Blog

I just finished a 3-day workshop at Catalyst, Westminster, California.  Painting with 18 very enthusiastic painters three days straight was fun, inspirational and a great learning experience for all.  I'd like to thank each one of my workshop participants for choosing to study with me.

In a workshop situation, I may be called a teacher or an instructor but there's so much that I learn in each worshop I teach.  In a way, I am also a student, with no doubt.   Each day I normally do two live painting demonstrations where I show my creative process from the beginning to the finish.  When I say my students are enthusiastic, I really mean it: they watch closely every move I make and take notes - which colors I pick up, how I mix colors, how I hold my brush, what technique I use in a certain part of my painting, etc., etc.  Of course watching me work is just part of their learning.  They also want to know my thought process: what is on my mind when I make a decision to make a certain move.  This is where a live demonstration gets tough because vervalizing an intuitive thinking process is no easy task - on top of completing a painting in front of an audience.  You really have to know yourself well as an artist to be able to explain what you do and why you do it.  Each workshop I do is a great opportunity for me to learn this aspect.

  workshop at Catalyst

Paris Street (demo)

Media: Original watercolor on paper

Image Size: 24 x 15 inches (60 x 38 cm)

Frame/Mat: No

Purchase: Sold

- Join me on Facebook and follow my blog on NetworkedBlogs.

- Follow me on Google+.
- Visit my gallery at Daily Paintworks.
- Follow me on Twitter
- FASO Artist Websites - Easy, Professional Art Websites for Artists who Sell