ONLINE CLASS: Expressive Watercolors with Marc Josloff
Marc Josloff
March 26 - April 30
$160THEME – Figures in Watercolor
What do Expressive Watercolors mean? It should involve YOU, not just technique, but Marc will always repeat the basic concepts of art-making and watercolor painting…while encouraging you to be YOU.
Nothing gives him more pleasure than instilling the joy of art-making, no matter what skill level his students come in with. From the newbies to the professionally advanced, all are in for an enjoyable, creative ride with something new to learn every week.
Recommended for Intermediate to advanced students. Photo references will be provided for all classes.
Materials:
Brushes: A good quality round sable brush #12 or #14, plus a #6 or #8 round sable brush. Kolinsky brushes are a bit more expensive, but excellent
Consider good but not too expensive; the Silver (brand name) Black Velvet (series)brushes: #14 and #8 (make sure “round” brushes). Scrubber brushes: Creative Mark scrubber set of 3 available online via jerrysartarama.com or at https://www.artsupplywarehouse.com/
Paints and Palette: A covered plastic palette with 12 to 20 wells for the paint. Arrange colors in order of yellows to reds to blues. You can add some raw sienna, burnt sienna, and Payne’s gray at the end of the color queue.
- Yellow: cool yellow (lemon yellow or hansa yellow), warm yellow (cadmium yellow or quinacridone gold).
- Reds: cool reds (alizarin crimson and rose ), warm red (cadmium red deep or vermillion)
- Blues: cool blue (phthalo blue, green shade- same as Winsor Blue) and warm blue (ultramarine blue or French ultramarine)
Pens, pencils: Black fine pt sharpie and razor point marker (very fine). Have extras in case you run out of ink.
2B or 4B sketch pencil and a kneaded eraser (like putty).
Paper: Artist-quality pad or block of watercolor paper or wet media paper (same as “all-media”). Typical table size is fine…about 9” x 12” or 11” x 14”. Also, a handy little sketch pad for practice or little exercises.
Miscellaneous:
- clear plastic container for water
- face towel (can be an oldie)
- Paper towel, facial tissues
- Water mister bottle
- CTD
- An adjustable-angle table easel (or you can use a couple of books to put under the far side of your painting board or block
This is an online class, so you’ll be in the studio virtually with Marc. Enjoy the learning, the humor, the motivational art stories, and the constructive encouragement.
Gain inspiration from the camaraderie of the group and the input of the other students. Get a comfort level with perspective and people in your drawing. A national and international award-winning artist, Marc has also been a master teacher for over 50 years.
Questions? Call Marc at 516-223-7659.
Testimonials:
Great class, so much to be thankful for in the class, participants are wonderful, Pat Moore is always so cheerful, the Instructor is knowledgeable and helpful in aiding in growth as a student of watercolor and line drawing. – JP, 2025
Expressive Watercolor through Line and Blob has been an inspiration for me as our teacher/artist extraordinaire, Marc Josloff, inspires us to develop our skills and find joy and love in our work. The collaborative nature of this class, which encourages everyone to assist everyone else as we critique each other’s work, is unique. While this might sound daunting, it is not. There is true support between us all. Thanks, Marc, and thanks to my fellow students. I learn from you all. – MM, 2025
While this is an online Zoom class, it has been a wonderful experience with a most professional, l empathetic, and spirited teacher. Marc enables all students to participate at their own level of expertise without fear or feelings of inadequacy. He builds a strong rapport with each student and helps them to increase their abilities in a safe, secure, and supportive environment. Not only do we learn from Marc’s wonderful demonstrations, but also from the critiques that are integrated into each class. Marc’s wide-ranging expertise, knowledge, and wisdom that he imparts so generously are a treat for us students. I know it has enabled me to feel confident, improve, and love Watercolor. Thank you seems not enough, Marc. – MM, 2024
Marc Josloff is an amazing artist and teacher. I have learned so much from him in these online sessions. He is dedicated to demonstration and also spends time out of class examining and providing detailed input for each student’s work at whatever level they are at. Unlike many other teachers from whom I’ve taken workshops, Marc respects and wants you to develop your own unique voice. Rather than wanting your work to look like his, he looks at the principles he is teaching and responds to how you have incorporated these concepts, tools, and techniques into your own work. He also gives examples of the principles and techniques being used by other artists. My work has evolved tremendously since I began these workshops with Marc. The classes are friendly and welcoming to newcomers and appropriate for artists who are just beginning their journey or those with more painting and pen miles. And the Il Chiostro staff member, Pat, who helps with the online technology, is also incredible. I highly recommend any workshops you can take with Marc Josloff. And a huge thank you to Michael and Linda for providing these opportunities to continue learning online. – BC 2024
Class Date: 4 Thursday mornings, March 26th, April 16th, 23rd, and 30th, 2026
Time: 11:00 am Eastern Time (That is 10 am Central time, 9 am Mountain time, and 8 am Pacific time).
Class Length: 2 hours, including critique.
Price: $160
Remember, if you can’t make the scheduled class time, the entire session will be recorded and available to watch or rewatch at a later date, at your convenience.
Marc Josloff is a well-rounded lifetime artist who was included in Artist Magazine's short list of “11 artists to watch.” He has been published in Splash 19’s International Best in Watercolor, Canada’s PhotoLife magazine. Marc is an international award winner with many Best in Show paintings as well as photographs. He is president of the Long Island Center of Photography and has been teaching watercolor classes and workshops since 2004.
See his full bio at josloffgalleries.com.
Marc Josloff's Artist's Statement:
As an artist, I am strongly influenced by those art modalities that have moved me: impressionism, post-impressionism, expressionism, fauvism, the art of the nabis, Japanese woodcuts, and you can add in constructivism and even classicism. I guess I'm a bit of an artistic anachronism. (lots of 'isms')..And yet I am also a creature of today's world, so I can't help but reflect on both the past and present in my work.
Yet the objective for me is not to emulate past art or contemporary, but to imbue my work with pathos, whether my subject be a street dweller or a head of cabbage, because that is what connects us...as vulnerable human beings.
Watch Marc talk about his artistic process here...
Website: https://www.josloffgalleries.com/
