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Department of Art

Saturdays at Todd (S@T) Watercolor Portraiture Workshop via Zoom

MTSU Art and Design welcomes the return of Saturdays at Todd via Zoom with Professor Sisavanh Houghton guides you through a virtual workshop about Watercolor Portraiture.

Watercolor Portraiture Workshop

Saturday, September 19, 2020, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. via Zoom

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Signups will open at 2 p.m., Thursday, September 17, 2020. To participate: Watercolor Portraiture Virtual Workshop

Join Professor Sisavanh Houghton for a Zoom Workshop focusing on the Art of Watercolor Portraiture. In the celebration and recognition for the 100 years of Women’s suffrage, Sisavanh has chosen Maya Angelou, an award Winning American Poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, as her photo reference. This workshop is for intermediate and advanced watercolorists. Professor Houghton will demonstrate and guide you through the techniques of mixing skin tones, building layers of color washes, block in hair, jewelry, and fabric. 

Sponsored in part by the Tennessee Arts Commission: https://tnartscommission.org/ Support the Commission’s efforts across Tennessee through the purchase of a specialty license plate: https://tnspecialtyplates.org/

“My Wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with acts of kindness.” Maya Angelou

Open to the public. Participants are limited to 20. For further information, questions, materials pickup, and an image of Maya Angelou contact eric.snyder@mtsu.edu.