Painting Land, Sea, and Sky

Join Iain Stewart in this multi-day workshop as he shares his techniques and approaches for painting the world around us. Through carefully designed exercises, Iain will guide students in depicting a variety of scenes including urban settings, rural landscapes, dramatic atmosphere, and water in its various forms. With the belief that starting with a final painting in mind can be limiting, Iain will help you explore the potential of your palette with no goals other than experimentation. In this class you will learn:

• How to keep a sketchbook and use it to your advantage

• How to look at the world though an ‘artists eye’

• Exercises to loosen up and foster artistic growth

• Repeatable exercises for continued exploration

Each class session will build on the instruction of the previous day until ultimately you leave with a vocabulary that allows you to express your unique voice and create paintings that speak to your audience.

*NO REFUNDS FOR THIS CLASS

Supply List

Paper – 140lb cold press watercolor paper, ¼ sheets. Iain recommends Arches, Saunders Waterford, and Stillman & Birn Beta Series.

Sketchbook – Any suitable for watercolor or wet media.

Palette – Bring your own, Iain uses a metal travel palette by Craig Young or a Holbein series flat palette.

Brushes - An assortment of small, medium, and large watercolor rounds and flats. A squirrel or synthetic mop #14 or similar, a #4 round, at least one large wash brush or 2” mottler, and a pointed detail brush #10 or #14.

Paint – Professional grade watercolors. Daniel Smith, Winsor and Newton, Holbein, M. Graham, and Rembrandt recommended.

Other – 1 inch masking tape, spray bottle, paper towels,a small palette knife, and Masonite, gator board, or similar for stretching your paper.

For a detailed class description and list of suggested paint colors, click here.