Starting in March, JJ will resume offering his popular weekly watercolor painting classes in an artistically stimulating environment and friendly atmosphere. Consider the depth of continued guidance JJ can offer you over six weeks of in-class instruction and practice along with weekly homework assignments he gives.

During each session, JJ will share his thinking process with participants and demonstrate the methods and techniques for each painting exercise. This spring JJ will guide participants in painting a variety of subjects possibly including still life, landscape or waterscape, or portrait.  He will demonstrate how to approach those varied subjects with the same fundamentals and techniques.

During the first FOUR sessions photographs will be provided for painting reference and inspiration. The final TWO sessions, participants will be encouraged to bring their own references or projects to the class.  He will work with participants individually, and will offer a brief critique at the end of each session if time allows. While JJ adheres to fundamental principles throughout instruction, all else is fluid. 

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Clarity.  Confidence. Common sense.  These are what JJ Jiang brings to his instruction.  But you will quickly realize that his artistic passion and creativity underlie all that he says and does.  With sincerity and good humor, JJ will share his wisdom and insights stemming from his eastern cultural background and his deep knowledge of western art.  He approaches painting with a unique and refreshing perspective that he truly enjoys sharing with participants!  His years of teaching experience in fine art enable him to pull you in and grow in depth and confidence as an artist.   JJ’s teaching is based on his belief that certain fundamentals apply to all subject matter and even across mediums.  JJ’s daily demos and talks will include clear instruction on these fundamentals: drawing, value, color, and edges.  While JJ will also discuss and demonstrate various techniques, he emphasizes the need for all artists to go beyond technique to explore their creative drive that has brought them to the easel.

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JJ Jiang is an award winning artist and a gifted instructor. He is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society  and a North Carolina Watercolor Society Master Member.  Though accomplished in watercolor, he is a versatile artist and is a signature member of Oil Painters of America. He also excels in drawing and Chinese brush painting, and works with a variety of subjects including landscape/urbanscapes, human figures and portraits, and still life.