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    Watercolor with Eric. Learn with a professional

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    Watercolor lessons at the workshop - Geneva
    Academic teaching based on practice. We will mainly work with watercolour, gouache and India ink. Over the course of the term, we will approach fundamental notions such as: composition, perspective, light and values, color, documentary study (work of restitution of matter: fruits and vegetables, flowers, fish, game, objects matte, shiny, transparent, etc.), landscape, portrait, animal and plant world, human anatomy, drawing and graphics. We will also leave the studio to draw and paint in Geneva museums, in parks, stations, industrial sites, and of course in nature. Classes will take place in my studio.

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    Classes will take place in my studio:
    Beginner level
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    At teacher's location: Chemin de la Gravière, 1227 Genève, Suisse

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    Adults (18-64 years old)
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    Duration:
    90 minutes
    The class is taught in:French, English

    About Me

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    A naturalist painter, author of numerous books devoted to the great natural regions of the planet, also an engraver and sculptor. Born in 1958 in France, living in Geneva, Eric is a gold medalist for French animal artists, laureate of the Fondation de la Vocation, member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators of the United States.

    His painted works employ a variety of techniques, including watercolor, ink, drawing, and oil and acrylic paint. Some large works also use gold leaf. We can apply Cézanne's phrase to this artist: "It is not so much nature that interests me as the forces of nature." By contemplating and studying the animals, the flora and the landscape, Eric shares a look that is both poetic and realistic on the wild world - a look that challenges man and his often irresponsible behavior towards the environment, because it has become insensitive. Some magnificent portraits of inhabitants of the regions visited or details of the historical heritage extend and complete the evocation of the world of the mountains or the desert. Certain oriental inspirations as well as the influence of lyrical abstraction give to his representations of wild life, with its forms and rhythms, a singular intensity and depth. The line, like the colors, magnifies the fruit of patient observation, both by bringing it back to the essential and by projecting it elsewhere.

    His works have been the subject of several exhibitions, notably at the Natural History Museums of Geneva and Paris. They are present in public and private collections.
    HOW IT WORKS ? 1. Each week, you will receive 1 video of about 60 min, linked to a theme including demonstrations made by myself, and exercises to do at home. 2. You will have 1 week to practice, and send me your watercolors by email. 3. Your paintings will be corrected and analyzed in a separate video that will be sent to you. I ask for a minimum commitment for one term, i.e. 12 lessons.

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