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Watercolor Painting In-Person Class with Ronna: The Great Horned Owl

This in-person class will be held indoors at Portland Audubon in Heron Hall.
Join us for an in-person class with Ronna Fujisawa, an experienced watercolor painter, art educator, and bird enthusiast. This class is appropriate for intermediate and ambitious beginners.

The Great Horned Owl: the name says it all. A great, large, powerful owl! The Great Horned Owl lives a very long life, hunting with massive talons, acute hearing, and sight. Let’s get into the basic techniques of how to layer with watercolor to create the diverse feather patterns of this incredible owl! 

Students will paint the birds from photographs supplied by Ronna as she explains the step-by-step process she has mastered in painting birds. In this three-and-a-half-hour class, students will paint several studies and one final painting. At the end of each class, there will be time to critique everyone’s work and get supportive feedback from Ronna and other classmates.

Ronna strives to build an atmosphere of learning by encouraging students to take risks, showing support and encouragement, and working alongside the class to assist in understanding watercolor painting.

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Great Horned Owl watercolor painting, by Ronna Fujisawa

Learn to paint watercolor birds!

Join this in-person class to paint alongside Ronna Fujisawa, an experienced watercolor painter, art educator, and bird enthusiast.

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Class Details

  • Date and time: October 7, 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 
  • Fee: $55 members / $75 non-members
  • Where: This class will be held in Heron Hall (across from the Nature Store) at Portland Audubon, 5151 NW Cornell Road, Portland, OR 97210.
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  • Bring lunch, snacks, and a water bottle.
  • Classes are limited to 12 participants.
Meet the Instructor

Ronna Fujisawa

Ronna Fujisawa, MFA in Applied Craft and Design, from OCAC and PNCA/ BFA Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Artist, art educator, and outdoor enthusiast. Ronna’s creative practice focuses on painting, mixed media, fiber art, and growing indigo for natural dye and paint. She has been living in Portland for seven years. She has found a strong connection to nature and birds through plein air (painting outdoors), watercolor painting, hiking, and kayaking. Her teaching practice includes painting classes at Catlin Gabel School Community Program for adults, Portland Fine Arts Guild, online, and plein air (painting outdoors) watercolor classes for all ages. She has taught Bird Art to elementary school children in Portland Public Schools for six years before the pandemic. Over the last two years, her educational practice has shifted to adult classes, both in-person and zoom. Ronna has been passionately studying and painting birds and landscapes in watercolor for over a decade. Her classes cater to beginner and intermediate students.

For more examples of her work, please visit Ronna’s website: https://saltywaterart.com.

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Details

Date:
October 7
Time:
10:00 am - 1:30 pm
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Venue

Digital Class
Cost:
$20 – $30

Venue

Digital Class
Cost:
$20 – $30

Organizer

Tara Lemezis
Email:
tlemezis@audubonportland.org

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