Stephen Zhang Workshop: Critical Foundations for Watercolor Portraits

Name: Stephen Zhang Workshop: Critical Foundations for Watercolor Portraits
Start: 2024-11-01T09:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-11-01T15:30:00-05:00
Location: Patterson-Appleton Arts Center

Schedule

Fri Nov 01 2024 at 09:30 am to 03:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Patterson-Appleton Arts Center | Denton, TX

Artist Stephen Zhang will be teaching a Portrait Class,
"Critical Foundations for Watercolor Portraits"
Friday, November 1, 2024 & a continuation on March 28, 29, 2025 from 9:30-3:30 Patterson Appleton Arts Center.
Cost $350 for Members, $380 Non-Members
$250 due by November 1, 2024 & $100 additional due by March 1, 2025.
For those unable to attend November 1 Class,
$250 will be due by March 1 to attend March 28, 29 Classes
PayPal to Visual Arts Society of Texas or mail check
to VAST, P.O. Box 1281, Denton, TX 76202.
Born in China, Stephen graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts and received his MFA from the University of North Texas. He is currently an assistant professor in Communication Design at UNT.
Stephen’s artwork has received widespread recognition both nationally and internationally, winning awards from prestigious exhibitions organized by the American Watercolor Society, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America USA, American
Illustration and the Chinese National Art Exhibition, among others. He has won 3 best of Show in 5 years at Watercolor USA.
His work has been featured in publications such as
Watercolor Artist, American Art Collector, Art Connoisseur and International Artist.
This is the first of a series of watercolor portrait workshops to be taught by Stephen, each dealing with an important aspect of the art. The focus of this workshop is on the fundamentals of watercolor portraiture, including human anatomy, forms, and lighting.
Participants will practice addressing these elements loosely and efficiently with watercolor.