2009 Workshop Calendar

This is the sixth 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 and a fourth one has been submitted and will be offered shortly.
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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Would you love to draw but don't think you can? This class is for those who are unsure of their drawing skills. Drawing is a learnable skill -- and you can do it! Like the 90 lb. weakling of the Charles Atlas ads, at the end of these three days you will be wowing them on the beach -- not with your muscles but with the fact that you, too, can draw.
It is easy and fun! And empowering.

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What is your story? What journeys in your life or in your family's are part of your lore? How did you come to be where you now live?

We have stories of the journeys that brought our ancestors to the Americas. We have our own personal journeys through joys and heartache, confusion and inspiration. In a class this spring, Caroline will be helping students with personal interpretations of their journeys -- using writing, drawing, and watercolor; ink, paint and collage, or any combination of the above.
Class limited to 10.

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This is a shorter version of the "Masters" series that I been offering in Edmonds for the past two winters. Each Thursday we will study some of the most important lessons of four of the watercolor masters of the 20th century who taught and inspired me: Rex Brandt, Millard Sheets and/or Ed Whitney, 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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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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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. Class limited to 12.


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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.

If the demand is there, a second section of this class may be scheduled on August 24-27. You may let me know if this is better for your schedule.

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It is possible to design a class for you and your group. There is one coming to Orcas in August.
If you have a particular interest or want to arrange a class with your painting group, please contact Caroline and work out the details.

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