A past president of the National Watercolor Society (NWS), Dick Cole (AWS, NWS, CWA, WW) is an illustrator/watercolorist with over 40 years of experience. A graduate of UCLA and The Art Center College of Design, he has worked as a graphic designer, art director, and illustrator in New York, Palo Alto, and San Francisco. He has taught painting and illustration at the Academy of Art University, San Jose State University and Foothill College, and is an Artist Member of the California Art Club.

The focus of this workshop will be to expand your watercolor experience by exploring new techniques and materials, and revisiting familiar ones from a different perspective.  Students will be challenged to try to discover the extraordinary within the ordinary.  "We need to learn to paint in our own 'backyards" in order to find the worthwhile in the commonplace".

In the workshop, we will study and practice contrast through value studies.  We will paint on different surfaces, combining transparent and semi-opaque watercolor.  This diverse workshop will include figure studies using old family black and white photos for reference, and marine and landscape themes using identifiable objects to establish scale.  All painting sessions will begin with a preliminary value sketch.  And above all, Dick says, he will endeavor to make the class a joyful experience, which is what painting is all about.

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CWA members $440, non-CWA $495. For information on Dick, please visit his website: http://www.dickcolewatercolors.net/

Non Members Fee: $495.00 Members Fee: $440.00