WSST ZOOM Mini-Workshops are just $35 for the year!
Guest artist demonstrations are $15 for members. You can pay for your membership on our JOIN PAGE. This will grant you access to our ZOOM classes for 2021-2022 and includes our archive of previous classes. This is over 70 hours of class instruction!
Once you join, you will receive a welcome email with further information and password to our archive usually within 1 business day.
Upcoming WSST Zoom Workshops
WSST Zoom Class #25 – Painting an Impressionistic Winter Scene
December 19th, 2021 – 1-4PM CST
Join us for another class workshop as we will compose and paint a winter scene! We will use the photographs above to paint a winter scene with bison in a meadow with background trees and fog! We will utilize our skills from our previous tree and skies workshop to compose a wintery, atmospheric watercolor. This workshop is FREE to our members! So join today!
Upcoming WSST Zoom Demonstrations with Special Guest Artists
Upcoming ZOOM Workshops – 2022
Stephen Zhang Zoom Mini-Workshop – Painting a Portrait in Watercolor
January 9th, 2022 -1-2:30pm CST
This will be a pre-recording (1.5 hour demonstration) with Stephen Zhang present LIVE to answer questions on his technique of painting. He will demonstrate his painting “Chinese Lady in Blue”.
Stephen Zhang is a Texas based watercolor artist known for his unique approaches to watercolor. His portrait and landscape paintings are visually rich and emotionally profound. He was Born in China and Stephen graduated from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts. Later, he received his MFA degree from University of North Texas. Stephen is an assistant professor at University of North Texas.
Stephen’s paintings have been included or awarded by Signature American Watermedia International Exhibition, Chinese National Art Exhibition, Art Olympia (Japan), Infiniti National Art Competition, Watermedia Showcase, Watercolor USA, Transparent Watercolor Society of American, Watercolor West, Splash, and American Illustration. He has been featured in publications such as American Art Collector, International Artist, Watercolor Artist, The Art of Watercolor, Art and Design, and Pratique Des Arts.
SEND CHECKS to : Al Kline – President WSST, 4833 Saratoga Blvd #504, Corpus Christi, Texas 78413-2212
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Rob Candy Zoom Mini-Workshop – Painting Land and Seascapes in Transparent Watercolor
February 13th, 2022 -5-8pm CST
Rob Candy was Born Melbourne and is acting President of the Watercolor Society of Victoria. Rob began painting watercolours at Ku-ring-gai Arts Centre during the 1980’s with Owen Thompson, and at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales with Frederic Bates OAM. He has a degree in Geography and this informs his analysis of and appreciation for the landscape.
SEND CHECKS to : Al Kline – President WSST, 4833 Saratoga Blvd #504, Corpus Christi, Texas 78413-2212
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Herman Pekel Zoom Mini-Workshop-Painting Bold Watercolors!
March 20th, 2022 – Sunday, 5-8pm CST
Herman Pekel has been painting watercolor a oils for over forty years. He is a prominent watercolor artist and teaches throughout the world. Herman was the winner of the Camberwell Rotary Watercolour prize in 1993 and was previously three times a finalist in Camberwell’s Travel Scholarship Award, winner of the 1989 Camberwell Watercolour Prize and also the Travel Study Scholarship in 1989. He has also won many other awards, including the Camberwell Rotary Art Show’s Best Oil in 2004, the Camberwell Rotary Watercolour prize in 1989, 1993, 1995 and 2006, the Camberwell Rotary Travel Scholarship in 1989, and in 1989 and 1993 he won the Alice Bale Award.
SEND CHECKS to : Al Kline – President WSST, 4833 Saratoga Blvd #504, Corpus Christi, Texas 78413-2212
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Michael Reardon Zoom Mini-Workshop
April 10th, 2022 – Sunday, 1-4pm CST
This will be a pre-recorded demonstration (high resolution) of 2 paintings with Michael present during the demonstration to answer questions.
Michael Reardon has been painting in watercolor for over thirty years. An avid traveler, he uses watercolor to record his observations, convey a sense of place and light, and communicate his impressions of the built, natural, and imagined worlds. He works from his studio in Oakland, California.
In 2005 he was the recipient of the prestigious Gabriel Prize from the Western European Architecture Foundation, which enabled him to spend three months painting in Paris. Originally trained as an architect with a degree in architecture from UC Berkeley, he was an architectural illustrator for over thirty years. In 2004 he was awarded the Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize, the premier award in the field of architectural illustration.
His watercolors have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the annual shows of the National Watercolor Society, the American Watercolor Society, and the California Art Club. In 2011 he presented a solo show at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery in San Francisco.
He is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, and the California Watercolor Association. He is also the author of Watercolor Techniques: Painting Light and Color in Landscapes and Cityscapes from North Light Books.
SEND CHECKS to : Al Kline – President WSST, 4833 Saratoga Blvd #504, Corpus Christi, Texas 78413-2212
Ari de Goes Jr. Zoom Mini-Workshop
June 19th, 2022 – Sunday, 1-4pm CST
Ari de Goes Jr is a Brazilian Watercolor Artist from Sao Paulo. He spent most of his career in advertising and marketing and acting art director of his own Ad Agency. He began painting professionally at the age of 14. Since 2011, he has developed his authorial work with watercolor. He conducts and teaches classes in watercolor including monthly student trips for plein air watercolor classes.
SEND CHECKS to : Al Kline – President WSST, 4833 Saratoga Blvd #504, Corpus Christi, Texas 78413-2212
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Gord Jones Zoom Mini-Workshop – Painting Winter Landscapes
November 13th, 2022 – Sunday, 1-4pm CST
Gord Jones has always been an artist. After experiencing many different mediums such as oils, pastels, acrylics, even egg tempera he returned to his greatest love, transparent watercolour.
Gord has sought direction throughout his artistic career from many of Canada’s most loved watercolourists. He has always found visual communication speaks clearest, even though his interpretations leave room for the viewer to explore and most importantly, participate in the conversation.
He focuses on taking familiar life as subject matter while commenting on the everyday aesthetic of nature and how light describes its many forms. Gord seeks to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotional reaction and transferring that sense of space.
Gord is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, The Society of Canadian Artists, and enjoys memberships inthe Niagara Frontier Watercolour Society, The Haliburton Arts Council, the Rails End Gallery, and is Ontario”s representative of the International Watercolour Society. Gord is a certified Adult Educator. He is represented by various galleries in Ontario and participates in selected exhibitions throughout the year.
After cottaging in the area for over 30 years, Gord and family have made Haliburton their home.
SEND CHECKS to : Al Kline – President WSST, 4833 Saratoga Blvd #504, Corpus Christi, Texas 78413-2212
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Past ZOOM Workshops – 2021-2022
Howard Jones Zoom Mini-Workshop – Painting Impressionistic Watercolors
Born in 1957 Howard Jones has been a full time Welsh artist since 2009. He is one of the most prominent Watercolor Artist in Wales, UK.
Howard’s style is impressionistic with a leaning towards abstract. He studies out of doors as much as possible in order to find inspiration for his studio work. Other than attending a number of external courses in traditional oil painting and monoprint at Cardiff Art College, Howard is mostly self taught.
Now giving most of his time to tutoring others in the mediums of watercolour and acrylic, Howard’s passion and dedication to helping those wishing to learn to paint for themselves is paramount. His promise to those with a genuine desire to learn is that he will pass on everything that he has personally learnt by straight forward easy to follow instruction and constructive advice.
SEND CHECKS to : Al Kline – President WSST, 4833 Saratoga Blvd #504, Corpus Christi, Texas 78413-2212
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Kim Johnson-Nechtman Zoom Mini-Workshop – Painting Transparent Watercolorsni-Workshop – Painting Impressionistic Watercolors
Transparent watercolor artist Kim Johnson-Nechtman joined us in November for a most inspiring LIVE Zoom Mini-workshop! Kim discovered her love for the creative process at a young age. On the advice of family and friends concerned that she have a ‘real career’, Kim completed her degree in psychology before pursuing her real passion – watercolor.
“I started taking art classes and it was so exciting! I loved creating paintings and amazed myself with my accomplishments. The whole process, from the composition to drawing to painting, is thrilling!”
Now fully devoted to her artistic endeavors, Kim’s masterful use of glazes and washes, wet and dry technique, and positive and negative space breathes life into pieces focused on the human and animal experiences. Her award-winning work is enjoyed by both corporate offices and private collectors.
Kim is a signature member of AWS, NWS, SDWS, TWSA, WW, WFWS and AWA. She has expanded her work to include instructional and demonstration sessions.
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