*Introduction to tools and materials and setting up your painting area.
*How to set up your palette.
*How to activate and mix paint on your palette.
*Three values to paint any watercolor and how to create them.
*Introduction to various wash techniques.
*Glazing techniques that add luminosity to your work.
*Dropping in color for vibrant and energetic color mixing.
*How to use the dry-brush technique to add texture to your paintings.
Watercolor Mastery Workshop "Peaceful Harbor"
A Landscape Fundamentals Workshop
The watercolor painting opportunities that California's central coast provide are too numerous to count, but in the small coastal community of Morro Bay they are epic! Our upcoming March 4th & 5th workshop "Peaceful Harbor" is a prime example!
The area in and around Morro Bay, California has it's own very unique landscape, with features that set it apart from anywhere else on earth. What many miss however, are the painting opportunities that lie outside of the conventional Morro Bay harbor scenes.
By exploring the surrounding area, you can't help but discover that there is beautiful scenery that begs to be painted around each and every corner! This month's Watercolor Mastery Workshop subject is taken from Morro Bay's "back bay" area, and it is one of those perfect paintable scenes that many people miss.
In this Watercolor Mastery Workshop "Peaceful Harbor" I'll be sharing with you some of the techniques that I use to take what seems like a very complicated landscape subject and break it down into a simple & easy to follow steps. A process that you'll be able to use with every one of your future landscape paintings.
This is a workshop for artists of all skill levels.
Here's just some of what we'll be covering in this upcoming Watercolor Mastery Workshop "Peaceful Harbor"...
*How to turn reference photographs into a beautiful watercolor paintings.
*Arranging a compelling landscape composition.
*How to paint convincing water and reflections.
*How to paint trees.
*How to use color and value to portray depth and distance.
*How to bring unity and harmony to your painting.
*Incorporating a wide range of values into your paintings and why it's important.
*How to simplify a watercolor painting with suggestion instead of details.
*How to direct focus in a landscape painting with a compelling composition.
*How to use "planes" in your landscape paintings to identify value placement.
*Artist Q&A session.
And so much more!
Then, we will apply everything we learn to a guided step-by-step demonstration of the painting shown below. As we go from step to step, we'll discuss the techniques and concepts we learned and how they directly relate to this painting. Since this will be a live, interactive, step-by-step, hands on experience, you'll have the opportunity to ask questions in real time and have them answered by the artist.
This two day event is going to help you to make a quantum leap in your watercolor painting abilities!
This is definitely a watercolor workshop you will not want to miss.