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06/2025 Beginning Watercolor with Alan Lewis & Stephanie Snyder
June 1 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$90.00 – $120.00
Sundays, 10am-12pm
June 1, 8, 22, 29th. (We are skipping Father’s Day)
$120 ($100 Members) ($90 to skip beginners day)
This class will be co-ran between the new instructor and the one leaving.
The first day of the months’ session is for anyone who is just starting out or needs more guidance. I would recommend that you attend if you’re a first time student of this class!
This beginning watercolor class will be focused on producing finished work. I have noticed that I have learned best when following along painting with an artist, so that is the approach this class will follow. We will produce a finished painting each week with a different subject, and returning students are welcomed. The approach will be to paint fast and loose, to cover the basics of watercolor by doing them, and hopefully to have some fun. The first day is for beginners who need to learn the starting techniques and the materials.
In the event of wonderful weather, this class may go outside to paint! Be sure to bring sunscreen, a sunhat, or other item to protect you and make you comfortable.
Alan Lewis has been painting in watercolor since 2013, and usually paints every day. His subjects vary from portraits to pets to landscapes, and he enjoys painting plein air whenever possible. His paintings are looser and more impressionistic, rather than highly detailed, and he has been most significantly influenced by the watercolor master Alvaro Castagnet. A member of the Wallkill River School, Goshen Art League, Lower Hudson Valley Plein Air Painters, and Northeast Watercolor, he has also recently been awarded for art done with the Friends of the Great Swamp.
Stephanie Snyder began painting in watercolor in 2022 at the Wallkill River Center for the Arts under the instruction of Alan Lewis. She enjoys painting landscapes in an impressionistic style, and paints as often as her teaching career allows. She lists her influences as Alan Lewis, Dusan Djukaric, JMW Turner, and Stanley Donwood.
Students will bring their own supplies.
Minimum 3 Students.
Paper- I would recommend Strathmore 300 (or better but a little more expensive 400) series, cold press paper.
Brushes – A beginner kit might have 1 #10 round, one smaller brush for detail, and one larger flat or map brush of about an inch. It is nice to have some different sizes, but you don’t need expensive brushes to start.
Paint – Avoid chalky mediums like Reeves. Tubes will be easier to work with than pans.
Palette – A watercolor palette has many wells for your paint and space to mix colors.
Other – Not really necessary in this class, but will be useful at home- A hairdryer, painters tape, paper towels, etc.
