Watercolor Intensive Workshop

Watercolor 5-Day Intensive Workshop

With visiting artist Jun-Pierre Shiozawa
Learn more about Jun-Pierre here

August 1 - 5, 2022
Monday - Friday  (1pm-5pm)
(Adults ages 18+)
Location: This week-long workshop will be held at River Tree Arts and off-site at local outdoor locations. Students will meet each day at River Tree Arts. 35 Western Ave, Kennebunk.

Painting in watercolor is a play between the pigments of color, water and the brush. The drips, marks and layers of paint interweave and enhance one another in the final image. What may be an accident can be the strongest part of a painting. Watching the colors move, allowing the water to spread and fill the paper, this is how watercolor becomes a form of meditation. 

The Watercolor workshop participants will be immersed in study of watercolor in the ideal setting for the medium. Painting fundamentals, technique and color will be explored as well as the study of drawing, specifically how tone, brush stroke and line can convey form, space, light and texture. The course will hold group critiques to provide feedback and discourse on each participants' works. With just few materials needed for plein air painting, various sites can be explored easily. The program will also offer scheduled talks and lectures. 

The outdoor environment is accessible for subject matter with just a few materials needed for plein-air watercolor painting. The painting excursions are a wonderful way to explore the area. The emphasis of the workshop is on acquiring the technical skills to interpret the landscape through the spontaneous and elegant medium of watercolor. The Watercolor workshop will hold group critiques to provide feedback and discourse on each participants' works. 

All levels of the experience are welcome.

Click here for the materials list.

Fee: $360

Class 1: Introduction to Watercolor Basics

• Brief History
• Materials: paint, brushes, paper
• Gesture painting
• Overview of basic techniques: wet-in-wet, washes, gradated wash, wet-in-dry, dry brush, dropping in color
• Tonal scale

Class 2: Tone, Drawing and Color

• Basic techniques review: wet-in-wet, washes, gradated wash, wet-in-dry, dry brush, dropping in color
• Tone continued: still life of objects in monochromatic, still life with objects of different colors, 
• Intro to color: Intro to color theory, temperature and intensity, color wheel, color grid, desaturated to bright colors, still life of veggies

Class 3: Negative Space and the “Whites”

• Drawing from a drawing of Degas
• Drawing from a grid
• Paintings with negative space
• Painting study to focus on negative space

Class 4: Exploring Texture

• Playing with textures: first with just a brush, second with different materials (salt, rubbing alcohol, saran wrap, splattering, etc. texture still life)

Class 5: Composition through Landscape

• Focal point
• Atmospheric perspective
• Fore, middle, and backgrounds

Find Jun-Pierre Shiozawa on social media:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/junpierre
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/junpierre/
Facebook: facebook.com/junpierreART
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/junpierre1

Important Information

NOTE: Please read River Tree Arts Policies before registering. By registering for this class, you are agreeing to the terms stated on our policy page.