"Watercolor Wizardry" (February 2025) with Catherine Hillis
WATERCOLOR WIZARDRY
with Instructor Catherine Hillis
WHEN:
2 FULL-DAYS
Saturday & Sunday (9:30am - 4pm)
February 22, 23, 2025
WHERE:
Art League Academy
(106 Cordillo Parkway, Hilton Head Island, SC)
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Spend two days exploring the wonders of watercolor painting with Catherine Hillis!
Review the basics of good painting and delve into advanced composition, creating drama, building a narrative and perhaps incorporating texture into your work.
The class will be introduced to many of the texturing techniques available to the contemporary watermedia painter and each student is encouraged to work from their own resource materials.
Please bring photographs of your own copyright to work from.
SKILL LEVEL:
This class is great for beginner-intermediate and advanced students.
REFUND POLICY:
Ticket purchases to Art League of Hilton Head events are final. Credits or Refunds will not be given for missed or classes/workshops.
If a class or workshop is canceled by Art League of Hilton Head a full refund will be given.
| Materials Included: | No materials are included in this class. A list of materials you should bring with you will be provided upon registration. |
| Requirements: | SUPPLIES LIST: Click HERE for a printable PDF of the WATER MEDIA supplies list. There is no substitute for good quality paper and paint. If you already own watercolor supplies, please bring what you have and don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions. PAPER: A small Arches 140lb cold pressed watercolor block. 12" x 16" or smaller is fine. If you use cheap paper, you will NOT be able to replicate my technique. Write to me if you have questions. Other excellent brands include: Artistico Fabriano, Richeson, Saunders and Kilimanjaro. BOARD: If you are using separate pieces of paper Instead, bring a gator board/corrugated plastic board or something similar and masking tape. ACCESSORIES: Water container, paper towels, pencils, kneaded eraser, a spray bottle for water PALETTE: Your choice. A large white plate will work. I use a large square or round Palette with lots of mixing space and a lid. Here's another good choice. BRUSHES: Your choice. I use a medium round mop, a small round for details, a rigger and a flat. Some reasonably priced brands are: the Mimik set, the Princeton line of watercolor brushes is very nice and the # 8 round, #4 round and any of the Mottler Flats are good choices. The Cheap Joe's.com "Dream Catcher" line and golden fleece line are excellent and modestly priced. PAINT BRANDS: Use only professional grade paints. Cheap paints contain fillers and you will not be able to paint clean, bright colors. I use Daniel Smith paint but there are many excellent brands including: Windsor-Newton, Mijello, American Journey, Holbein, M. Graham, QOR, Schminke, Maimeri Blue, Sennelier, Dick Blick and Da Vinci. PAINT COLORS: My colors can change but today here are some of the colors on my palette: Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Red Hot Mama (a Medium red), Bumblebee Yellow (or another warm yellow) and lemon yellow. I think these are pretty essential. I also like to use Lavender, burnt sienna, raw sienna, umber and neutral tint but these are not necessary. Suggested Art Suppliers:Jerry's Art-o-rama, Cheap Joe's, and Dick Blick QUESTIONS: Academy@artleaguehhi.org |
| Instructor: | Catherine Hillis |
| Instructor Bio: |  CATHERINE HILLIS has enjoyed the arts all her life. She won awards for her artwork as a child and was a musician in high school and college. Catherine acted and modeled in print and television ads as a youngster, later majoring in Theatre at the University of Georgia. She knew she would always be involved in the arts in some way. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts, cum laude, from the University of Georgia, Hillis continued her Master of Fine Art studies at the University of Texas. Her journalist husband's career took her to different cities, finally settling in the Virginia and Washington D.C. area, where she established her reputation as a fine art watercolor artist and a popular instructor. In late 2017, she moved to St. Simons Island, on the coast of southern Georgia, to continue her work, inspired by the low country, the beach, and the spirit of the area. Hillis works both in the studio and outdoors. During the past few years, the artist has traveled extensively to Plein Air competitions, fulfilling her love for painting nature and history. She is drawn to scenes that are often forgotten or neglected and find the intrinsic beauty in them. Hillis believes that observation is her best teacher and she is known for the effect of light and movement in her work. Hillis has won hundreds of awards and honors at competitive shows regionally and nationally. She's earned eight Signature Memberships from national watercolor organizations and was one of 40 elected members of the prestigious Washington Society of Landscape Painters. The artist regularly competes in international watercolor exhibitions as well as Plein Air competitions and invitational shows. Her painting, "Gift From the Sea," was recently included in an international watercolor exhibition in the Quingdao Laotian Museum of Art, China and she served as an artist in residence in Dinan, France (2007) and at Hot Springs National Park (2010). Catherine Hillis was a respected instructor teaching classes at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA, and at Frederick Community College as well as workshops nationally and abroad. Her watercolor paintings are included in museum, corporate and personal collections and have been published in many venues, including Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Watercolor Artist Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, American Artist Magazine, Splash 12, Splash 14, Splash 18, the Artistic Touch series of water-media books, The Washington Post, the Best of America Watercolor Artists & Artisans, Volume 1 and the Best of Virginia Artists & Artisans 2005. Hillis teaches a series of brief watercolor lessons on MonkeySee.com. Visit Catherine's website for more information regarding galleries, original artwork and classes You can also email Catherine at catherine.h.hillis@gmail.com. |
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