ONLINE CLASS: Loose and Expressive Watercolor

Marc Josloff is a well-rounded lifetime artist who was included in Artist Magazine’s short list of “11 artists to watch.” He has been published in Splash 19’s International Best in Watercolor, Canada’s PhotoLife magazine. Marc is an international award winner with many Best in Show paintings as well as photographs. He is president of the Long Island Center of Photography and has been teaching watercolor classes and workshops since 2004.
See his full bio at www.josloffgalleries, com.
Marc Josloff’s Artist’s Statement:
As an artist I am strongly influenced by those art modalities that have moved me: impressionism, post-impressionism, expressionism, fauvism, the art of the nabis, Japanese woodcuts and you can add in constructivism and even classicism. I guess I’m a bit of an artistic anachronism. (lots of ‘isms’)..and yet I am also a creature of today’s world, so I can’t help but reflect on both the past and present in my work.
Yet the objective for me is not to emulate past art or contemporary, but to imbue my work with pathos, whether my subject be a street dweller or a head of cabbage, because that is what connects us…as vulnerable human beings.
Marc Josloff is a well-rounded lifetime artist who was included in Artist Magazine’s short list of “11 artists to watch.” He has been published in Splash 19’s International Best in Watercolor, Canada’s PhotoLife magazine. Marc is an international award winner with many Best in Show paintings as well as photographs. He is president of the Long Island Center of Photography and has been teaching watercolor classes and workshops since 2004.
See his full bio at www.josloffgalleries, com.
Marc Josloff’s Artist’s Statement:
As an artist I am strongly influenced by those art modalities that have moved me: impressionism, post-impressionism, expressionism, fauvism, the art of the nabis, Japanese woodcuts and you can add in constructivism and even classicism. I guess I’m a bit of an artistic anachronism. (lots of ‘isms’)..and yet I am also a creature of today’s world, so I can’t help but reflect on both the past and present in my work.
Yet the objective for me is not to emulate past art or contemporary, but to imbue my work with pathos, whether my subject be a street dweller or a head of cabbage, because that is what connects us…as vulnerable human beings.
Painting for fun should be a loose romp with line and color.
Learn traditional and experimental watercolor techniques. In this series Marc will again emphasize his “line and blob” methods.
This class has been ongoing throughout the pandemic and beyond! It is a small, dedicated group of painters learning to draw, sketch, color and otherwise express their views of various subjects artistically. Jump in and join the group. Some watercolor experience is advisable.
This is an online class so you’ll be in the studio virtually with Marc. Enjoy the learning, the humor, the motivational art stories and the constructive encouragement. Gain inspiration from the camaraderie of the group and the input of the other students. Get a comfort level with perspective and people in your drawing.
Marc’s topics range from sketching to perspective to human forms and movement and beyond. If you want to participate in a small, supportive group of painters with a consistent dedication to their artwork and an openness to learning new skills, this is the class for you.
A national and international award-winning artist, Marc has also been a master teacher for over 50 years.
Ireland Castle and Cows, watercolor by Marc Josloff
Basic Materials: a watercolor set with watercolor brushes (rounds preferable), black permanent ink marker pens, pencil and eraser in addition to small watercolor or all-media pads.
Suggested materials: 8” x 5” Watercolor Travel Journals (recommend Pentallic Aqua Journal):
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Questions?: Marc at 516-223-7659
Marc will take all students, both experienced and beginners, to a higher level of competence in this wonderful hybrid world of ink drawing with watercolor painting.
Class Date: 4 Thursday mornings, May 25, June 1, 8 & 22, 2023 [NOTE: we will skip June 15.]
Time: 11 am Eastern Time (That is 10 am Central time, 9 am Mountain time and 8 am Pacific time)
Class Length: 2 hours per session, including critique. All classes are recorded and sent to students afterwards, in case you miss a class or want to paint along with the replay.
Price: $160 for 4 classes
Here are a couple of Marc’s other travel paintings:
This class is online. You can enjoy it from your own home using your laptop, iPad or smartphone.
Once you register, we’ll send you a Zoom link to join the class on the specific day, at the appointed hour.
You don’t need a Zoom account. Just click the link and you will be admitted.
We will send you the zoom invitation once you register for the class.
Please log in a few minutes early to greet the others and to get situated.