Workshop Update

Have you registered for “Getting Loose” watercolor workshops?  Workshops are offered in Montrose and Gunnison.

• Oct. 22  10 AM – 3 PM (with working brown bag lunch)  Gunnison Arts Center  Workshop #1- Harvest themes; benefit for Gunnison Arts Center
• Nov. 5  2-6 PM  Montrose: Cedar Creek Clubhouse #1- Harvest themes; benefit for Montrose Center for the Arts
• Nov. 13 10 AM – 3 PM (with working brown bag lunch)  Gunnison Arts Center  Workshop #1- Holiday themes; benefit for Gunnison Arts Center
• Dec. 10  2-6 PM  Montrose: Cedar Creek Clubhouse #1- Holiday themes; benefit for Montrose Center for the Arts

format #1- long & skinny

Students in the Harvest Workshop will learn a variety of techniques to successfully create colorful, expressive watercolor compositions including:

• masking for dramatic lighting
• wet-into-wet with pure pigment to model glowing natural forms with spontaneous color mixtures
• negative painting
• complementary and analogous splatter
• calligraphic brushwork
• drip wash

Students will learn when to employ these techniques for maximum effect and how to avoid common pitfalls .

standard photo format

Students will  complete 2 paintings working in different formats.  Students will learn compositional considerations for working both horizontally and vertically, as well as designing a long, skinny format and a standard “photo” rectangle.

click this link to register

Happy painting