Landscapes in Watercolor with Dave Cook (Mondays)

Join watercolor painter Dave Cook in this seven-week class to continue learning how to create compelling and expressive watercolor landscapes. Dave will share elements of good design that are central to good paintings, along with practical drawing and painting techniques that build confidence and lead to immediate results. Get group demonstrations and individual guidance to enhance your work. Emphasis is placed on composition, contrast and dominance. This course is suitable for artists who are already able to draw and paint in watercolors, but want to hone their skills in their unique approach to painting.

Dave Cook, an artist and architect, explores the beauty of the created world through vivid, colorful shape-dominated paintings.  His approach to water media painting is varied and explorative; he paints landscapes often with references to buildings and structures as a natural outgrowth of his architectural background.  HIs cityscapes, portraits and animal paintings are expressive studies with dramatic light interplay.  The techniques he employs are often spontaneous with energy and emotion.  He paints somewhere between realism and abstraction, using water media on paper, often using various textures, strokes and effects.  www.dcookart.com/