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Class 19. Fruit & Flowers in Watercolor with Geoff Allen | Athenaeum Music & Arts Library | School of the Arts | La Jolla Studio

10 AM - 4 PM, ongoing daily from March 25, 2025 until March 27, 2025.
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
18+
$375/$395

Tuesday–Thursday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

March 25 – 27

(3 Days, 18 total hours of instruction)

La Jolla Studio

Geoff begins all classes with lessons in watercolor handling, notably the relationship between brush mixture and paper moisture and the concept of connection.

During the daily demonstrations, the class will cover color mixing, brush handling, and contour drawing skills. Painting from life gives you the opportunity to observe directly from nature different forms of light and surfaces. There will be a focus on impressionistic interpretations of fruit and flowers through the use of watercolor techniques to express form: wet on wet, wet on dry, dry brushing, splattering, lifting, and most importantly adding water.

Ideally students will learn to see nature in a new way.

Materials: Geoff will share a materials list after registration.

Visit: https://www.ljathenaeum.org/classes/19

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Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

1008 Wall St.
La Jolla, California 92037
858-454-5872

The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, located in the heart of La Jolla, Calif., in San Diego County, is one of only 16 nonprofit membership libraries in the United States. This rare cultural institution, an important one to the greater San Diego area, offers a depth and accessibility of resources and programs found nowhere else in the region. The library, devoted exclusively to music and art, has an outstanding and ever-expanding collection of books, periodicals, reference material, compact discs, videocassettes, DVDs, sheet music and librettos, as well as one of the most significant collections of artists' books in Southern California. The library is open to the public five days a week and members can check out materials for a modest annual fee. The Athenaeum also presents an eclectic, year-round schedule of art exhibitions, concerts (classical, jazz and new music), lectures, studio art classes through its School of the Arts, tours and special events. To quote the San Diego Union-Tribune, "There are few libraries in America as unusual as the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library." Admission: Admission to the library is free. Gallery exhibits are free and open to the general public. Materials may be used in the library or checked out by members. Borrowing privileges are limited to members only. Books may be checked out for four weeks and all CDs, videos and DVDs for two weeks. Materials may be reserved in advance. Guided Tours: Free guided tours take place the third Saturday of every month at 11 a.m.

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