Katherine will conduct a two-day Watercolor Workshop exploring various methods of interpreting objects found in nature as well as landscape painting using wet into wet, and wet into dry watercolor techniques. The instructor will demonstrate various expressive, realistic, and abstract techniques, and will provide constructive critiques during the workshop. This workshop is open to all beginning and advanced students. Students may choose to work expressively, realistically, or in an abstract manner. There will be various demonstrations during the day, 30 to 40 minutes, depending on the progress of the class.
Students will meet at first day at ARTSPACE then travel to private property to paint.
Materials:
Arches Watercolor cold-pressed, 9 x 12”, 12 sheets, 140 lb. paper. $ 32.99 Michaels
Winsor and Newton Cotman Watercolors Sketchers’ Pocket Box, $29.99 Michaels OR
Winsor and Newton Cotman Watercolor Painting Plus 12 tube Set, $49.99 Michaels
Brushes: Necessities Brown Synthetic Watercolor Brushes by artist loft. $12.99 Michaels
Blue Tape
Watercolor palette knife
Plastic containers for water
Bounty paper towels
Inexpensive watercolor palette.
The Class costs $180 per student
Katherine Liontas-Warren, Emeritus Professor of Art, is a resident of Oklahoma. Katherine taught printmaking, drawing and watercolor for 38 years as professor of art at Cameron University. She retired in May 2021 to pursue her art as a full-time professional artist. Katherine has a Master of Fine Art from Texas Tech University and a Bachelor of Science from Southern Connecticut State University. Katherine Liontas-Warren was awarded the Oklahoma Governor's Art and Education Award in Oklahoma City at the State Capitol in 2014. She is also a recipient of the Bhattacharya Research Excellence Award, the Cameron University Faculty Hall of Fame, and the Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Faculty. Katherine received the title of Artist of the Year by the Paseo Art Association in Oklahoma City and the Artist and Educator of the Year through the Lawton Arts and Humanities Council. Katherine has exhibited her works of art in over 400 National Solo, Invitational and Juried Competitive Exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad, and has received numerous purchase and juried awards.
Many of her prints and drawings are in permanent collections in Museums and institutions throughout the nation such as Austin Peay University, Arkansas Art Center, The Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern University, Oklahoma State University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, University of Colorado, University of North Dakota, Oklahoma Art Institute: Quartz Mountain Lodge, Del Mar College, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Whitman College in Walla Walla, Butler Community College in Kansas, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Leslie Powell Art Foundation Gallery, Milwaukee Museum of Art, Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, and Nicolls State University. The Museum of Texas Tech University acquired 90 works by Katherine Liontas-Warren for the Artist Printmaker Research Collection. This collection represents the documentation of American artist printmakers.
Katherine has taught numerous workshops on drawing and printmaking at various universities, museums, and institutes. She has taught three drawing workshops at the Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain for public school educators and continues to give workshops and demonstrations regionally throughout the southwest. Most recently, Katherine taught at John Campbell Folk School in North Carolina.
