Technical explanations and demonstrations will be followed by hands-on exercises. Watercolor is the ideal medium for the fast sketch. Each day you will paint from a small still-life. You will be encourages to get over your fear and work spontaneously. The class is designed for beginners but is also good for intermediate artists who want to become more fluid in their approach to painting.

Marianne A. Kinzer, a 25-year summer resident of Truro, is an artist and watercolor painter. She studied at the University of Berlin (Germany) and the Art Institute of Chicago. Active in her pursuit of technical and conceptual self-improvement throughout a 30-year career, she has for the last eight years focused on watercolor painting. She has studied with renowned artists, taught classes and won awards. Kinzer has shown her work in numerous galleries and public spaces: In Germany, where she was born and educated; Turkey, where she lived for 4 years; and in the US. She now lives and works in Truro and in Boston, where she maintains a studio in Boston’s South End gallery district.