Rossmoor Art Association

Acrylic Painting with Marcy Wheeler_ Thursday 2:30 to 5:00_ Studio 2_ July 25 to Sept 5
2024-09-05 14:30 - 17:00, 2024-08-29 14:30 - 17:00, 2024-08-22 14:30 - 17:00, 2024-08-15 14:30 - 17:00, 2024-08-08 14:30 - 17:00, 2024-08-01 14:30 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Acrylic Painting with Marcy Wheeler on Thursday Afternoons
July 25 to August 23 (5 weeks)
Studio 2
Thursdays 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
All levels.
If you are really JUST beginning, think about taking my Beginning with Color and Acrylics class on Friday mornings.
Marcy Wheeler focuses on individual instruction, group discussion and occasional class demonstrations. Students learn the quick and creative qualities of acrylic paints and mediums and how to turn acrylic paints into a flexible and luscious way to paint.
Acrylic paints are amazing! Learn about the mediums that are essential to a rich and deep acrylic painting.
Wheeler encourages students to try new tools, explore new ways of working and move toward their own style. She gives the encouragement needed to stay with a painting until it exceeds the student’s highest expectations. And she helps some students learn how to stop when it is finished!
Tuition is $100 for five classes for RAA members, for non-members, tuition is $120.
In addition to teaching at Rossmoor, Wheeler has taught at Lafayette Studio, Walnut Creek Civic Arts, Yosemite Art Center and for more than 24 years at her own studio. Wheeler has a BFA in Painting from the University of Illinois, and she studied for many years in the studio of Louise Smith, a painting instructor at UC Berkeley. She is a founding member of Bay Area Studio Artists
Contact: Marcy@marcywheeler.com See more of Marcy’s work at MarcyWheeler.com

Inter/Adv Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt _ Sept 5th to Nov 7th _ Thursday 12:30 to 3pm _ Studio 1
2024-09-05 12:30 - 15:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Intermediate/Advanced
Watercolor Painting
Fall 2024
Ronald Pratt
Gateway Complex, Painting Studio 1
When the long days of summer start to shorten and there is a little nip in the air I know autumn is fast approaching. This is one of my favorite times of the year to paint because it allows me to expand my color palette. To my usual blues and greens of summer I can now add the brilliant colors of fall. Gold, yellow, orange, red, burnt sienna and yellow ochre will liven up my paintings and allow my color muse out. This color palette is vibrant and exciting and inspires me to paint.
If you are like me and find autumn colors inspiring, come paint with like-minded people on Thursday Afternoons in a relaxing social atmosphere at the RAA art studio. This class is designed to focus on composition and design by challenging the more experienced painters to expand their painting abilities and compositional skills. Innovation and expression will be the main theme. Class projects will be given to encourage creative thinking and expression thru the use of student chosen subject matter. The class is designed to push the student while encouraging an atmosphere of fun and exploration.
The Rossmoor Art Association is offering this watercolor painting class this fall at the Rossmoor Activities Center, Painting Studio 1 on Thursday Afternoon from 12:30pm to 3 pm. This 10 week class will run from Sept 5th to Nov 7th at a cost of $150. For Non-Rossmoor Residents the class fee is $170 for the 10 week class. Priority will be given to Rossmoor Residents.
To Register go to the Rossmoor Art Association Website and click on classes on the header bar. Scroll down until you come to Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt and enroll. The class maximum is 20 students due to space limitations so get your registration in to reserve your seat in the class.
To see Ronald’s Watercolors go to www.ronaldpratt.com. Please direct questions to Ronald at ronpratt14@gmail.com or call him at (510) 366-7740. Further information on all RAA activities can be found at www.rossmoorart.com

Beginning/Intermediate Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt _ Sept 5th to Nov 7th _ Thursdays_ 9 am to 11:30 am _ Studio 1
2024-09-05 09:00 - 11:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Beginning/Intermediate
Watercolor Painting with Ronald Pratt
Fall 2024
Rossmoor Gateway Complex, Painting Studio 1
One of the best thing for me about painting in the fall is that it allows me to expand my color palette. To my traditional blue and green colors of summer I can now add brilliant gold, yellow, orange, red, brown, purple and yellow ochre. This is an exciting palette for me and one that awakens my painting creativity to new heights.
If you love the brilliant colors of fall like I do why not come and join like-minded artists on Thursday Mornings for some fun painting in a relaxing social atmosphere. The step by step demonstrations will show you how to bring out wonderful colors in your watercolor paintings and to capture that magical feel of the change of seasons known as autumn. Subject matter will include an autumn aspens, Sierra Foothills, autumn lake, and an experimental abstract.
The Rossmoor Art Association is offering this watercolor painting class this fall at the Rossmoor Activities Center, Painting Studio 1 on Thursday Mornings from 9 am to 11:30 am. This 10 week class will run from Sept 5th to Nov 7th at a cost of $150. For Non-Rossmoor Residents the class fee is $170. Priority will be given to Rossmoor Residents. Suggested materials for students new to watercolor painting will be discussed at the first class.
To register go to the Rossmoor Art Association Website and click on classes on the header bar. Scroll down until you come to Beginning/Intermediate Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt and follow the instructions to enroll. The class maximum is 20 students due to space limitations so get your registration in to reserve your seat in class.
To see Ronald’s Watercolors go to www.ronaldpratt.com. Please direct questions to Ronald at ronpratt14@gmail.com or call him at (510) 366-7740. Further information on all RAA activities can be found at www.rossmoorart.com.

Hopper, An American Love Story- Peacock Hall 1 pm
2024-09-04 13:00 - 15:00 | CA
Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. He is one of America’s most renowned artists and known for his skill in capturing American life and landscapes through his art.

Despite a slow start, Hopper achieved significant recognition by the 1920s, with his work becoming a staple in major American museums. His work is the most recognizable art in America- popular, praised and mysterious. Hopper’s technique, marked by a composition of form and use of light to evoke mood, has been influential in the art world and popular culture. His paintings, often set in the architectural landscapes of New York or the serene environments of New England, convey a sense of narrative depth and emotional resonance, making him a pivotal figure in American Realism.

Hopper’s work, spanning oil paintings, watercolors, and etchings, predominantly explores the theme of isolation within American urban and rural settings. His most famous painting, “Nighthawks“ (1942), epitomizes his interest in the quiet, introspective moments of everyday life.

This documentary film takes a deep look into Hopper’s art, his life and his relationships.
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Nature Drawing with Afsaneh Michaels_ Sept 4 - Oct 15 _ Wednesdays_ 9:00-12:00_ Studio 1
2024-09-04 09:00 - 12:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Nature Drawing with Afsaneh Michaels

September 4 – October 15 , 2024 (seven weeks)
Wednesdays 9:00-12:00
Studio 1

Nature drawing has a way of bringing your body and soul in sync with nature and helps you stay in the calm and quiet of the moment. Drawing helps you concentrate your mind and helps you see the world in a new way. Drawing is the kind of art practice that you can bring into your home, on vacation, outdoors with friends, anywhere you wish with just a small sketchbook and some pencils.
In this class we learn the fundamentals of visual thinking and drawing in a detailed and methodical way over several weeks with a lot practice and attention from the instructor. You will learn about form, shading, line weight, and composition and make lively, interesting and beautiful drawings. A wide range of materials and mediums are introduced slowly in the class with demos.
In my classes we work together in a cohesive environment where you get to see and appreciate a variety of art and inspire each other. You draw as beginners, intermediate students, and more experienced students all in one class, each group working on material appropriate to their group, overlaps are encouraged among the various levels.
Beginners learn the basics of form, line and value/shading and learn to draw branches, leaves, small flowers, fruits or vegetable, and an animal, bird or insect. At the end of class you’ll have at least one drawing with three or four components in it.
Intermediate students draw more complex scenery or a still life with natural elements in it, and learn to use color (optional) with colored pencils, pastels, or watercolor. This group produces several drawings, some in color and some in graphite or charcoal pencil.
More advanced students work with scale, perspective, tonal variation and more detail and color and scale. A recent group of students composed a small garden drawing with several components.
We will use pencils, charcoal, colored pencils, pens, or pastels and to lesser extent watercolor ( always combined with pencils or pens). Great emphasis is on drawing real specimens and not necessarily working from photos. Small things are brought in to the studio or from your home as models.
Please come with your materials or at least a sketchbook and some pencils to the first class and learn about materials then.

Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels. AfsanehAm@gmail.com
Dates: September 4- October 17, 2024
Wednesdays: 9:00- 12:00
Class Fee: $205.00 Members. $225.00 Non-members
Place: studio 1
Number of students: 17
Materials: Sketchbook: 93-120 Ibs. weight of your choice. Pencils: 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, F, H, 4H, 6H. Set of charcoal pencils. Pink/white eraser. kneaded rubber eraser. Pencil sharpener. Gray scale. Blending stumps. Small ruler
Set of colored pencils if you choose color.

The Art of painting the Natural World with Afsaneh Michaels_ Sept 3 - Oct 15_ Tuesday 9:30-12:30 pm _ Studio 1
2024-09-03 09:30 - 12:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
The Art of painting the Natural World
Clouds, Water, Trees, Rocks, Foliage,
Flowers and other natural elements

September 3 – October 15 , 2024 (seven weeks)
Tuesday 9:30-12:30 pm

This seven-week course is designed for those who want to learn or continue to paint clouds, water, trees, rocks separately or within the context of a painting. You will learn how to compose paintings with elements of your choice rather than a given image or paint an already composed image. You might work from sketches, photographs or still life to bring your ideas together. A lot of emphasis is placed on finding your own voice by understanding your own style, use of color and applying your skills to paint authentic paintings that express your aesthetic.

You will learn about form, line weight, shading, composition and the overall handling of the picture space and make lively, interesting and beautiful paintings. A variety of color mediums including acrylics, oils, or water soluble oil colors can be used on paper as well as on canvas or board. Watercolorists: Please join if you already know your medium. Beginner watercolorists are encouraged to learn the craft first and join my class as intermediate or advanced students. Those who have started this class with me with watercolor may continue.

Come with your existing setup with colors, brushes, pencils, and other tools plus your sketchbook or canvas. The first class will include a discussion of materials and supports (canvas, paper or boards). For questions please email the instructor.

Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels, AfsanehAm@gmail.com
September 3 – October 15, 2024
Tuesdays: 9:30-12:30
Cost: $205.00 residents, non-residents $225.00
Place: Studio 1
Number of Students: 15
Materials: Your medium of choice and setup plus your sketchbook and a canvas or a support of your choice. For more information email the instructor

Beginning Watercolor with Kathleen Stumpfel _ September 3 to October 15 _ Tuesdays_ 9 am to 11:30 am_ Studio 2
2024-09-03 09:00 - 11:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Do you want to paint in watercolor?
This class will show beginners the techniques to use with paint and water. The goal is to have fun with the creative process, especially for those who have never painted in watercolor. We will have step-by-step projects with demonstrations and time to paint a variety of subject matter. We might use a variety of sources for inspiration including personal photographs, pictures, still life, and others. Most importantly, this class will give you a start in the creative process needed for your art. This seven-week session will meet on Tuesday mornings in Studio 2 from September 3 to October 15 for $100. For Non-Rossmoor Residents the class fee is $120. Priority will be given to Rossmoor Residents. Suggested materials will be discussed at the first class so bring anything you already have.
September 3- October 15, 2024
9 am- 11:30, Studio 2
Tuesday
Maximum spaces – 10
Price for members – $100
Price for non-members – $120

Beginning with Color (and Beyond)_Acrylics with Marcy Wheeler_Friday 9:30 to 12_ Studio 2_ July 26 to Sept 6
2024-08-30 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-08-23 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-08-16 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-08-09 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-08-02 09:30 - 12:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Beginning with Color and Beyond__ Acrylics with Marcy Wheeler
Fridays 9:30-Noon. Studio 2
July 26 to August 23, 2024
5 classes $100 Members__ $120 Non-members
Acrylic paints are amazing! Learn about the paint and mediums that are essential to a rich and deep acrylic painting.
Acrylics are wonderful and flexible. It washes up with water, but when it dries, it is a water proof polymer, so wear “painting clothes”.
Beginners: This five-week session of Marcy Wheeler’s Friday Morning Class is focused on showing beginners how to mix colors and play with acrylic paints. The beginners will work in the heart of the class together and will be greeted with fun projects to teach them the ins and outs of color and acrylic paints.
Beginner’s Material Fee is $50. Paid by check or cash to Marcy Wheeler on 1st class meeting. You get to keep the wonderful Golden Paints (5 tubes) and several new and used brushes. Bring some canvas or heavy paper to paint on, and a palette.
Ongoing Students continue on their road as “not quite” beginners, intermediate, and advanced painters, and will be cheering beginners on! Learning continues with individual guidance from Marcy, as usual. We often share our work at the end of the class and learn more about our own work from the other class members. If you are an ongoing student, you are in charge of your own material purchases.
Any Student may make up a missed class in Marcy’s Thursday afternoon class (2:30- 5) in Studio 2. This should be done during the weeks of the class dates.

Inter/Advanced Watercolor Painting with Ronald Pratt_ Thurs _6/13 to 8/22 _12:30 pm to 3 pm_ Studio 1
2024-08-22 12:30 - 15:00, 2024-08-15 12:30 - 15:00, 2024-08-08 12:30 - 15:00, 2024-08-01 12:30 - 15:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Intermediate/Advanced
Watercolor Painting
Summer 2024
Ronald Pratt
Rossmoor Gateway Complex, Painting Studio 1
No other season offers more subject matter to paint than summer. Whether you are vacationing in the Rocky Mountains, camping along the Pacific Coast or traveling through Europe, your senses will be bombarded by inspiration. You simply have to look around you and let your creative muse out!
For those of you with some painting experience and a bit of self-motivation The Rossmoor Art Association is offering a class on Thursday Afternoons designed for you. This class is designed to bring out the best in your creativity in a friendly, social atmosphere. The suggested assignments are designed to let you explore your own vision and insight while focusing on the key elements of design. This is a fun class that encourages you to push your painting skills to a new level. Individual and group critiques will help you see new ways of looking at painting.
This watercolor painting class will be at the Rossmoor Activities Center, Painting Studio 1 on Thursday Afternoons from 12:30pm to 3:00pm. This 10 week class will run from June 13th to August 15th at a cost of $150. For Non-Rossmoor Residents the class fee is $170. Priority will be given to Rossmoor Residents. Brings your art supplies to the first class. The first project will be emailed to you prior to the session starting.
To register go to the Rossmoor Art Association Website and click on classes on the header bar. Scroll down until you come to Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt and follow the instructions to enroll. The class maximum is 20 students due to space limitations so get your registration in to reserve your seat in the class.
To see Ronald’s Watercolors go to www.ronaldpratt.com. Please direct questions to Ronald at ronpratt14@gmail.com or call him at (510) 366-7740. Further information on all RAA activities can be found at www.rossmoorart.com.

Begin/Inter Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt_Thurs 9-11:30 am_ 6/13 to 8/22_ Studio 1
2024-08-15 09:00 - 11:30, 2024-08-08 09:00 - 11:30, 2024-08-01 09:00 - 11:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Beginning/Intermediate
Watercolor Painting
Summer 2024
Ronald Pratt

Rossmoor Gateway Complex, Painting Studio 1

When summer comes around with those long, warm, sunny days that means its watercolor painting time. There is plenty of time to spend outdoors looking for subjects that inspire you. There are plenty of long, sunny days in which to find a comfortable place to set your supplies up and leave them there to remind you to paint regularly. There are simply no excuses not to paint.

To help jump start your painting, The Rossmoor Art Association is offering a watercolor painting class at the Activity Center on Thursday Mornings designed for you. The focus of this class is to motivate you paint and teach the fundamentals of painting. You will be given step by step demonstrations of watercolor painting to inspire you in a friendly atmosphere that will encourage you to explore your own individual creativity. Subject matter will include a spring garden scene, birds, coastal redwoods, and a vineyard scene.

This watercolor painting class will be at the Rossmoor Gateway Complex, Painting Studio 1 on Thursday Mornings from 9 am to 11:30 am. This 10 week class will run from June 13th to August 22nd at a cost of $150. For Non-Rossmoor Residents the class fee is $170. Priority will be given to Rossmoor Residents. Suggested materials will be discussed at the first class.

To register go to the Rossmoor Art Association Website and click on classes on the header bar. Scroll down until you come to Beginning/Intermediate Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt and follow the instructions to enroll. The class maximum is 20 students due to space limitations so get your registration in to reserve your seat in the class.

To see Ronald’s Watercolors go to www.ronaldpratt.com. Please direct questions to Ronald at ronpratt14@gmail.com or call him at (510) 366-7740. Further information on all RAA activities can be found at www.rossmoorart.com.

Nature Drawing __Afsaneh Michaels__ July 3 - August 14__ Wednesday_ 9:30-12:00_ Studio 1
2024-08-14 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-08-07 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-07-31 09:30 - 12:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Nature Drawing
July 3 – August 14 , 2024 (seven weeks)
Wednesdays 9:30-12:00
Studio 1
Nature drawing has a way of bringing your body and soul in synch with nature and helps you stay in the calm and quiet of the moment. Drawing helps you concentrate your mind and gives you an understating of the visual world like no other art. Drawing is the kind of art practice that you can bring into your home, on vacation, outdoors with friends, anywhere you wish with just a small sketchbook and some pencils.
This course teaches the fundamentals of drawing in a detailed and methodical way over several weeks with a lot practice and attention from the instructor. You will learn about form, shading, line weight, and composition and make lively, interesting and beautiful drawings. A wide range of materials and mediums are introduced slowly as part of the class in demos.
In this class you learn and work in a cohesive environment where you get to see and appreciate a variety of art and inspire each other. You draw as beginners, intermediate students, and more experienced students all in one class, each group working on material appropriate to their group.
Beginners learn the basics of form, line and value/shading and learn to draw branches, leaves, small flowers, fruits or vegetable, and an animal, bird or insect. At the end of class you’ll have at least one drawing with three or four components in it.
Intermediate students draw more complex scenery or a still life with natural elements in it, and learn to use color (optional) with colored pencils, pastels, or watercolor. This group produces several drawings, some in color and some in graphite or charcoal pencil.
More advanced students work with scale, perspective, tonal variation and more detail and color and scale.

We will use pencils, charcoal, colored pencils, pens, or pastels and to lesser extent watercolor ( always combined with pencils or pens). Great emphasis is on drawing real specimens and not necessarily working fro photos. Small things are brought in to the studio or your home as models.
Please come with your materials or at least a sketchbook and some pencils to the first class and learn about materials then. You can also contact the instructor at least one week (or more) ahead of time to buy you a basic kit.

Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels. AfsanehAm@gmail.com
Dates: July 3- August 14, 2024
Wednesdays: 9:30- 12:00
Class Fee: $205.00 Members. $225.00 Non-members
Place: studio 1
Number of students: 15
Materials: Sketchbook: 93-120 Ibs. weight of your choice. Pencils: 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, F, H, 4H, 6H. Set of charcoal pencils. Pink/white eraser. kneaded rubber eraser. Pencil sharpener. Gray scale. Blending stumps. Small ruler
Set of colored pencils if you choose color.

Painting the Natural World__Afsaneh Michaels__July 2-August 13__Tuesday 9:30-12:30__Studio 1
2024-08-13 09:30 - 12:30, 2024-08-06 09:30 - 12:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Painting the Natural World
Clouds, Water, Trees, Rocks, Foliage,
Flowers
July 2- August 13, 2024 (seven weeks)
Tuesday 9:30-12:30 pm
This seven-week course is designed for those who want to learn or continue
to paint clouds, water, trees, rocks separately or within the context of a
painting. You will learn how to compose paintings with elements of your
choice rather than a given image or paint an already composed image. You
might work from sketches, photographs or still life to bring your ideas
together.
You will learn about form, line weight, shading, composition and the overall
handling of the picture space and make lively, interesting and beautiful
paintings. A variety of color mediums including acrylics, oils, or water soluble
oil colors can be used on paper as well as on canvas or board. Only
advanced watercolorists in this class- no beginners or intermediate
students. Those who have started this class with me with watercolor, you
may continue with watercolors but no beginners or intermediate students in
watercolor.
Come with your existing setup with colors, brushes, pencils, and other tools
plus your sketchbook or canvas. The first class will include a discussion of
materials and supports (canvas, paper or boards). For questions please email
the instructor.
Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels, AfsanehAm@gmail.com
July 2– August 13, 2024
Tuesdays: 9:30-12:30
Cost: $205.00 residents, non-residents $225.00
Place: Studio 1
Number of Students: 15
Materials: Your medium of choice and setup plus your sketchbook and a
canvas or a support of your choice. For more information email the instructor

Blooms to Brushstrokes _with Colleen Gianatiempo_ July 31, 2024_ 10am to 3pm_ Studio 1
2024-07-31 10:00 - 15:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Blooms to Brushstrokes:
Crafting Bouquets & Abstracting a Floral Still Life
One Day Workshop

Where: Rossmoor, Studio 1 and 2

When: Wednesday, July 31st 2024
Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM PST with a one hour lunch from 12-1 PM
Cost: $100
Supplies: Included

Join us for a one-of-a-kind art experience where you’ll let your creativity bloom in two exciting steps! First, immerse yourself in the joy of crafting your own gorgeous flower bouquet, selecting from a variety of blooms to create a masterpiece that’s uniquely yours. Then, with guidance from Colleen, bring your abstract floral vision to life on canvas as you learn to abstract a still life. Explore the beauty of nature as you play with color, shape, and composition, capturing the essence of your bouquet in a timeless artwork. With Colleen’s support, this workshop promises to be a blend of creativity and inspiration!
Note: 20 spots total
