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Open Air Watercolor Painting with Ronna Fujisawa

*This is an in-person art class for intermediate and ambitious beginners.

What could possibly be better than to set up an easel or a lawn chair and paint in watercolor outside? We will venture out to Sauvie Island to paint the landscape. Come join Ronna, a long-time, experienced plein air watercolor painter. Learn the basics of how to paint from life in the open air, mixing color, simplifying, and expression through watercolor to tell a story of place and time. Come prepared with all your painting gear and get ready for some fun adventure watercolor painting.

Limited to 10 participants.

Meeting location: Oak Island, Sturgeon Lake boat ramp 

 

Pacing: 15-minute break
Amenities: Portable toilet 0.75 miles away
Public Transit: None for this class

Do you have an access need that isn’t listed here? Please reach out to classes@audubonportland.org with any additional questions or concerns.

Accessibility

Distance: Stationary. The toilet is .75 miles away from painting site.
Elevation Changes: Sloping from parking lot to waterside.
Trail Tread and Width: Rocky, uneven ground. Dirt road with potholes and gravel driveway and parking lot. There is a slope down to the waterside
Exposure: Lots of shade available under the trees

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Plein air painting with Ronna Fujisawa

Paint with Ronna on beautiful Sauvie Island

For intermediate and ambitious beginners. Painting the landscape in the open air is one of the best ways to connect with the landscape and paint in real-time. Learn how to see and create beautiful watercolor paintings outside with in-person instruction.

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Class Details

  • Fee: $50 members / $70 non-members 

  • When: August 28, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • This is an in-person class.

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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:
August 28
Time:
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Organizer

Tara Lemezis
Email:
tlemezis@audubonportland.org

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