Workshop at the Winery - DAY TWO

The project for Day Two was Orange-Line Painting --

They wasted no time in finding their references, mixing their orange watercolor paint, and starting to "draw" their shapes with their brushes.  No pencils allowed today --

Examples of Pat's Orange-Line paintings

Pat's demonstration table

After a little worry about not being able to use a pencil (or an eraser!) -- they all soon learned that they could do this -- and do it very well!

We all mixed our own orange color, so there was a nice variety of color in the paintings -- from red-orange to orange to yellow-orange.

Examples of Pat Howard's "orange-line" paintings

It's so much fun to walk around the room and see the beautiful paintings emerge . . . 

So much concentration!  I think everyone was tired by the end of the day.

Demonstration of how to mix a black -- and then paint the background.

No one finished, of course --

 but it was still fun, and helpful, to see everyone's work, at the end of the day.

Workshop at the Winery 2017 - DAY ONE

We had another successful and fun watercolor workshop at the Wolf Creek Winery in Norton, Ohio, in August.  It was a three-day workshop this year, and we had a full house -- an enthusiastic group of 15 women and one man.  

Examples of Pat's Fruit & Pattern paintings

Our project on Day One, was Fruit & Pattern --

As a result of the explosion and fire at the winery, a few months ago, the Great Room where we had had our previous workshops, was gone.  They were able to set us up nicely under a huge white tent, which worked out really well.  

After picking out a number of references, everyone got to work on their paintings.

My sister, Cheri -- I couldn't do this without her!

After the underpainting was dry, I demonstrated how to approach the drawing and painting --

Yes, it's okay to use a ruler to draw a straight line.

So many beautiful paintings being created that day . . . 

Can't wait until tomorrow!