To enroll in a workshop or class please send a check made out to Tom Hoffmann for half the tuition. Deposit is fully refundable up to thirty days before the start of the workshop or class.
We intend to adjust to difficult or dangerous conditions by following current best practices. By enrolling in a class or workshop you are taking full responsibility for your health and safety.
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Tom Hoffmann | 308 32nd Avenue | Seattle, WA 98122
All Levels Watercolor Classes
Fall September 14, 2021 to November 16, 2021
10 Tuesdays, 9:30 12:30 pm
Tuition: $440
This all-levels class will be taught in person.
THIS CLASS IS FULL. CONTACT TOM TO BE PUT ON THE MAILING LIST
Fall September 15, 2021 to November 17, 2021 10 Wednesdays, 1pm to 4pm
Tuition:$440
This all levels class will be taught remotely
THIS CLASS IS FULL. CONTACT TOM TO BE PUT ON THE MAILING LIST
A small class setting allows plenty of one-on-one attention and a robust exchange of ideas within the group. Each session begins with a critique. Homework is provided via Tom’s blog.
Intermediate / Advanced Watercolor class
Fall September 16, 2021 to November 18, 2021, 10 Thursdays, 1pm to 4pm
Tuition:$440
This class will be taught remotely
THIS CLASS IS FULL. CONTACT TOM TO BE PUT ON THE MAILING LIST
Seattle: Abstraction in Watercolor
4-day workshop Dates to be determined
Tuition $440
More and more the form/content scale is tipping toward form, leaving content out in plein air. Even there, the paintings want to be stripped down to the essentials. This is serious fun! Leave the rules at home.
The Palouse
4 -day workshop
Friday – Monday, May 14 – 17, 2021
Tuition $440
The grand scale sculpting of land forms in the Palouse and the delicate harrowing of the surfaces combine to create a quilt of pure form; shapes and colors that want to be painted. You cannot exaggerate this landscape. Try, and it will show you something you could never have dreamed of. The Palouse workshop will be attended person to person.
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Skagit Valley Barns, Section 2
PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is offered in addition to the one scheduled for August
4-day workshop
June 18 – 21, 2021
Tuition: $440
To painters, farm buildings are a guilty pleasure. So corny, but so much fun! What do you say we all put on our Groucho glasses and go to the Skagit Flats for some shameless indulgence? Fir Island and the Bow-Edison area are home to some world class barns, many with mountains or abrupt hills in the background. These buildings won’t be here forever. We can think of it as a historical endeavor.
The Skagit Barns will be attended person to person.
Lopez Island
4-day workshop
Friday–Monday, July 23–26, 2021
Tuition $440
My very first workshop was on Lopez, thirty years ago. There’s a lot to be said for knowing a location well, and a lot to to be said for workshops. By the end of the fourth day of painting all day, a strong feeling of confidence arises. We learn to trust our instincts, and develop a feel for when it’s time to stop. Lopez Island is a great place to translate the visible world into the language of washes and strokes. You’ll see.
The Lopez Island workshop will be attended in person
Skagit Valley Barns
4-day workshop
August 6–9, 2021
Tuition: $440
To painters, farm buildings are a guilty pleasure. So corny, but so much fun! What do you say we all put on our Groucho glasses and go to the Skagit Flats for some shameless indulgence? Fir Island and the Bow-Edison area are home to some world class barns, many with mountains or abrupt hills in the background. These buildings won’t be here forever. We can think of it as a historical endeavor. THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL. CONTACT TOM TO BE PLACED ON THE WAITING LIST.
Please note, There is a second section being offered in June. If you are enrolled in this class and would like to switch to the June Skagit Valley workshop contact Tom
The Methow Valley
4-day workshop
Fri–Mon, October 1–4, 2021
Tuition: $440
Why are some places easier to paint than most? In the Methow, it may be that the dramatic landscape is more readily seen as shape, color and value, while the human-made elements retreat in comparison. In any case, much of the painter’s work seems already done. The hard part is deciding which way to face. In four days, workshop participants discover new ways to refine and enliven their work by letting go of the optional information and accentuating the essential.
The Methow Valley workshop will be attended in person
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL. PLEASE CONTACT TOM TO BE PUT ON THE WAIT LIST
