INTRODUCTION TO WATERCOLOR
New Course Begins Wednesday, September 9
at the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden
on NYCs Upper East Side

The historic Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden, on the Upper East Side, is offering artists the opportunity to learn watercolor painting, literally from the ground up. The Garden, sheltered behind the stone structure that dates from 1799, is the perfect place to refine your skills—or learn this versatile medium from scratch.

The program starts with the color mixing and water control. Subsequent sessions cover various aspects of this fluid medium, including tone and value; different brushes for different marks; fifty shades of green, and much more. 

Wednesdays, September 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30 from 10:30am to 1:00pm at the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden

421 East 61st Street, New York NY Registration and information.

You can see more of my watercolors here and here

 

The four examples above were painted using the materials we will use in this course.
The two paintings below were done using Daniel Smith watercolors.

  • Class Format: Hands on

  • Skill prerequisites: No prior experience required. This program is perfect for all skill levels.

  • Audience: Adults 18 years and older

Painting table

My studio table

What others have said:
I am the Chair of the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program at School Visual Arts and have known Peggy for twenty years. I have worked with her in various capacities in the field of illustration, and have seen her work as an artist develop over the years. Her choice of subject matter for…Drawing and Painting Mannahatta, is inspired by exploring the heritage of the Manhattan and Lenape landscape before the arrival of Dutch settlers. Creating landscapes based on historic maps visualized through the imagination will surely engage her students in a journey of discovery, self-discovery, and unearthing perspectives on an overlooked and fascinating subject close to home. —Riccardo Vecchio

Peggy lives and breathes the work she does; it is a marvel watching her enthusiasm catch fire in a classroom. The students she teaches work longer, harder, and with more vision on their art because she has modeled the artist’s calling in action! I’m so grateful our paths crossed.—Genevieve DeLeon, Former Arts & Education Manager, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House

I drew in Peggy’s Café Nietzsche Drawing Club at the Met last winter, so when she announced The Interaction of Watercolor this fall, I jumped. I’ve never painted before; now I’m hooked.—Paula Alyce Scully, photographer

Peggy’s passion is contagious and she is a wonderful facilitator and teacher. Everyone she works with is benefited in some way – often in more than just one area. She does not hold back with her ideas or her talents, and, in sharing as she does, she inspires others towards their own exploration, evolution and advancement. —Katherine Earle, student

Not only does Peggy demonstrate the lesson, but she will come around to every student and help them. When we worked with pastels, I experienced a love/hate relationship with them. First, they are messy and second, they are an amazing medium for painting. Peggy taught us to how easy it was to let the pastel do the work and we will just guide it to make something wonderful or unusual with shadow and light. —Allison Dent, Student

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For more abut Peggy’s landscape painting, please go HERE


Peggy Roalf reserves the right to alter the workshop in consideration of the group dynamic.