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WEEKLY CLASSES

All these classes and workshops utilize the Zoom platform in addition to email correspondence and frequent conversation, presentation & instruction through our private Facebook group

ONLINE:MIX THOSE MEDIA
January 25- March 1 ( Advance enrollment)
Mondays 1-3 pm Meet on Zoom
Tuition: $300 payable through PayPal
Pre-register: mira@mirawhitefineart.com

ONLINE: WONDROUS WATERCOLOR
 DAY: 
             January 13- February 17( Advance enrollment)
            Wednesdays 10 am-12 noon on ZoomPre-register: mira@mirawhitefineart.com
Tuition: $300 payable through PayPal ( go to specific workshop page for payment on Paypal
Limited enrollment to 10 participants

ONLINE WORKSHOPS:

ABSTRACT INTENTIONS: OIL, COLD WAX, MIXED MEDIA
February 20-21,2021
Saturday- Sunday 10 am-12 noon 1-3 pm
Meet on Zoom, work from home studios
Pre-register: http://www.mendocinoartcenter.org
Tuition: $265.50 MAC Members $295 Non-Members  
Limited enrollment to 10 participants

 STUNNING ABSTRACTS WITH SOFT PASTELS & MIXED MEDIA
MARCH 13-14, 2021
Saturday-Sunday 10am-12noon 1-3 pm
Meet on Zoom , work from home studios
Pre-register:mira@mirawhitefineart.com
Tuition: $300

EXPERIMENTS WITH GRAPHITE 
MARCH 20-21,2021
Saturday- Sunday 10 am-12noon- 1-3 pm
Meet on Zoom, work from home studios
Pre-register: mira@mirawhitefineart.com
Tuition $300

THE ABSTRACT BEAUTY OF BLACK ( and all the shades of Grey)
April 24-25, 2021
Saturday – Sunday 10 am-12 noon 1-3 pm
Meet on Zoom
Pre-register: mira@mirawhitefineart.com
Tuition: $300 payable through PayPal

To register for my private classes & workshops: 925 947-5773 / mira@mirawhitefineart.com
REFUND & CANCELLATION POLICY FOR MY PRIVATE  CLASSES & WORKSHOPS: Cancellation will yield a refund only if cancellation occurs no later than 2 weeks before said workshop.

2021 DAY: January 25-March 1 Monday 1-3 pm

This vibrant online class explores abstraction with multiple layers and multiple media techniques.  Oil, cold wax, pigment sticks and collage converse on a variety of surfaces, emphasizing unity of design, texture and color.  We  work with a combination of both dry & wet media, including soft pastels, watercolor, oil paint, pigment sticks, charcoal, graphite and collage.  Acrylic media can serve as a base underpainting.  All imagery applicable.  Appropriate for continuing painters, who work toward developing a strong personal vocabulary.

   Both classes will meet weekly on Zoom, either  Mondays 1-3 pm or Mondays 7-9 pm for discussion,live demos, and presentation of work. It is my hope that participants can set themselves up in their home studios and work along with me. Increased dialogue occurs through weekly lessons, demos and , our private Facebook group Both classes will be limited to 10 participants.  Materials list will be supplied upon registration.

Pre-register:mira@mirawhitefineart.com
Tuition$300

To register for my private classes & workshops: 925 947-5773 / mira@mirawhitefineart.com
REFUND & CANCELLATION POLICY FOR MY PRIVATE  CLASSES & WORKSHOPS: Cancellation will yield a refund only if cancellation occurs no later than 2 weeks before said workshop.

Questions: mira@mirawhitefineart.com

2021:DAY:January13-February 17.    Wed.10am-12noon

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April 24-25, 2021

This mixed media workshop focuses on the inherent beauty of black as a color. While the focus is on abstraction, it will incorporate both drawing and painting processes; it honors the rich and varied tonal and textural effects one can achieve with a restrained palette of blacks, greys and white. We will work a variety of media, which will include black and white gesso, ink, graphite, water-based graphite, graphite powder, soft pastels and oil pigment sticks. This exciting, innovative workshop is for continuing artists of all mediums.

Tuition: $300
Pre-register: mira@mirawhitefineart.com
Pay through PayPal

MATERIALS LIST: 

DRY MEDIA:

Lyra Water based Graphite crayon (Blick online
Art Graf Water Based Graphite Tablets (Amazon)
Rembrandt black, white, grey soft pastel sticks,
Black, white & grey oil pigment sticks (R&F preferred)

LIQUID MEDIA:

Gel medium (pint size), and/or Polymer Medium
White and Black Acrylic Gesso 1 pint each
Black Sumi Ink (Yasutomo preferred)
Liquitex Clear Gesso- 1 quart

PAPERS/ SURFACES TO WORK ON: Select your choice.

Rag Drawing paper- 2 large sheets (Lennox 100, Coventry rag)
1 Cradled wood panel and/or, gessoed cardboard
1 sheets Arches hot press 140lb.or 300 lb watercolor paper—
A support board for your work
2 sheets 140 lb Watercolor paper 22”x30”, cut up into 7”x10” pieces for warm ups 

ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES:

Variety of brushes and/or foam rollers
3 Cosmetic spray bottles (.99 @ Bed, Bath & Beyond) or on Amazon
Variety of purchased or personally designed stencils (optional)
Mark making tools: The following are your choice: Feathers,
Different Brushes
Color Shapers
Sponges
Rags
Scrapers of all kinds

Roll of practice paper

                                      MARCH 13-14, 2020

     A wonderful opportunity to experiment with with soft pastels in a variety of experimental ways in your own home studio: underpinnings with acrylics, watercolors or pastels diluted with rubbing alcohol .( No petroleum based solvents) We will be layering  with both dry and wet media. Lots of exuberant mark making on several surfaces! Open to continuing artists of all levels and media-  and adventurous beginners who want to explore the versatility of this vibrant medium!

Saturday 10-12 noon 1-3 pm/  Sunday 10-12 noon 1-3 pm
Online through Zoom format
Tuition $300
Pre-Register: mira@mirawhitefineart.com
Pay through PayPal
Workshop limited to 10 participants

MATERIALS LIST:

 Soft  Chalk Pastels: ( No Oil Pastels)

 1 set Nupastels ( by Prismacolor)
 1 set Rembrandts  ( can be set of ½ sticks)
:Schmincke, Sennelier, or Great American ArtWorks  ( if you are able)

 Papers: Surfaces

 2 sheets  full size Gesso Primed 140 lb or 300 lb watercolor paper ( both sides)
1 Sheet Colorfix by Art Spectrum Pastel paper 20”x28” or Premier or U Art ( Sanded Pastel Papers or Pastel Mat (From Dakota Pastels) ( OPTIONAL)
10 sheets of hardware grade 320 grit wet/dry sand paper( 8″x10″ ( It is black) ( for warm up exercises)

Paints: Your collection of acrylic paints / colored inks
 Brushes: An assortment of inexpensive hog bristle brushes that can withstand sanded pastel papers,
Additional materials:
1 pint Liquitex Clear Gesso ( has pumice, for priming – only this brand)
70 % isopropyl rubbing alcohol 1 pt.
2 “ or wider Masking tape, Bull dog clips , Blending stumps/Q tips
Surgical/protective gloves/ protective hand creme
Utility knife
Drawing board to fit size of paper
Portable easel (optional,) –
Glassine paper for protecting work. and portfolio ( can be homemade & cardboard) for storing work
Fixative for  pastels (either Spectra Fix or my recipe)***
Graphite powder and dry pigments
Extra mark making tools
***Fixative recipe: part fat free milk
1 part 70% Isopropyl rubbing alcohol
Mix and pour into either a Pre-Val sprayer or a really good trigger sprayer

Mail Order Suppliers:  Dakota Pastels http://www.dakotapastels.com

                               February 20-21, 2021

  ONLINE 2 Day Workshop with Mira M. White
  Sat.February 20 10-12, 1-3/ Sunday February 21 10-12, 1-3

This workshop will  focus on a variety of innovative  techniques with oil /cold wax and pigment sticks. During our time together we will work with a variety of mixed media methods with the wax, exploring its diversity.  You will leave the workshop with at least 3 panels that can work separately or together as a triptych. For continuing painters familiar with oil media. We will meet on Zoom and work together from our home studios. Enrollment limited to 10 participants.

• You are fascinated with Abstraction as a way to bring more personal meaning, excitement and  drama into your work.
• You are obsessed with color, texture, and design and want to incorporate these elements more fully into your work:
• You are fascinated with layering processes and the possibilities of layering and excavating- it is kind of an archeological dig.
• You want to learn how to combine  pastels and oil pigment sticks in a way that enhances rather than muddies.
• You want to experiment with  mark making, doodling and develop a  more personal   calligraphy and visual vocabulary.

        Pre-register:http:www.mendocinoartcenter.org
       Tuition: $265.50 MAC member $295 Non-Member
Enrollment limited to 10 participants
For more info: mira@mirawhitefineart.com

MATERIALS LIST 7You will need 300 lb w/c paper or 4 or 8 ply museum board – 1 full sheet cut up in 6 “ squares for exercises You should  have about 15 6″x6″ pieces for samplers. You can also use Arches Oil Paper

1. Your collection of oil  and collage materials including:
   Oil paint, Watercolor crayons, charcoal, oil pastels, water based graphite pencils, colored pencils, Oil paint sticks, graphite pencils. Wax loves Oil. No acrylic paint
2. I use R&F Pigment sticks; also workable are Shiva, Winsor Newton & Sennelier
3. 3  Additonal Surfaces to work on:  Must be Absorbent and Inflexible
   3 Wood *or prepared Encaustic panels—8”x8” up to 14”
   * 1/2″  birch or finished plywood is grea
   4.Gamblin cold wax 1 pint, variety of scraping, spreading tool
   4. 1pint Citra Solv or Gamblin’s Gamsol
   5. 1 tube Gamblin’s G Gel
   6. Variety of scrapers, innovative tools: Meissermeister bowl scraper( from Amazon)
   7. Bristle utility   brushes , variety of sizes ½”, 1”, 2” – cheap are fine.
   8.Scissors, Tweezers,
   9. Collage materials: Papers, Threads, Xerox images, photos
   10. Masking Tape for stenciling—11/2 “ , 2-4”
   11. Rags/ Wear crummy clothes, Protective gloves and/ or hand creme

          Nail scrubber and bar soap
         Wax paper