple painting methods,  
    as well as master the elegance
    and finesse of loose washes and
    sheer glazes.  Sharon is an author
    and illustrator of the Fashion in
    History textbook.  Her work is
    featured in the Best of Colored
    Pencil 4 and 5; and in The Artist’s
    Magazine and American Artist.  
    She is a signature member of the
    CPSA, a member of NWWS and
    Women Painters of Washington.

"Art Calendar"

    SHARON TIETJEN was  born and raised in Great Falls,
    Montana, Sharon received a Fine Arts Degree from
    Colorado Woman’s College in Denver. She majored in
    theater and art with an emphasis upon 16th and 17th
    Century painting.

    After establishing a significant career as a fashion
    illustrator and advertising executive in San Francisco,
    Sharon relocated to the Puget Sound area in Washington
    State where she established a Fashion Marketing
    Degree Program at Highline Community College. In
    addition to administrative and teaching responsibilities,
    she continued to refine her drawing and painting skills,
    and developed a following for commission portraiture
    and custom interior art.

    In 1992, Sharon became a full time artist working
    primarily in colored pencil and watercolor. She has drawn
    from her years in the classroom to become a popular
    speaker and workshop instructor teaching her detailed
    style of precision painting.

    Sharon ’s work is in concert with her serious devotion to
    realism and attention to detail. This is accomplished
    through her use of intense color, extremes in highlighting
    and shadows, a meticulous respect for textures, and
    occasional backgrounds bordering the abstract. Her
    colored pencil paintings consist of layering pigments
    from light to dark in microfine circular patterns on four ply
    archival museum board surfaces. In order to achieve
    dimensional depth, she will sometimes apply up to 25
    layers of color.

    Sharon's watercolors exhibit the same detailed
    workmanship with however, a more abbreviated number
    of transparent glazes. Working once again from light to
    dark, Sharon uses generous amounts of juicy, bold
    pigments on 300 pound cold or soft pressed paper. She
    frequently finishes the piece with a swipe of colored
    pencil or pastel for impact. Her favorite subjects include
    animals, florals, and still life.

    An accomplished painter and juror, Sharon is a Signature
    Member and Merit Award recipient with the Colored Pencil
    Society of America, Past President of the CPSA Seattle
    District Chapter, and a member of the Northwest
    Watercolor Society and Women Painters of Washington.
    She participates in juried, solo, and group exhibitions,
    and conducts workshops across the nation.

    Sharon has authored and illustrated a Fashion in History
    textbook; is featured in the Best of Colored Pencil 4 and 5;
    and has been published in Art Calendar, American Artist,
    Artist’s Magazine, and the Seattle Catalogue. In addition,
    Sharon has received eighteen national and international
    awards since 1998.

Class Outline

    Take time to paint and smell the roses.  Sharon’s Floral Workshop will enable you to develop easy-to-learn techniques for
    creating luminous colors, exciting lighting effects, and compelling compositions with absolute confidence and ease. You will
    learn how to select and control the behavior of pigments and papers; understand close-up flower shapes and design, work
    with multiple painting methods (wet-in-wet, wet-on-dry, etc.),  as well as mastering the elegance and finesse of loose
    washes and sheer glazes.  Sharon will include many demonstrations; and will guide you through the completion of
    extraordinary floral images selected from a class workbook and still life studies.


    Monday, August 25th
            Introductions and “Getting to know one another”
            Everything you ever wanted to know about papers and brushes
            Project No. 1:  Mastering the mixing and blending of pigments
            Project No. 2:  Learning how to create clear, luminous colors avoiding “mud”
            Project No. 3:  Painting convincing “shapes and forms” …  the foundation for florals

    Tuesday, August 26th

            Project No. 4:  Painting the “Wash” as a background and/or as a subject underpainting
            Project No. 5:  Stems and Leaves … in the background and in the foreground
            Project No. 6:  Creating texture with layering and/or lifting
            Project No. 7:  Creating dimension with soft and hard edges
            Begin major Painting:  “Tulips", from workbook resource photographs provided by instructor.

    Wednesday, August 27th

            Petals, Petals, and more Petals; sheer, opaque, backlit, advancing, receding, and turned
            Saving the “white of the paper”
            Importing light and shadows
            Begin major Painting selected from workbook resource photos provided by instructor, or from students' own                       
            photographs, or from a still life vignette.
            
    Thursday, August 28th and Friday, August 29th

            Studio time for completion of major projects and individual tutorials, and begin new projects with instructors guidance
            and personal assistance.    
            
Sharon Tietjen
Fresh Watercolor Florals
Studio

August 25 - 29
Bend, OR

Cost $580

Beginning to Advanced