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Artists Association of Nantucket
ART CLASSES EVENTS

Course Description

If white can be said to contain all colors, then flowers, as signifiers, contain every signified. It is not that flowers are meaningless— real flowers and plants, of course, are indifferent to interpretation— it is that painted flowers, depictions of flowers, are so overburdened and overlain with meanings and significance that they become, across all cultures and across the arc of all cultural histories, a repository for all possible meanings. They overflow.

In this class, we will delve into the 10,000+ ways one can conceptualize and handle a painting of flowers, looking at diverse examples of painters painting flowers over time

For questions or assistance please contact Elizabeth Buccino, Director of Education*

Cancellation Policy

AAN depends upon student tuition to continue to offer classes and workshops. Due to our commitment to small class sizes and the hands-on nature of art education, we are greatly impacted by cancellations. Nevertheless, we do understand that plans change. If you need to cancel your reservation for a class or workshop, please note our cancellation/refund policy here and let us know as soon as possible.

Materials

PLEASE NOTE: The AAN’s studio is equipped with tables and daily personal storage. Due to this studio’s evening classes in a variety of media, please be prepared to leave your area clean, store work in progress in drying racks provided, and transport your supplies to and from the studio each day. Storing unused paint in a plastic palette bin is suggested. Thank you in advanced for your consideration.

Materials List
Paper: 140 lb (300 gsm) 100% cotton cold-press watercolor paper, such as Arches or Fabriano. A 9x12 or 11x14 block is convenient for workshops.
Paints: Artist-grade tube paints are recommended. A standard floral palette includes:
Yellows: Azo Yellow, Nickel Quinacridone Gold.
Reds/Pinks: Napthol Red, Alizarin Crimson, Permanent Rose.
Blues/Purples: Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Dioxazine Purple.
Greens/Others: Hooker’s Green, Sap Green, Payne’s Gray.
Brushes: Synthetic round brushes are best for florals as they hold a sharp tip. Sizes #4, #6, #8, and #12 are ideal. A medium flat or mop brush for washes is also useful.
Palette: Large, covered plastic palette with deep wells for tubes and a large mixing area.
Support Board & Tape: Gatorboard, masonite, or plexiglass, with white artist tape to secure paper.
Tools & Accessories
Water Containers: Two jars or containers (one for clean water, one for rinsing).
Paper Towels: Essential for controlling brush moisture.
Pencil & Eraser: HB or 4B pencil and a kneaded eraser.
Masking Fluid: For reserving whites in flowers.
Optional: A small spray bottle, scrubber brush for corrections, and a heat tool for faster drying.

Botanical Watercolor Painting, 18+

Georgia Marsh

Georgia Marsh currently lives and works in New York. Her work is found in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Musee Nationale d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; and the Cleveland Art Museum, Cleveland, OH, among others and has been included in recent years in group exhibitions at the RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI; the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT.
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