Varvara Harmon

Workshop Schedule for 2013:

Saturday January 19, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. – Still Life Oil workshop
Sunday January 20, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. – Seascape Oil workshop

If you would like to receive information and sign up for upcoming OIL and WATERCOLOR workshops please email Varvara Harmon.

Fine Art Classes painting with acrylic at Michaels store in Scarboroughin, Maine

Friday, January 11, 5-9p.m. – Landscape (Intermediate class)
Thursday, January 17, 5-9p.m. – Seascape (Intermediate class)
Thursday, January 24, 5-9p.m. – Still Life-1 –Drawing
Thursday, January 31, 5-9p.m. - Still Life-2 – Painting (Intermediate class)

Thursday, February 7, 5-9p.m. – Landscape (Pointillism Style)
Thursday, February 14, 5-9p.m. - Seascape (Intermediate class)
Thursday, February 21, 5-9p.m. – Still Life (Intermediate class)
Thursday, February 28, 5-9p.m. - Floral (Intermediate class)

Thursday, March 7, 5-9p.m. – Landscape (Intermediate class)
Thursday, March 14, 5-9p.m. - Seascape (Intermediate class)
Thursday, March 21, 5-9p.m. – Floral (Intermediate class)
Thursday, March 28, 5-9p.m. - Still Life (Intermediate class)

Thursday, April 4th, 5-9p.m. – Landscape (Intermediate class)
Thursday, April 11th, 5-9p.m. - Seascape (Intermediate class)
Thursday, April 18st, 5-9p.m. – Floral (Intermediate class)
Thursday, April 25th, 5-9p.m. - Still Life (Intermediate class)

Thursday, May 2nd, - No class
Thursday, May 9th, - No class
Thursday, May 16th, 5-9p.m. – Landscape (Intermediate class)
Thursday, May 23rd, 5-9p.m. - Seascape (Intermediate class)
Thursday, May 30th, 5-9p.m. – Floral or Still Life (Intermediate class)

Please contact Michaels store associate 207-883-8419 if you would like to take art classes.

I also teach workshops in my studio. I work with a very small group of students at different levels and give each student individual attention as needed. I am very serious about painting, though my teaching method is laid back and enjoyable for students. I have a wealth of knowledge and am committed to sharing it.

All are welcome, from beginners to skilled artists. Instruction is one-on-one, so more advanced students can choose to bypass the exercises and receive guidance tailored to their level of interest. My goal is for you to see how I work, take the information, and develop your own interpretation of a beautiful landscape, seascape, still life or floral painting. We will explore the development of a mood in our landscape painting. In workshops you will learn how to make a good drawing, discover the importance of values, the basics of color relationships, composition and characteristics of light along with discovering techniques in creating dynamic paintings. Throughout the workshop you will gain confidence in painting skills. One on one instruction, lectures and group critiques will be a part of each session.

Registration:
Students interested in signing up for a workshop should email Varvara Harmon Studio to insure that there is space available. The email should note the workshop desired (oil, acrylic, or watercolor).
Varvara will send an email back, if space is available, and will reserve a place in the workshop. Upon receipt of payment, Varvara will send you information with materials you will need for the workshop,tuition, schedule, further instructions, and directions. Because she work only with a few students at a time, the class fills up fast.

Cancelation Policy:
A full refund cancellation fee will be given to those students that have to cancel their registration 14 (fourteen) days or more before the workshop starts. No refund will be given for cancelation within the fourteen day period, unless Varvara will be able to fill the vacancy.

I became familiar with Varvara’s work several years ago when my husband and I visited a local gallery and greatly admired her painting. Ultimately, we purchased an original watercolor of hers and it hangs in our vacation home. I e-mailed her about the possibility of doing workshops. Happily, she e-mailed me back with the opportunity to participate in what was the ABSOLUTE BEST painting workshop I have ever taken! Varvara has not only the ability to execute an exquisite painting, but also the unique ability to communicate and share her knowledge. All this, along with her availability to her students long after her workshops as a consult is invaluable. I highly recommend Varvara as a teacher and mentor. I will definitely continue to participate in any workshop she has because the amount of knowledge she has to offer is immeasurable.
Cheryl Egan

Varvara’s talent was immediately obvious when I first saw her paintings at Gallery 302. As time went on, I saw that she had amazing, multi-dimensional talent and every example of her work was done with exceptional artistic perfection. She is not only extremely creative, she has an innate desire to assist artist reach their full potential regardless their age. She has very good people skills, which are revealed as she persistently searches for ways to teach a painting concept so that it can be grasped by all her students.
She sets personal objectives for herself without room for failure and that philosophy carries over as she teaches. She assumes her students have similar objectives and she is not satisfied until a student can show they understand and appreciate the importance and value of the lesson assignment.
She teaches by having her students cluster around her while she demonstrates an important truth about the painting chosen for the lesson. She then has her students move to their easel to work on their own attempt of the same painting. She then moves among the students giving individual encouragement, instruction and advice as they work.
Al Wormwood