Painting Land, Sea, and Sky

Exclusive multi-day watercolor workshop with award winning watercolorist, Iain Stewart is currently taking registrations, with early bird discounts if you register now!

Ever wanted to have a concentrated and focused couple of days to dedicate to your practice and craft of watercolor? Or are you interested in taking your watercolor to the next level? This is your chance!

Join Iain Stewart as he shares his secrets for finding the potential of your palette through experimentation. Structured around crafting a vision of your unique perspective, this multi-day workshop will focus on techniques in observation of the world and our place in it. In this class, students will learn:

·         The importance of keeping a sketchbook and how to use it to your advantage

·         How to visualize form and value of the piece before starting to paint

·         Exercises to loosen up and foster artistic growth

·         Tips to train your eye to make the most of creating a specific piece of work

·         Repeatable exercises for continued exploration of watercolor

Through lectures and demonstrations, Iain will guide students through the exploration of painting in this carefully designed class. Concentrating on depicting urban settings, dramatic atmosphere, water in various forms, and rural landscapes, each class session will build on the instruction of the previous day…while developing a vocabulary that can allow everyone’s unique voice to be expressed.

September 23 - 26, 2020 from 9am to 4pm daily

$475 plus supply list

Register before March 1st to receive the early bird discount of $50 off, $425.

Bio

Iain Stewart is a watercolor artist / illustrator and a signature member of both the American and National Watercolor Societies. His work has received numerous awards in international competition and he is a sought after juror and workshop instructor. He is also an architectural illustrator with an international clientele- a business he has run for the last 20 years. Iain maintains a studio in Opelika, Alabama.

Artist’s Statement

I rely on instinct a great deal and my sketchbook when selecting subjects for my paintings. The lion’s share of my work is done in one sitting as my real struggle in painting is to capture the initial vision for any given piece. I am most often motivated by capturing a definitive lighting condition and how it influences shape and value rather than faithfully representing the subject as witnessed. Watercolor is uniquely suited for this task as “light” is reserved from the first brush strokes and must be protected throughout the painting process .

The underlying narrative in my work is not based on any theme in particular but quite simply how “place” is inhabited and used daily.

I often use remembered atmospheric and lighting conditions in my work and would say that I paint from life and memory simultaneously. My watercolors are not only a translation of what I see, but more importantly, an expression of how I choose to view the world.