Painting Birds with Me

Painting Birds with Me

Fall Class | This course has been canceled

414 Plush Mill Road Wallingford, PA 19086 United States

2nd floor Middle

All Levels

9/14/2020-11/30/2020

6:00 PM-8:00 PM EDT on Mon

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$445.00

Member Discount Available

There are almost 10,000 species of birds in the world which offers artist with endless inspiration. Birds are also one of the most “accessible” wildlife subjects in your own backyard! But while they are one of my favorite subjects, birds can also be a tricky painting subject.

This short series of classes will help you plan and create a colorful painting that celebrates the joy and beauty of birds in Gouache. Gouache is fun medium to work with due to its vibrancy and forgiving nature. All the class will begin with short demo/ warm up exercise for drawing and painting birds. There will b e few “open sessions ” too during this series, where you will be able to paint using your own bird reference material. I will help you plan and improve a bird painting. During this six week sessions I will be talking about lot of helpful tips on how to use Gouache as a medium, for improving your approach to painting, your design, values and color strategy.

  • Please Note:  This class is planned as an in person class and we expect that it will run the full semester in person.  However, there is an ongoing need to adhere to guidance and safety practices in order to safely manage the COVID-19 situation.  The guidelines from state government and public health authorities change as time progresses and the CAC may need to make adjustments accordingly.  It is possible that this class will transition to an online format at some point during the semester.  In this case, tuition refunds will not be issued unless the CAC is unable to provide the same number of class sessions as initially planned either in person or in a remote format.
  • Watercolor paper block - Cold press , 11 x 14 (Fluid or strathmore recommended)
  • Paint brushes - 2,4,6,8 (round tip) , 6,8,10 (flat )
  • 12 color Gouache paint set (reeves recommended)

Rinal Parikh's Website Rinal Parikh's art reflects the heritage and vibrant culture of her native India. Rinal is Bio-Chemist by profession and Artist by Passion. She draws on a childhood fascination with color and composition, portraying spontaneity and energy with saturated color in various media. Her subjects are influenced by life in India, and she studies the many different styles of Indian painting that vary from state to state: "Although they are from the same country," she says, "they are very different from each other- I find it intriguing." Rinal's work has appeared in India in group exhibitions and on magazine covers. In the United States, she made her debut with a solo exhibit at The Creative Living Room in Swarthmore in 2009, and since then her work has been featured in many juried exhibits at venues like Demuth Art Museum, Rittenhouse Square Art Festival, Swarthmore Borough Hall, The Plastic club, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Wallingford Community Arts Center, Mainline Art Center, Chester County Art Association, Art Association of Harrisburg to name the few. Her work can be seen all year long at Mala Galleria, Kenneth Square. Rinal has won several awards for her work including Loos award for Works on Paper at The Philadelphia Sketch Club and 1st place award for watercolor at Art Association of Harrisburg to name the few. She does Artist talks for adults on Indian folk art and her modern take on them. Recently, Rinal’s work has been published in Magazine like Philadelphia Stories and Rathalla Review. She teaches children’s and adult watercolor classes in Swarthmore. Rinal’s artwork is mainly found in the Private collection in USA, Canada, Uruguay, and India.