Short Summary
My name is Otilia Kocsis and I'm a Patras (Greece) located artist, who is mainly inspired by the
Mediterranean landscape beauty. My usual medium is the watercolor on
paper, and although from time to time I do experiment other media too, you can get an idea about my watercolors on my Watercolor Gallery web site.
I volunteered to teach a 30 weeks workshop (1 session of 2
hours per week, ) in watercolor painting to retired women (aged over 60 years
old) at one of the community centers in my city (Patras, Greece). The workshop
is foreseen as 1 session of 2 hours per week, it will start in September 2014
and will end in June 2015. The number of ladies expected to attend in the first
group is about 15 (10 already confirmed).
The community center has space and infrastructure (room to
host the workshop, furniture, etc) to support the project, but there are no any
funds to support with the necessary materials, like watercolor paper, paints,
brushes, sketch blocks, pencils, etc. Due to the crisis, it is almost
impossible to find any governmental support for this workshop. Also, I cannot
afford to pay these by myself, thus I am trying to find alternative ways to
raise the necessary funds.
All the money raised will be spent to get the necessary materials for the workshop. If more than the target amount is raised,
they will be used either to have a second workshop group, or to continue with the group for another 30 weeks (September 2015 to June 2016).What We Need
The funding schema for this project is flexible, and we shall start the
project with any funds we manage to get for the beginning, hopping we will get
more on the way. To give you an idea of what materials are needed for the
workshop, we have established some value-dependent kits and needs that
they cover. The milestones gives you an idea about how the project will be
implemented with the raised funds.
Kits
Starter Kit. It is estimated at approximately 35 US$, and it covers a set of
cheap materials needed by each lady for the first 5 sessions of the workshop. It
includes: (a) one Cotman watercolour box (small plastic palette + 12 half pans
watercolor paints + a small brush); (b) 2 cheap brushes; (c) 2 sheets of
watercolor paper; (d) pencil and sketchpad
Beginner Kit. It is estimated at approximately 80 US$, and it covers a set
of cheap/student grade materials needed by each lady for half-year (15 sessions)
of the workshop. It includes: (a) one Cotman watercolour box (small plastic
palette + 12 half pans watercolor paints + a small brush) and one set of refilling
watercolor pans or tubes; (b) 3 cheap brushes, (c) 8 sheets of watercolour paper;
(d) pencils and sketchpads
Full Kit. It is estimated at approximately 300 US$, and it covers a full set
of student/artist grade materials needed by each lady for the full-year (30
sessions) of the workshop. It includes: (a) one watercolour folding palette,
(b) 5 watercolor brushes, (c) a set of 12 watercolour paints for the entire
duration of the workshop, (d) 25 sheets of watercolour paper; (e) pencils and
sketchpads; (f) other materials (boards, mediums).
Milestones
1st Milestone: 150 US$. It covers: ~3 Starter Kits (+ ~45US$
indiegogo and bank fees)
2nd Milestone: 500 US$. It covers:~10 Starter Kits (+ ~85 US$
indiegogo and bank fees)
3rd Milestone: 1000 US$. It covers: ~ 10 Beginner Kits (+ ~150
US$ indiegogo and bank fees)
4th Milestone: 1500 US$. It covers: ~ 15 Beginner Kits (+ ~220
US$ indiegogo and bank fees)
5th Milestone: 3500 US$. It covers: ~ 10 Full Kits (+ ~400 US$
indiegogo and bank fees)
6th Milestone: 5000 US$. It covers: 15 Full Kits (+ ~550
indiegogo and bank fees)
What You Get
My way to thank you for your financial support go make this project reach the goal is to send you either high quality prints (professional materials) of some of my paintings or to paint for you custom floral original watercolors. Depending on size, each original painting will take some time to complete, but I will try to deliver all of them as fast as possible.
The print-perks will be delivered to you in a maximum of 2 weeks after the confirmation of your contribution. You can choose to get a print of one of the following paintings.
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For all the perks, either original paintings or prints, the shipping is included to any location worldwide.
Other Ways You Can Help
Even if you cannot help financially to this project, just spread the word around and it is already more than doing nothing! Thank you in advance!