Workshop Possibilities
Besides being full of content, my workshops hope to build confidence, give encouragement, inspiration, poetry and fun.
Workshops with concentrated lessons on:
Color: harmony, theory, and mixing
Values: using contrast for power in your work
Composing and designing your paintings with care, intention, and intuition
Design with photos, sketches and imagination
Technique: glazing, dry brush, wet-in-wet etc.
Tricks of the trade
Drawing: pure and simple
Workshops include:
Demonstrations - Discussions
Basic instruction in Transparent Watercolor
Experimental challenges
Freedom and encouragement to be your own creative self
Pushing for your own artistic growth
Lots of handouts
Great Paintings Have Great Design
I paint many subjects, but to me, it's all about design. No mater the subject, real or abstract, my main concern is the composition. In my workshops, we will spend much time on design. Design can encompass virtually any style from non-objective abstract to the most detailed reality. It is never my objective in a class to influence your preferred style...only to enhance it.
Learn to make better choices early on in your work.
Everyone Starts as a Beginner
It works just fine to have a mixed group of students. Often groups consist of a few fairly inexperienced people to quite professional. Everyone learns from everyone. Me too.
Most of my workshops are not for total beginners. You at least need to know how to put paint on your palette and have painted a few watercolors.
However, I could and would take on total beginners - if it's the whole group. In that case, we would start at the very beginning.
I believe art is an eternal challenge. You never reach perfection, but you never want to stop reaching. We all fit in there somewhere.
The objective of my workshops is to take growth steps toward your own personal goals - No matter how far along the artistic journey you are today.
Future Workshops:
A Message from John 22"x30"
Concentrates 9"x9"
Slat-Backs 22"x30"
If Your Group is Interested in Workshops
Please feel free to contact me either by e-mail or phone. It is easy to just talk about the possibilities with no obligations. Click on the Contact Me button
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Dillman's Creative Arts Foundation
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Dillman's Resort - Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin
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September 2- 8, 2011
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Contact: Office 1-715-588-3143
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Minnesota Watercolor Society - Minneapolis, MN
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May 9-13, 2011
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Contact: Kathleen Sovell
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email: jksovell@comcast.net
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Art in the Ouachita Mountains
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Hot Springs, Arkansas
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First week in April 2011
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Contact Vanessa Segraves
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239-250-8339
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Art in the Ouachita Mountains
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Hot Springs, Arkansas
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October 10-13, 2011
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Contact: Vanessa Segraves
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239-250-8339
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Oxford Community Art Center
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Dates under negotiations for 2011
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Contact: Howard Krauss
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Negotiations pending possible workshops in 2011
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Manhattan, Kansas
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Kalispell, Montana
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