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SWA ARTIST WORKSHOPS - 2011
SWA is pleased to announce the following workshops with local and nationally recognized artists:

Dale Laitinen - 2 Day Watercolor Workshop     April 2 & 3
Karen Frey - 2 Day Watercolor Workshop     June 4 & 5
Sonja Hamilton - 2 Day Watercolor Workshop     July 16 & 17
Randall Sexton - 3 Day Plein Air Oil Workshop     August 5, 6, 7
Linda Harris - 3 Day Portrait Oil & Pastel Workshop  September 23, 24, 25
Jim Gleeson - 2 Day Oil Impasto Workshop  October 8, 9
Doug Dawson - 3 Day - Pastel/Oil Workshop    October 21, 22, 23

The workshops will be held at the SWA Gallery in Redwood City and are open to everyone.  To view all the workshops, please click on the flyer to your right.

For specifc artist workshops, see below.

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SWA Workshops for 2011
DALE LAITINEN - 2 Day Watercolor Workshop
April 2, 3   Saturday, Sunday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$175 SWA Members
$209 non-members (includes membership in SWA through 12/11)
Intermediate/Advanced Students

"THE LANGUAGE OF LANDSCAPE - FROM LINE TO DESIGN" 
A watermedia landscape class for Intermediate - Advanced students.
For more information, click on WORKSHOP INFORMATION to your right.

Dale will be giving a demonstration on Saturday, March 19, 1:00-3:00PM, at the Society of Western Artists Gallery.


Dale's works can be seen on his website at:  www.dalelaitinen.com

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DALE LAITINEN WORKSHOP INFORMATION
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DALE LAITINEN WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
KAREN FREY - 2 Day Watercolor Workshop - CANCELLED
June 4 & 5     Saturday & Sunday   
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
$175 SWA Members      
$209 non-members (includes membership in SWA through 12/11)
Karen will show you how to create a holistic development of a painting; establish an underpainting; demonstrate wet-into-wet applications. 
For more information click on  "WORKSHOP INFORMATION" 
to your right.

 For more of Karen's work, visit her website at:   www.karenfrey.com


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KAREN FREY WORKSHOP INFORMATION
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KAREN FREY WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM
SONJA HAMILTON 2-Day  Watercolor Workshop
JULY 16 & 17   Saturday, Sunday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$175 SWA Members
$198 non-members (includes membership in SWA through 12/11)
Intermediate to Advanced.
"WATER SCENES"  Learn to paint different forms of water.

For more information, click on WORKSHOP INFORMATION to your right.

Sonja will be giving a demonstration on Saturday, April 16, 1:00-3:00 PM, at the Society of Western Artists Gallery.

Sonja's works can be seen at: www.sonjahamilton.com

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SONJA HAMILTON WORKSHOP INFORMATION
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SONJA HAMILTON WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM
RANDALL SEXTON 3-Day Oil Workshop
August 5, 6, 7   Friday, Saturday, Sunday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$360 SWA Members
$383 non-members (includes membership in SWA through 12/11)
Beginning - Advanced Students
"En Plein Air" - This workshop is geared to hlep you deepen your insight in the fundamentals of good picture-making.  Includes demonstrations, discussions on composition, value, color, brushwork with critiques.

For more information, click on WORKSHOP INFORMATION to your right.

Randall's works can be seen on his website at: www.rcsexton.com

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RANDALL SEXTON WORKSHOP INFORMATION
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RANDALL SEXTON REGISTRATION FORM
LINDA HARRIS 3-Day Portrait Oil & Pastel Workshop
September 23, 24, 25    Friday, Saturday, Sunday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$350 SWA Members
$373 non-members (includes membership in SWA through 12/11)
All student levels
Learn how to represent the head and its structure and form, from drawing to painting, from live models.   For oil and/or pastel painters.

For more information, click on WORKSHOP INFORMATION to your right.

Linda will be giving a demonstration on Saturday, June 18, 1:00-3:00 PM, at the Society of Western Artists Gallery.


Linda's works can be seen on her website at: www.lindaharrisart.com

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LINDA F. HARRIS WORKSHOP INFORMATION
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LINDA F. HARRIS WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM
JIM GLEESON - 2 Day Oil Impasto Workshop
October 8, 9    Saturday/Sunday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$210 SWA Members
$222 non-members (includes membership in SWA through 12/11)
All levels of students.
"Oil Impasto"  Learn to create loose and painterly effects.
For more information, click on WORKSHOP INFORMATION to your right.

Jim will be giving a demonstration on Saturday, September 17, 1:00-3:00 PM, at the Society of Western Artists Gallery.

Jim's works can be seen on his website at: www.jimgleeson.com

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JIM GLEESON WORKSHOP INFORMATION
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JIM GLEESON WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM
 
DOUG DAWSON 3-Day Pastel & Oil Workshop
October 21, 22, 23   Friday, Saturday, Sunday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
$425 SWA Members
$437 non-members (includes membership in SWA through 12/11)
Beginning - Advanced Students
"Landscapes" - Doug returns to SWA after a successful workshop in 2010.  Learn about color harmony, creating and using foreground/background planes, the 7 principles used to create the illusion of depth, the field size theory, the principle of unity and how to use it, and much more.

For more information, click on WORKSHOP INFORMATION to your right.

Doug's works can be seen on his website at: www.dougdawson.org

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DOUG DAWSON WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM
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