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FRIDAY CLASS Sessions 2026
Spring 1: April 3 and April 17-May 8, 2026. 9:30-4:00 (come 10-15 minutes early to set up). $300 for all 5 Fridays or $70 paid in advance or $75 paid at the time of class. (Payment reserves your place). Beginning to advanced painters. We will learn how 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. Focus to be decided. If you have specific areas you want Winnie to cover, please let her know. Spring 2: May 15-June 5, 2026. 9:30-4:00 (come 10-15 minutes early to set up). $240 for all 4 Fridays in each session 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. 3-Day Summer Workshops: June 15-17, 2026 - Basics of Watercolor. $305. 9:30-4:00 (come 10-15 minutes early to set up). Beginning-intermediate.The prerequisite is a desire to paint. In this workshop we will play with watercolor, learning how to handle this delightful medium, including how to get vibrant colors, rich darks, soften edges and lift paint. We'll draw, learning to see as an artist sees. And begin to find our own voices. There is a lifetime of learning in art, and the best way to learn is to begin, and then continue. This will be a fun and inspirational workshop for beginning and intermediate painters. Some advanced painters have taken this workshop and found they learned skills they never knew they needed. June 29-July 1, 2026 - Portraits in Watercolor. Class fulll-wait list only. $305. 9:30-4:00 (come 10-15 minutes early to set up.) Novice - advanced. Some experience with drawing or watercolor is required. Once you find that you can paint a face, you may find 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. August 3-5, 2026 - Creating Textures in Watercolor. $305. 9:30-4:00 (come 10-15 minutes early to set up). All skill levels. Everything has texture - the fur of cats & dogs, the shine of glass or a pot, the bark of trees, grasses, water. We will learn to see what makes something look the way it does. Then we’ll explore different techniques for painting and suggesting texture. We will learn how to use brush strokes and edges, along with sponging, splatter, stencils, stamps and granulating pigments. This will be a time to experiment and play. As in all my classes, drawing, learning more about handling watercolor, and inspiration are included. August 24-26, 2026 - Yupo with Watercolor. $305. 9:30-4:00 (come 10-15 minutes early to set up). Novice to advanced painters. In this workshop we will be painting on Yupo, a synthetic paper. Unlike other watercolor papers, the paint sits on the top of it instead of soaking in. This creates brilliant colors and marvelous textures. To recover whites a damp brush can simply wipe the paint off the paper. This also makes it difficult to layer paint. In this workshop we'll play with some of the different techniques needed to work on this unusual paper and create exciting paintings. Open Studio: Fridays June 12 - September 4, 2026 except July 4 and 11. Open Studio is not a class, but a time to paint with friends on Fridays during the winter 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. Friday Classes, Fall Session, October 16-November 13, 2026. $9:30-4:00 (come 10-15 minutes early to set up). $300 for all 5 Fridays or $70 paid in advance or $75 paid at the time of class. (Payment reserves your place). Beginning to advanced painters. In this session, we will be playing with watercolor and drawing, increasing our skills in both. Through drawing we learn to see as an artist sees. Then there is the pleasure of discovering what watercolor can do, how it flows and blends, and, through understanding, how to both control and dance with it. Also included is connecting and inspiration. The specific focus for this session has yet to be decided. Please let Winnie know if you have requests. Christmas Card Classes: Thursday, November 19, 2024 and Friday, November 20, 2026. 9:30-4:00 (come a little early to set up). $75, Payment reserves your place. Beginning to advanced students. These are two separate classes, though you are welcome to sign up for both. This class is so much fun - we play and experiment, making lots of little paintings for Christmas cards, which people love to get. And doing lots of paintings helps our skills grow. Winnie will guide the class through 1 or 2 cards to get our creative juices flowing. Glitter added at the end adds sparkle and performs magic on cards that don't meet our expectations. Need based discounts available. Please ask. 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 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. International Painting Retreats 2026 - September 12-23, twelve days in Tuscany, Italy Join Winnie Givot for a Painting Retreat to Tuscany! Our days will be filled with painting, drawing and notes added to the pages our watercolor journals. Whether you are an experienced painter or a beginner, this will be a delightful and inspirational, even transformational experience. Our home will be Casale Testi, a lovely old villa near the hill town of Certaldo Alto. Our host, Claudia, who works through La Meridiana, a nearby art center, will share her love of Tuscany with us. Day trips will find us in the hill towns of Siena, San Gimignano and Certaldo Alto, as well as the beautiful countryside filled with olive groves and vineyards. We’ll have a lesson at a winery followed by lunch and a wine tasting. And we’ll have dinner and music at a local music guild. Some days we will paint at Casale Testi and many afternoons will be free for rest, relaxation, exploration and working in our journals. There is a freedom to journaling as we include small images and sketches, as well as larger ones, and record our impressions of a place, all the while seeing more deeply through our art. Winnie will give daily lessons and individual help. This is an opportunity for art immersion as we play with color and texture, 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. Oh, the food and wine of Tuscany! Winnie Givot is a skilled watercolor artist who has been teaching for 28 years. This will be her 17th international workshop. 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. Prerequisite:s a desire to paint and a willingness to create a watercolor journal. All skill levels welcome. Email or call Winnie for information & registration: [email protected], 541-604-1026, 18190 Wanona Road, Sisters, OR 97759, See more at www.winniegivot.com. COST: $6600/person, double occupancy. One double and one very small single with shared bath still available at the per person price of a double. (Standard singles no longer available, $875 supplemental charge.) Deposit: $1900 INCLUDES: lodging, 11 breakfasts and dinners, 2 lunches, workshop transportation, pick-up and drop off at Florence Airport at arranged times, and art instruction. EXCLUDES: airfare, insurance, 8 lunches, art supplies, and personal expenses. A check for the deposit of $1900 sent to Winnie Givot reserves your place. Balance due by June 30, 2026. Refund policy: If you cancel before February 28, 2026, there is a cancellation fee of $800. If you cancel between February 28 and June 30, 2026 there is a cancellation fee of $1200. There is no refund if you cancel after June 30, 2026. If Winnie cancels the workshop you will be refunded all that you have paid minus any payments made to La Meridiana to reserve your place. If La Meridiana cancels you will be refunded all that you have paid. 2027 - August 28-September 11, two weeks in Limoux, France Join Winnie Givot for a Painting Retreat at Le Monastere 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. Imagine picturesque villages, castles, vineyards and other wonderful sites. Some days we will paint at Le Monastere and along the River Aude and at other places in Limoux, a charming town centered on the town square which is close to Le Monastere, our home in Limoux. Many afternoons will be free for rest, relaxation, exploration and painting. 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 at Le Monastere by Isabelle and Fabienne. Winnie Givot is a skilled watercolor artist who has been teaching for 27 years. This will be her 18th 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. Email or call Winnie for information & registration: [email protected], 541-604-1026, 18190 Wanona Road, Sisters, OR 97759, See more at www.winniegivot.com. COST: $4700/person, double occupancy; some singles available, $500 supplemental charge. A check for the deposit of $1600 sent to Winnie Givot reserves your place. Balance due by June 15, 2027. INCLUDES: lodging, breakfasts, 12 dinners, workshop transportation, pick-up and drop-off at Toulouse airport at arranged times, and art instruction. EXCLUDES: airfare, insurance, lunches, 2 Wednesday dinners, art supplies, and personal expenses. Refund policy: If you cancel before January 31, 2027, there is a cancellation fee of $600. If you cancel between January 31, 2025 and June 15, 2027, there is a cancellation fee of $1000. There is no refund if you cancel after June 15, 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. If Le Monastere cancels, there are no refunds. 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!" |
Tuscany, September 12-23, 2026
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