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Online Watercolor Painting with Ronna: The Snowy Plover
Bird Alliance of Oregon presents Online Watercolor Painting with Ronna: The Snowy Plover.
This art class will be held live and on Zoom.
Join us for an in-person class with Ronna Fujisawa, an experienced watercolor painter, art educator, and bird enthusiast. This class is appropriate for intermediate and ambitious beginners. This little, inconspicuous shorebird is a “species of special concern.” Attempts to find the Snowy Plover along the coastal shores often disrupt nests and eggs. Let’s take a close look at the lovely Snowy Plover!
Let’s celebrate the warmer weather and paint the lovely Snowy Plover! Come enjoy an evening painting the adored Snowy Plover alongside Ronna Fujisawa during this online watercolor painting class.
Ronna will demonstrate how to use a limited palette to paint the sweet little Snowy Plover. The colorful gray feathers this shorebird adorns, is the perfect model for painting. This is a great introduction to Ronna’s signature style of how to mix colorful grays and paint loosely in watercolor.
The birds will be painted from a photo which will be sent to you before the class. Students will be painting alongside Ronna online, a step-by-step process she has mastered in painting birds.
Ronna strives to build an atmosphere of learning by encouraging students to take risks, showing support and encouragement, and working alongside the class to assist in the understanding of watercolor painting.
Online Class Details
- Date and time: April 16, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
- Fee: $25 members / $35 non-members
- Where: This is an online zoom class. Recordings will be sent after the class and are available for you to watch for up to two weeks.
- Click here to download the Supply List
- Event website and registry: https://birdallianceoregon.org/event/snowyploverwatercolor/
Meet the Instructor
Ronna Fujisawa
Ronna Fujisawa, MFA in Applied Craft and Design, from OCAC and PNCA/ BFA Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Artist, art educator, and outdoor enthusiast. Ronna’s creative practice focuses on painting, mixed media, fiber art, and growing indigo for natural dye and paint. She has been living in Portland for seven years. She has found a strong connection to nature and birds through plein air (painting outdoors), watercolor painting, hiking, and kayaking. Her teaching practice includes painting classes at Catlin Gabel School Community Program for adults, Portland Fine Arts Guild, online, and plein air (painting outdoors) watercolor classes for all ages. She has taught Bird Art to elementary school children in Portland Public Schools for six years before the pandemic. Over the last two years, her educational practice has shifted to adult classes, both in-person and zoom. Ronna has been passionately studying and painting birds and landscapes in watercolor for over a decade. Her classes cater to beginner and intermediate students.
For more examples of her work, please visit Ronna’s website: https://saltywaterart.com.
