What is a One Day Workshop?
This class begins with a short lecture. Students receive the daily painting exercise with exactly the same drawing to paint as the teacher will be demonstrating. The painting begins with a lesson on how to mount the drawing paper onto the students boards and then proceeds with the painting. All of the painting projects take about six hours with a one-hour lunch break. By starting each day at 8:30 we have plenty of time to complete the project by 3:00 or 3:30. When each student has completed their painting the teacher enjoys a short evaluation period with some creative suggestions. During the course of the painting you will learn how to stretch your paper, mix your paints, make soft & hard edges, scrape in trees with a pallet knife, & spatter to add texture. The number of colors is somewhat limited and John recommends that beginners use a limited pallet. The best paintings can be done with a few colors. The recommended list of materials shows three different brands of watercolor paints. It is not absolutely necessary that you purchase all of these items. For most beginning artists the colors of the same brand of paint is acceptable. A three or four day workshop is basically the same except that a new painting of a different subject is created each day. New paintings create new challenges and offer new learning experiences.
Workshop Schedules-Costs & Locations
The artist offers a very unique way to learn to paint with watercolors. What you can learn in a few of John's classes might take a few years with books and Videos. The student cost of $125 per day includes the drawing material for each days class. The daily class takes about 7 hours. Organizations, such as Art Groups, craft stores , resorts etc. , or even individuals that would like to organize a watercolor workshop with John can do so. The organizer will need to provide a location, select the number of days to offer with the subjects to be painted and collect the fees . The organizer should contact Mr. Partridge for details such as date, Location, painting subjects, and minimum & maximum class size .
