Loose Florals in Watercolor with Visiting Artist Rebecca Zdybel

Painting floral forms can be a joy, but their complexity can also be disorienting. Portraying that complexity without becoming “tiresomely truthful” requires loosening our grip on reality. That can be easier said than done. Yet, we all acknowledge that loosening up can allow a bit of poetry to emerge from the end of our brush. Visual poetry is our goal! My hope for this course is to give you some tools and strategies to help you loosen up. I always want you to paint like YOU, however, stretching ourselves can be a way to expand the range of our repertoire. We will do some drawing and painting exercises to familiarize ourselves with our subject and reinforce concepts. I will demonstrate and share tips and tricks from over 20 years of intense study and teaching experience. I have no secrets! Whether or not florals are your normal subject, this time together will allow us to explore different approaches to depicting oral forms. Hopefully you’ll come away feeling looser and equipped with some new ideas for fresher and more expressive paintings!

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