In June, I’ll be teaching a 3-day workshop at Filoli, the beautiful estate garden in Woodside, California. We’ll be using their orchids as subjects for the class, and students have a choice of working on vellum or watercolor paper. A three-day class allows us to make much greater progress, and I’ll give a vellum stretching demo as part of the class. Create rich color through multiple layers of watercolor dry brush to capture the shaded form and surface qualities so characteristic of orchids. I look forward to seeing you there! Find info here. Filoli’s website lists classes by date.

Telepogon hutchinsonii, watercolor on vellum over panel ©CWoodin 2014

A student’s work in progress at Filoli.