Workshops
The San Diego Watercolor Society Workshops are held in our beautiful, light-filled education center in the SDWS Gallery in The ARTS DISTRICT Liberty Station, 2825 Dewey Road, Bldg #202, San Diego, CA 92106.
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| Education Center | The occasional plein-air workshops are held outdoors on location. |
Prices are discounted for SDWS Members. To receive the discounted price, please log in, then choose Workshops to find the desired workshop, register and receive the automatic discount.
If you are not a member and would like to receive the discounted price, Renew your membership or Join SDWS then log in, choose Workshops to find the desired workshop, register and receive the automatic discount.
To register for a workshop, please go to Registration.
Questions? Contact registrar Dee Ruark 619-876-4550 or email her at workshops@sdws.org.
Workshops
From Sketchbook to Studio - Painting Light in Watercolor
Instructor: Iain Stewart
Explore the medium of watercolor in a relaxing and creative environment. Award winning watercolorist, Iain Stewart's, sole focus will be bringing your creativity to light and aiding you in dispelling the myths of the difficulties of painting in this wonderful medium. Given the right encouragement and understanding of the basic fundamentals, watercolor is a creative outlet unmatched for its ease of use, cost of materials, and pure enjoyment of artistic expression.
Experience Level: All levels
Non Members Fee: $440.00 Members Fee: $400.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Monday, November 13th, 2017 - Thursday, November 16th, 2017 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
Matting and Framing
Instructors: Denise Tverdoch and Susan Hewitt
Save time and money by doing your own framing. In this one day workshop we will teach the basics of matting and framing for gallery exhibition. You will learn about framing options, acceptable matting and glazing. Multiple mounting techniques, including floating, will be covered. Mat cutting, double mats, multiple openings – you will have the opportunity to learn it all.
Limited enrollment will provide plenty of time for hands-on practice.
Experience Level: all levels
Non Members Fee: $75.00 Members Fee: $75.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Saturday, November 18th, 2017 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
Matting and Framing
Instructors: Denise Tverdoch and Susan Hewitt
Save time and money by doing your own framing. In this one day workshop we will teach the basics of matting and framing for gallery exhibition. You will learn about framing options, acceptable matting and glazing. Multiple mounting techniques, including floating, will be covered. Mat cutting, double mats, multiple openings – you will have the opportunity to learn it all.
Limited enrollment will provide plenty of time for hands-on practice.
Experience Level: all levels
Non Members Fee: $75.00 Members Fee: $75.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Sunday, November 19th, 2017 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
Abstract Acrylic Painting and Collage
Instructor: Robert Burridge
Creative tearing and paint splashing starts off this all new “Loosen Up Workshop.” Also you will learn how to begin a new fresh body of work with your own artistic voice and point of view. Think “artist retreat,” producing a body of work, a series of paintings or your conceptual solo show.
Experience Level: All levels
Non Members Fee: $540.00 Members Fee: $500.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Monday, January 8th, 2018 - Thursday, January 11th, 2018 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
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From Sketches to Masterpieces
Instructor Shuang Li
Focusing on composition and design, during this workshop you will use sketches and reference materials
for your composition, select shapes, lights, colors, and other visual elements into your composition, create
dramatic atmosphere compositions, and turn your own sketches into well-designed successful paintings.
Recommended experience level: all levels
Non Members Fee: $180.00 Members Fee: $155.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Saturday, January 20th, 2018 - Sunday, January 21st, 2018 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
All That Glitters
Instructor: Barbara Fox
Barbara will teach advanced watercolor techniques to achieve realistic effects. Using a still life and photographs, participants will learn how to plan a still life painting, and to use the technique of layering washes to build color and contrasts, painting glass and/or metal, and the texture and color of fruits and flowers.
Recommended experience level: This workshop is designed for those who are familiar with the basic techniques of watercolor painting.
Non Members Fee: $180.00 Members Fee: $155.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Saturday, February 17th, 2018 - Sunday, February 18th, 2018 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
Experimental Watermedia Workshop
Instructor: Stephen Quiller
The emphasis of this workshop will be color and experimental watermedia in acrylic and gouache with some graulating watercolor. We will begin using acrylic as a water medium and as the week progresses introduce gouache as a translucent and opaque overlay and the last day combine these media with granulating watercolor. During the five day workshop artists will be in the studio and we will focus on color, color mixing and color relationships in acrylic and gouache.
Experience Level: All levels
Non Members Fee: $590.00 Members Fee: $550.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Monday, March 12th, 2018 - Friday, March 16th, 2018 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
Be Brave!
Instructor: Rich Hawk
Do you want to paint more intuitively, paint with flow, freedom, and ease of expression, within a solid design framework? Understand values? In this class learn to create solid compositions and successfully use negative space.
Non Members Fee: $265.00 Members Fee: $235.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Saturday, April 21st, 2018 - Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
Sunlight, Shade, and Shadow
Instructor: Linda A. Doll
The focus of this workshop will be seeing, understanding, and capturing sunlight, shade, and shadow. We will also explore the basic controls of abstract design and the inventive use of color since more paintings suffer from lack of design and color organization than anything else.
Experience Level: All Levels
Non Members Fee: $390.00 Members Fee: $350.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Monday, May 7th, 2018 - Thursday, May 10th, 2018 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
California Vibe Watercolor Portraiture
Instructor: David Lobenberg
In this workshop you will learn watercolor portraiture that goes beyond the norm with super expressive
paint applications and wildly intense colors. Six successive steps will be emphasized during the workshop to enable you to follow your own path towards success.
Recommended experience level: all levels
Non Members Fee: $490.00 Members Fee: $450.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Monday, June 11th, 2018 - Thursday, June 14th, 2018 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
Textures in Watercolour
Instructor: Angus McEwan
The aim of the workshop is to realise the true potential of watercolour in its ability to describe unique surface characteristics of different objects (from life).The utilization of numerous applications will be explored to help the students uncover the many possibilities available within the media. We will also study the methods used by Andrew Wyeth and apply those techniques to photographic reference material.
Recomended experience level: all levels
Non Members Fee: $490.00 Members Fee: $450.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Monday, July 9th, 2018 - Thursday, July 12th, 2018 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
Abstraction by Design
Instructor: John Salminen
The workshop will focus on abstraction, encouraging representational painters to experiment with a different style and challenging experienced abstract painters to explore new possibilities in expressing their creative voices. Demonstrations, critiques and lots of individual help will be given.
Recommended experience level: Advanced
Non Members Fee: $590.00 Members Fee: $550.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Monday, August 13th, 2018 - Friday, August 17th, 2018 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
Watercolor Workshop
Instructor: Frank Francese
Nature, country, city, beach and natures moods (storms , etc.) are all painted during this workshop. Frank includes two daily demonstrations in which design, color, and values are explored. Daily critique at 3pm. A good attitude is a must.
Recommended experience level: all levels
Non Members Fee: $490.00 Members Fee: $450.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Monday, September 10th, 2018 - Friday, September 14th, 2018 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
Capturing Light and Atmosphere en Plein Air
Instructor: Keiko Tanabe
All Levels
In this workshop, Keiko explains how to tackle basic outdoor elements as well as key artistic elements to build a painting that is simple and strong in composition, content, and helps invoke a certain mood. One-on-one uidance is given and a group critique conducted at the end of day.
Recommended experience level: all levels
Non Members Fee: $490.00 Members Fee: $450.00
This workshop takes place on:
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| Monday, November 12th, 2018 - Thursday, November 15th, 2018 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Login and sign up |
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