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Open Air Watercolor Painting with Ronna Fujisawa

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

One of the best ways to truly see and understand the beauty of the landscape is to paint outside (plein air). During this workshop, we will head out to Sauvie Island to paint onsite: the beautiful open landscape, bodies of water, and ever-changing skies. Learn the basics of how to set up outdoors, how to simplify compositions, mixing colors, and expressive brush strokes.

Come prepared with all your painting gear and get ready for some fun adventure watercolor painting.

Limited to 10 participants.

Accessibility

Pacing: Scheduled 15 minute break
Amenities: Portapotty
Public Transit: None
Rest Stops: You will be seated for this class, sitting in what you bring to make you comfortable: a folding chair, blanket, easel, folding tv table for example.

Distance: Stationary
Elevation Changes: None
Trail Tread and Width: Gravel driveway and parking lot and grassy uneven ground
Sun Exposure: Partial shade

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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

  • Where: Wildlife Viewing area near the birding platform (milepost 7) on Reeder Road, Sauvie Island

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

  • When: July 31, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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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:
July 31, 2022
Time:
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Venue

Sauvie Island
OR United States

Venue

Sauvie Island
OR United States

Organizer

Tara Lemezis
Email:
tlemezis@birdallianceoregon.org

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