Workshop Archives
A list of recent Workshops.
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2012 1. Linda Sutton, 3 Days, March 19 - 21, 2012 The Nature of Transparent Color, How to See & Use It 2. Ric Dentinger, 5 Days, April 16 - 20, 2012 Seeing & Painting the Layers of a Subject 3. Mark Mehaffey, 5 Days, May 14 - 18, 2012 Experiment for Fun, Design for Success - Canceled 4. David Lobenberg, 2 Days, June 16 - 17, 2012 Mastering the Six Skill Sets of Drawing 5. Kathleen Alexander, 5 Days, September 17 - 21, 2012 Detailed Realism in Luminous Color
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2011 1. Katherine Chang Liu, 5 Days, February 14-18, 2011 Open Studio 2. Don Andrews, 5 Days, March 14-18, 2011 Figure Workshop 3. Janet Rogers, 5 Days, April 18-22, 2011 Expressive Flowers, Faces & Figures 4. Jeannie McGuire, 5 Days, May 16-20, 2011 Figurative Design 5. David Savellano, 3 Days, June 14-16, 2011 Travel Sketching & Plein Air Painting 6. Cheng-Khee Chee, 5 Days, September 19-23, 2011 Watercolor: Synthesizing East & West 7. Kathleen Conover, 5 Days, October 17-21, 2011 From Chaos to Order |
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2010 1. Charles Reid, 5 days, March 15 - 19, 2010 Watercolor Figure / Historic Photos 2. Mike Bailey, 3 Days, May 18 - 20, 2010 Color Workshop 3. Charlotte Huntley, 3 Days, June 15 - 17, 2010 Have Brush, Will Travel 4. Myrna Wacknov, 5 Days, August 16-20, 2010 Beginning Watercolor Portraiture 5. Skip Lawrence, 5 Days, September 13-17, 2010 Finding Your Voice in Paint 6. Nicholas Simmons, 4 Days, October 18-21, 2010 Watercolor on the Edge |
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2009 1. John Salminen, 4 Days, February 2 - 5, 2009 From Abstraction to Realism 2. Mike Bailey, 5 Days, April 13 - 17, 2009 Watercolor Beyond the Obvious 3. Barbara Nechis, 3 Days, May 19 - 21, 2009 Painting the Essence of Nature in Watercolor 4. Karen Frey, 3 Days, June 12 - 14, 2009 Calculated Risks 5. Chris Van Winkle, 5 Days, August 17-21, 2009 Watercolor Unbound 6. Alex Powers, 5 Days, September 14-18, 2009 Design and Personal Style with Models 7. Judy Greenberg, 5 Days, October 19-23, 2009 Surfaces, Textures, and Paint Quality
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Watercolor Workshops 2012
David Lobenberg - Mastering the Six Skill Sets of Drawing WAITLIST ONLY
All Levels,
2 Days
David Lobenberg has a Master's Degree in Fine Arts from UCLA and is an adjunct art professor at Sacramento City College. His high level of excellence in figurative/ landscape watercolor and acrylic painting is well recognized by artists and collectors nationwide. He has completed commissioned works for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the United States Air Force, Thunderbirds Alumni Association, Amgen Tour Of California, Sacramento Kings and River Cats, San Francisco Giant's pitcher Barry Zito, Oakland A's Nick Swisher, Imax Corporation, Spanos Corporation, and SureWest Corporation, to name a few. David's work has been reproduced in American Artist, Southwest Art, and American Art Collector magazines.
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Kathleen Alexander - Detailed Realism in Luminous Color
All Levels,
5 Days
Kathleen Alexander paints from photos she has taken in Hawaii and California, sometimes combining many photos to create her composition. Currently, her focus is capturing the grace and beauty of tropical flowers and still life, with the goal of making her paintings look alive. Kathleen is a signature member of the Northwest Watercolor Society and Watercolor West. She teaches and paints in both Hawaii and California, exhibits nationally, and is represented by Village Galleries in Maui and Hana Coast Gallery in Hawaii. She was featured in the April 2010 issue of Watercolor Artist magazine.
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Linda Sutton - The Nature of Transparent Color, How to See & Use It - WAIT LIST ONLY
All Levels, 3 Days - WAIT LIST ONLY.
CWA's first guest artist for 2012 will be Linda Sutton, an award-winning "plein aire" painter who finds inspiration where she lives in the California hills adjacent to protected open space. Her transparent watercolor paintings wonderfully show the effects of light. Linda works with the relationships between abstraction and realism to capture the essence of a subject or place and engage the viewer's imagination. She is a member of the Society of Animal Artists and has a master signature membership in the California Watercolor Association; signature memberships include the National Watercolor Society, Artists for Conservation Foundation, and Watercolor West.
To be on our wait list, please contact the registrar at registrar@californiawatercolor.org.
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Michael Reardon - Plein Air Painting - WAIT LIST ONLY
All Levels, 2 Days - WAIT LIST ONLY
Michael has traveled the world, creating plein air paintings as he goes. In this workshop he will share some of his insights into painting plein air, and how to enjoy it. Through demonstrations and hands-on painting, Michael will show ways to simplify and create dynamic compositions, work quickly and decisively, and capture the essence of a scene convincingly. He will cover the use of a limited palette, dynamic color mixing, and the use of light and value to describe form.
To learn more about Michael, see his website: http://www.reardonwatercolors.com/index.html
Locations
Saturday we will meet on Saturday at the Emeryville Marina on Powell Street, and on Sunday at the Oakland Rose Garden at 700 Jean Street in Oakland. The focus of the workshop will be painting greens in the landscape. For more information, call Janet Groza's cell phone 925-922-1235.
On Sunday we will meet at the Berkeley Marina to focus on painting water and reflections.
Locations
Saturday we will meet at the Oakland Rose Garden at 700 Jean Street in Oakland. The focus of the workshop will be painting greens in the landscape.
On Sunday we will meet at the Berkeley Marina to focus on painting water and reflections.
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Watercolor Workshops 2013
Birgit O'Connor - Big, Bold and Beautiful Flowers
A self-taught watercolor artist, Birgit O'Connor specializes in florals and landscapes and has developed interesting techniques for painting rocks and sand. Finding inspiration near her home in Bolinas, California, her award-winning work has been recognized and published in over 24 national and international artist publications, including Australian Artist and International Artist Magazine.
In her workshop, Birgit will guide you step-by-step through the painting process, share how she studies her subject, and teach her techniques for simplifying a flower and finding the WOW factor that creates dramatic paintings. You will learn how to blend and mix color to give the illusion of depth by using a limited pallet. The techniques learned in this class are the same ones she uses for her larger 60"x120" triptychs, but for the workshop, you will be using 1/2 sheets for manageability. Although some knowledge of watercolor is helpful, even beginners are welcome and encouraged not to be afraid.
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Gerald Brommer - Landscape Painting - Design & Content - CANCELLED
CANCELLED
Gerald Brommer is a renowned watercolor and acrylic painter, collagist, innovative teacher, author and juror. He has written 23 books for high school and college art classes, as well as a book for artists on emotional content in landscape painting and several best selling books on watercolor and collage. He has produced ten video programs and five DVDs for practicing artists. With 26 years in the classroom, he now travels around the world teaching workshops on painting, collage, color and design.
Gerald's landscape studio workshop will emphasize design and content while working with a variety of resources: Sketches, photographs, slides, old paintings and imagining. The emphasis is on understanding and interpreting the content of a landscape.
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Katherine Chang Liu-Open Studio Workshop-WAITLIST ONLY
THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL - WAITLIST ONLY
CWA's first guest artist for 2013 will be Katherine Chang Liu, an internationally known painter, juror, and teacher who is a full-time exhibiting artist. An abstract painter, printmaker, and collage artist of international repute, Katherine has been featured in 19 books and 30+ magazines.
As in the acclaimed Taos Intensive Studies Seminar, Katherine's workshop is designed to address a common
struggle–experienced artists with technical knowledge and experience who have yet to find their own voices. Katherine's focus is to help artists make their work more personal. She will have one-on-one discussions about the strength and direction of each student's work, covering prior work and work done during the class, and end with a group critique session.
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Ric Dentinger - Seeing & Painting the Layers of a Subject - All Levels
All Levels, 5 Days
Ric Dentinger is a contemporary realist who paints traditional subjects with a passion for watercolor that is reflected in his bold and confident approach. The signature of a Dentinger watercolor is his use of intense color, dramatic highlights, and bold expression!
He began his career as a professional illustrator and art director and has illustrated for companies like Coca Cola, Michael's Arts and Crafts, Lexus and Valero. Collectors of his paintings have described his work as "strong, dramatic, beautiful and full of light." He likes "to take a subject and present an aspect of its personality that gives a different or unique perspective."
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Thomas Schaller - The Architecture of Light
Following a 20-year career in New York City as an architect and architectural artist, Thomas Schaller is now a full-time watercolor artist living in California. He has won many awards for his architectural artwork and has authored two books: “Architecture in Watercolor and “The Art of Architectural Drawing.” His artwork is collected and exhibited around the world. Thomas is a member of The American Watercolor Society, The National Watercolor Society, The Northwest Watercolor Society, The San Diego Watercolor Society, The California Watercolor Association, the American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, The New York Society of Renderers, and the North American Watercolor Artists. He was recently elected Artist Member of the California Art Club.
“Light” is the constant narrative in Thomas' work; hence, light as the key to working effectively with values in a composition, is the focus of his workshop. Thomas will demonstrate the fundamentals of identifying strong compositional subjects and how to bring strength and clarity to your compositions with a simple value organization. Students will be guided through Thomas' approach: Identifying subject matter by concentrating less on specific objects (places or things) and more on the strength of an abstract value composition of darks and lights, executing quick impressionistic initial abstract value sketches, and completing a strong and satisfying watercolor.
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