Releasing Blue Sky Series Starting Tomorrow

NEW WORKS! To celebrate the season, I’m releasing the Blue Sky Series featuring winter scenes and deep blue skies.

There are nine paintings in this limited edition collection.

Starting December 9^th, one painting will be released each day at 9:00 am CST for nine consecutive days.

Each 6” x 6” original painting is created with ink, watercolor and gouache on archival paper, and will be mounted on a black mat board 8” x 8” in size – ready for framing.

Priced at $75 each (including shipping and taxes), these treasures will go to the first person who requests each one by email message to pat@patkatzart.com.

Whether you pick one up for yourself or to gift someone else, I hope these images from the Blue Sky series brighten your wintry days.

Santa Barbara Plein Air Workshop

Amongst the many things I missed during pandemic times was the opportunity to attend art workshops and learn in person from other artists.

Simply being able to do that again was a major highlight of the Plein Air Watercolor Workshop that I attended in October of this year.

Santa Barbara, California served as home base for the five-day workshop. I quickly came to see why it’s referred to as the American Riviera.

The weather was superb and steady – mid 20s C, sunny, with barely a breath of wind. The red tile roofs and the white stucco feel very Mediterranean. The place is very pedestrian friendly. Restaurants abound – great bakeries included!

American watercolor artist, Brenda Swenson, led the sessions. I’d previously taken a week-long studio class from Brenda and learned a great deal.

So I was excited about working en plein air under her instruction, and I wasn’t disappointed! Brenda is knowledgeable, well organized, and very available to her students. A winning combination!

Registration Now Open For Fall Class – Sketching With Ink & Watercolor

It seems like I just posted a message like this recently, but here we go again.

I will be delivering another offering of Sketching With Ink & Watercolor this fall 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.

Registration just opened this morning, and spots are going quickly. When I checked a few minutes ago, there were still 3 open spots for students.

The class will presented in five (3-hour) sessions (once a week on Wednesday evenings) spread out over a month from November 9 through December 7

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:

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: