"Art enables us to find ourselves & lose ourselves at the same time. " This is a quote by Thomas Merton. These are times of worry and anxiety about the present and the future, and not knowing what challenges we will have to face. But being involved with art and creating gives us a gift of being able to escape these things for awhile. We can use our minds for a completely different purpose, and use our right brain as we open ourselves up to our inner artist. When we are working on a painting it is all we think about, we focus on color and ideas, and what we are trying to say. We look around us for inspiration and see our beautiful surroundings with an artist's eye.
It is like planting a seed in a garden. We are planting creativity in our minds. You water the garden as you learn painting skills, you weed out negative thoughts, and you take care of it so it will thrive.
The arts train your mind to discover solutions and help build self confidence. Freeing up your mind is the key to problem solving and creativity. Nourish your garden, and use your imagination to "grow" your own artistic life. I look forward to sharing watercolor with you.
Watercolor painting is a media like no other.
When watercolor is dropped from a brush onto wet paper magic happens. The colors flow and blend instantly. There is a mystery and challenge with watercolor. Watercolors sometimes have a mind of their own, and if you try and control them too much, they lose their dynamic quality. Transparent colors layered over each other create a glow; earthy, granular colors portray rock formations and mountains.
It is a great joy to share watercolor with people who are just beginning in the medium, or more advanced artists who need motivation to keep them painting. Watercolor can be unpredictable, and challenging, but very rewarding, and that is what keeps me motivated. You never really know for sure what will happen when you start your painting session. Sometimes my favorite part is a mistake that I wasn't expecting, which, when dry, turned into something more beautiful than I could have created if I had tried.
It is like planting a seed in a garden. We are planting creativity in our minds. You water the garden as you learn painting skills, you weed out negative thoughts, and you take care of it so it will thrive.
The arts train your mind to discover solutions and help build self confidence. Freeing up your mind is the key to problem solving and creativity. Nourish your garden, and use your imagination to "grow" your own artistic life. I look forward to sharing watercolor with you.
Watercolor painting is a media like no other.
When watercolor is dropped from a brush onto wet paper magic happens. The colors flow and blend instantly. There is a mystery and challenge with watercolor. Watercolors sometimes have a mind of their own, and if you try and control them too much, they lose their dynamic quality. Transparent colors layered over each other create a glow; earthy, granular colors portray rock formations and mountains.
It is a great joy to share watercolor with people who are just beginning in the medium, or more advanced artists who need motivation to keep them painting. Watercolor can be unpredictable, and challenging, but very rewarding, and that is what keeps me motivated. You never really know for sure what will happen when you start your painting session. Sometimes my favorite part is a mistake that I wasn't expecting, which, when dry, turned into something more beautiful than I could have created if I had tried.
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COLLEGE CLASSES
This semester I am teaching one on-site class at Mendocino College. It is the popular Watercolor For Older Adults, and we are following all the Covid protocols to keep us all safe. I will be teaching in the spring, beginning in January 2022, either on-site, online, or as a hybrid course.
BLOG
I will soon be offering a blog post to share my thoughts, tips and techniques for watercolor.
SUBSCRIBE
I am planning on offering an online newsletter sharing watercolor information, ideas for your watercolor sketchbook and Creative Journal Prompts, with information about new videos and classes in the future.
Please visit my YOU TUBE CHANNEL- ANN MAGLINTE WATERCOLOR
For more painting videos please visit my You Tube Channel. I will be adding more in the future. These are two of the beginning videos you might enjoy watching. Here is the URL for my "Beginning with Watercolor" Video, where I talk about supplies for watercolor and getting started in painting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAlQeIiE90g, or go to Ann Maglinte Watercolor.
Another introductory video is "Art for your Inner Self," where I share a simple way to express your creativity with watercolor by doing a daily painting practice with expressive watercolor washes. This is part of a series.
https://youtu.be/WdYXwbwppYE or go to Ann Maglinte Watercolor
Here is my newest video in the art for your Inner Self series. I hope you enjoy it! No experience necessary. Here is my newest video on You Tube, "Art for the Inner Self" #3. I hope you enjoy it. Please consider subscribing and giving me a thumbs up. Thanks! https://youtu.be/LvXkrkMEz1M
PRINTS OF MY PAINTINGS
If you are interested in purchasing Giclee prints of my paintings, please visit https://www.etsy.com/shop/AnnMaglinteArtist
Thank you for visiting my site, Best, Ann
This semester I am teaching one on-site class at Mendocino College. It is the popular Watercolor For Older Adults, and we are following all the Covid protocols to keep us all safe. I will be teaching in the spring, beginning in January 2022, either on-site, online, or as a hybrid course.
BLOG
I will soon be offering a blog post to share my thoughts, tips and techniques for watercolor.
SUBSCRIBE
I am planning on offering an online newsletter sharing watercolor information, ideas for your watercolor sketchbook and Creative Journal Prompts, with information about new videos and classes in the future.
Please visit my YOU TUBE CHANNEL- ANN MAGLINTE WATERCOLOR
For more painting videos please visit my You Tube Channel. I will be adding more in the future. These are two of the beginning videos you might enjoy watching. Here is the URL for my "Beginning with Watercolor" Video, where I talk about supplies for watercolor and getting started in painting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAlQeIiE90g, or go to Ann Maglinte Watercolor.
Another introductory video is "Art for your Inner Self," where I share a simple way to express your creativity with watercolor by doing a daily painting practice with expressive watercolor washes. This is part of a series.
https://youtu.be/WdYXwbwppYE or go to Ann Maglinte Watercolor
Here is my newest video in the art for your Inner Self series. I hope you enjoy it! No experience necessary. Here is my newest video on You Tube, "Art for the Inner Self" #3. I hope you enjoy it. Please consider subscribing and giving me a thumbs up. Thanks! https://youtu.be/LvXkrkMEz1M
PRINTS OF MY PAINTINGS
If you are interested in purchasing Giclee prints of my paintings, please visit https://www.etsy.com/shop/AnnMaglinteArtist
Thank you for visiting my site, Best, Ann
What is So Special About Watercolor?
We are planning to do the HUMARTS crafts fair at Eureka December 3, 4,& 5. It is a wonderful crafts fair with all handmade crafts, no imports. The art gallery we are a part of and show our work at is in Fort Bragg. If you are in the area, please visit Northcoast Artists Gallery, near Mendocino; 362 N. Main Street. It is open Friday-Monday, 11-5.
My artwork, cards, and scarves are available at Cat's Meow Gifts in Willits , 29 S. Main Street, open 11-5 Wed.-Sun. 707- 459-6201. These are some of the silk scarves I offer. Silk is an amazing surface to paint on and dye. The colors flow into each other like magic. They are luxurious to wear, and bring glowing color to any outfit.
My artwork, cards, and scarves are available at Cat's Meow Gifts in Willits , 29 S. Main Street, open 11-5 Wed.-Sun. 707- 459-6201. These are some of the silk scarves I offer. Silk is an amazing surface to paint on and dye. The colors flow into each other like magic. They are luxurious to wear, and bring glowing color to any outfit.
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Three black scarves with shades of lilac, black and green.
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Three variegated color silk & satin Devore' scarves.
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"Art is my life. It is what gets me up in the morning and what I think about before I go to bed. I could spend all my days painting and creating. Our beautiful countryside in Mendocino County constantly inspires me. As I stop and look around me, I think: Can I capture that sunlit glow, or paint a tree with those dramatic long shadows? Can I express with paint the softness of the fog that rests in the valleys below our home each morning?"
I received my B.A. in Art, with an emphasis in painting, from San Jose State University. I have studied watercolor and fabric design for many years at Mendocino College and the Mendocino Art Center. I was awarded Best of Show for my painting entered in the Second Annual Animal Exhibition at the Mendocino Art Center, and I have received several awards for my paintings exhibited at the yearly WASCO Aqua Areas juried Watercolor Exhibition. For over thirty years I have taught art in all the schools in the Willits area, and sixteen years at Mendocino College. In 2009 I was honored as the Mendocino County Art Champion in the category of Artist. Each year, this honor is given to an artist who demonstrates artistic excellence in their chosen discipline, and shows a commitment to strengthening their community by using their artistic accomplishments to benefit the wider community. I am currently teaching one watercolor class at Mendocino College, on-site. I am planning on offering online classes soon.
We live outside Willits in a rambling house and gardens with our dog and two cats. My husband and I create a line of cement garden art, Midnight Moon Designs, and are represented by Northcoast Artists Gallery in Fort Bragg. Please visit us at midnightmoon-celtic.com
I received my B.A. in Art, with an emphasis in painting, from San Jose State University. I have studied watercolor and fabric design for many years at Mendocino College and the Mendocino Art Center. I was awarded Best of Show for my painting entered in the Second Annual Animal Exhibition at the Mendocino Art Center, and I have received several awards for my paintings exhibited at the yearly WASCO Aqua Areas juried Watercolor Exhibition. For over thirty years I have taught art in all the schools in the Willits area, and sixteen years at Mendocino College. In 2009 I was honored as the Mendocino County Art Champion in the category of Artist. Each year, this honor is given to an artist who demonstrates artistic excellence in their chosen discipline, and shows a commitment to strengthening their community by using their artistic accomplishments to benefit the wider community. I am currently teaching one watercolor class at Mendocino College, on-site. I am planning on offering online classes soon.
We live outside Willits in a rambling house and gardens with our dog and two cats. My husband and I create a line of cement garden art, Midnight Moon Designs, and are represented by Northcoast Artists Gallery in Fort Bragg. Please visit us at midnightmoon-celtic.com