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Art Workshops with Nancy Edwards

Nancy Bern Edwards is an artist and a poet with a degree in Education. Vivid color and texture captivates Nancy because it shows a sense of fun and adventure. She enjoys expressing life and all its phases in her artwork and helping others do the same. She has been trained in watercolor, Sumi-e, collage, oils, and clay.
She has taught all ages from preschool through adults; as an art instructor for K-6th grades and as a visiting artist for the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific. In Hawaii she was chosen as the Creative Arts Coordinator for a church based curriculum and was an art specialist in a public school. Previously she was an art coordinator for a community access program for individuals with disabilities in Pierce County.

	Art classes for adults, children, and parent-child combined are available in watercolors, acrylics and collage. In Chinese Brush Painting (Sumi-e) we learn the simple techniques used for centuries in Japan and China. Learning first to paint bamboo; then painting a variety of other symbols of nature.
	In Sketch/Haiku class we learn to write simple Haiku poems in the 5-7-5 ancient Japanese custom and learn an easy technique for continuous line drawing where you sketch what you directly see. Painting the Psalms will involve reading various psalms and painting what you feel. Great for individuals or groups to work as a team.
	Many of the classes, weather permitting, can be plein-air in the gardens. Art for the Healing Heart is great for people who need to heal from life’s ups and downs and learning to deal with cancer and other medical difficulties.
	Art for the Grieving Heart is for those who are working through the loss of a loved one. Process Painting is learning to listen to the still voice that is within you. Freely explore a room full of colors, papers and brushes being as innovative, free, meditative or serious as you wish.
	Retreat and class members also enjoy fresh fruit (raspberries, blueberries, plums, pears, asian pears, apples) and vegetables from our garden when they are in season. Contact Nancy Edwards for more information.