David Daniels

www.MrWatercolor.com
Watercolor Studio

June 13 - 19, 2010

Medium: Watercolor
Level: All Levels
5-Day Studio Class

David Daniels is the instructor for the Smithsonian Institution of Washington DC.  He also teaches design and painting at Montgomery College in Rockville MD, as well as workshops around the world.  His interactive approach and humor are often recognized as his strongest teaching tools.  The heart of the artist and spirit of the medium are the two most important components of his teaching.  Students are introduced to methods of using multiple glazes over wet-into-wet passages to achieve unsurpassed brilliance as well as the use of masking agents to achieve jewel-like clarity.

David strongly believes that planning does not destroy spontaneity but rather creates opportunities. David demonstrates how to carefully construct a watercolor using preliminary sketches and value studies on gray paper that eventually are transferred to watercolor paper.  Students work from sketches, photographs and other source material. This process allows for stronger compositions, and therefore, stronger paintings.