Watercolor Workshop with John Herron

This workshop is for those who are intrigued with watercolor painting and want to better understand what makes a painting “special”. We welcome beginners and more advanced painters. The workshop will open with a conversation about your art and my art. We will talk about fundamentals such as reference, color mixing, materials, composition, contrast, personal space and more. Then we paint. And we will paint with a purpose. We will paint the expected and the unexpected. We will get out of our safe zones and paint with the same abandon our favorite impressionist artists lived by. It’s fun and therapeutic.

All supplies included but if you have favorite brushes, paints and other tools, bring them.

Class minimum: 4

Class maximum: 8

Pay What you Can Pricing:

This class is supported by the ACWL-Nuveen Scholarship Fund. If you cannot afford the $100 class fee, you may still attend the class for $75 or $50. To see the other pricing options, click 'more prices' under Tickets. ACWL-Nuveen member discounts do not apply to scholarship prices.

About the Instructor:

John lives in suburban Chicago and teaches watercolor painting at the Evanston Art Center. He studied at the American Academy of Art and the Art institute of Chicago. He is a Muskegon native who specializes in landscapes inspired by Lake Michigan, the dunes, the swamps and forests found up and down the West Michigan shore.

ACWL-Nuveen classes are supported in part by CatchMark Technologies, Michigan Arts & Culture Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nuveen Benevolent Trust.