"LOVING WATERCOLOR" Workshop by Lee Copen

Name: "LOVING WATERCOLOR" Workshop by Lee Copen
Start: 2025-01-18T09:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-18T13:00:00-06:00
Location: 110 Saint Louis St., West Plains, MO, United States, Missouri 65775

Schedule

Sat Jan 18 2025 at 09:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

110 Saint Louis St., West Plains, MO, United States, Missouri 65775 | West Plains, MO

West Plains Council on the Arts (WPCA) will host a “Loving Watercolor” workshop led by artist Lee Copen. The workshop will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2025, in the Walnut Room at the West Plains Civic Center, 110 St. Louis St., West Plains, MO.
Loving watercolor is about understanding watercolor techniques and properties. In this workshop students will get to paint a landscape painting, while learning about these techniques and properties. Students will learn about wet and dry techniques, values and color and how to simplify an image; all help make watercolor painting a joy. Paper and some basic supplies are available, but students should bring their own watercolor paints and brushes if they have them.
Copen says, “I have always been drawn to the diversity and beauty that landscape has to offer. Painting is absolutely my most favorite thing to do. I have been painting all my life and painting is simply how I like to spend my time. For me painting is capturing a fleeting moment of beauty and sharing what I see with others.”
Growing up in South Africa and Chile, Lee was always an artist. She spent her High School and College years in Colorado, where she excelled in art and earned a degree in Fine Art from the University of Northern Colorado. She worked as a graphic artist and architectural illustrator before going back to school to become a certified teacher. Living on a small farm in the Ozarks, she taught art at the local high school for 22 years, while raising her family. Through all these years she continued to paint and draw. Now retired Lee gets to combine her love for painting and the outdoors, as a plein air painter. Whether on location or in the studio, her light and color filled paintings reflect her love for the land and realistic landscape painting. Working in both watercolor and oil paint, she has received many awards and honors. She is also known for her color pencil drawings of birds. Her art can be viewed on her website and numerous regional galleries.
Cost for the workshop is $50, all supplies provided. Pre-registration is required. Register via email [email protected] or text 417-293-2325. Space is limited for this workshop. For more information, you may contact WPCA at [email protected]