The misfortune of Franky J… …or the roadkill opportunity to save some money! Misfortune has a tendency to favor someone else. Every watercolor artist has a favorite brush. Some people spend hundreds of dollars on Kolinsky sable brushes. Others swear by synthetic brushes. Me? I made one from roadkill. Before you judge me too harshly,…
Explore inventive techniques and new applications for traditional watercolor paint. Break the rules of watercolor with non-traditional methods of painting: magnetic paint painting, texturing with spattering paint, dark to light, wet-into-wet bokeh (shallow depth of field), palette knife painting, and more. The workshop will be a learning experience with demonstrations, one-on-one consultations, and constructive critiques. …
There are sunsets… and then there are the dramatic, brooding, “this could be the opening scene of a Nordic detective show” kind of sunsets. The ones that make you stop, stare, and think, Wow—is the weather trying to impress me or warn me? This tutorial is for painting that kind of sky. With only a…
Learn to create impressionistic watercolors with the mouth atomizer. The atomizer is a device that is used to spray watercolor paint, ink, or other liquids evenly over a surface. A traditional, non-aerosol way to apply paint, the mouth atomizer functions like an airbrush powered by your breath. The atomizing technique creates an atmospheric effect that…
Award-Winning Watercolor Workshops & Classes That Go Beyond Traditional Techniques Whether you are picking up a brush for the first time or are an experienced artist looking for new ways to approach watercolor, each workshop is designed to help you understand the medium while discovering your own creative voice. From watercolor batik and pouring techniques…
Beginning Watercolor (newbies or those wishing to relearn the basics) Have you always wanted to learn watercolor but didn’t know where to start? This welcoming class will teach you everything you need to begin painting with confidence. Learn about the best papers, paints, and brushes while discovering how watercolor creates beautiful luminous effects that can’t…
What Is Watercolor Batik? Watercolor batik combines traditional watercolor paint with melted wax on Japanese rice paper to create colorful paintings with distinctive textures, broken edges and wax-resist effects. After teaching this technique in watercolor workshops for years, I’ve found that you don’t need an enormous collection of specialized supplies—but choosing the right rice paper,…
Watercolor pouring is one of the most exciting and unpredictable techniques I teach. Instead of building a painting stroke by stroke with a brush, students learn how to layer transparent and opaque watercolor, allowing gravity, movement, and chemistry to create effects that are almost impossible to achieve any other way. After teaching this technique in…
