Classes in 2023

Create Landscapes. water, beaches and skies in watercolor and pencil at The Clearing in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin

July 30 - August 5, 2023

Treat yourself to a week of making drawings and paintings in pencil and watercolor. We’ll work with ideas you bring along, and with the natural beauty around us at The Clearing. You’ll have your own table space in the Schoolhouse studio on which to spread out your supplies and to work at your own pace. We’ll also spend some time sketching the dramatic landscape at The Clearing, especially during sunny weather. 

And we’ll take relaxing breaks to enjoy time together and share the work we are doing.

Beginners are welcome, as well as those who want to enrich their work with new techniques. Each morning, I will demonstrate different techniques in capturing cloud patterns, sunlight-on-water, and other natural forms.  I will share what I have learned from 30 years of watercolor painting, particularly landscape, beaches, water and skies. He’ll also share his many tricks of rendering nature in pencil.

You are also welcome to explore your own subjects.

You may choose to work in graphite pencil, in watercolor, or combine the two! I will provide a complete list of paper, drawing tools and watercolor supplies to bring with you. You may also bring pastels, pastel pencils, color drawing pencils or ink drawing pens of your choosing to explore and play with. 

For more information, go to: https://theclearing.org/wp/classes/summer/

Another sample of a small watercolor seascape. I will teach my techniques to paint scenes like this,