Fall Color in Watercolor with Catherine Hearding

Concept

Using the colors of the autumn season as your muse, learn how to compose and edit sound landscape compositions, mix brilliant fall colors, and create transitional color movement. Capture the essence of the landscape by painting shapes and values and eliminating excess detail.

Experience

Daily demonstrations and group discussions emphasize the importance of the tools of value, intensity, and color temperature to problem-solve, develop, and complete your paintings. Ample hands-on practice focuses on experimenting, having fun, and letting the paint and water flow; allowing them to do the work. Catherine provides individualized instruction and feedback throughout each day.

Skill Level

Some prior watercolor experience is required.

Instructor

Tired of trying to remove oil paint from her clothing, Catherine Hearding’s mom gave her her first set of tube watercolors at age 11 and she never looked back. Her 40-year career includes many achievements; most recently, the High Winds Medal from the American Watercolor Society. In the classroom, Catherine believes there is always something of merit in students’ work. She reinforces the good, while making suggestions for improvement for the rest. When not teaching or painting, she loves to garden, golf, hike, and travel.