May 2021 Challenge

What you learned from Mike Lathrop. The winner was Margaret Tew. She tried to use colour alone to create value in her painting of a piece of driftwood.

Laurie Zuvich – winner of the Spring 2021 Challenge.

The challenge was to pick a complementary colour scheme, then using those two colours and black and white, create a work of art. You should include values at the top as well as at the bottom of the value scale and ensure that the focal point of your work contains the darkest dark against the […]

Congratulations to Diane Williams – Fall Challenge 2020

Congratulations to Diane Williams for winning the Fall Challenge – All About Lines. Diane told us she used a picture of a mannequin, put it through photography apps, and from there painted this interesting and influential piece for the times we are living in.

Loosen up your Watercolour workshop with Allison Watt

Nov. 20 and 27, 2020 via Zoom “I need to loosen up!” is a common thing I hear from students. In these two sessions I will give you some ways to loosen up your own paintings: letting the water do the work, using large brushes, using resist, splattering, glazing to intensify, negative painting to keep […]