WATERCOLOR PENCIL
Instructor - Fernando Porras
A native Venezuelan, Porras has dedicated over twenty years to portraying the peoples of Amazonia, splitting his time between his studios in Paris and the United States and his work in the field among different tribes of Venezuela, Brazil, and Colombia.
Painting with oil on canvas that average six to seven feet, Porras studies how color, light, and the creative use of negative space have a unique effect when worked on large formats.
His work is represented in some of the most prominent galleries in Paris, New York, Miami, Beirut, and Caracas, and has been exhibited extensively throughout the world, with multiple exhibits in Barcelona, Basel, Beirut, Chicago, Dubai, Hong Kong, Istanbul, London, Miami, Mumbai, New York, Palm Beach, Paris, and Singapore, among many others.
ABSTRACTING THE LANDSCAPE - 2 DAY WORKSHOP
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Tackle this new watercolor pencil approach that goes beyond the common techniques used in regular watercolor painting. Learn how to turn your photographs into beautiful, figurative abstract pieces.
We will break an image into its basic elements to design abstract compositions and create beautiful watercolors with finishes that cannot be achieved with anything but watercolor pencils. Images to work with will be supplied by Fernando.
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Day 1: Saturday, January 11 - (5 hours): 10:00 am to 4:00 pm - Instructive demos & exercises. Break for lunch 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Hands-on watercolor pencil instruction
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Day 2: Friday, January 17 - (3 hours): 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
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Tips and tricks, corrections, problem solving, and critique
Do not miss this first-of-a-series workshop that will continue with "The Nude Figure," "The Portrait," and "Sketching the Urban Landscape" with watercolor pencils.