Laguna Moss by Vanessa Rothe
Vanessa has wonderful paintings from all over the world. She is also participating in this years out of this world workshop being held in September “The Fine Art Collaborative 2014″ (there is still time to sign up!)! Wonderful paintings by an artist who really knows art… read on! Here is a bit that Tom Balderas wrote about Vanessa on The Fine Art Collaborative 2014 site: Vanessa, a founder of the ‘Realism Without Borders’ group is the California Editor of the Nationally acclaimed art collector magazine ‘Fine Art Connoisseur’ as well as a long time contributing writer for ‘Plein Aire’ magazine. A highly collected painter, she brings to the table the highest professional standards that are certain to make this September’s event another huge success.
The Fine Art Collaborative September 26, 27, 28 – 2014
Vanessa Rothe – “Travel Sketching, Studies in Watercolor” – 1 Day Workshop – September 26, 2014
Bonjour welcome to my travel sketching class! Weather you are a world traveler or a simply a wanderer in your own town, an artist always stops to admire their surroundings and often takes notes. Some use photography to capture the moment or scenes they see, others sketch or make watercolor studies. A fine artist often uses both. Photography can help to capture the moment, and the line based aspects of the scene but color and perspective can often be a bit off. For capturing the light, shadow and important color, a nice watercolor sketch is great to have… and often very charming!
Learn to create beautiful “color studies” that can be helpful later to make a larger watercolor or oil paintings. These color studies can actually be in and of themselves a little “chef d’oeuvre”, a charming addition to your portfolio, or a sketchbook of memories from a trip you never want to forget.
We will start with sketching basics to learn some fundamentals that will give your drawings a little structure for about an hour. We will have a short coffee break, oui? Then I will explain the “How to” of watercolors and a little basic color understanding, mixing and technique. I will show you how to use and to “not use” white. After a short lunch, we will be working from print outs of colorful fruits, charming scenes of Europe, boats with water, and some simple gestural figure in the landscape.
I will be doing demonstrations for you to watch all along the way. You will be given helpful hand outs, learn how to pack and set up to paint, I will suggest some great inspiring books, give you photos to work from and of course lots of instruction and inspiration!
Prior basic drawing skills and beginning watercolor are recommended but not required. Please note: this is not an extensive classic beginning watercolor class that would include full basic how to instruction and full color explanation of each of the watercolors. It is focused on fun travel sketching and making great color studies. Private lessons can be offered separately for this.
10 student maximum
$100
http://www.vanessarothe.com/ Read a bit about Vanessa from her website: Once a successful Graphic Designer/Art Director working with Disney Press, Walter Foster and Sony, Vanessa has taken to a more traditional color palette as she paints in oils. Vanessa Françoise Rothe grew up in the artists colony of Laguna Beach, CA, the daughter to a hand painted silk and well known German clothing designer to the Stars, Detlev Rothe, and her French mother Jacqueline Ricaud. She received top art scholarships to study at the University of San Diego, University of CA, Irvine, and at the Laguna College of Art and Design as well as Ateliers in France and Italy and has learned directly from professional painters. Vanessa has been fortunate and honored to exhibit alongside some of the Nations most well known painters. She has had many successful solo exhibitions at Wendt Gallery in Laguna Beach, along with an impressive list of group shows including Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, the Annual American Impressionist Society Exhibition, Artists for a New Century at The Bennington Center for the Arts, and California Art Club exhibitions. After exhibting at WENDT GALLERY in Laguna Beach for 4 years, and now at her own Studio Gallery at 418 Ocean Ave, Vanessa is also proud to exhibit at Gallery McCollum in Laguna Beach. She also can be found participating in various group exhibitions such as The Bennington Art Center Vermont, Gallerie DDG Paris, Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, J. Willott Gallery, and the Annual American Impressionist Exhibitions of which she has been named a signature member. She is honored to be a Signature member of the American Impressionist society, a member of the California art Club, Oil Painters of America, and LagunaPlein Air Painters Association. Vanessa is also proud to be the California Editor of the Nationally acclaimed art collector magazine FINE ART CONNOISSEUR as well as a long time contributing writer for PLEIN AIR magazine. She has had both classical training in the US at University of San Diego, University of CA Irvine, Laguna College of Art and Design as well as abroad at Ateliers in France and Italy. She continues to study the figure at Laguna College of Art and Design. She has been a graphic designer and Art Director for such companies as Walter Foster Publishing, Disney Press, and has owned her own successful graphic design and fine art studio for over 20 years. In addition to showing at fine art galleries worldwide, she now teaches atelier style private art lessons and workshops, is the Author/Artist to a new series of art instructional books by the leader in art instructional books, Walter Foster Publishing entitled “An Art School Approach to Oils”. Influenced by a blend of classical traditional representational art, Impressionist works, artists such as Sargent, Sorolla, and Chase, as well as modern master friends such as Scott Burdick, Susan Lyon, Ray Roberts and Peggi Kroll-Roberts, she takes the essence of a subject and captures its charm with the use of color, shadows, and light. The natural simplicity of her work, her visable brush strokes and pleasing color combinations form a realist yet slightly impressionistic style which her collectors admire. Her subjects include the beautiful pastoral landscapes of France, Switzerland and Italy, the allure of historic cities such as Paris and Venice, classic California seascapes and landscapes, vibrant still life as well as some new figure work.
IMAGE VIA VANESSAROTHE.COM used with permission…
Catch you back here tomorrow!
