Exploring Nature in Watercolor with Barry Van Dusen

This program focuses on painting Birds and other Nature Subjects in Watercolor. Mr. Van Dusen will begin by showing a portfolio of watercolors from a recent residency project with the Massachusetts Audubon Society, in which he traveled around the state painting and drawing nature subjects at Mass Audubon’s network of wildlife sanctuaries. The project involved painting birds, flowers and plants, mammals, salamanders, turtles, frogs, fish, insects and natural landscapes. This will be followed by a LIVE, real-time demonstration of the steps involved in painting a watercolor portrait of a songbird. The demonstration will include discussions of field observation and field sketching, watercolor materials, approaches to working with tone and color, and many helpful tips for creating naturalistic watercolor portraits of wild birds.

Please note that this program is a demo, rather than a class, but registered participants will receive a link to so they can rewatch and paint along. During the demonstration and in the following Q&A Barry will discuss the materials he uses in his own work, but it is not necessary to bring materials to the program.