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“Water is unpredictable—an active partner in the painting—you have to let it behave as it will. Sometimes the color diffuses in ways you don’t expect, or one shade backruns into another.” (E.Kelly)
The central challenge in watercolor is preserving or restoring the paper's white. This new workshop is entirely focused on understanding the lifting window—the perfect moment to lift out pigment for maximum effect.
Mastering this technique is all about timing and water control. The right moment to restore the paper's whiteness is a delicate balance determined by several factors: the paper type, weather conditions, the brushes you use, the pigments, and the speed of your work.
This time, I want to dive into understanding the ratio of water to pigment and how to use the best brush to restore the paper's white. We will make a few exercises together, understand how to deal with unpredictable blends (happy accidents), and find the right moment to lift out pigment for maximum effect, considering the stages of paper wetness (soaking, sheen, and dull). After the first session, everyone is welcome to send the exercises to my email address and receive my feedback by email, too.
As references, I will paint some spiky flowers or flowers that form on spike-like stems (vertical forms). Examples include: Delphiniums, Stock flowers, Lupines, Snapdragons, Hollyhocks, or Yellow Verbascum (often called Yellow Mullein).
The final demonstration will be a small, vertical landscape—a very loose flower field that focuses heavily on identifying the right level of wetness on the paper. To complement the spiky flowers (which are inherently vertical subjects), this flower field composition will also be painted in portrait mode (vertical).
This workshop offers a very detailed look at understanding paper wetness, the lifting-out process, dealing with unpredictable accidents, painting spiky blooms, creating loose landscapes, and incorporating and forgiving your mistakes while painting in watercolor. It’s a brand new workshop and, due to my limited availability, it will not be repeated.
The central challenge in watercolor is preserving or restoring the paper's white. This new workshop is entirely focused on understanding the lifting window—the perfect moment to lift out pigment for maximum effect.
Mastering this technique is all about timing and water control. The right moment to restore the paper's whiteness is a delicate balance determined by several factors: the paper type, weather conditions, the brushes you use, the pigments, and the speed of your work.
This time, I want to dive into understanding the ratio of water to pigment and how to use the best brush to restore the paper's white. We will make a few exercises together, understand how to deal with unpredictable blends (happy accidents), and find the right moment to lift out pigment for maximum effect, considering the stages of paper wetness (soaking, sheen, and dull). After the first session, everyone is welcome to send the exercises to my email address and receive my feedback by email, too.
As references, I will paint some spiky flowers or flowers that form on spike-like stems (vertical forms). Examples include: Delphiniums, Stock flowers, Lupines, Snapdragons, Hollyhocks, or Yellow Verbascum (often called Yellow Mullein).
The final demonstration will be a small, vertical landscape—a very loose flower field that focuses heavily on identifying the right level of wetness on the paper. To complement the spiky flowers (which are inherently vertical subjects), this flower field composition will also be painted in portrait mode (vertical).
This workshop offers a very detailed look at understanding paper wetness, the lifting-out process, dealing with unpredictable accidents, painting spiky blooms, creating loose landscapes, and incorporating and forgiving your mistakes while painting in watercolor. It’s a brand new workshop and, due to my limited availability, it will not be repeated.
Photos are for illustration only.
Workshop Topics:
a) Understanding Water and Paper Control:
DEMONSTRATIONS:
b) Painting Loose and Atmospheric Flower Fields:
DEMONSTRATIONS:
This workshop is a two-day format: the second day will be a mentoring session. You can send one painting to my email from January 27 (by morning) to January 30. I will address your questions and provide feedback on your paintings on January 30 (the second session).
a) Understanding Water and Paper Control:
- Water-Pigment Ratio;
- Tea-Like Washes to Creamy Paint;
- Edge Control in Wet-on-Wet;
- The Lifting-Out Window;
- Lifting From Wet, From Damp, and From Dry;
- The Thirsty Brush;
- The Spiky Flowers: Abstraction of Forms;
- Negative Painting And Background;
- Softness and Contrast;
- Dealing With Blooms and Backwashes;
- Accidentally Beautiful: Creative Opportunities.
DEMONSTRATIONS:
- Exercises About The Wetness of The Paper and Lifting-Out (paint along with me);
- Spiky Floral 1 (level of wetness);
- Spiky Floral 2 (level of wetness);
- Spiky Floral 3 (level of wetness).
b) Painting Loose and Atmospheric Flower Fields:
- Focusing on Suggestion Over Detail;
- The Power of Simplified Shapes;
- Understanding the Wash: Sky, Background, and Foreground;
- Integrating Flowers and Greens;
- Working Loose and Free: Lifting the Pigment;
- Carving and Sculpting Forms;
- Forgiving the Mistakes;
DEMONSTRATIONS:
- Vertical Flower Field.
This workshop is a two-day format: the second day will be a mentoring session. You can send one painting to my email from January 27 (by morning) to January 30. I will address your questions and provide feedback on your paintings on January 30 (the second session).
Photos are for illustration only.
WORKSHOP BENEFITS:
- A limited number of participants: you can interact with me and ask your questions.
- 100% live and interactive like my in-person workshops.
- Q&A will be available after each demo: my 20 years of experience as a painting tutor will help you to reach your goals as an artist.
- Five days before the workshop you will receive my list of materials (colors, paints, brands, brushes, watercolor paper suggestions, and many photos/references).
- All workshop demos and sketch photos will be sent out to you after the workshop within five days.
- The second session is a live critique/mentoring session: I will provide some feedback about your paintings. I will also clear your questions and repeat, if necessary, a few things explained in the first session.
- The demonstrations will be uploaded to my Youtube Channel. You will receive a private Youtube link and this link will be active for a limited time so you can watch the demos as many times as you want.
Photos are for illustration only.
Registration: via Paypal
After your registration, a follow-up email will be sent to you within 48 hours with additional orientation for this workshop.
Please, note that a free zoom account is necessary to join Fabio Cembranelli's workshop.
Cancellation Policy:
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and ask for a refund, a 60% refund will be issued. No refunds can be given for withdrawals made within 7 days of the first session.
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and decide to attend a future workshop, your payment can be fully transferred to one of my future workshops. You just need to email me and ask for a payment transfer.
After your registration, a follow-up email will be sent to you within 48 hours with additional orientation for this workshop.
Please, note that a free zoom account is necessary to join Fabio Cembranelli's workshop.
Cancellation Policy:
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and ask for a refund, a 60% refund will be issued. No refunds can be given for withdrawals made within 7 days of the first session.
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and decide to attend a future workshop, your payment can be fully transferred to one of my future workshops. You just need to email me and ask for a payment transfer.
Photos are for illustration only.
Photos are for illustration only.