Michael welcomes novice and advanced students and tailors the experience to individual needs. In this workshop, Michael will help you build off of the principles of design to create emotional and expressive paintings of the world around us. You will construct paintings with the intent to develop sound designs and allow your creativity to paint freely beyond the expected.

This workshop will focus on the use of watercolor to paint exciting impressionistic paintings. You paint from photographs and will explore the use of light and shadow to create interesting compositions and achieve dynamic results. We will examine the fundamentals of watercolor painting to ensure that all students are familiar with the techniques. Daily discussions and application of the principles and elements of design will be woven into your painting experience.

Each day you will engage in exercises that will solidify the content that you are working on and spend time viewing other artists’ work. We will discuss the methods and the impact that these artists achieve using their techniques. Michael will demonstrate his approach to creating landscapes and figures and show you several high-speed video demonstrations. And you will have ample time to successfully complete your own paintings.