Coming Up – Another Virtual Watercolor Class Offering

I will be delivering another offering of Sketching With Ink & Watercolor this summer through the Community Arts program at the University of Saskatchewan.

This link will take you to the page with complete program details and online registration. At this point, there are still several open spots for students.

The class will presented in five (3-hour) sessions (once a week on Thursday evenings) spread out over a month from July 7 through August 4.

The series is designed for artists and would be artists who are attracted to expressive line work and lively colors and keen to create images inspired by everyday life experiences.

We will work with ink and watercolor on paper, and engage in a series of ‘see & try’ experiences – brief demos followed by hands-on exercises and assignments.

The aim: to build a set of skills to help people capture vignettes on paper wherever they find them – from their own backyards to street cafés halfway around the world.

These are some of the topics we will cover:

• Cultivating the art of noticing as a way to breathe more life into images
• Experimenting with dynamic lines to add variety and emphasis to the work
• Mixing and applying watercolors in ways that keep them fresh and lively
• Approaching a scene, exploring compositions, choosing a focus & completing a sketch
• Putting it all together – including specific tools and tips for sketching on the go
• Developing skills in critiquing your own sketches to keep growing as an artist

I’m looking forward to another fun series. Join us if you can!