Nan Rumpf Water Media Artist

Winter/Spring Zoom Classes 2026/ Nan Rumpf (online)

Chinese Brush Painting on various papers (Zoom class)

Wednesday afternoons from 12:00 to 2:30

January 28

February 4, 11 and 25 (no class 2/18)

March 4, and 11

We will work on a variety of Asian papers which will be mailed to you before classes start. You will also need some basic supplies. This info will be emailed to you when you sign up. We will be painting the following subjects:

Mandarin Fish on Willow, Okra on Lemon Mulberry with Gold fFakes, Crab on Olive Dragon Cloud, Sparrow and Grapes on Semi-Sized, Cucumber on Shimmer Shuen, Lion on Tea- Colored Dragon Cloud 

$250. for six classes (This price includes your special paper packet and the mailing fee.)

Contact Nan Rumpf if interested.  -  nanrumpf@gmail.com

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Intermediate Watercolor on Zoom (Online)

I will be offering this Zoom class from 10:00 to 12:00 on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday mornings. It will be the same lesson per week on each of these days so pick the morning which works best for you. Demos will be given via Zoom, and handouts will be emailed to you. If you have a schedule conflict, you can pick up a missed class on a different morning that week. You will be able to record the demos, or I can send you a recording if you are traveling and will miss a class or two.

 We will be studying the following: 

Mixing a variety of greens, granulating over staining, using analogous colors, applying paint with a palette knife,  paper shapes and edges, adding geometric accents, light and shadow, tissue paper and gesso

Monday morning dates:

January 26

February 2, 9, and 23 (no class on 2/16)

March 2, 9, 16, and 23

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Tuesday morning dates:

January 27

February 3, 10, and 24 (no class on 2/17)

March 3, 10, 17 and 24

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Thursday morning dates:

January 29

February 5, 12, and 26 (no. class on 2/19)

March 5, 12, 19, and 26

 $250. for eight classes. 

Contact Nan Rumpf if interested.         nanrumpf@gmail.com

In Person Workshops 2025/2026 Nan Rumpf

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Creating a Patterned Watercolor Background

A four-hour workshop 

The instructor will provide specialty materials.

Join us as we experiment with an easy method for creating a beautiful, patterned background for your watercolor subjects.  Let your creative juices flow. 

 You will need to bring your own watercolor supplies

 paper, backboard, brushes, paints - tube watercolor paints work best -

palette or white plate for mixing colors, paper towels)

wax paper, scissors and black permanent marker

blue painters tape (original)

 one or two Holbein watercolor spray bottles (2 oz size)

a variety of your own reference photos

New Art Center on Friday, December 12 from 12:00 to 4:00

61 Washington Street 617-964-3424

Bring your own watercolor supplies

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I will be teaching a dripped wax workshop

 on Sunday, Feb. 1 2026

From 12:00 to 4:00 at the Artspace in Maynard 15 Nason Street

Bring your own watercolor supplies

The instructor will supply the wax, and application tools

Drip melted beeswax onto your watercolor paper to create a graceful resist. When the wax sets (in a few minutes) develop your artwork with watercolor.

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Prism and Patterns Workshop

On Sat Jan. 24 from 12:30 to 4:30

Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown 321 Arsenal St

Learn about the characteristics of color and the various watercolor washes which can be used to create a contemporary watercolor.

Bring your own watercolor supplies

Prism and Patterns Workshop 2026

Sun. Jan.18 from 12:00 to 4:00

Maynard Artspace

15 Nason Street

Learn about the characteristics of color and the various watercolor washes which can be used to create a contemporary watercolor

Bring your own Watercolor supplies

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I will be running a three day workshop February 18, 19 and 20 (2026)

from 9:00 to 4:00 in Little Rock Arkansas

Mid-Southern Watercolorists (MSW) website midsouthernwatercolorists.com

Nan Rumpf

Water Media Artist

     Nan Rumpf grew up in a small Iowa town on the banks of the Mississippi River, where she spent much of her childhood exploring the outdoors on her bicycle and daydreaming under a lilac bush. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. She currently lives in Wellesley Massachusetts. She has worked as a professional puppeteer, designing and constructing her own puppets and masks. She organized dramatic arts workshops in public schools and libraries for twenty years. Nan acted as art instructor, artistic director, narrator, sound effects expert and musician while children use their puppet and mask creations to dramatize a folk tale.

      She wrote and illustrated the book Puppets and Masks: Stagecraft and Storytelling published by Davis Publications, 1996.

         She has studied watercolor painting with Susan Swinand, Jane Goldman, Paul George, Charles Reid, Miles Batt, and Cheng Khee Chee.

         Her paintings have been exhibited at The DeCordova Museum School Gallery, The Danforth Museum, The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, The Attleboro Arts Museum, The Wellesley Free Library (First Place Award), The Center For The Arts in Natick, Art on the Common in Needham (First Place Award), The Clinton Art show (Best In Show), Post Road Art (First Place Award in the Abstract Show), The Wellesley Community Center (Margaret Fitzwilliam Award for Excellence in Watercolor), The New England Watercolor Society Show in Cotuit (Woodruff Art Center Award) and her painting Soaring was awarded by George Nick in Concord Art’s Juried Members show.  

         She is a member of the Concord Art Association, the Wellesley Society of Artists, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society and is a signature member of the New England Watercolor Society. She was chosen as one of the two art judges for The Amazing Things Summer Juried Art Show in 2012.

         She has been a visiting artist instructing students at Framingham State University, The Bancroft School, and at Medfield High School. She has given artist talks and demos for many art groups in New England. She currently teaches art classes and workshops via Zoom and at several art organizations.