Intro to Watercolor Painting

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Renu D’Cunha, mixed media artist, will instruct the workshop and assist individuals to complete their finished pieces. The activity involves learning various watercolor techniques and then applying them to a finished work of art. Each participant will be provided with an 8.5 x 11” watercolor paper and all the supplies necessary to practice the techniques.

The workshop will run for 90 minutes in order to fully complete a piece with the help of the instructor.

We will be observing Covid-19 protocols with 5 ppl people at one time in a adequately spaced room. Masks mandatory. All areas will be sanitized between workshops and screening process on arrival.

Pre-registration is required, see Eventbrite link below. There will be four sessions throughout the day.

Links

• Sign up here, spaces limited eventbrite.ca

Organizer

Start Me Up Niagara/Renu D'Cunha

Our instructor:

Renu D'Cunha was only seven years old she entered an art competition and won first prize for a lake scene in watercolor and that is where her art making began. She began with Christmas Cards and selling them where she working at the hospital. More formal training began when she started to study with artist Connie Clause and learned the art of watercolors.

She went to College later in life when her kids were getting older and studied visual arts at Niagara College her first serious art education. She began to display her work and teach classes in watercolor and eventually opened a collective art gallery for a few years.

Throughout her life making art has always been a constant. Despite her physical disabilities and issues with her mental health, art has always been the key that has helped her cope along the way. Renu has been working with the assistance of Start Me Up Niagara in the self-employment program to continue to grow her artistic practice.