Workshop with Stramara | WATERCOLOR PORTRAITS

One Day Workshop | 10am-3pm | $130 each

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 

Tuesday , September 9, 2025 

Join Joanne Stramara for a special watercolor portrait workshop at the Visual Arts Center (VAC).  Learn how to choose, pose, and photograph your model and paint a person with emotion.  Define your concept and composition, create skin tones and add background. You will focus on face and clothing details and learn techniques for the nose, mouth, neck shadows, eyes, hair lips and ears.  

• In the July Workshop, the instructor will choose a photo and everyone will work from the same photo. Portrait samples are representative of instructor artist's work but not what will be selected for the July Workshop.   
• In the September workshop, each student will choose their own concept and model. 
• Register for both both sessions. 

Supplies: 

• 140lb. Watercolor Paper (better-quality paper is best-favorite is arches cold press.) 
• 1/2", 3/4", or 1" Flat Brushes
• Pencils, Erasers, Permanent
• Notebook, Masking Tape, Spray Bottle
• Gatorboard Or Something Similar To Support Paper
• Large Water Container, Paper Towels, Covered Pallet With Large Mixing Area 
• Masking Fluid Or Tear Mender (Amazon) 
• Daniel Smith Watercolors: Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Quin. Gold, Cobalt Turquoise, Quin. Rose, Sap Green, New Gamboge, Aureolin, Prussian Blue, Cerulean, Opera 
• Mission Watercolors: Raw Sienna, Peacock, Sap Green, Permanent Red, Viridian, Van Dyke Brown, Permanent Rose, Yellow Orange, Opera
• Please do not go out and buy every color just because it is on this list. 

Artist's Biography: To learn more about the instructor, CLICK HERE.