Watercolor Workshop with Fred Graff

A few weeks ago, I took a workshop with watercolor artist, Fred Graff. Fred is not only a wonderful artist, but a fantastic teacher as well. His focus was on composition and design, as well as application. We all learned...how much we have yet to learn!

It was nice to take a break from portrait commissions for the week. Now it's time to catch up.

Below are a few studies from the workshop:

This painting was started with an abstract underglaze and the figure was defined using negative space.


"Joanna", watercolor on illustration board








Same concept, different subject.


"Tools of the Trade", watercolor on paper










I painted this after the workshop using the concepts I learned.


Mr. Bojangles, watercolor on paper













This is a small oil painting I did earlier to compare media, an exercise suggested by mentor Bill Chambers. This one was painted in water-based oils, the other two will be regular oils and watercolor.