Top quality art workshops taught
by professional instructors in
Calgary, and Winnipeg.

Gaye Adams
David Langevin
Diane Maxey
Jean Pederson
Peter Prest
Mike Svob
Sharon Williams
Susan Woolgar

DIANE MAXEY

DIANE MAXEY, AWS, SWS, TWS, is a signature member of the Southwestern Watercolor Society, the Texas Watercolor Society, and an associate member of the American Watercolor Society, and she has a degree in Art and Eduction from the U of North Texas. Diane's work has been featured in many books (Splash 5, 7, and 9, Painting Light and Shadow, Best of Watercolor Composition, Best of Flower Painting, and more) over the past few years and her strong dynamic work has been featured in the International Artist Magazine, and Watercolor Magic. Her work may be seen at Scottsdale Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ and at Sonrise Gallery, Carmel, CA.

After several years of teaching public school Diane established her own watercolor studio and began her long career of watercolor artist and watercolor instructor. Participation in national competitions, exhibitions, invitational shows and exhibiting in gallieries occupies much of Diane's activities in her studio. Her work is known for her use of strong light and shadow patterns and for her dynamic composition.

See Diane's award-winning work on her website at www.dianemaxey.com.

Sunshine, Shade and Shadows, a light and shadow experience, is for watercolor artists who wish to bring the visual excitement of dramatic light and expressive shadows into their paintings. For all levels of experience, this five-day workshop will explore a complete understanding of how light and shadow can be applied to create watercolor paintings of outstanding excitement.

In this workshop, we will be lead into learning experiences on how light creates and forms objects, and most importantly, how to translate this information with watercolor into visually exciting color for our paintings. We will then explore and "see" shadows to come to a full understanding of the rules of shadows and how to translate them into paint. These rules will be illustrated, demonstrated and we will apply them to the process of designing a good painting with strong light and shadow. We will be challenged and motivated to have our thinking processes stimulate new creative ideas. There will be many "aha" moments and this workshop will change the way we see and paint forever.

Please bring photos and/or sketches for reference.

This workshop will be held at the Ramsay Community Centre, upper level, 1136 - 8 Street SE, Calgary.

CALGARY
October 22-26, 2008 (5 days Wed-Sun)

Early discount price $545.00 or US$545.00

Price after September 22 $555.00 or US$555.00

Prices in US$ are subject to change depending on the exchange rate.

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