SCVWS Workshop Instructors
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The Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society brings nationally known artists in watermedia to teach in our workshops, and to present free painting demonstrations to the general public. Our roll-call of previous instructors includes a wide range of styles and techniques, as we strive to provide the best in watermedia art instruction. Email our Workshop Committee if you'd like to see more of these instructors, or have other suggestions for future workshops. If you'd like to know more about joining this fantastic organization, check out our membership benefits. |
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2011 Workshops |
John Salminen (Urban Landscape)
Mike Bailey (Watercolor Beyond the Obvious) Ted Nuttall (Portraits) Dick Cole (Painting Urban Landscapes) Ursula O’farrell (Acrylic - Developing Your Skills with the Figure) Roland Lee (Painting Canyons and Desert landscapes) Floy Zittin (Painting Trees and Branches with Confidence) Robert Semans (Concepts and Art of Drawing) Lian Zhen (Chinese and Western Watercolor Styles) Jan Hart (Using Color and Pigments for Powrful Paintings) Frank Francese (Bright, bold, colorul landscapes and cityscapes) |
2010 Workshops |
Myrna Wacknov (Portraits)
Mike Bailey (Watercolor Beyond the Obvious) Ratindra Das (Painting a personal reality) Kathleen Alexander (Watercolor demo ) Christine Hanlon (Water Colour Pure and Simple) Stephen Quiller ( Color and watermedia) Katherine Chang Liu ( Open Studios Workshop) Tom Fong (Watercolor Bold and Spontaneous) Don Andrews (Landscapes) |
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2009 Workshops |
Dale Laitenen (Abstract Landscapes) Karen Frey (Calculated Risks) Mike Bailey (Watercolor Beyond the Obvious) Ted Nuttall (Watercolor Portraits) Jean Warren (Natural Abstractions) Don Andrews (Watercolor Figures) Floy Zittin ( Trees, foliage and branches) Gerald Brommer ( From Line and Shape to Complex Surfaces) Betsy Dillard Stroud (Go Figure: A modern approach to painting the figure) Tricia Leonard (Acrylic Painting Party) |
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2008 Workshops |
John Salminen (From Abstraction to Realism) Mike Bailey (Watercolor Beyond the Obvious) Nancy Ann Rice (Experimental Poured Acrylic) George James (Painting the Figure on Yupo Paper) Mel Stabin (WATERCOLOR: Simple, Fast and Focused) Cheng Khee Chee (Six techniques for artistic enrichment and rejuvenation) Christopher Schink (demo) Don Andrews (Watercolor Landscape) Donna Zagotta (Advance Planning of Paintings) Ann Pember (Floral Close-ups) |
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2007 Workshops |
Mike Bailey (Watercolor Beyond the Obvious) Pat Dews (Think and Paint in More Abstract Ways) Ming Franz (Splash Ink with Watercolor) Joyce Faulknor (Cut Crystal and Glass) Donna Zagotta (turning ordinary subjects into creative and imaginative paintings) Frank Francese (landscapes -- planning, sketching, simplifying the design) Mike Bailey (Composition for Impact) Tom Fong Mark Mehaffey (Traditional to Experimental) Barbara Nechis (Painting the Essence of Nature) Myrna Wacknov (demo) Nancy Ann Rice (Acrylic Painting without a Brush!) |
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2006 Workshops |
Mike Bailey (Watercolor Beyond the Obvious, Composition for Impact) Dale Laitinen (Advanced workshop using opaque and multimedia) Katherine Chang Liu (Individual Mentoring) Robert Burridge Don Andrews (Watercolor Figure) |
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2005 Workshops |
Mike Bailey (Watercolor Beyond the Obvious, Composition for Impact) Donna Zagotta Lian Zhen Arne Westerman Ferenc Besze (painting spontaneous and fresh watercolors) Jean Warren |
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2004 Workshops |
Mike Bailey (Watercolor Beyond the Obvious) Jean Grastorf (Learn to Design and pour Luminous Watercolors) Karen Frey (A Holistic Approach to Watercolor) Linda Mitchell (Plein Air Painting and Keeping a Sketchbook Journal) Skip Lawrence |
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2003 Workshops |
Mike Bailey (Watercolor Beyond the Obvious) Karen Frey Jim Kosvanec (Composition for Competition (or self improvement)) Lian Quen Zhen Donna Zagotta (Planning Passionate, Expressive Color with a Limited Palette) |
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2002 Workshops |
Marie MacDonnell Roberts Floy Zittin Lian Quen Zhen (demo) Jane Hofstetter Jann Pollard & Jerry Little (Photoshop Demonstration) |