Descanso Gardens in La Canada, California was once again a wonderful place for a workshop series, and fortunately had lots of shady places for sketching on warm summer days. In preparing to teach workshops, I really enjoy the process of planning--going back to the basics of thumbnail sketching, thinking in line, and thinking in shape. It's a great opportunity to experiment with color...adding just a bit for emphasis, or starting with color, then adding line...or no line at all!
Building a composition with warm and cool shapes...
Thumbnails with color glazes...
using color selectively...
...and experimenting with "pure color" layers (the new super-saturated QoR watercolor from Golden)
