Stefan Gadnell shares his love for watercolor through his art courses We’ve had the honor of speaking with one of our highly popular watercolor painters, Stefan Gadnell, who shares his journey from being an art teacher to holding painting courses on the Portuguese south coast. “Stefan has been accustomed to…
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Zangarelli Workshop – day 3
Roberto had a black and white picture featuring several tall buildings in front of a river with some boats closely packed together. We sketched, and then Roberto painted in stages, very effectively. After lunch, Roberto painted portraits with a warm and a cold side. It was a good exercise. Roberto…
Zangarelli Workshop – day 2
Today was more challenging. Roberto demonstrated a picture from Venice with two boats and a bridge with small people. He divided everything up, first we all sketched, and then Roberto applied the first layer, thinly on the buildings in the background so that we would do the same afterward. The…
Roberto Zangarelli in Cascais-day 1
In February 2024, we participated in an exciting workshop with Roberto Zangarelli in Cascais, Portugal. Roberto Zangarelli is a distinguished Italian watercolor artist and graphic illustrator from Rome, born in 1970. He has a distinct vision for watercolor painting based on three fundamental principles: atmosphere (representing the painting’s story), magic…
Loose painting
Are you spending hours on a painting, but still unhappy with the result? Many painters, including myself, chase that elusive loose style that looks free and easy. In these four articles, I’ll share my approach to achieving it. First, let’s define loose painting. It’s like a patchwork of shapes, washes,…
ALVARO CASTAGNET In JÖNKÖPING
This summer we were invited to participate in a workshop in Jönköping with Alvaro Castagnet, fantastic, isn’t it, in Jönköping!! At first we thought it was a joke, but, no, he was going to hold a workshop there for two days. Julie Karlsson had arranged this in Folkuniversitet’s premises. My…
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Online Workshop with Alvaro Castagnet
At the beginning of November 2022 I found a notice about an online workshop with Alvaro Castagnet. It cost only $99 and you would get to paint online with Alvaro for four hours. He would start at 5 in the afternoon in Australia which meant starting at nine for me,…
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COLORS AND BRUSHES
Hello watercolor friends,One question I often get before a workshop is what colors and brushes I use. Of course, it is personal which ones you prefer, but it can be good to know if you are going to participate in a workshop and want to try to do exercises fully….
Joseph Zbukvic, day 5
Today we painted Girona. Joseph chose a bit up the river with the Eiffel red bridge and a church in the background. He worked for a long time with the many sunlit roofs. Here it is important not to make it monotonous, to vary all the time, both colors, strength…
Joseph Zbukvic, day 4
Today we went by bus to Calella de Palafrugell. We went down to the beach. Joseph warned us about painting in the sun. It looks good when you paint, but when you see the picture at home, it will be way too dark. He unfolded his board, put a piece…