Creating Texture with Pen and Ink and Watercolor with Ann Thomas

Concept

Using Door County's scenic towns as a backdrop, add texture and sensitivity to your renderings wither pen and ink marks and vibrant watercolor. Explore stippling, crosshatching, and line work to create value, contrast, and focus, as well as splatter and wet-on-wet with dripping, blooming watercolor.

Experience

Through demonstrations and discussions, Ann shares pen and ink and watercolor techniques and how to zoom in on the most important elements for dynamic compositions. Plenty of one-on-one assistance is provided throughout the workshop and an encouraging critique closes each day. Expect to work outside as much as possible, weather permitting.

Skill Level

Prior observational drawing experience is helpful to get the most out of this workshop.

Instructor

Ann Thomas believes an image does not need to be perfectly drawn to be beautiful. As an educator, she brings encouragement, constructive feedback, and enthusiasm for the process to her classes; key to helping her students develop artistically. In her own work, Ann uses colored pencil, watercolor, pastel, and pen and ink. Recently, she completed illustrations for a newly released children's book. When not in the studio or classroom, Ann enjoys hiking, canoeing, reading, and spending time with her family and cats.