Gold Coast Watercolor Society Workshops

Workshop #1

Kathleen Conover AWS, NSW,TWSA, ISEA

January 16-20, 2012

Design and composition: that evasive element that elevates a painting from ordinary to award-winning is the main focus of this class. Whether you are a representational painter or totally abstract, a beginner or advanced, strengthening your design and compositional skills will help you create dynamic artwork that exhibits confidence and skill. Kathleen will use demonstrations, lectures, handouts, directed exercises, and individual attention to enable understanding of new information and processes. http://www.kathleenconover.com

Your artwork will never be the same once you know how to use color to create individual expression in watercolor or mixed water media. You'll never make mud again when you use Nita Leland’s split-primary color-mixing system. Explore color contrasts, color harmony, and learn to use unique color schemes in your work. You’ll practice these principles in sketches and paintings throughout the workshop with helpful critiques every day. CONFIDENT COLOR WORKSHOP stresses creativity, personal expression, and individual development. http://www.nitaleland.com

His interactive approach and humor are often recognized as his strongest teaching tools. The heart of the artist and spirit of the medium are the two most important components of his teaching. Students are introduced to methods of using multiple glazes over wet-into-wet passages to achieve unsurpassed brilliance as well as the use of masking agents to achieve jewel-like clarity David strongly believes that planning does not destroy spontaneity but rather creates opportunities. http://www.mrwatercolor.com