2009 Workshop Calendar

When we had first moved to the Pacific Northwest we were attending a junior varsity football game at my son's high school on the outskirts of the Corvallis on a cool gray day with the mist slipping between the hills. Longer residents were complaining of how early "winter" had come. I asked if this is what they call winter and they said yes. I thought, "I am going to like living here." I still love to watch the mist through the trees or between our islands and I love to capture the effect in watercolor.



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I am often asked how do you paint reflections. The answer is probably quite different than you would think. This is the day to learn how to create the the mirror of still water's surface as it reflects fall colors.

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Watercolor is a natural to capture summer clouds. You already have them -- the white of your paper. It is what you do around it, that makes the paper read as clouds. We will compare this to the more difficult technique of gold-rimmed, rich-hued clouds that gather behind our western islands at sunset.

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We all love them -- the madronas that cling to our western banks. They are so textural that they ask to stick into our space. In this class we will pour, peel and place to create madrona collages.


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This is a continuation of the "Masters" series we started last spring. Each Thursday we will consider important lessons of four of the watercolor masters of the 20th century who taught and inspired me: Rex Brandt, Millard Sheets, Christopher Schink and Don Andrews. Although, in a single day it is impossible to convey the depth of these men as artists and teachers, by focusing on some of their most lasting lessons, the student will both gain greater knowledge of the masters of watercolor in the 20th century, and benefit from their insight.

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Caroline is offering four courses through Loyola Marymount University’s Office of Extended Education.
When you sign up for a course with Loyola Marymount, you receive the course via email. It has clear directions and you may work at your own pace. You also have access to “albums” of reference painting examples through a link with Kodak Gallery . You may contact Caroline via email whenever you have a question. She reviews the paintings you send, answers questions, makes suggestions, offers encouragement. After a satisfactory completion, you receive 3 semester units of professional development credit through Loyola Marymount.

You may also take these courses without college credit, directly from Caroline.


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You have learned the basic processes but are still having trouble putting them all together in a painting that pleases you. In this four-day class, you will learn the steps by which you combine the processes to a finished painting. Sometimes one process should dominate. Sometimes another -- how do you choose? What do you do first? And what must you save until later? If these are questions that are stalling your work in watercolor, then it's time to continue. Class size limited to 10 to allow for a great deal of individual attention.

this class is still in the process of being posted for 2011


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It is possible to design a class for you and your group. These are not listed on the Website (unless of course you want to share it with others). You may put together a group to come to the islands and I will help you work out lodging and other logistics. Or you may invite me to your location.

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