April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 2025
Learn how to make water look wet and splashy! With a stunning waterfall or intimate creek as your model, study water in motion in a woodsy setting.
Reference photos will be supplied, or you may use your own. Please NOTE that photos and other supplemental class documents will be shared with you electronically – you are responsible for printing them out or putting them into an electronic tablet to view while painting from them.
Lessons will focus on:
· Water movement – the “anatomy” of a waterfall
· “Painterly Realism” a loose approach – working towards the “mindset” of plein air
painting - rather than “copying” a photo
· Composition and Drawing
· Color theory, simplified – using “color as value” (as seen in all three North Light books plus magazine articles) - color mixing
· Negative painting lessons and exercises for the watercolorist
There will be demos, instruction at all levels, with critique. Class time will be structured yet open enough to accommodate the artistic spirit within us all. All levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. The only prerequisite is an attitude of joy in the act of painting!
