Sharon Segal writes:I took a 4-day watercolor class from Eric Wiegardt in December '08 at the Oregon Society of Artists in Portland. The class was enjoyable, and very intense at the same time. Eric's style of teaching is one-concept-a-day. First he demonstrates the idea all morning. He talks while he works. Then after lunch, we have the afternoon to try to integrate the ideas with a painting of our own.
A few interesting ideas that I took away from the class are:
- When you lose your lights in watercolor, your painting has ended (and not in a desirable way!)
- Value (degree of light or dark) is so important, more important than color. Before we begin our painting, Eric urged us to create a complete value study of what we are going to paint. You plan for your picture to have at least 3 - 5 values; not colors, but lights and darks.
- Design wins over reality!
- Have an "I'm having fun" attitude. Don't make the painting too precious.
I have heard many of the ideas that Eric had presented from other artists, but he presented them in a very concrete way.
I highly recommend his workshop.
Sharon Segal
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there's a developing theme here starting with Leslie and now Sharon. Classes can really motivate us and steer us in some interesting directions.
I look forward to retirement so I can take a workshop or two.
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