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 Watercolor school
caracteristics of the school
image aquarelle, brigitte charland, atelier

Since 1994, Ishe teach watercolor with a technical approach, assited by charts, colour photos, and step-by-step demonstrations. 

My classes are formulated to require no special skills in drawing, I provide the drawing inspired by my many photographs to start with. At every course, you will complete a small painting to practice many different techniques and color combinations.
I provide you with a class note book full of informations of the class content. I will guide you in the discovery of watercolor's many applications, moods, and all while discovering your talent and style.

and to get to know your tool, the brush.

In the next levels, you will be able to evaluate and apply your knowledge of composition and perspective, accentuate the center of interest and mix an inventive coloration in your paintings. You will skillfuly create smooth or rough textures, warm and cool blends, light or dark hues to produce eye-catching art. Every exercice painting will make you practice the teacher's favorite techniques; wet-in-wet and negative painting through many layers. Those exercice paintings range from a field of daysies, a winter scene, fruits on lace, flowers in a vase, row boats docked, a child playing in the sand, to a women's portrait.

image aquarelle, brigitte charland atelier

There are three levels: basic techniques, Intermediate 1 and 2. These are given in 8 afternoons from 1 p.m. tru 4;30 p.m. in Automn, Winter and Spring. All year round you will find some theme-workshops of 3 or 2 full days on a particular subject.

The summer workshops are given in 3-days theme-workshops from 9;30 a.m. to 4;30 p.m. on mondays tru wednesday. Each workshop is 200$. Starting in 2012 there will be some theme-wrokshops all year roud. This is my veranda where we can take our brakes and lunch during the 3-day workshops.

My atelier is well lit with two large windows and each of your places is also lite with a projector. I keep a nice warmth in the winter with radiators, and is cooled in the summer if it is too hot to open the windows. Each of your chairs is ajustable. I rent the whole second floor, there are no stairs in my appartment, the hall is spacious but not adapted to wheelchairs.  Parking is in front on the other side and always free.

Don't worry, Hugo likes to greet you when you arrive and loves to lounge around while I teach.

Champlain collegial education center,
554 de l'Ontario st., Dominion corner,
819 563-9574 fax 819 563-9353
www.centre-champlain.qc.ca

I am proud to annouce you that I will be giving Watercolor I and II in french and english (seperately) to complement my private school.

I will keep my school in my atelier because it offers a semi-private, more individualized and accelerated session in a residential setting.
Champlain offers classes to groups of 8 to 10 persons, either all french or all english, like I also do at my private school.
The Champlain setting will be very interesting for activities of larger groups like watercolour initiations, and demos under the miror for larger groups, conferences and evening courses. All the details lin SCHEDULE

my atelier is a smoke-free invironement, and eco-responsable.