Welcome to my website. Enjoy browsing through the listing of classes and paintings in the gallery. There are some new paintings — just finished. We may still have some winter weather but daffodils are poking up. Spring here in the northwest isn’t far away.
However, there is still some good indoor studio time. I hope you are exploring new ideas in your painting — not just straining for masterpieces but trying things with no preconceived judgment regarding the outcome. Give yourself some open-ended painting time in what is left of shut-in days. Try a bigger brush, a new color or new combination of colors. Or work wetter or at more of an angle. Try soaking a painting you don’t like and brush (float into the wet surface) LOTS of sedimentary paint — on some of the unimportant, background areas. You may suddenly find you are taking a new direction. Have fun!!
As you make your plans for warmer weather, take time to look over the scheduled classes and workshops. We have some exciting classes in a new space in Anacortes. Three summer workshops are planned with the best of an island vacation in mind. In addition, there is a week of painting offered in British Columbia. I will be jurying the Southwest Washington Watercolor Society Show in Vancouver, WA in April and teaching a workshop there (full).
Most of the classes this past year were filled well before their dates. Time to get your registration in and your place saved. I hope to see you! Feel free to contact me at
Go well,
Caroline
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Your instructor: Caroline creates a class experience that is both challenging and comfortably relaxed. In her teaching, she helps you to learn how to convey your feelings about your world in flowing colors, soft and hard edges, light and shadow, multiple glazing and charged color. In her own painting as well as in her teaching, Caroline shares her sensibility for light, color, and for the medium itself. She has the rare gift of communicating these skills to others.
Caroline is known for being a positive and supportive teacher. She presents well-organized progressions in her classes and is able to explain clearly the point of a given lesson. She offers short demonstrations that illustrate the concepts involved; then gives the student plenty of time to paint, — with personal guidance and reteaching when needed. Click here for more about Caroline.
Buchanan Watercolors Ltd.
Obstruction Island
PO Box 218
Olga, WA 98279
phone: 360-376-5509
e-mail: watercolors@rockisland.com
