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This is a workshop for those who wish to loosen up in watercolor. Painting techniques and a philosophy of design will encourage bold, loose paintings. Eric believes most painting problems are the violation of an elementary painting principle. The lectures will be easily understood and helpful and there will be ample time for students to try the concepts in a safe environment. It is recommended that the student have some previous experience. Eric will do a completed painting demonstration daily. Subject matter may include land, marine, and streetscapes, florals and interiors.
About the instructorEric Wiegardt AWS-DF, NWS, is the recipient of the highest award for American watercolor painting: AWS GOLD MEDAL OF HONOR and DOLPHIN FELLOW (DF). He is a native of Washington State and grew up near the small town of Oysterville. Following a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington, he graduated from the famed American Academy of Art in Chicago where he studied under his mentor, Irving Shapiro. He returned to his hometown in 1985 to open Wiegardt Studio Gallery in the Victorian home built by his oyster pioneering great grandfather. Since then he has left an indelible mark on the American watercolor profession.
Eric has taught his unique painting techniques to over 4,000 students in the US and internationally. With over 20,000 copies sold internationally, Eric Wiegardt's book Watercolors Free & Easy has influenced countless artists. This book is now available in a new edition along with his newest publication, Essential Design workbook, teaching both professional and beginning watercolor artists. His instructional DVDs have inspired artists around the globe. Featured in many books and magazines on watercolor, Wiegardt has served as a judge as well as lectured and taught in the United States and Europe. Over 3,500 original Wiegardt paintings are in private and corporate collections internationally.
For more information, visit his website:
EricWiegardt.com.
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He is a member of the American Watercolor Society (Dolphin Fellow), National Watercolor Society, Allied Artists of America, Watercolor West, Northwest Watercolor Society, and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America (Master Status). His work has exhibited at the Frye Museum, Salmagunde Club, Knickerbocker Artists, National Arts Club, Butler Institute of American Art, and others. Among other honors, he has received the American Watercolor Society's Gold Medal of Honor and the Mary S. Litt Medal along with the Dolphin Fellow, the National Watercolor Society's President's Award and Alice Leonard Memorial Award, the Northwest Watercolor Society's Chuck Webster Memorial Purchase Award, the Grumbacher Gold Medal, the coveted John F and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Award and the Philip Eisenberg Award.