2008 — 2009 Workshop Calendar

This is the fifth year of a winter weekend series at the ArtWorks in Edmonds. Each year we have explored an area of watercolor -- such as color or design -- in depth. And each year there has been a supportive atmosphere in which significant growth has taken place. Our focus for the coming season will be the lessons of the master teacher with whom it was Caroline's good fortune to study: Rex Brandt, Millard Sheets, Christopher Schink, Robert Woods, Don Andrews and others. Each has made significant contributions to the development of watercolor as the American medium. In understanding the differences and the common themes of these important teachers, you will broaden your understanding of watercolor and perhaps come closer to defining your unique relationship to the medium.

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Caroline is offering three 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. Click here for more information.

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The challenges of color in watercolor cause problems for many a watercolorist. Caroline is widely known for her luminous colors, their clarity and depth. Over the years she has found that, in the quest for color-filled paintings, there are several important concepts that help artists take giant steps in their journey toward achieving this goal. Each day of the class focuses on an aspect of color in watercolor. The better you understand the role of color, the better you can use it to make your paintings sing. Come for an inspiring week of watercolor on Orcas Island. Class limited to 12.

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Paint them big! Paint them loose and juicy! Paint them wet! Have fun with a beautiful subject. Plan on working large. This weekend class will focus on how to work looser, paint wetter, and achieve richer more vibrant colors. There are secrets to achieving loose and juicy paintings—secrets you will know by the end of the weekend. Click here for more information.


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Treat yourself to a full four days for learning the basics of watercolor. Watercolor is a bit like patting your head and rubbing your stomach. Before you put it all together it helps to work on the different processes, one at a time. You learn how to work with wet paper, achieving the soft washes that get any watercolor off to a good start. You learn important secrets of mixing colors and of wet blending
Before you put it all together it helps to learn the processes one at a time.

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You have learned the basic processes of watercolor but are feeling totally confused about how to put them all together in a painting. Does this sound familiar? In this four day class, we will learn how to plan, how to draw up the painting and then focus on the steps -- when to do what: wet on wet, glazing, wet blending, negative painting, getting soft edges and hard, going darker, avoiding mud.

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An Island a day – what a delightful way to see the San Juans! We carry all we need in a backpack + a chair or stool, hop on the ferry, sketch as the ferry passes by fir-crowned islands, and spend each day on a different island. We are flexible, mobile and having fun while we learn sketching and quick-painting techniques. This is a style of working that you can use when traveling abroad – recording your experiences which both makes the experiences more meaningful and gives you a lasting memory.

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Come paint on Orcas while the sun turns to gold and summer lingers. This three-day workshop will focus on the quality of sunlight. Learning how to capture light, brings vitality to your paintings. We spend one day painting some of the Eastsound waterfront, one painting boats and water at a small marina and one painting the light on flowers in a quiet garden.

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Time to get outdoors and settle the "green problem, " We will divide our time between painting firs in lush forest and madronas reflecting the light near the water. There ARE secrets to painting trees, forests, and greens. Come, learn them while you enjoy the fresh air, sunshine and quiet of Orcas in September. One could say, you would be learning how to avoid "not seeing the forest for the trees."


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Do your paintings look as though the planet were deserted? If you leave people out of your paintings because you can't draw and paint them convincingly, you will feel empowered after taking this series. You will learn the common pitfalls of drawing figures and faces will your drawing skill improve. Each afternoon will be divided between drawing and painting.

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