WATERCOLOR REIMAGINED
A 2-Day Zoom Watercolor Workshop with artist LIZ WALKER
October 21 (Tues) and 23 (Thurs), 2025, 9 AM - 1 PM
Use your familiar watercolor pigments and papers in a new way! By using acrylic matte medium, you can enhance your watercolor paintings with textures and areas of visual interest. Class time will consist of demos of techniques and lots of time for students to paint. Liz will offer subject matter ideas and quick demos to illustrate lessons, but everyone will be free to use their own subject matter.
Participants will learn:
Participants will learn:
- How to use limited acrylic line work as a first layer in your watercolor paintings; — How to plan for and work in a series using saved drawings;
- Ways of using stencils/stamping to create unique patterns and textures;
- The impact of adding line (either drawn or scratched into paint);
- How to repurpose old paintings into new works of art (retaining the “good parts”, while obscuring areas that are not working);
- The best use of opaque and/or transparent pigments to revive an old painting.
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REGISTRATION
This is a two-day online workshop for all levels. Registrants will receive an email from Liza Carrillo <[email protected]> with details and login information after registration is completed. Fee: $140 MVAL Members / $175 NonMembers. No Refunds after October 16, 2025 Now accepting online registrations with credit card payments in addition to mail-in registrations. |
Liz Walker was born in Pennsylvania and raised in San Antonio, Texas--a large metropolitan city infused with the culture, language, and architecture of Mexico. This experience has had a profound and positive affect on her life and most certainly influences how she chooses the colors and subject matter in her paintings.
In 1980, Liz received a B.A. in Art from Trinity University, but, like many artists, found financial security in an unrelated field: writing software user manuals for a computer company. After that, art and creativity took a backseat to building a 10 year career in technical writing. Growing restless and dissatisfied with the demands of the high tech world (especially after her daughter was born in 1993) Liz took a night class in watercolor and rediscovered her artistic passion--and churned out 100 paintings in the first year!
In 1997 after considerable soul-searching, Liz quit her stressful job and devoted herself completely and wholeheartedly to the thing she was put on this earth to do--PAINT. She has been known to paint up to 380 paintings in one year, while juggling teaching and juried exhibition opportunities as well. It's the best "job" in the world!
Watercolor was Liz's first medium of choice, but since 2005 she has mainly painted in acrylics and acrylic marbling. Her paintings have been exhibited both locally and nationally and have won numerous awards. Her works are in private collections in Texas, Massachusetts, California, Colorado and Oregon.
In 1980, Liz received a B.A. in Art from Trinity University, but, like many artists, found financial security in an unrelated field: writing software user manuals for a computer company. After that, art and creativity took a backseat to building a 10 year career in technical writing. Growing restless and dissatisfied with the demands of the high tech world (especially after her daughter was born in 1993) Liz took a night class in watercolor and rediscovered her artistic passion--and churned out 100 paintings in the first year!
In 1997 after considerable soul-searching, Liz quit her stressful job and devoted herself completely and wholeheartedly to the thing she was put on this earth to do--PAINT. She has been known to paint up to 380 paintings in one year, while juggling teaching and juried exhibition opportunities as well. It's the best "job" in the world!
Watercolor was Liz's first medium of choice, but since 2005 she has mainly painted in acrylics and acrylic marbling. Her paintings have been exhibited both locally and nationally and have won numerous awards. Her works are in private collections in Texas, Massachusetts, California, Colorado and Oregon.