UPDATE: Now postponed until Fall 2024. Check back here for new dates and registration.
$95 per person
Participants must provide their own materials. Download the materials list here.
Join Roanoke, Virginia - based architect and artist Kevin Deck for a fun and energetic watercolor workshop that will show you how to achieve realism with rich texture and fine detail in every scene you paint. This interactive session will include hands-on exercises and prompts, following detailed step-by-step demonstrations. Kevin’s passion will inspire and challenge you as he shares his approach to “seeing” then “painting” fine details and textures in scenes from southwest Virginia to NYC. This workshop is designed for intermediate/advanced students but open to all skill levels.
Watercolor Workshop Syllabus
This is a hands-on painting workshop with brief demonstrations before each painting exercise. Trial and error and experimentation is encouraged to expose each participant to the joys and challenges of this fluid medium. The pace of this workshop will allow time for individual help and coaching.
9:30 AM
Setup workshop space
Meet and greet
10:00 AM
Opening remarks
Introductions of all participants
Review of syllabus
Review of Materials and Basic Preparation
Palette setup and organization
10:30 AM
Painting Exercise 1: Painting Texture
Demonstration of Various Techniques for building Texture.
Weathered Wood, Rust, Broken Glass, Brick, Chain Link Fence, etc.
12:00 PM
Lunch Break: Presentation of Kevin’s work and process during
Slideshow of inspiration images and paintings
Demonstration of Image analysis on iPad in Procreate
12:30 PM
Painting Exercise 2: Texture-rich Scene
Slideshow of painting examples - Tailor’s Lodging, Silent Sentinels, VW Bus, etc.
Drawing the basic elements
Laying down the background washes
Dry-brushing, masking, layering, anderasing techniques
Adding detail, final adjustments
2:15 PM
Individual coaching
Review
Q + A
Participant evaluation/comments/suggestions
3:00 PM
Wrap up, clean up, group photos
About the Instructor
Visual artist and all-around “maker of things”, Kevin Deck is an inspired creative whose talents promote human interaction and connectedness.
His relentless pursuit of creative and design excellence has shaped the daily life of thousands of people, particularly in his role as a senior design architect and principal for SFCS in Roanoke, VA. Kevin’s expertise combines more than 35 years of experience in functional design with a commitment to presenting life’s beauty with surprise and curiosity.
Learn more about Kevin at www.kevinadeck.com.