Indulge in wine, watercolor at Volcano Art Center

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Anyone can paint beautiful watercolors — even you!

Anyone can paint beautiful watercolors — even you!

Artist Nancy DeLucrezia will offer her Wonderful World of Wine &Watercolor workshop on from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village.

DeLucrezia will show how to transfer a photo onto watercolor paper and introduce all the basic techniques needed to create a lovely painting of the picture. Techniques covered will include basic palette setup, color theory and mixing, masking, wet in wet, texturizing and how to create depth, highlights and shadows.

During the class, participants will enjoy a sampling of several wines from Grapes, A Wine Store in Hilo.

DeLucrezia majored in art at the State University of New York as a photographer and printmaker and has painted with watercolors for more than 25 years.

Class fee is $35 or $30 for VAC members plus a $17 supply fee. A still-life photo will be provided for students to paint. Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus is at 19-4074 Old Volcano Road. To register, call Volcano Art Center at 967-8222 or visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.