100 Smiles from a Year of Watercolour Workshops

26 December, 2017 0 comments Leave a comment

Karen Richardson teaching watercolour students in her Lindsay, Ontario studio

This year, during watercolour workshops at my Lindsay studio, and weekly classes at Meta4 Gallery in Port Perry, I had the pleasure of painting with almost 100 students.

Over one third of them were in my Pebbles 1-2-3 one-day workshops, held in my Lindsay studio in spring and fall. Here are photos from those beginner level workshops. Notice all the smiles:

Pebbles 1-2-3 watercolour workshop at Karen Richardson studio

Pebbles 1-2-3 watercolour class in Karen Richardson studio

Pebbles 1-2-3 watercolour workshop grads in Karen Richardson studio

Pebbles 1-2-3 watercolour class at Karen Richardson studio

Pebbles 1-2-3 watercolour students in Karen Richardson studio

In this final Pebbles 1-2-3 grad photo below, you can see my demonstration painting (Time to Head South) in the foreground:

Pebbles 1-2-3 watercolour class at Karen Richardson studio

These students below were in my 2-day beginner Tulips class:

Tulips watercolour class at Karen Richardson studio

I taught a Muskoka Lily 2-day intermediate level class twice. My finished demonstration painting is titled Stillwater Lily (click here to view).

Muskoka Lily watercolour class grads Karen Richardson studio

Muskoka Lily watercolour class at Karen Richardson studio

Here are me and my students in a 3-day advanced level Lake Superior Bay class:

Lake Superior Bay watercolour class grads in Karen Richardson studio

These students below are working on their Hollyhocks and Stone paintings in my 3-day advanced level class. My finished demonstration painting is titled Hollyhock and Stone (click here to view).

Hollyhocks and Stone watercolour class in Karen Richardson studio

Below are me and my students in a 3-day intermediate level Flag Iris class:

Flag Iris watercolour class in Karen Richardson studio

The photos below are graduation photos from my 6-week class sessions at Meta4 Gallery in Port Perry.

Northern Reflections: (Click here to view my finished demonstration painting)

Karen Richardson with her students in a Northern Reflections watercolour class

White Breasted Nuthatch: (Click here to view my finished demonstration painting.)

White Breasted Nuthatch watercolour class with Karen Richardson

Snow and Stone: (Click here to view my finished demonstration painting.)

Snow and Stone watercolour class with Karen Richardson

Blue Jay:

Blue Jay watercolour class with Karen Richardson

Thank you to all my students, who made a watercolour journey with me in the last year. Together, we learned a lot!

My Spring 2018 classes will run from mid March to the end of April. Registration will open in February, and I will email you the schedule then if you are subscribed to my studio updates.

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