Painting with Power and Purpose with Laurel Covington-Vogl

Watercolor Workshop sponsored by Western Colorado Watercolor Society
February 27 – March 1, 2013 9 am – 4 pm
$225 for WCWS members – $255 non members
$100 registration deposit for this workshop. Deadline is Feburary 1 for refund.
Contact Judy Coleman to hold your place for this exciting workshop at (970)874-7238 or judy_c@bresnan.net.

The focus of this workshop is best summed up by a quote from Edgar Degas, “Art is not what you see but what you make others see.” This workshop is designed to help you take your painting beyond the basics and to use various watercolor techniques to develop powerful expressive paintings while developing your own individual style. The instructor has over 40 years of teaching experience and places a strong emphasis on design, contrast, composition and the sense of an emotional story or mood. The instructor will introduce students to many processes, including the saturated paper process, resist with washes, value under painting and other techniques. The exercises will strengthen students’ compositional skills, wherever they are in the painting process. This workshop will work for any beginning or advanced level painter. Space is limited – so sign up early! Supply lists and information will be sent after registration.

Laurel Covington-Vogl is the juror for the Rockies West National 21st Annual Watercolor Exhibit 2013. Since beginning to work in watercolors in 1991, Laurel’s work has appeared in over 75 juried exhibitions, 2 traveling shows, 8 solo exhibits, received over 20 awards, and is in many private and public collections, including the Hutcheson Cancer Research Hospital in Seattle and the Daniel Smith Collection. Her watercolors can be seen in several of the Splash books, published by Northlight Books. They can also be seen in Best of Watercolor, Best of Watercolor III, Best of Watercolor Composition and Best of Abstract Watercolor, published by Rockport Publications.