Monday, February 14, 2011

People - PORTRAITS MADE EASY






Class offered by Karen Nichols, Wednesday afternoons, 12:30 - 4:30, Beginning March 9th with the last class on March 30th, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Hwy101, in Florence.

A drawing Class with an eye toward painting in oil, acrylic and including practical experience with watercolor, charcoal, pencil and chalks. It will also include skills from Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, a course designed by Betty Edwards to foster creativity and improve drawing skills. When teaching this class to her fifth grade students, all of the children were able to draw a portrait of a president, More importantly, you could easily identify which president they were depicting. All levels of skills can benefit from this class.

Course includes:
1. Looking to see
2. How to get your creativity going
2. Drawing and shading skills
3. Getting the proportions right
4. Shading
5 How to draw difficult portrait parts: Eyes, nose, lips, teeth, eyes, hands
6. How to create beautiful skin

No extra material fee. ALL Materials are furnished and yours to keep. Space is limited. To reserve your space fill in the attached application and return to 88069 Windjammer North, Florence, 97439 - with your $65 (non refundable)fee OR - contact Karen Nichols, 541 902-8575, Email,knichols222@msn.com. for information. For more samples of her work see attached or go to florenceartists.com

Instructor Karen Nichols is a member of Backstreet Gallery, the Brush and Palette Club and the Watercolor Society of Oregon. Her painting and collage pieces have won several awards form the Celebrate Arts, the Siuslaw Library, the Rhoddie Festival and Backstreet art shows. In addition, her art has been displayed at other various venues around Florence. She won the logo design for CERTS and was the artist for the 2010 Empty Bowls Poster, Her work are part of various private collections around the states and as far away as Japan..


Directions: Hwy. 101 just south of Fred Meyers at ABOUT 4465 nestled between UStore Storage and Peter's Tire automotive and behind the barn red Furniture Upholstering building. Look for the green sign Seventh Day Adventist Church across the hwy from Napa Auto parts. Drive behind the red building. The room is located straight ahead.







Application for PORTAITS MADE EASY
Four Wednesday afternoons March 9th thru March 30th
Mail to:

Karen Nichols
88069 Windjammer N
Florence,)r 97439


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Check for $65 (non-refundable) needs to be included to hold your space.


Skill level: Please circle one: beginner, intermediate, advanced


Please add any comments you think are pertinent. If you have some skill that you would like to see covered during the class - please fell free to make suggestions for things you'd like and I will see if we can address it in this class.

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