Watercolor Painting Workshop in Santa Fe with Kathy Rennell Forbes, May 16-21, 2024
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Workshop Description
Join us for 5 amazing days in Santa Fe, filling our watercolor journals with memories for a life time and inspiration for larger paintings back home.
Kathy will share how she chooses and composes a composition with quick colorful sketches.
As a master plein air artist at the Olmsted Plein Air Invitational (2016) and Olmsted Georgia Color (2019 & 2020), she has a wealth of painting knowledge to share with each of you, no matter what your level of experience.
We will travel light with a small pack of supplies that can easily fit into your backpack or satchel. Kathy will work with each of you individually to create your best watercolor sketches. Kathy has a love for art, adventure and people.
Kathy Rennell Forbes's Biography
Kathy has taught watercolor classes to adults for 20+ years and 15+ travel workshops around the world. She is a signature member and past president of the Georgia Watercolor Society. She earned a BFA in art/art education from the University of Georgia. Her impressionistic paintings are in private and corporate collections around the world.
Website: www.RennellForbes.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artbykrf/
More Samples of Kathy Rennell Forbes's Art
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Santa Fe is one of America’s most historic, artistic, and fascinating cities.
Known as “The City Different,” the nation’s oldest state capital city is a place unlike in other in the world.
There are scores of art galleries, restaurants, places to shop as well as a dozen museums featuring culture, history and traditions of this region and the world.
Santa Fe feels like a giant art museum, given how much amazing creativity is all around the city
Day 1: Orientation Meeting and Welcome Dinner
5 pm: Meet your fellow travelers, your instructor Kathy Rennell Forbes and your tour leader at our selected hotel in Santa Fe for our orientation meeting.
We will go over the schedule for the workshop and treat you for a welcome dinner to celebrate the beginning of a week full of laughter, painting and new friendships.
Days 2 to 5: Painting in Santa Fe and Ghost Ranch
Here is a list of some emblematic spots of Santa Fe but not necessary our painting sites.
The charm of the adobe-constructed buildings.
Native American Culture
Colored doors striking on adobe buildings
One of the most striking churches in the Southwest
Mexican tile design on stair cases, Andalusian inspiration
Dried red chilies and spices everywhere
A day in Ghost Ranch, Georgia O'Keefe's home
The landscape of Ghost Ranch is colorful and dramatic due to the red and yellow cliffs. It encompasses 21,000 acres of towering rock walls, vivid colors and vast skies. It was the home and studio of Georgia O’Keeffe, as well as the subject of many of her paintings. Although we can’t visit Georgia’s home, painting the same dramatic sceneries will be a unique experience.
Magnificent red rock formations
Chimney Rock in Ghost Ranch, painted by Kathy
Little wood hut at the entrance of the park
Our treat in a hidden garden
We would like to share with you a secluded hidden gem, an outdoor garden located in the heart of Santa Fe.
So, at the end of a painting day, we will treat you to appetizers and drinks in this in this peaceful desert oasis garden, surrounded with works of art.
End of Day 5: Show and Tell and Farewell Dinner
Afternoon:
It is time to finish up some of the paintings started this week. The sketching workshop will end with a little “Show and Tell”.
We will then treat you for the farewell dinner before saying goodbye.
Day 6: Departure
You can leave at your convenience or extend your stay to enjoy this wonderful place. If you live close to Santa Fe, you can leave the night before after the farewell dinner.
We have selected a very charming hotel located only 2 blocks from the main plaza.
The tour leaders as well as the art instructor will stay there. We recommend you stay with the group so you can benefit from the studio.
We have booked some rooms for the group at a discounted price. Email us to get the code and the hotel info. You need to call the hotel directly in order together the discounted price. The hotel will not charge your card. They offer free cancellation until 5 days prior to the workshop. However, because of the limited number of rooms we were able to secure, please do not book a room if you are unsure you will stay there.
The air-conditioned rooms are designed with Spanish art work and include amenities such as free Wi-FI, bathrobes and refrigerators. Cable TVs, coffee makers and ironing facilities are provided.
They also offer free full breakfast and free parking.
Price varies with the dates and type of rooms: it starts at $219 + tax for a traditional room.
Dates and Rates
May 16-21, 2024 –open
Price: $1,690
The hotel is not included, see below
What is included in the price
Includes
- A welcome reception
- 2 dinners: one welcome dinner on day 1 and one farewell dinner on day 5
- Drinks and appetizers in an outdoor garden
- All art classes (daily demos, one-on-one support and instructions)
- Transportation and entrance to Ghost Ranch
- Transportation of all participant’s painting supplies to the painting locations
- The use of folding chairs
- Complementary snacks and drinks brought to the painting sites
- A tour leader throughout the week
- The use of a studio
Excludes
- Your hotel. We have booked some rooms for the participants interested in staying at the hotel where the teacher and the tour leaders are staying. Check the hotel info here. Email us to get the code and hotel name.
- Some meals (the ones not listed as included)
- Painting supplies (folding chairs will be provided)
How to Book
To reserve your spot, please complete the form below (one per person) and pay US$ 600 deposit. After receiving your form, we will send you the information for the payment. Note that the deposit is not refundable but US$ 300 is transferrable within one year. See our cancelation policy below.
You will be able to pay:
1- By check
2- Via ZELLE, free instant pay, offered by many major US banks
3- By bank transfer
4- By credit card