Classes and Workshops

13-24 Watercolor Classes with International Artist Sheldon Saint

INTRODUCTION

International artist Sheldon Saint will be exhibiting his watercolour collection “Bahamas Treasure” at the Williams Mill Gallery from January 23 to February 3.  Sheldon will be offering watercolour workshops in the Arts Education Centre at the Williams Mill Visual Arts Centre while here. 

CLASSES

This class is designed for students with some experience in watercolor techniques and builds slowly from the simple to the more complex. Demonstrations are a part of the class and painting from photographs is emphasized. Students focus on assignments to improve control of the medium, composition, specific painting challenges, seeing and capturing the effects of light, best tips, tricks and techniques for creating exceptionally realistic watercolor artwork. Whether you’re new to watercolors or wishing to perfect your layering techniques, you’ll find the insights and guidance you need in this course.

SCHEDULE

Monday January 28 – 9:30 am to 12 noon
Tuesday January 29 – 9:30 am to 12 noon
Wednesday January 30 – 7:00 to 9:30 pm
Thursday January 31 – 1:00 to 3:30 pm
Saturday February 2 – 3:30 to 7 pm and Williams Mill Gallery Tour

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Using essential tools and materials.
• Tips for using and creating your reference studies.
• Using masking fluid to save your whites.
• Add depth to your watercolors.
• Color and shadows.
• Expressing detail through the use of hard and soft edges.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS

Artists new to watercolors and intermediate-level watercolor painters who wish to create realistic work with a greater sense of visual depth.

Watercolor tips learned in this course can be applied to any painting style and any skill level, and you will be one step closer to learning how to paint like the pros! You will be amazed at the new levels of dimension you will create!

All supplies are provided in these 2 1/2 hour courses.

About the Instructor

Sheldon Saint

Noted Bahamian artist Sheldon Saint is recognized as one who captures the natural beauty and grace of the every-day-island life. Sheldon is a self-taught Artist who has been painting professionally for more than twenty (20) years creating exceptional detailed works of art in Oil, Watercolor, Egg Tempera and Conté.

Sheldon has exhibited extensively in The Bahamas since 1995. In 1996 he held his first one-man show; later that year he began experimenting with watercolors.
He has exhibited in the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas Inaugural Exhibition in 2003 and the second National Exhibition in 2004. Sheldon's paintings hang in private collections in the Bahamas, the United States, the United Kingdom, The Republic of China and Trinidad and Tobago.

AWARDS
2010 - BoldBrush Painting Competition, USA: Finalist Outstanding Watercolor ''Island Boy''
2012 - BoldBrush Painting Competition, USA: Outstanding Watercolor ''Cathy's Dress''
2012 - BoldBrush Painting Competition, USA: Finalist - Outstanding Watercolor ''Old Shoes''

EXHIBITIONS
1996 - First Solo Exhibition, Bahamian Tings - Freeport, Bahamas
2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010- Solo Exhibition - Nassau, Bahamas
2001-2012- Group Exhibition, Grand Bahamas Artist Association - Freeport, Bahamas
2003 and 2004 - Juried Group Exhibition, National Art Gallery of The Bahamas-Nassau, Bahamas
2006 - Group Show, Chambers House and Garden - Nassau, Bahamas
2007 - Group Exhibition, Transforming Spaces - Nassau, Bahamas
2007 - Group Exhibition, Freedom Call - Freeport, Bahamas

ARTIST STATEMENT
My paintings offer a life that Bahamians live and have lived. The predominance of my work is often engaged in some intimate private affair. The subjects seem to have arrested time for their own purpose. It is compelling to see them and know that they are not part of an affluent class of people. You may want to rescue them, or even envy them because they have the time to luxuriate in the world they inhabit, a world which belonged to me at times.

The colors I choose are not bold and often my compositions mimic the simple everyday life of my subject and their world that I find so intriguing.

My paintings tell us who we are, remind us of the delicacy, simplicity, abundance and dignity of our natural environment and shows humankind co-mingled with it.
 

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