Stan Kurth, NWS
Intuitive Painting with Watercolor & Gouache
November 8 – 10, 2023
Arts@302
302 S Main St
Broken Arrow, OK 74012
This workshop is designed to teach all levels of students to paint intuitively, starting without preconceived notions or outcome. There will be no preliminary planning or drawing. Process will dictate direction as students use watercolor, ink and gouache to implement elements and principles of design. Instruction will start with random ink marks, then color using a mixture of ink, watercolor and gouache to create a library of design elements. There will be regular comments and evaluation of work in progress concerning relationships between elements and principles. It is entirely possible finished work may be representational, but the goal is work which is compositionally pleasing and aligned with the artist’s personal aesthetic.
Artist and workshop instructor Stan Kurth has drawn and painted most of his life. Stan lives with the conviction of “fear not” and that same attitude permeates not just his life but his art. His focus and dedication to his work have earned him signature member status in several watercolor societies including the National Watercolor Society, San Diego Watercolor Society, and the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies – Master.
Tony Couch
Green Country Watercolor Society Tulsa, OK
April 2023
Green Country Watercolor Society is pleased to welcome the internationally known artist and instructor Tony Couch! A three day workshop will be held April 12-14, 2023.
Tony has written three books on watercolor. His first, titled “Watercolor: You Can Do It!” was published by Northlight Publishing in 1987. It went through five printings and became Northlight’s all time best-selling book on painting. This was followed up by “Watercolor Techniques” and “Tony Couch’s Keys to Successful Painting”.
Couch has been elected to membership in the Academic Artists Association, Allied Artists of America, American Watercolor Society, and numerous others. He has won over 70 national awards and his work has been included in three annual exhibitions of the National Academy of Design.
Tony Couch’s watercolor instruction articles have appeared in “Palette Talk”, “American Artist”, “Australian Artist”, “Northlight”, “Watercolor Magic” and “The Artist” magazines. His work is included in twelve art instruction articles and publications by other artists in the United States, Australia, and the UK. He has produced 10 “How To” videos and DVDs, some of which are used in colleges and in various state educational systems. Tony conducts workshops throughout the US and abroad.
The workshop sessions begin each morning at 9 am when Couch completes a painting, explaining what he is doing, and why, as he paints. Students paint in the afternoon, after which Couch critiques all the day’s completed work, including his own. An optional slide show/lecture on the principles of design – including color and composition – will be presented in the afternoon of the first day.
Learn more about Tony Couch on his website: www.tonycouch.com
Whit Todd
Green Country Watercolor Society Tulsa, OK
June 2022
Whit Todd is a watercolor artist and has won several awards for his work. He has attended watercolor workshops with Alvaro Castagnet, Frank Webb, Tony Van Hasselt, and Bill Hart. He has exhibited his work in Tulsa and Alabama. Whit has also practiced architecture for over three decades throughout the United States including Boston, the Gulf Coast and Tulsa. He is married to local artist Amy Rockett-Todd who works with wet-plate collodion photography and has had works exhibited internationally.
Whit paints in a “Charles Reid type technique”, using an easel resulting in several drips down the paper. His palette is a little larger than your cell phone! We really appreciated his two full days with all of us in Green Country Watercolor Society. Everyone left with two nice paintings.
Highlights from Whit’s Workshop
Paul Jackson
Green Country Watercolor Society Tulsa, OK
Held Nov 10-12, 2020 (3 days)
A three day workshop with renown artist Paul Jackson AWS, NWS was held on November 10, 11, and 12, 2020. Honored by the American Watercolor Society with signature membership at the age of 30, Paul is also a Signature member of the National Watercolor Society and an Honor Member of the Missouri Watercolor Society.
Paul was the Grand Prize winner in the Paint Your Way to Paris competition and has been featured as one of the Master Painters of the World in International Artists Magazine. Jackson’s artwork has been on the cover of The Artist’s Magazine four times. Other media featuring Jackson’s work include American Artist, Watercolor magazine, Watercolor Magic, Watercolor Artist, Forbes Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, NPR, CBS News, The Baltimore Sun, The St Louis Post, The Kansas City Star, and TWA’s Ambassador Magazine.
A prolific artist and ambitious world traveler, Paul Jackson is one of today’s most versatile and visible contemporary watercolorists. Whether his subject is landscape, cityscape, portrait, architecture, still life or abstract, Paul captivates his audience with genuine emotion, intensity and finesse that energize each of his creations.
Jackson is the author of Painting Spectacular Light Effects in Watercolor, from North Light Books and The Wandering Watercolorist, from Chameleon Press 2013. He is an eagle scout, an adventurous spirit and travels the earth in search of visual inspiration.
Steve Rogers
Green Country Watercolor Society Tulsa, OK
Held May 7-10, 2019 (4 days)
A four day workshop with renown artist Steve Rogers AWS, NWS was held on May 7 through May 10, 2019. Steve is known for cityscapes and boats.
the American Watercolor Society and an Ambassador/Director of AWS and a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society. He was the National Invited Juror for the AWS Annual Exhibition in 2007and served on the jury of selection. Steve was the Chairman of the American Watercolor Society Jury of Awards in 2010. Steve’s work was featured on the cover of the winter 2007 issue of“American Artist’s Watercolor Magazine”, and in the beautiful article by M. Stephen Doherty, Inspiration at Higher Levels. His painting Aegean Blue was included in the 1st Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary International Watermedia Masters at the Jiangsu Watercolor Research Institute in Nanjing, China. He is also a signature member of the Florida Watercolor Society, where he has won 15 awards including three for Second Place.
Lance Hunter
Green Country Watercolor Society Tulsa, OK
Held Sept 7-8, 2018 (2 days)
Sept 7-8, 2018 nationally known artist Lance Hunter taught a workshop for the Green Country Watercolor Society. Lance Hunter is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society and the National Watercolor Society. In the last four years, Hunter has received eight awards in national or international watercolor exhibitions. This includes the highest award from the Missouri Watercolor International Exhibition in 2014. He also received the second highest honor in both the Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition and National Watermedia Oklahoma in 2013.
Soon Warren
Green Country Watercolor Society Tulsa, OK
Held May 8, 9, 10, and 11, 2018 (4 days)
May 8-11 2018 nationally known artist Soon Warren taught a workshop for the Green Country Watercolor Society. Soon Warren is a full time artist and teacher. She has an Associate degree in commercial art from Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Virginia. Soon has had many exhibitions and earned numerous awards. She is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society as well as many other watercolor societies. She has published watercolor painting books and has received a number of awards for her paintings.
David Rankin
A couple peeks into Ken Hosmer’s wonderful 2012 workshop.
