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CLARA
DRAWING
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Watercolour for Beginners

Watercolour for Beginners

Saturday 14 March
Santa Clara park - 10am - 2 Hours
Santa Clara Watercolor Group
Scott
Join this beginner-friendly Watercolour class. Participants bring their own supplies paints, brushes, paper. Host will share tips including drawing basics.In addition, if you have a Fountain Pen and Ink, I can show some fun techniques also.
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$49      
Urban Ghosts – The Concrete Canyon (ND Filter & B&W Workshop)

Urban Ghosts – The Concrete Canyon (ND Filter & B&W Workshop)

Sunday 22 March
Milpitas transit area - 10am - 2 Hours
Santa Clara Photography Group
James Hickey
This workshop explores long exposure photography in a striking urban transit setting filled with concrete geometry, rail lines, and layered architecture. Participants will photograph trains, escalators, and commuters while learning how to control exposure to create ghosted figures that add movement and atmosphere to the scene. During the session we will experiment with different shutter speeds to create subtle motion blur or nearly invisible pedestrians while keeping architecture sharp. The workshop ends with a short Lightroom demonstration showing how to transform one of the captured images into a high contrast fine art black and white photograph.
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$49      
Urban Ghosts – Steel & Steam (ND Filter & B&W Workshop)

Urban Ghosts – Steel & Steam (ND Filter & B&W Workshop)

Saturday 04 April
Santa Clara transit area - 10am - 2 Hours
Santa Clara Photography Group
James Hickey
This workshop focuses on photographing powerful industrial textures and steel structures using long exposure photography. Participants will explore how trains, commuters, and station movement can become subtle ghosts while the rail infrastructure remains crisp and dramatic. We will work from the pedestrian overpass looking down the tracks and along the platform using creative shutter speeds to blur motion while preserving architectural detail. The session concludes with a Lightroom demonstration showing how to create rich tonal contrast and classic black and white imagery.
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$49      

Manual Photography Meetup

Manual Photography Meetup

Saturday 18 April
Sunnyvale - 10am - 2.0 Hours
Santa Clara Photography Group
Nithin Kumar
Join us for a practical meetup on shooting in manual mode. We'll cover aperture, shutter speed, and ISO settings with hands-on challenges at the park.
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$49      
Urban Ghosts - The Tunnel ND Filter  BW Workshop

Urban Ghosts - The Tunnel ND Filter BW Workshop

Saturday 18 April
San Jose Diridon transit area - 10am - 2 Hours
Santa Clara Photography Group
James Hickey
This workshop focuses on symmetry, reflections, and vanishing points in a transit environment. Participants will photograph pedestrian corridors and station areas where motion blur can transform everyday scenes into atmospheric black and white compositions. Using long exposures up to a second, photographers will create semi-transparent figures moving through strong architectural lines. The workshop concludes with a Lightroom editing demonstration focusing on contrast control, masking, and refining ghosted motion to create intentional fine art results.
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$49      
ABOUT SANTA
CLARA
DRAWING
GROUP
Come along to our meetups to improve your drawing in a relaxed and social atmosphere and under the guidance of a professional instructor. Complete beginners to experienced artists all welcome.

Our 2 hour meetups are held in a different location each time, usually outdoors.

Bring your own materials. If you are a complete beginner all you need to start drawing pad and some pencils, which can be easily obtained online or from your nearest art supplies store.

Who can attend? Open to all skill levels, from beginners to experienced artists. The instructor is there to help everyone.

The meeting point and full details for the day are sent in the booking confirmation email to the email address you provide at time of booking.

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