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REUBEN NEGRÓN: Light & Dimensionality in Watercolor

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Posted by: MANIFEST
Deadline: Fri, June 21st, 2024

Light & Dimensionality in Watercolor
A 3-day Intensive Workshop with Reuben Negrón

MANIFEST DRAWING CENTER  3464 Central Parkway Cincinnati, OH

June 21-23, 2024 (Friday - Sunday)

Early Registration Deadline (10% discount): May 3 

Register Here: https://www.manifestgallery.org/studio/workshops/negron/index.html

 

Description:
Watercolor is often lauded as either one of the most unforgiving artistic mediums or as a sketching tool only meant for studies. However, contrary to these opinions, watercolor is actually a versatile painting medium capable of intense depth, color, and complexity that can rival the most celebrated oil paintings. 

In this three-day workshop, artist Reuben Negrón will demystify watercolors by guiding workshop participants, step-by-step, through his process. From start to finish, Reuben will highlight the importance of beginning with an underpainting, working in layers, and allowing for improvisation. By building a painting from the ground up, the class will learn the value of establishing a strong structural drawing, pushing contrast, and the ever-shifting relationships of color. This workshop will also include lectures and discussions on materials and best practices. 

The workshop will begin with an in-person demonstration, followed by two days of painting, guided by personalized instruction and feedback.

 

About the instructor:

Reuben Negrón is an American figurative realist best known for his narrative watercolor paintings and charcoal drawings. He is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, and the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. His work has been shown internationally with recent exhibitions in Paris, Barcelona, Oslo, and New York. In 2023, Reuben’s work was exhibited at the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM) in Barcelona, Spain as part of the Figurativas Bienniel. Reuben’s work has been written about in articles by Cultura Inquieta, La Razón, Cultbytes, Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz, Huffington Post, and featured in the pages of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Most recently, his work was included in the Lunar Codex, an archive of art, literature, music and the moving image, which touched down on the Moon’s surface in February of 2024.

Manifest Drawing Center 

Unless otherwise specified, all courses are hosted at Manifest’s new facility at ’M1’ in Clifton at 3464 Central Parkway. Manifest’s new facility provides multiple studio classrooms, private lesson space, a darkroom, a film processing room, and a multi-purpose lecture and class meeting space as well as on-site parking, grounds, and exterior spaces in which to relax, discuss, and make art. The studios are outfitted with professional equipment, furniture, and study aids.

Posted on Mon, April 15th, 2024
Expires on Fri, June 21st, 2024

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