BEND, OREGON Workshop and Classes

The Wonderful World of Color
 Local classes at my Tumalo Studio

Journey into the world of color with watercolor specialist, Jacqueline Newbold.  Using watercolor as the medium, you will learn the secrets of mixing colors to create vibrant watercolors and control dull lifeless areas in your work. With a deeper understanding of the relationships between colors you will be painting with confidence. This is a relaxing and fun time to explore what works and what does not work with watercolor paintings.
All your colorful studies will be done on Arches 140 lb. paper and can be bound into your very own 5” x 8” spiral wire book.  Fitting easily into your supply bag, it will become an important color reference in your artistic journeys. 

Tuesday and Wednesday September 19-20, 2023
1:00 – 4:00 
$75
Email me to reserve your spot

Art and Soul Portland, Oregon 2024

• Flips, Flaps & Fold-outs – Sun Eve/Mon April 14-15, 2024
• Inky Dinky Doodle Watercolors – Tue April 16, 2024
• Watercolor Windows & Doors – Thur April 18, 2024

ITALY!
 My next watercolor workshop in Orvieto, Italy will be
May 19-28, 2024
Our trip in May 2022 was so much fun that we all agreed that we wanted
more time to paint in beautiful Orvieto, more laughter and fun, more delicious food, more comradery! 
Michelle, with Adventures in Italy, is offering a longer fun-filled 10-day Italian Watercolor Workshop just for us!  Reservations are now being taken! 
Contact Michelle with Adventures in Italy

Join me next week for this easy watercolor technique! Watercolor Nature Journal: https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pdx23-6006…

I am offering a watercolor workshop for beginners. The dates are Tuesday, March 28 and Thursday, March 30, 2023, 1:00 – 4:00 pm. Classes will be held at my private studio in Tumalo, Oregon. It is $80 for the 2 classes. I will supply all the supplies you need. Come see if you love watercolors! Class size is limited. Email me if you are interested in joining: [email protected]

ART AND SOUL Portland, Oregon
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
WATERCOLOR NATURE JOURNALING 

ART AND SOUL Portland, Oregon
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
WATERCOLOR VILLAGE ESCAPADES
Join me on an artistic journey! Learn how to transform your own travel experiences into paintings. Finding inspiration from urban sketching and using our colorful watercolors, we will paint scenes in and around quaint Italian and French villages.

ITALY!
 My next watercolor workshop in Orvieto, Italy will be
May 18-27, 2024
Our trip May 2022 was so much fun that we all agreed that we wanted
more, more, more! 
So Michelle is offering a 10-day Italian Watercolor Workshop just for me and my students!  Stay tuned for more information about painting in Italy, 2024

Stay tuned for Bend, Oregon Local Classes! My studio is still in the process of getting a facelift!

ART AND SOUL Portland, Oregon
New Dimensions with Watercolor
October 19, 2022
In this workshop, I will teach you a variety of artistic ways to use watercolor paints with water-soluble and permanent inks to create several paintings. I will show you my techniques on how to create loose and colorfully watercolor paintings.

ART AND SOUL Portland, Oregon
Painted Postcards
October 20, 2022
The iconic, humble postcard has long been a treasured greeting sent by travelers to their loved ones back home. You can create hand-painted postcards as a special gift, a page in your watercolor journal, or even mail them to yourself as you travel along your journey and put them in your journal when you return.

ART AND SOUL Portland, Oregon
Watercolor Journaling for the Traveling Artist
October 21, 2022
Using watercolors and mixed media, we will create color-filled pages of art in our travel journals. You will learn many techniques for preparing pages using watercolor, office products, and mixed media to capture your favorite moments of your vacation time. We will practice doing some quick sketches, pen and ink drawings, and watercolor paintings.

ART AND SOUL Portland, Oregon
New Dimensions with Watercolor
October 19, 2022
In this workshop, I will teach you a variety of artistic ways to use watercolor paints with water-soluble and permanent inks to create several paintings. I will show you my techniques on how to create loose and colorfully watercolor paintings.

ART AND SOUL Portland, Oregon
Painted Postcards
October 20, 2022
The iconic, humble postcard has long been a treasured greeting sent by travelers to their loved ones back home. You can create hand-painted postcards as a special gift, a page in your watercolor journal, or even mail them to yourself as you travel along your journey and put them in your journal when you return.

ART AND SOUL Portland, Oregon
Watercolor Journaling for theTraveling Artist
October 21,2022
Using watercolors and mixed media, we will create color-filled pages of art in our travel journals. You will learn many techniques for preparing pages using watercolor, office products, and mixed media to capture your favorite moments of your vacation time. We will practice doing some quick sketches, pen and ink drawings, and watercolor paintings.

The Portland Art and Soul Retreat workshops are coming right up! Right now I am focusing on getting ready for my Watercolor Toolbox workshop. It is for beginner and novice watercolorists that want to improve their skills and learn useful watercolor techniques.

We will cover how to properly set up your palette, techniques for adding watercolor to paper, how to build up color with the appropriate paints, and how to use pigment value to create stunning paintings. I will even show you a secret way to fix a painting! Using our newly learned skills we will paint some small paintings. Your examples and paintings can be bound into a journal creating a toolbox of ideas for future reference.

Here is the link to sign up for this workshop: Art and Soul Retreat

Many of my students will remember the excitement we felt when we saw the Van Gogh exhibit and the MONET exhibit at the Carrieres des Lumieres in Les Baux de Provence, France. Carrières de Lumières is the former quarry now a center for immersive art displays. It is a projection that typically lasts about 35-40 minutes, repeating a loop throughout the day. Once you have paid the entry fee, you can stay and watch the loop as many times as you like. Carrières de Lumières is the largest fixed multimedia installation in France. The 50 foot high walls are the backdrop that 70 video projectors use to broadcast images.

Well guess what! The Van Gogh exhibit is coming to Portland, Oregon! Beyond Van Gogh Portland: The Immersive Experience – ON SALE!

It will be touring in many other cities as well: Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience

If you were lucky enough to paint in France with me, you will remember how awestruck we were at seeing this incredible, colorful event. You may want to go see it in the US!

Watercolor painting is fun and easy to do while traveling! I am planning my next watercolor workshop in Orvieto, Italy, May 22-28, 2021 with Adventures in Italy. I thought it would be fun to treat myself to a new palette.  People often ask me what colors I use and how do I set up my palette.  I want to share with you the best way to set up a new watercolor palette.

The MEEDEN Empty Watercolor Tins Box Palette Paint Case is perfect for creating small paintings and sketches on the go! It holds 12 Pcs Half Pans of paint. Just squeeze your favorite colors into the 1/2 pan, let it dry, and you are all set to paint while traveling!

A few scenes from my traveling watercolor journals:

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The fun part is deciding which colors will go where.  I always use a color wheel to figure out where to put my colors. The first thing to do is to pull out the tubes of color that I want to add to my new palette.  This will take some time and careful thought.

THE COLORS ON MY PALETTE
If I have to narrow my choices down to 12 colors, this is probably what they will be!

Lemon Yellow
Cobalt Blue Teal
Manganese Blue
Cobalt Blue.
Phthalo Blue
French Ultramarine
Quinacridone Purple
Permanent Rose
Permanent Red
French Vermilion
Permanent Orange
New Gamboge