Exhibition at Samora Barros Gallery in Albufeira – November 2025 In November 2025, my beloved wife Margaretha and I, Stefan Gadnell, had the great pleasure of exhibiting our watercolors together at Samora Barros Gallery in Albufeira, Portugal. This was a particularly meaningful moment for us both, as it had been…
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Exhibition at Mollbrinks – Uppsala in Watercolor
From November 23 to December 4, 2024, I had the pleasure of once again showcasing my latest watercolors at Mollbrinks. This is a recurring exhibition I’ve had the privilege of holding every other year since its debut in 2017. Each time has been an incredible experience, with large crowds and…
Love for Watercolor
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…
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….