Birgit O'Connor 2026 Virtual ZOOM Workshop

Birgit O'Connor – Within the Flower
April 15-17, 2026 (3 Days), 9 AM – 4 PM PST
*Recording of the entire workshop will be available for 30 days
All Levels Welcome. Focus on skill level of Intermediate to Advanced

Dive into the fascinating world of unusual flowers that unconventionally capture the essence of botanical beauty. Focus on techniques emphasizing the positive and negative painting process and allowing color to emerge naturally. 

Explore Unusual Flower Designs: Discover how to create flowers that are both unique and striking, with imaginative forms and complex centers that set them apart from traditional floral compositions. Learn how to bring focus to the intricate details of each flower's core, using careful layering of color and delicate brushstrokes to highlight textures and depth. 

Negative Painting Techniques: Master the art of painting around the subject rather than directly on it. This technique will help you define the edges of each flower and allow light to play off its contours, creating a striking contrast against the background.

Dates: April 15-17, 2026 (3 days),  Wednesday through Friday, 9 AM - 4 PM PST

Recording Available: Yes

Skill Level:  All Levels Welcome. Focus on skill level of Intermediate to Advanced

Registration Fees:  Non-Members $310, Members $250

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Birgit O’Connor is a Master watercolor artist and signature member of M-NWWS, (Northwest Watercolor Society) M-CWA, (California Watercolor Association) M-LWS (Louisiana Watercolor Society). Known for her original paintings and inspirational teaching style, Birgit is an award-winning artist, judge, juror and author of the top-selling North Light books “Watercolor in Motion”, “Watercolor Essentials”, and “Paint Watercolor Flowers”, along with being included in multiple other titles and publications.

Artist Web Site:  www.birgitoconnor.com

Social Media Sites

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BirgitOConnorWatercolors/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birgitoconnorwatercolors/ 

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Geoff Allen 2026 In Person Workshop

Geoff Allen – Watercolor Essentials for Landscape Painting
May 4-6, 2026 (3 Days), 9 AM – 4 PM PST
*Recording of the entire workshop will be available for 30 days
Beginner and Intermediate (some experience)

Learn the joys of capturing the moment, color and impressionistic mood in watercolor from a photo or en plein air. This workshop will cover the basic watercolor handling techniques that can speed up your process, loosen you up, and increase your success in capturing outdoor scenes. Beginning and intermediate topics will be covered in the studio and in plein air.

There will be daily skill building exercises focusing on controlling paper moisture, mixtures, edge control and timing. Geoff’s demonstrations will review materials, and illustrate how all these techniques flow together and show students how to “keep it fresh” with focused brush handling. Each demo strives to highlight one aspect of landscape painting; organic forms (trees, rocks), skies, water, simple architecture, and figures in the landscape.

Geoff’s daily demos will cover how to take your inspiration through a process of simplification while enhancing design dynamics, expression, and creating atmosphere. It all starts with practicing watercolor’s quartet of skills; values, shapes, color, and mark making. Geoff will be following up individually with students to reinforce concepts and skills at their easel.

Workshop Dates: May 4-6, 2026 (3 days),  Monday through Wednesday, 9 AM - 4 PM PST

Recording Available: Yes

Skill Level:  Beginner and Intermediate (some experience)

Registration Fees:  Non-Members $410, Members $350

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Geoff Allen is an award-winning Plein Air watercolor artist, whose painting “Color for Nothing” was recently on the cover of Plein Air Magazine (June/July 2024 issue). He finds that watercolor is both the medium and metaphor for “going with the flow.” This is what inspires Geoff. He loves the process of inserting himself into an environment with the goal of capturing its elusive essence in a quick fresh watercolor style. The mystery of not knowing the expressive outcome and allowing for discovery along the way makes plein air painting Geoff’s preferred art making process.

Artist Website: https://www.geoffallenart.com/

Social Media Sites

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geoffallenart/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geoffrey.allen.71?
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@geoffallen7321

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Stan Miller 2026 In Person Workshop

Stan Miller – Painting the Portrait and Landscape in Watercolor
June 13-15, 2026 (3 Days), 9 AM – 4 PM PST
*Recording of the entire workshop will be available for 30 days
Basic Understanding of Watercolor

In this workshop students have the options of being guided through a portrait or a landscape painting. Each day, both a portrait and a landscape will be demonstrated by the instructor, students have the choice each day of either choosing the landscape or the portrait, if they choose to be guided through the demonstration by Stan. Students also have the option of working on their own subjects. Students are encouraged to bring photos of subjects that they might like to paint in the future for Stan to look at and discuss with the student. Technique, color, choosing paintable subjects, understanding composition and design will also be addressed in this workshop. If students have questions, they are welcome to email Stan: stan@stanmiller.net

Workshop Dates: June 13-15, 2026 (3 days),  Saturday through Monday, 9 AM - 4 PM PST

Recording Available: Yes

Skill Level:  Basic Understanding of Watercolor

Registration Fees:  Non-Members $435, Members $375

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Stan Miller was born in 1949 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In 1966 Stan moved to Spokane, Washington where he now resides. In 1973 Miller graduated from Spokane Falls Community College with a degree in Applied Arts/Commercial Art. In 1976 Stan was accepted into the American Watercolor Society International Exhibition in New York City achieving membership in AWS in 2002. Miller has been painting full time since 1973, interspersed with periodic teaching in the United States and around the World.

Artist Website: https://stanmiller.net/

Social Media Sites

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stan.miller.5458
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stanlestermiller/

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Thomas W. Schaller 2026 In Person Workshop

Thomas W. Schaller – The Power of Design and Imagination
October 2-4, 2026 (3 Days), 9 AM – 4 PM PST
*Recording of the entire workshop will be available for 30 days
Intermediate

Why we paint is far more important than what or how we paint. My work is a study in contrasts: light and dark, vertical and horizontal, warm and cool, the real and the imagined, and elements of the past, present, and future. I love to design with conflicting elements - allowing them to find balance and resolution on the surface of the paper in surprising and expressive ways. And I try never to paint just what I look at, but rather how it is I see. Painting for me is less about the result and more about becoming fully present in the process. I learn by better listening to my own creative voice. And I invite you to take part in this process - not to listen to any narrative of mine, but to help you to find and develop the artistic voice that is yours alone. 

Dates: October 2-4, 2026 (3 days), Friday through Sunday, 9 AM - 4 PM PST

Recording Available: Yes

Skill Level:  Intermediate

Registration Fees:  Non-Members $560, Members $500

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Thomas W. Schaller is an internationally-acclaimed artist, architect, and author based in NYC. In 2024 he was named the recipient of the Arthur Ross Award in Fine Arts  by the Institute of Classical Art and Architecture, winner of a 2024 Raphael Award, winner of the Ogden Pleissner Award by both the American Watercolor Society and the Salmagundi Art Club, and First Place Award winner in Watercolour International. A two-time winner of the prestigious Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize, he is also the author of three books, including the AIA Award-Winning  Architecture in Watercolor. His latest, Architect of Light is published by Penguin. His new book The Creative Eye will be released in 2026. His best-selling DVD, The Power of Design is published by Streamline Media. And his interactive online mentorship program “Design and the Power of Imagination” is hosted by Terracotta LLC. Tom is a Signature Member of many arts groups around the world and is represented by Gallery 71 in New York City.

Artist Website: https://www.thomaswschaller.com 

Social Media Sites 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thomaswschaller/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thomaswschaller

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