WATERCOLORS
Instructor - Sue Archer - AWS, NWS, TWSA, FWS
Sue is a studio and plein air artist, national workshop instructor and national juror and judge for watercolor exhibitions. She showed her work in Art Festivals in Florida from 1985 -2014 and still shows her work in national watercolor exhibitions. Since Sue began exhibiting her work in 1985, she has won over 200 state and national awards, has received a Florida State Individual Artist Fellowship grant for painting, and has a DVD “Commanding Color”.
For 25 years Sue had painted large still lifes showing strong light and with textural interest. Now she is doing abstracted-textural work, close-up or mid-distant landscapes, some figurative works, and drawings in-studio and plein air. Painting the effect of light on her subjects and creating texture are still a passion of hers no matter what the genre.
WATERCOLORS - MASTERING WATERCOLOR
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Mastering Watercolor - For Intermediate to Advanced Artists
No beginners, please. Approval required—show your work to Peggy and/or Sue before registering.
Mastering watercolor requires a combination of color knowledge, technical skill, and, as with any medium, strong design and composition. In this intensive workshop, we’ll explore a variety of concepts. How much you apply and practice those concepts, will be up to you as an artist. A separate workshop focused more deeply on design and composition will be offered in March.
Please Note: You must work from your own original reference materials.
The following are not allowed:
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AI-generated images
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Internet photos or paintings
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Photos from free websites
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Purchased photos, even with permission from the photographer
Workshop Schedule Overview - This is a progressive series.
If you are only attending 2 days, they must be Days 1 and 2.
Day 1 – Saturday, January 24, 2026
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Color Concepts
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Temperature
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Pigment Qualities
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Pigment Values
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How to Take Better Reference Photos
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Essential Watercolor Techniques
Day 2 – Sunday, January 25, 2026
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Different Approaches to Watercolor
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Understanding and Applying Values
Day 3 – Saturday, January 31, 2026
Green Day
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Mixing Greens
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Color Intensity: Neutralizing Colors - How and Why
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Drawing from Your Own Photo: Eliminate, Move, Embellish Shapes, Locate Tangents
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Planning Your Painting: Use Your Own Photos or Still Life
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Limited Palette - How and Why
Day 4 – Sunday, February 1, 2026
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Dominance
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Temperature
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Importance of Positive/Negative Shapes
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Importance of Interesting Shapes
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Continue Planning Your Paintings Using Your Photos or Still Life
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Harmony and Limited Palette