2024 Workshops
A NAWS workshop is a special opportunity to learn from top national instructors in a variety of water media. Our attendees enjoy an excellent facility, location, and resources.
Workshops take place 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Sedona Methodist Church. Participation is limited to 20 persons per workshop. Scroll down this page to view available workshops.
Upcoming Workshops
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Linda Kemp, April 16 – 18, 2024
Workshop Registration Procedures
Sign-Up:
Sign up by current members for 2024 workshops will open at the September NAWS meeting. Members may email Candy Blakeslee at candyblakeslee@gmail.com or Bob Burke at bburkesf@gmail.com for further information. Sign up for the Randy Hale workshop only will open on May 19 (see below).
Deposits/Payments/Refunds:
A deposit of $50 is required within 10 days of signup to hold your place. You may pay either by credit card/PayPal using the link supplied to you or you may send a check to: NAWS. {PO Box 508, Sedona, AZ 86339.) Deposits are workshop specific and cannot be transferred to another workshop. Deposits are non-refundable.
Final payment is due on the 1st of the month prior to the workshop month. For example, if the workshop is in January 2024, the final payment is due on December 1, 2023. No refunds of the workshop final payment will be given unless a paying replacement, from the waitlist, is found.
Member vs Non-Member Registration:
Current members have first priority for registration. Non-members may be added to a wait list for each workshop and will be notified when non-member registration opens.
Linda Kemp
Explore Wet into Wet Vignette and the Romantic Landscape
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday April 16th, 17th, 18th 2024
Negative Painting Addicted – Watercolor with Linda Kemp
Negative painting is an innovative approach to creating works of art and a great exercise for your brain as you explore painting outside the lines!
All shall be revealed as Linda guides you through this artistic investigation of techniques that transform your favorite imagery into evocative paintings that are built with layers of negative shapes. Tactics for interpretation of subject matter, negative painting strategies, simplified design and basic color concepts along with “seeing” for painting are essential topics in this program.
You will discover secrets for making remarkable underpaintings, how to start, build and complete your original, unique artworks.
This program is suitable for all levels, although some painting experience is recommended.
Layering Nature’s Shapes – Wet into Wet Vignette
Let’s make some wet into wet magic as we paint vignettes of delicate florals and exotic vegetation. We begin with essential warm-up projects to teach you how to build layers of simple shapes using negative painting techniques. Then learn how to paint directly to train your mind and hand so you’ll be ready to make wet into wet paintings with confidence.
A vignette is designed so the subject matter softens and fades into the edges of the paper. The resulting elegant light negative shapes are an essential part of the painting’s composition. The quiet, diffused focus of the outer edges of the vignette enhance the drama of the defined forms and touches of rich color of the inner focal areas of the picture. You will learn how to gently control the medium but there will be lots of thrills as the glorious color spreads and flows across the wet surface of your paper. This is watercolor showing off!
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The Romantic Landscape – Watercolor
Subtle transitions of hues and the layering of lost and found edges conjure the spirit of the romantic landscape in this essential negative painting, watercolor workshop. Discover how to interpret the soft layers of fields and meadows and build your paintings with a simple plan that captures the spirit of the gentle landscape from the ground up.
Learn “Badger” brush handling techniques for applying textures to suggest blowing grasses and distant trees. You will learn how and where to use captured negatives and minimal hard edges to slowly bring your work into soft focus. Whether you work from your imagination or resource material, you will be amazed by this elegant approach to creating a romantic impression of the landscape.
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Cost: Members $400 – Non-members $450
Website: lindakemp.com
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