GUILD OF ARTISTS
Wild Over Watercolor
Education
WOW DEMOS and Workshops
Our mission is to provide educational opportunities for WOW! members through demonstrations and workshops, where they can develop their self-expression, art skills and professional lives as artists.
WOW! Demos
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Demonstrations are offered throughout the year during selected GPSs (Group Painting Sessions). They provide opportunities for our artists to learn from other artists in our group. Presenters may illustrate different techniques, share areas of expertise or discoveries, different skills or strategies, or assist in learning steps in writing an artist's statement, framing art, showing their art, or requesting some aspect of art to be explored.
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Members learn new ways of handling our medium or explore a themed subject (e.g., light on water, sunrises / sunsets, spring foliage, etc.). We grow to be more knowledgeable about painting watercolor, various art techniques, and presenting, showing, and promoting our art for shows and sales.
2025 DEMOS
April : "Brushes"
May: TBD
July: TBD
Sept: TBD
Oct: TBD
WOW! Workshops
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WOW! is committed to providing workshops to its members each year. The focus, as requested by its members, is to explore an artistic theme or technique(s). The content is specific and most likely project based with emphasis on elements of composition, specific techniques, color and value and/or textures (for example, painting mountains in a winter sunrset with focus on perspective, washes, working with snow, color and value, shadows and light).
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WOW! workshops are led by quality instructors with experience in their subjects.
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Members have priority for WOW! Workshops, and space is limited.
2025 Spring Workshop
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with Yong Hong Zhong
$95
Limit 16
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April 25 at the Tualatin Heritage Center
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This one day workshop will be a rich experience with a well-loved teacher and artist. More information to follow. Project will most likely be a landscape with considerations on how to build a landscape, composition, color, and more.
PHOTOS OF OUR
WOW! Spring Workshop _ April 25th with Yong Hong Zhong
Yong's description of the workshop:
"As for the topic of the workshop, I would like to cover the simplification process of landscape painting. The main concepts of the workshop will be: Value, Color Temperature, and Light and Shadow. I will be providing reference photos for the class and students are welcome to bring their own as well."
Suggested Supply List:
Paints: Azo yellow, Cadmium yellow, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red, Quinacridone Rose, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue, Pthalo Blue, Paynes's Gray, Burnt Unber, Dioxazine Purple, Ivory Black, Chinese White
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Brushes: Round brushes 4 to 5 sable or synthetic and a couple of squirrel mops (variety of sizes), Flat brushes 4 to 5 in a variety of sizes. In addition to the traditional western watercolor brushes, I like to use a variety of Chinese calligraphy brushes. Please bring what you already have.
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Paper: Arches cold press 10 by 14 or 9 by 12, 140 lb. 12 sheets.
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Additional: Palette, small sketchbook, water container, paper towel, masking tape, drawing board, palette knife, small spray bottle, small box of vine charcoal sticks, 2B pencils and an eraser.
See more of Yong's work at his website : yonghongzhong.com
