Classes & Workshops

FRIDAY CLASSES
Spring 1: April 11 & 18, 2025. 9:30-4:00 (come 10-15 minutes early to set up).
$130 both Fridays or $70 paid in advance or $80 paid at the time of class. (Payment reserves your place). Beginning to advanced painters.
We will learn various skills to handle the delightful medium of watercolor along with drawing and connecting with ourselves, our art and each other . Students are invited to comment and question. If you have specific areas you want Winnie to cover, please let her know.

Spring 2: May 30-June 13. 9:30-4:00 (come 10-15 minutes early to set up).
$195 for all 3 Fridays or $70 paid in advance or $80 paid at the time of class. (Payment reserves your place). Beginning to advanced painters.
We will continue to learn various skills to handle the delightful medium of watercolor along with drawing and connecting with ourselves, our art and each other . Students are invited to comment and question. If you have specific areas you want Winnie to cover, please let her know.

3-Day Summer Workshops:
Portrait Workshop June 16-18, 9:30-4:00, come 10-15 minutes early to set up. $305, payment reserves your place. Novice to advanced painters (some drawing or watercolor experience required).
Once you find that you can paint a face, you realize that you can paint anything. Painting people is not so difficult (though getting a likeness is). We’ll learn to paint faces from seeing how to draw the features through adding unexpected color for delightful portraits. Students always learn a great deal about paint handling, drawing and seeing in this workshop.

Journaling with Watercolor & Pen: June 30-July 2, 2025, 9:30-4:00 (come 10-15 minutes early to set up). $305, payment reserves your place. Beginning to advanced painters.
Have you always wanted to capture your travels or the interesting things you see or experience in a journal? In this workshop we will see how to do that. Included are what to pack and how to include writing and illustrating. We will go out, taking excursions, learning how to simplify the scenes before us and creating pages that are delightful records of our journeys.

Self Portrait Workshop: July 21-23, 2025, 9:30-4:00, come 10-15 minutes early to set up. $305, payment reserves your place. Novice to advanced painters (some drawing or watercolor experience required).
In this Self-Portrait Workshop, Winnie will not only teach the drawing and painting skills that she uses to create her portraits, but we will be painting ourselves. This can be scary, but as Winnie's mother said "Once we learn to laugh at ourselves, we never cease to be amused." Come laugh and learn.

Brush Calligraphy & Zentangling: August 4-6, 2025, 9:30-4:00 (come 10-15 minutes early to set up) .$305, Payment reserves your place. Beginning to advanced painters.
It is interesting that learning calligraphy using a flat brush is actually easier than with a pen. You will learn two basic strokes from which all the others are made. Along with basic calligraphy, we'll play with other letter forms and then we will play with "zentangle", a relaxing and beautiful form akin to doodling. We’ll learn how to begin and continue, creating amazing patterns. Both calligraphy and "zentangling" are relaxing to do and are great ways to embellish journal pages.

Need based discounts available.
To sign-up please contact Winnie to make sure there is room at [email protected]. Then to reserve your place, send a check to her at 18190 Wanona Road, Sisters, OR 97759. (The shopping cart on this site is not activated.)

Location: Winnie's Barn Studio/Gallery at 18190 Wanona Road, Sisters, OR 97759

Open Studio: June 27-August 15, 2025. Open Studio is not a class, but a time to paint with friends on Fridays during the summer break. 10-3:00 (Note: these hours are different from classes and workshops). Please come at 10:00.
Sign up ahead, but pay $10.00 at the time of class. If you have signed up and find you cannot come, let Winnie know. If you have signed up and she cancels an Open Studio, she will let you know.
Winnie provides a time and place to paint plus coffee & tea, but no instruction. She paints like everyone else. Bring whatever you want to work on. Everyone helps everyone else.

Refund policy:
For weekly classes, you receive a full refund if you cancel more than 2 weeks prior to the class. If you cancel less than 2 weeks before the class, there is no refund unless another student can fill your place from the Wait List. If Winnie cancels you receive a full refund.

For 3-Day workshops, you receive a full refund if you cancel more than a month in advance or if your space can be filled from the Wait List. If Winnie cancels you receive a full refund.

WATERCOLOR JOURNALING - Limoux, France
April 26-May 10, 2025 and August 23-September 6, 2025
Join Winnie Givot for a Painting Retreat in Limoux in the Languedoc region of France. Our days will be filled with painting, drawing and writing in our watercolor journals as we explore this beautiful area, seeing more deeply through our art. Whether you are an experienced painter or a beginner, this will be a delightful and inspirational, even transformational experience.

Our host, Chris Georgas, will take us on day trips. Places may include ancient villages, castles, and cave paintings along with other wonderful sites.
Some days we will paint at Le Monastere (our home there) and at other places in Limoux, a charming town. Many afternoons will be free for rest, relaxation, painting, and exploration.

Winnie will give daily lessons and individual help. This is an opportunity for art immersion as we play with color and texture, with composition, writing and page embellishments, while connecting with the beauty around us. There will be lightheartedness and musings in our journals and our days. In the evenings we will eat exceptional meals specially prepared for us at restaurants or by Chris’ wife, Fabienne. Ah, the food and wine of France!

Winnie Givot is a skilled watercolor artist who has been teaching for 27 years. This will be her 15th & 16th international workshops. She encourages us to connect with a deeper part of ourselves and instructs with expertise, gentle guidance, and encouragement to paint with the eyes of the heart.

Call or email Winnie for information & registration: [email protected], 541-604-1026, 18190 Wanona Road, Sisters, OR 97759. www.winniegivot.com.

COST: $4200, double occupancy
Singles available, $500 supplemental charge
INCLUDES: lodging, breakfasts, 12 dinners, workshop transportation, pick-up at Toulouse Airport April 26 (noon), airport drop-off on May 10 (mid-morning), and art instruction.
EXCLUDES: airfare, insurance, personal expenses, art supplies, lunch, and dinners on Wednesdays.

A check for the deposit of $1400 sent to Winnie Givot reserves your place. Balance for the April-May Painting Retreat due by February 10, 2025. Balance for the August-September Painting Retreat due by June 2, 2025.

Refund policies:
For the April-May Painting Retreat, Ii you cancel before October 10, 2024, there is a cancellation fee of $600. If you cancel between October 10, 2024 and February 10, 2025, there is a cancellation fee of $1000. There is no refund if you cancel after February 10, 2025.
If Winnie cancels the workshop you will be refunded all that you have paid minus any payments made to Le Monastere to reserve your place. Travel insurance is highly recommended.

For the August-September Painting Retreat, if you cancel before February 10, 2024, there is a cancellation fee of $600. If you cancel between February 10, 2025 and June 2, 2025, there is a cancellation fee of $1000. There is no refund if you cancel after June 2, 2025.
If Winnie cancels the workshop you will be refunded all that you have paid minus any payments made to Le Monastere to reserve your place. Travel insurance is highly recommended.

Student Testimonials:
About Friday Classes
-“I always learn so much from you and come away inspired. I love your instruction, spirit and inviting studio in which to work.”
-"Thanks too for your encouragement in ALL things. You're a great person."
-“It is a treasure to learn from you and I look forward to class each time I come, even if I am not sure if I can do it. Thank you for the patience and energy you give all of us.”
-"Your instructions have been so beneficial and have instilled confidence in my ability to handle this medium. I will be forever grateful that I selected you as my teacher and mentor."
-"Winnie, I want to thank you for the class yesterday - I learned so much! Most of all I was reminded to relax into the experience. Oh how I forget to open the gate to the beauty and joy of being present in the experience. I look forward to next week and to future classes."
-"I esteem you as one of the best teachers I have had the good fortune to learn from!”
- from a student at a Watercolor Society of Oregon class. "Thank you so much for doing the journaling class! I loved it! It gave me confidence to do my own thing and it gave me an hour to not think of anything but art and good feelings."

About 3 day workshops
-“Winnie's workshop was an absolutely amazing experience! She managed to impart so much of her knowledge and skill to us, encouraging our attempts and uplifting us with marvelous readings at the beginning of each day. She had us toiling mercilessly from rising to bed and we craved more.”
-"Winnie, I can't thank you enough for such a fantastic art weekend. I am unstuck and looking forward to painting again."
“How delightful, thank you so much. I have talked with every living soul I meet about the workshop and what I learned, even total strangers on a bus, and I am also constantly studying everything I see, having concluded that it is all about shadow and value...well yeah, hue too.”
"Winnie, you are not just an artist, you are a truly gifted teacher. I will never be an artist like you, but now I can appreciate how to look with new eyes, to see the outline, the shape, the light and shadow, the beauty in the ordinary."

About International Retreats
“Winnie, once again, you have delivered a truly wonderful workshop where you are able to support each individual to go further in her own developing process (on oh so many levels.)"
“Let me thank you profusely, for a really splendid time! The teaching, the situation, and your dedication to what you do so well, were such a treat. I loved it!”
“Thanks Winnie. It was a wonderful and so worthwhile adventure of discovery. You are an inspirational and compassionate teacher.”
“I keep thinking of the laughter and tears, the beautiful setting, the wonderful food and Winnie's wonderful guidance of all of us through such expansion of ourselves and our artistic ability. I just can't imagine a more perfect trip!”
"Winnie is such a good teacher - calm, giving, gracious, guiding....Winnie, You do have a gift for bringing out the creative spirit in each student."
"You put together yet another amazing trip. Everything about it was the best. You & Adriano make such a perfect pair to show us the area & encourage our art. Thank you from the heart."
"It was truly a life changing experience.."
“Thanks so much, Winnie, for a-beyond-words experience.”
“She makes us feel safe. She encourages us to expand.”
“Winnie is an excellent, excellent teacher. Positive and encouraging…. She has the ability to let people be.”
"Thank you again for such an amazing and inspirational learning adventure."
"It was such a marvelous trip. I so much enjoyed the company of all you friends, both old and new. What a privilege to travel with a group of such talented, strong, delightful women. Winnie, you are the heart and soul of the trip! You set such a warm, thoughtful, encouraging tone for each new day. I feel like I grew and learned a lot.”
"Thank you so very much for yet another fabulous trip! I so appreciate your attention to every detail. I love the way you begin each class with thoughtful poetry and a really deep question. I love your teaching style, how you meet each student where they are artistically with such enthusiasm and encouragement. I am so privileged to have you as my teacher and friend!"

Two Painting Retreats
in
Limoux, France
April 26-May 10, 2025
and
August 23-September 6, 2025
both Painting Retreats wait list only

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