Painting Trees and Forestscapes in Watercolor with John Cormier (Thursdays)

In this studio class you will explore approaches and techniques to paint trees and forest scenes using watercolor with John Cormier, New Mexico Watercolor Society Signature Member. Through demonstration, practice, and review students will learn and apply various watercolor techniques that John uses to paint his watercolors including wet-in-wet approaches, pouring, mark-making, brush technique, masking, and lifting. Instruction will include various ways to create textures to represent leaves and foliage. Instruction will include demonstration and discussion on granulation and application to painting trees and forestscapes. Instruction will also include overview of design and sketching, color story, layout, approaches to realizing vision, mood and atmosphere, materials, and set-up. Students will create paintings using the techniques demonstrated and learned in the class. Some watercolor painting experience is beneficial to understanding and applying the techniques in this class. Please sign up early; class size is limited.

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John Cormier is a New Mexico artist and a signature member of the New Mexico Watercolor Society with an enduring interest in watercolor painting since his childhood. He creates colorful, atmospheric works inspired by the beauty, mood, and hues of places and people. John’s subjects include forest landscapes, winter scenes, trees, dancers, and portraits. John’s landscapes and figure paintings feature dramatic, colorful, and iridescent renderings, and he strives to capture the refined beauty and passion of his subjects using watercolor’s unique and fluid characteristics. John’s works have been recognized in multiple juried exhibitions in the New Mexico area. 
For more art by John Cormier follow at jcormiernmart on Instagram.