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About Laure Ferlita

Laure Ferlita is an accomplished watercolorist residing in sunny Florida. Watercolors, painting on location, sketching for the joy of it, and most especially, color, are her passions! Vibrant color can be found in almost any subject and its shadows. It is her joy to bring those colors to life on paper with some paint and a little water. For many years, Laure worked as a graphic designer, so you will most likely see a strong graphic element in her work.

“Watercolor, for me, is the perfect sketching medium.” Laure says. “It provides ease of use, quick color saturation, and clean up is

a snap and really, you don’t need much equipment.”

To see more of Laure’s work, you can visit her web site at www.LaureFerlita.com or see what’s on the art table today by visiting her blog, Painted Thoughts!

Come join me, Laure Ferlita, on

“An Imaginary Trip

To England!”

Once again, traveling a “different” road, we will work our way around England and explore early blossoms of apples, pear, daffodils, and tulips; quaint cottages and out of the way nooks! So many wonderful places to visit and sketch: cathedrals, castles, and crumbled ruins; beautiful thickets, fens, and forests, oh, and what about stone circles - there’s just so much to sketch and only 6 weeks to capture all the beauty in our sketchbooks!

We’ll create our own unique story using all of our senses, rather than just our eyes. Our sketches will tell stories full of those special details that will help this to be a very special vacation you’ll talk about for years to come!

On this fun-filled imaginary holiday, you’ll learn how to:

•simplify complex scenes

•eliminate unnecessary details

• capture the essence of a scene in a limited amount of time

•test art supplies to find out what works best for you on location

•and best of all, you’ll “come home” with an extraordinary sketchbook full of all the wonderful places we will visit!

The class will be structured around 2 timed assignments each week. You have total flexibility as to whether you complete one or all of the assignments, based on your time constraints and life obligations.

Assignments are spread out over each week and vary from 1 to 3 hours in length. Video demos are provided for 8 of the assignments so that you can “see” the techniques used. Video demos are available for the duration of the class and you can watch them as many times as you wish. Some assignments will utilize Google Street Views.

Creative writing prompts are provided to help you "imagine” what each day of our trip will be like so that you can capture those details in your sketchbook.

Gentle critiques will be given in a secure environment with feedback provided by other “travelers” as well. Everyone will have email access for any questions or challenges that come up during the “trip.”

Students who enroll in this class should have the following:

Art Skills

Solid drawing skills including an understanding of shapes, shading,

values and perspective

Basic painting skills including an understanding of washes, values,

shaping and shapes (While it is not necessary for you to use

watercolor, all demos and techniques will focus on using watercolor as

the main sketching medium)

Computer (User) Skills

Use of email (to receive assignments)

Participation in a blog environment (how to post images, make comments)

Be able to downsize photos before posting them

Computer Technology Requirements

Computer with high speed internet connection

Email (to receive assignments)

Scanner or digital camera (for posting images)

The “Imaginary Trip to England” class will begin in Monday, April 5th, and will run through Thursday, May 13th. It will be 6 weeks long and each week will represent one “day” of our stay in England. Class will be limited to 24 “travelers.”

The cost of the class will be $96.00 USD.

QUESTIONS?

Please ask any questions before registering for the class.

You can email your questions by clicking on this link.

-REGISTRATION-

for

“An Imaginary Trip to England”

$96.00 USD

Upon receipt of the cleared payment within PayPal, you will be redirected to the User Agreement* requiring you to read and accept the terms and conditions via an email confirmation.

*If after reading User Agreement, you are unable to accept the terms, your class registration fee will be returned after two (2) business days.

*User Agreement must be received before the start of class, Friday, April 2, 2010.

-Thank you!-

for your interest in

“An Imaginary Trip

To England!”