Star Harbor Watercolor Society Workshop

I had a chance to teach a lovely group of women belonging to the Star Harbor Watercolor Society this week. I did a workshop for them last year, and I enjoyed them just as much as I did then. This is a primo group of women to work with! I pushed them HARD, using a tough composition for a workshop, and they rose to the occasion. They may not have finished each painting, but they did work on all elements of their paintings. I can't wait to be invited there again!

A week of study

This week I was most honored to study with master watercolorist Cheng Khee Chee in Dallas for an entire week. He merges his Taoist philosophy with his watercolor painting to not only produce beautiful results, but to incoporate mediation and emotion into his paintings. At times he seemed to channel philosopher Lao Tzu or Kung-Fu Tzu (Confucius). These are two "starts" I did in his workshop - neither are finished, but they gave me good practice in utilizing some of his techniques in wet lifting and crinkled masa.