DIGITAL: Easy Procreate
In-studio class to get you started with Procreate App and Apple iPad. 3 hours, short and sweet.
$60
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Workshops
DIGITAL: Landscapes in Procreate
In studio class with Procreate to get you started from basics of the app to basics of using the app for landscapes using Uma's simplified color by numbers approach.
$60
WATERCOLOR: Gray Matter, San Jose
Gray Matters: How to use two washes in two complementary colors harmonized with gray to generate quick and evocative paintings - is a mouthful title. What it wants to convey is that most paintings can be painted using a flow method of watercolors, top to bottom, like a wash. Two complementary colors are then used...
$300
WATERCOLOR: Elegance in Watercolors (Chicago)
Ingrid's Originals Inc 3729 N. Ravenswood Ave., Suite # 138, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis is an investment workshop - we will invest in our art and get the best return on investment by employing just enough shapes, colors and strokes. This is Uma's definition of elegance and we will study how to use just enough design elements to make watercolors sing. Exercises during each day will build up...
$390
PROCREATE: Art walk at Apple (Chicago)
Apple Michigan Ave 401 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States
Free
Rhythm is a Dancer: Learning to employ repeating motifs to bring in various moods in your sketches (San Jose)
Downtown San JoseSometimes, when you are in tight urban space, majority of your view can be in a single plane - that is, there is no distinct foreground and background. In such a constrained space, repeating motifs are often employed e.g. windows or similar architecture to promote a feeling of peace and calm. This workshop will present the spectrum...
$55
WATERCOLOR: Elegance in Watercolor (Delft, Netherlands)
Delft , NetherlandsCheck out: https://www.umakelkar.com/shop/elegance-in-delft/
$350
Rhythm is a Dancer: Learning to employ repeating motifs to bring in various moods in your sketches (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
AmsterdamRegistration begins Feb 2, 2019
$420
WATERCOLOR: Elegance in Watercolors, SJ
Citadel Art Studios 199 Martha St, San Jose, CA, United StatesWatercolor workshop with a focus on minimalism without losing touch of realism. Suitable with intermediate level of watercolorists.
$400
Stash of Palettes
I get asked about my palette very often. Here are the details along with cheaper, lighter options....
Mentoring Blueprint
Story of mentoring 5 artists (who I have not met before) remotely over 3 months. If it works, then this becomes the blueprint one replicate in future with lesser planning...
Packing List
This is a packing list that can fit travel of multiple weeks as long as washing every 7-9 days is possible. I used this list for Summer 2022 when I...
(Moderate) Fall Colors 2022
Day 0, Sept 29 Flying from San Francisco to Boston, bus to South Station, rental car to Bar Harbor, reached at 12:15am. Long day which began at 5 am. Thankfully,...
Blue hour and Sulphur Bulbs
The boys and I went to a local Mexican restaurant on a weekday and saw this view towards the gas station. The sky was more gloomy than my rendition. However,...
#30x30directwatercolor 2022
2022 is the fifth year of Direct Watercolor Challenge – a challenge that Marc Taro Holmes ideated and both he and I have conducted+participated in. Marc and I will co-host the #directwatercolor2022...
BOOK REVIEW 3: Dream Worlds
What was the main purpose of my purchase of this book? To revitalize my brain to think like a camera man while I composed pictures. The author’s aim is to...
Backlit flowers
Darkening by mixing thick pigments is making my nocturnes lose the luminance that watercolors have. Ultimately I am coming to the conclusion that using pigments that are inherently dull and...
Protected: Ex 1.2
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Goals for 2022
Some years, my goals repeat. I often repeat them because I have not figured out how to execute them. Follow-through is not hard for my personality type if a step-by-step...