Private Workshops, SRJC, and PEPPERWOOD PRESERVE
PRIVATE WORKSHOPS
Email marsha@marshaconnell.com for further information about listed classes,
or with invitations or proposals for workshops in California or other locations.
PAINTING YOUR LANDSCAPE: MICRO TO MACRO
Mostly "en plein air", and Flowers, wild, or in gardens and in vases
with Artist Marsha Connell
When: Fall 2012 four Friday mornings, 9:30 - noon. Aug. 17, Sep 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 16
Where: Various Sonoma County locations
Who: For artists at any experience level (in any painting or drawing medium) who are seeking instruction, feedback, changes in approach or media, creative community, or opportunities to paint at different sites. Art ideas, demonstrations, and information support each person's vision, representational to abstract.
Your instructor Marsha Connell: is on the art faculty of Santa Rosa Junior College and both teaches and exhibits her art at Pepperwood Preserve and national and international venues. Her background in diverse arts media and her cross-disciplinary interests have led her to evolve a teaching style that bridges traditional studio practice and expressive arts.
Sign up: Pay by cash, check, or credit card (for security, on Marsha's phone, 707-527-7754, leave name and credit card number with usual info, including address and # on back of card.) Complete registration by email to marsha@marshaconnell.com
Please fill out this form, copy and email or mail to Marsha:
Name
Address
City
State Zip
Phone
Email
Media/subject interests and art experience
Mail checks to
Marsha Connell, 2180 Beverly Way, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
Exact meeting places and supply list emailed after registration is completed.
Fee: $60/session. The entire series must be paid, $240, even if you miss a session, and is due on or before first meeting. A $60 deposit by August 1 holds your space. Monthly payment plan available - please post-date checks and submit at first session.
GESTURE and STILLNESS: Two Approaches to Watercolor
with Marsha Connell and Sally Baker
Email marsha@marshaconnell.com for upcoming dates and location. Usually offered once or twice a year.
You're invited to visit Sally and Marsha's Open Studios during ARTrails, October 13, 14, 20 & 21, 2012.
For studio maps, catalogs, and more info http://www.artrails.org
Two painter friends,
one known for expressive “painterly” landscapes, one for elegantly rendered still lifes, both passionate about color, offer their unique annual weekend of watercolor exploration.
You’ll explore skills including
Painting soft-edged wet-in-wet forms, building images by layering marks and shapes, painting seamless transparent washes as a meditative practice, and delineating sharply focused objects.
ARTICLE BY A FORMER STUDENT, who was delighted with Sonoma County and with Marsha and Sally's painting workshop
SONOMA'S A REAL FEAST-- FOR THE EYES
Most famous wineries that welcome tourists for tastings are affiliated with bistros where fine chefs who pair wine and food specialize in gorgeous presentations. But, surprise! The county's gourmet grandeur is just the beginning! Sonoma County is a magnificent and constant feast for the eyes: The expansive landscape of fertile fields and forests, crisscrossed by lazy rivers and bordered by a craggy coastline, is dotted by elegant estates, quaint farmhouses, charming hotels and B&Bs, and a collection of dramatically designed wineries-- all positioned to have spectacular views.
The countryside is so beautiful artists flock to live and work in the area. In fact, Sonoma County has an unusually high concentration of prolific painters and sculptors, many of whom exhibit their work in permanent collections or rotating exhibitions at wineries . . .
As an alternative to feasting on art in the tasting rooms, you can browse the county's numerous art galleries or follow Sonoma County's Open Studios, which invite you to visit with artists in their ateliers. Studio visits are arranged by various arts organizations, including Sebastopol Center for the Arts http://www.sebarts.org and the Arts Council of Sonoma County http://www.sonomaarts.com.
Both sponsor organized itineraries several times each year: Art at the Source http://www.artatthesource.org and ARTrails http://www.artrails.org, but will also help tourists to visit artists' studios on an individual basis.
Sonoma's scenic beauty is so awesome, and the concentration of talent so palpable, you're likely want to pick up a brush or pen -- even if you think you're talent-challenged. Simply put, Sonoma is a great place to overcome inhibitions and try your creative hand, and there's ample opportunity for you to do so with excellent guidance . . .
. . . join the upcoming "Gesture and Stillness: Two Approaches to Watercolor. Workshop and Creative Retreat" with Marsha Connell and Sally Baker, two brilliant watercolorists. Connell and Baker, both widely collected, are extraordinary teachers.
Connell, known for expressive free-flowing "painterly" landscapes, takes participants outdoors to paint plein air, while Baker, known for elegantly composed and meticulously rendered still lifes, works indoors, showing how to create perfect washes and refined shapes with realistic shading. Both are passionate about color and about exploring personal creativity. Their dramatically different styles perfectly complement each other. You can work with one or both of them.
You'll learn spontaneous soft-edged "wet in wet" painting, building up images through overlaying, painting seamless transparent washes and creating sharply focused objects.
Enrollment is limited. If you don't have watercolor materials, you'll get a list of suggested supplies. Contact Connell at marsha@marshaconnell.com or Baker at KNSBaker@aol.com .
COPYRIGHT 2004 JENNIFER MERIN
DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.
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Excerpted from article originally published Friday February 13, 2004
The following workshops are not being offered in 2012. Future dates to be announced.
Artists' Retreats in Soreze, France
Marsha Connell hosts retreats for painters, writers, photographers, and more, in the charming village of Soreze. http://www.artfully.com/france.html Because these retreats are the most affordable organized French vacations possible they fill up very fast.
Lively Pastels
Instructor: Marsha Connell
Mendocino Art Center
Retreat Style Workshops on the Mendocino Coast
SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE CLASSES
Check SRJC catalog or online for latest offerings. Dates to be announced.
www.santarosa.edu
Art 3: Introduction to Art and Design
Art 7A: Drawing
Art 13: Watercolor
PEPPERWOOD PRESERVE
Non-Credit Classes at Pepperwood Preserve
Registration and up to date information about classes at Pepperwood Preserve is online.
www.pepperwoodpreserve.org
Click on "Take a Class", then "View our catalogue"
Sketching on the Trail at Pepperwood
Sunday September 23, 2012, 9AM-3PM.
Pepperwood Preserve
3450 Franz Valley Road, Santa Rosa
FEE: $20.00
Deepen your observational skills with sketching. Explore Pepperwood Preserve with artist Marsha Connell, while enjoying an introduction to basic drawing skills, from gesture and contour, shading and texture, to varieties of expressive and dynamic mark making. Hikers, scientists, beginning or experienced artists, students, are all welcome.
Landscape Painting
Dates to be announced. Look for this in Spring 2013.
Pepperwood Preserve
3450 Franz Valley Road, Santa Rosa
FEE: $20.00
Join plein air artist and SRJC instructor Marsha Connell painting the Pepperwood landscape. Explore realism, tonalism, impressionism, and expressionism. Beginning painters will learn basics of working in the field. Experienced painters will expand their repertoire of approaches. Instruction and demonstrations will be given in oil. Use supplies you already have in any painting media or see list, emailed after registration.
Some supplies available to share. Class will paint outdoors unless it is raining. Rain does not cancel, as Bechtel House has a wrap around roofed deck, as well as floor to ceiling windows with views of rolling hills. (If you paint indoors, paint not requiring solvent will be necessary, eg acrylics, water soluble oils, watercolor, pastels.) Bring lunch, water, appropriate apparel, and a floor or ground cover or tarp.
Bio:
Marsha Connell is dedicated to fostering the joy of personal discovery through creative process. A long-time SRJC art instructor, Marsha has also led workshops from Mexico to New Mexico, Tennessee, and Alaska, and at many California venues (CA Arts Project, Mendocino Art Center, Sonoma State University Depth Psychology). She travels and hikes with a sketchbook and her artwork has been exhibited widely.
