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Watercolor Workshop by Fealing Lin IS NOW FULL!
About the Artist: Award winning watercolorist, Fealing combines semi-abstract strokes and impressionistic concepts to elicit life and movement in her portrait and figure paintings. Fealing Lin is a signature member of National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Watercolor West, Missouri Watercolor Society and others. She is a popular workshop instructor and judge for national and international shows. Her works and articles appear nationally and internationally including in France , in England and in Estonia. Both of Fealing's portrait and cityscape were published in many Splash books and varies magazines in United States.
" I live for art" says Fealing. "The challenge of each process of every painting keeps me humble, so I can continuing inspired by all the beauties in this world."
About the Artist: Award winning watercolorist, Fealing combines semi-abstract strokes and impressionistic concepts to elicit life and movement in her portrait and figure paintings. Fealing Lin is a signature member of National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Watercolor West, Missouri Watercolor Society and others. She is a popular workshop instructor and judge for national and international shows. Her works and articles appear nationally and internationally including in France , in England and in Estonia. Both of Fealing's portrait and cityscape were published in many Splash books and varies magazines in United States.
" I live for art" says Fealing. "The challenge of each process of every painting keeps me humble, so I can continuing inspired by all the beauties in this world."
SCAA will feature a watercolor workshop by renowned California artist Fealing Lin!
When: Friday, Sept 19 - Saturday, Sept 20, 2025 Time : 10:30 A.M.- 3:30 P.M. Where: Stevenson Ranch Library - Community Room 25950 The Old Road (by Mc Bean Parkway) Stevenson Ranch CA 91381 For questions, contact Zony Gordon at [email protected] Workshop with Fealing Lin This workshop is available to artists with a certain comfort level with watercolor and may not be suitable for beginners. The main topic will be portraiture, but will also feature landscape painting on the second day. You will need to bring a completed portrait drawing to be painted in the workshop. (See below.) Although portrait painting can be very intimidating, Fealing will teach you how to relax and enjoy the process as you discover the spontaneity and uniqueness to watercolor. You will also learn how to capture the quality of light available to you. You will achieve a level of transparency with your images and develop an understanding of head architecture that will give you the confidence to take on even the most challenging portraits. There will be daily lecture, exercise and demo. Fealing will assist and critique student’s works whatever way she could, and allow the students to work on their own pace. During this workshop, learn how value and temperature change, as well as how to use transparent glazing to allow the glow of the paper to shine through. By balancing colors and weaving lights and darks, you will achieve painterly and successful paintings. She will spend time in the workshop discussing the value and essentials of a good drawing, although the focus will be on painting. Light, value, colors, and over-all composition will be a focus. There will be an email sent to all participants to confirm your registration before August 5. |
IMPORTANT: You MUST Register.
Space is limited to 25 persons. After 25 the next 5 will be placed on the wait list. If you are unable to attend the workshop please contact Zony ASAP, so that people on the waiting list may be contacted. Thank you! Deadline is on August 1 or as soon as workshop is full. Any questions, pls. email [email protected] or call 661.312.3422 |
Instruction :BEFORE the workshop
Suggested Material List:
1. Paper---[a]. Arches 140 lb. cold press or soft press.
[b]. Frabriano 300 lb. hot press.
2. Colors---Cadmium yellow, Cadmium orange, Cadmium red, Alizarin crimson.
Quinacridone gold, Quinacridone burnt orange, Raw sienna, Burnt sienna, Burnt umber, Hoocker's green, Cerulean blue, Turquoise blue, Cobalt blue Ultramarine blue, any violet. I use Winsor Newton, Daniel Smith , Holbein and American Journey.
3. Pallete—My plastic pallete for portrait painting has 17 wells.
4. Painting Board – Paper needs to be held on board by clamps or pushpins.
5. Brushes—I use round #10, #14 and #16. Prices range from $15~$165.
I also use 11/2" and 2" flate.
6. Pencil and Eraser—2B or 3B pencil and soft eraser.
7. Table Easel for painting with angles.
8. Facial Tissue and old bath towels.
9. Mats for showing paintings
- Select some photos with good light and shadow patterns on the face. The lighting has to be from a single light source (sun light or spot light). Please do not use flash light for shooting portrait. Flash light will flatten all the shadow patterns.
- Enlarge your photo to desire, but no larger than life size.
- Finish a careful drawing no larger than life size with no shading by using 11” x 15” loose paper or 12” x16” or 15" x 22" sizes (140 lb. or 300 lb. cold press or hot press).
- Bring them on the first day of the workshop.
- If you like to work on some figures, the lighting has the same requirements as portraits.
Suggested Material List:
1. Paper---[a]. Arches 140 lb. cold press or soft press.
[b]. Frabriano 300 lb. hot press.
2. Colors---Cadmium yellow, Cadmium orange, Cadmium red, Alizarin crimson.
Quinacridone gold, Quinacridone burnt orange, Raw sienna, Burnt sienna, Burnt umber, Hoocker's green, Cerulean blue, Turquoise blue, Cobalt blue Ultramarine blue, any violet. I use Winsor Newton, Daniel Smith , Holbein and American Journey.
3. Pallete—My plastic pallete for portrait painting has 17 wells.
4. Painting Board – Paper needs to be held on board by clamps or pushpins.
5. Brushes—I use round #10, #14 and #16. Prices range from $15~$165.
I also use 11/2" and 2" flate.
6. Pencil and Eraser—2B or 3B pencil and soft eraser.
7. Table Easel for painting with angles.
8. Facial Tissue and old bath towels.
9. Mats for showing paintings
Funding is provided by Solar Optimum via the LA Country Department of Arts and Culture Public Art in Private Development Program.(2024/2025 ). This workshop is Free for both SCAA Members and Non-Members.