Watercolor and Ink for the Traveler

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Watercolor and Ink for the Traveler with Casey Cheuvront

May 29, 2024 | Wednesday | 11 am – 4:30 pm

Experience Level: All levels of experience are welcome.
Medium: Watercolor and Ink
Registration: Each student must register individually. Click the Cancellation Policy tab above for more info.
Materials List: Click the Materials List tab above for a list of materials/supplies students need to bring with them.
Location: Sedona Arts Center, Theatre Studio

Watercolor is a popular, flexible medium, and suitable for anyone that travels and would like to capture the beauty of their surroundings. In this workshop we will explore watercolor basics, using a journaling/sketchbook approach. We’ll cover the basics of composition, value, brushwork and color relationships, experiment with color mixing and ink drawing, and finish by working with the living landscape to create sketchbook paintings that can stand on their own or serve as inspirational notes for later studio works. At the end of the workshop, you should have begun a sketchbook of your own that you can carry virtually anywhere, which will allow you to record your travels, and your progress in this medium. Suitable for beginners and more experienced painters alike.

Casey Cheuvront is an internationally collected, award-winning painter and instructor specializing in Southwestern plein air and studio works. She has been teaching for many years, and has studied drawing, painting, sculpture and ceramics at CSUF California, and under some of the Southwest’s greatest living artists. Her work reveal an ongoing fascination with the Western and Southwestern wilderness, whether reflected in a local trail or a remote lake only reachable by a long backpack. Her enthusiasm is translated into a vibrant, modern palette and energetic, dynamic brushwork. Look for studio and plein air works showcasing the Yosemite highlands, Sonoran desert, and the red rocks of Sedona.

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Casey Cheuvront

CASEY CHEUVRONT

Casey Cheuvront studied drawing, painting, sculpture and ceramics at CSUF California, and has been influenced (and instructed) by current artists like Bill Cramer, Dave Santillanes, Alan Wolton, Matt Smith, Stanley Kurth, Casey Klahn, and Camille Przewodek.

Her work is informed by her ongoing plein air habit and life-long appreciation of the natural world, established through a “feet-on-the trail” connection over many years. Her outdoor education began when she was very young, while accompanying her father on long treks, fishing, hiking, bow-hunting, archery exhibitions and professional competitive archery shoots. Later, she backpacked her way across the Sierras and the Uintas, flew California peaks in her hang glider, skied Utah powder, and mountain biked many happy trails in the Arizona desert.

Cheuvront’s pieces reveal an ongoing fascination with the Western and Southwestern wilderness, whether reflected in a local trail or a remote lake only reachable by a long backpack. Her enthusiasm is translated into a vibrant, modern palette and energetic, dynamic brushwork. Look for studio and plein air works showcasing the Yosemite highlands, Sonoran desert, and the red rocks of Sedona.

Member Organizations

Oil Painters of America (Juried Member)

Arizona Art Alliance (Juried Member)

Sonoran Art League (Juried Member)

Arizona Plein Air Painters (Juried Member)

Sedona Arts Center (Juried Member; Currently Exhibiting)

Grumbacher Certified Teaching Artist

Grumbacher Artist Ambassador

Awards

Sedona Plein Air Festival 2022:

Best Red Rocks (overall)

Third Place Airport Airport Quickpaint

Camelback Gallery: Bold Abstracts Bronze Award May 2022

Art for Land’s Sake 2nd Place 2022

Sedona Plein Air Festival 2021: Third Place Quick Draw 11/30/21

Sedona Plein Air Festival 2021: Honorable Mention Quick Draw 11/28/21

Sedona Plein Air Festival 2021: Honorable Mention Quick Draw 11/27/21

Juror’s Choice Award: Art for Land’s Sake 2021

Art for Land’s Sake 2nd Place 2019

Desert Ridge Plein Air Festival Best in Show 2019

Bold Brush Fav 15% 2019

Sedona Arts Center Community Plein Air event May 2019 Judge’s Merit Award

L’Auberge Quick Draw 2018 Judge’s Choice Award, Sedona, AZ

Art for Land’s Sake Juried Exhibition: Honorable Mention 2017

Shows/Events

Hidden in the Hills 2022

Mountain Oyster Show 2022 (Tucson)

Sedona Plein Air Festival Invitational 2022

Prescott Plein Air Festival Invitational 2022

Sonoran Arts League HITH Juried member Show 2022

Sonoran Arts League Member Show 2022

Camelback Gallery Bold Abstracts May 2022: Bronze Award

Sedona Arts Center, The Birdy Show, April 2022

Judge: Phoenix Artists Guild February 2022

Hidden in the Hills 2021

Sedona Arts Center Member Showcase 2021

Desert Foothills Land Trust: It’s Art For Land’s Sake, 2021

Today’s Water, Tomorrow’s Future, April 2021

Hidden in the Hills: November, 2021

Mountain Oyster Club Annual Art Show 2021

Sedona Arts Center Annual Plein Air Invitational Festival 2021

Prescott Plein Air Invitational Festival 2021

CAPTRUST Community Gallery Juried Exhibition, June – October 2021

Juror: “Sonoran Lights”; Sonoran Plein Air Painters:

CAPTRUST Community Gallery Juried Exhibition, June – October 2021

Desert Foothills Land Trust: It’s Art For Land’s Sake, 2021

Mountain Oyster Annual Art Show and Sale, 2020

Sedona Arts Center Annual Plein Air Invitational Festival 2020

Postcard Perspectives 2020

Mountain Oyster Club 50th Annual Art Show 2019

Sedona Arts Center Annual Plein Air Invitational Festival 2020

Prescott Plein Air Invitational Festival , September 30 – October 4, Invitational 202

Sonoran Arts League Instructor’s Invitational Exhibit 2020

Sedona Arts Center Magic and Dreams Exhibition 2020

Creative Connections Group Art Auction to benefit the Sonoran Arts League 2020

Sedona Arts Center 40th Annual Juried Members Exhibition 2020

6″ Squared Show 2020

OPA Great Annual Paint-out Host/Sedona Arts Center 2019

Postcard Perspectives, Artspace 2019

Featured Artist, 2019: Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block

Art/Slope October 2019

WHAM West Gallery 2019

Arizona Plein Air Painters Members Only Exhibition (Scottsdale Artists School) 2019

Sedona Arts Center Plein Air Event, L’auberge de Sedona, Judges Merit Award 2019

Taliesin West Desert Light: Juried Exhibition 2018

Sonoran Arts League Small Works Show 2018

The Holland Center Galleries (Arizona Art Alliance) 2017

Hidden in The Hill Studio Tour 2016

Hidden in The Hill Studio Tour 2015

El Pedregal Gallery 2016

Guest Instructor, Yosemite Conservancy

Guest Instructor, Sonoran Arts League

Guest Instructor, Arizona Art Supply

Sennelier Designated Demonstrator, Arizona Art Supply 2017

Workshops/Demo/Misc.

Juror: Camelback Gallery: Shades of Blue 1/2023

Sedona Plein Air Festival Demo Artist 2022

Prescott Plein Air Festival Demo Artist 2022

Sonoran Arts League Workshop 2022: Oil Painting Crash Course for Beginners

Sonoran Arts League Workshop 2022: Wheel Throwing for Beginners

Demo Artist: The Highlands Nature Center, Prescott, AZ, 2022

Demo Artist 2022: Oil Painting Crash Course for Beginners 2022

Scholarship Recipient, March 2022, Scottsdale Artists School

Oil Painting 101: February and March 2022: Arizona Art Supply

Sonoran Arts League Guest Instructor: Veteran’s Program 2020/2021/2022

Guest Instructor: Yosemite Conservancy Art and Nature Center, April 2022

Arizona Artists Guild Demo February 2022

Guest Instructor: Yosemite Conservancy Art and Nature Center 2021

Oil Painting 101a: Sonoran Arts League, 2021

Oil Painting 101b: Sonoran Arts League, 2021

Pastel Power Workshop: The Verdes Art Group, 2021

Watercolor Workshop: The Verdes Art League 2021

Oil and Cold Wax Demo: Arizona Artists Guild 2021

Oil and Cold Wax Demo: Westbrook Fine Arts 2021

Oil and Cold Wax Workshop: The Verdes Art League 2020

Oil and Cold Wax Workshop: Trilogy Art League at Vistancia 2020

Intuitive Abstracts Mixed Media Workshop: The Verdes Art Group, 3/12

Media

Plein Air Magazine Outdoor Painter online (just a little ditty!): https://www.outdoorpainter.com/a-few-of-my-favorite-things/?fbclid=IwAR3ZpbxykBypr-t-jfkcCIQ3VpvxdSZbmlkWWTfiqjPaXUXCk6MeEH1XeRU

Scottsdale Food and Beverage, 11/2021, p.72: https://issuu.com/richmanmediagroup/docs/ss-1221

South Scottsdale Magazine, p. 72: https://issuu.com/richmanmediagroup/docs/ss-1221?fr=sMDg2OTQ2MjMzNw

Scottsdale Progress Business Page (Cavasson commission), 11/21/21: https://issuu.com/timespub/docs/sp_112121/1?e=8633901/88401087

Curious Kirby Podcast: https://anchor.fm/curiouskirby/episodes/Teaching-Art–Creating-Community-Casey-Cheuvront-and-John-Gates-ev22po?fbclid=IwAR2ZkYcWxDMe6TYr5wE8ls7Ony_EfuWYXZzb6wrHsR-q5AgbKogt7xtBnDw

AZ Creates! Interview discussion, The Chandler Arizonan: https://issuu.com/timespub/docs/0207_caz/22

Scottsdale Progress: Prescott Plein Air Festival: https://www.scottsdale.org/arts_and_entertainment/scottsdale-artist-featured-in-prescott-fest/article_cd8fc8a8-ff59-11ea-b5d0-c37fb03d4a17.html

Shoutout Arizona Interview/article: https://shoutoutarizona.com/meet-casey-cheuvront-artist/

Grumbacher “Artist Spotlight” interview: http://www.thalo.com/articles/view/1404/spotlight_artist_casey_cheuvront

“Art on the Canal” artist video: https://youtu.be/5x2fYttQfAw

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLruQPuwEx84WRXxpJDwuAw

Voyage Phoenix: http://voyagephoenix.com/interview/check-casey-cheuvronts-artwork/

The Daily Independent on The Great American Paint In:

https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/pandemic-inspires-cheuvront-for-the-great-american-paint-in,171170?fbclid=IwAR2E2cvY85WQmC9UWPcAC0rIvl3oLEB4wlxUoMdxJxwSBT2o-JC1cVFdMuU#.Xwpd4IAi42c.facebook

If you would like to purchase materials through the instructor for $50, please contact Casey at caseycheuvront@gmail.com or call 480-274-8166 by May 20th! Otherwise, the list below is needed for this workshop.

Students should bring:

Watercolor sketch journal, wire or bound, at least 90 lb paper (140lb preferred, cotton ideal) (Strathmore, Arches, Cottonwood Arts make some very nice journals; note that watercolor block is also usable but not a sketchbook per se.)

Paint: Any reasonably portable watercolor kit; student grade or better (e.g. Cotman, Winsor Newton, Sennelier)

Water and Water container (unless using brush pen) – nothing fancy here, a little cup will do

Paper towels, trash bag

Pencil, 2H, H, or HB, and sharpener, and Kneaded eraser

Brushes (smaller flats or rounds, your choice; I use both); waterbrushes are fine

Micron .3 or similar waterproof pen (e.g. Sharpie extra fine line gel)

You may wish to bring: Portable chair, hat, sunscreen, snacks/bag lunch

Questions? Call Casey at 480-274-8166 or Email at caseycheuvront@gmail.com

Cancellation Policy

Registration and Cancellation Policies

Registration

Each student must enroll individually.
Classes must be paid in full upon registration.
Students may register online or by calling the Sedona Arts Center’s Office at 928-282-3809, ext 1.
Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express are accepted or student may pay with cash or check by registering in person during office hours, 9 am – 5 pm, Mon – Fri.

In-Person and Online Classes Cancellation

Students must cancel or transfer at least 7 days prior to the first day of class.
If a student cancels or transfers before the 7-day cut-off, a 15% fee will be applied.
If a student cancels within 7 days prior to class, there are no refunds.
If Sedona Arts Center cancels the class for any reason, all payments made will be refunded in full.

Note: If traveling to Sedona, we strongly urge students to purchase refundable airline tickets or travel insurance in case of workshop cancellation due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen changes. Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for non-refundable ticket purchases or lodging fees.

Important Message

The Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for providing make-up sessions or issuing refunds, credits, or transfers for courses missed as a result of illness, emergencies, or other events beyond our control. There are absolutely no refunds after the cut-off date for any reason, unless the Sedona Arts Center has to cancel the workshop, then all fees paid will be refunded in full.

Barb

Watercolor Wash and Ink for the Traveler gave an incredible boost to my work. For years, I’ve journaled while traveling but with disappointing results because my sketches were flat out uninteresting. I wasn’t able to develop sketches that captured lovely places and scenes that inspired me. It was implausible to travel with enough paints to create a nice painting and there was never enough time in situ. One day of Casey’s instruction taught me how put together a quick watercolor sketch with minimal supplies and then add line work that could be done in situ or later to finish it off. I now love my journal sketches, and am exploring various colors and styles as well as experimenting with similar line work on my non-journal paintings. The process is enormously fun to do. Casey is personable, a good instructor and can teach to various levels. This class is great!

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Watercolor and Ink for the Traveler with Casey Cheuvront

Casey Cheuvront

Cancellation Policy

Barb

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