Confident Watercolor with Richie Vios
June 24 - 26, 2024
9 am - 4 pm
$550 + 6.88% NM Sales Tax
A note to our students: To ensure that the workshop will not be canceled, we kindly request that you sign up as early as possible. Please note that if the minimum number of students required is not met three (3) weeks before the first day of class, the workshop will be canceled. However, we offer a full refund in the event of a canceled workshop, so there is no monetary risk for you. Please take some time to review our cancellation policy.
About the Workshop
Skill level: All levels are welcome.
Materials used: Watercolor
Overview:
Richie Vios, an award-winning plein air artist, will host a three-day studio and plein air workshop for intermediate to advanced-level artists who want to learn the art of plein air (outdoor) painting. As a plein air artist, Richie shares how to be a successful plein air artist by simplifying the watercolor process into the essential elements, guiding each artist for a better understanding of the watercolor medium through live demonstrations, and creating a process at their skill level, pace, medium, and subject matter. Richie demonstrates how the four pillars of a good watercolor painting and an understanding of the Watercolor Consistency called "Watercolor Clock," lead to a more truthful work of art that is full of passion. Richie will help you develop your skills, and painting visualization, and become the confident plein air artist that you want to be.
About Richie
Born and raised in Cebu City, Philippines, Richie N. Vios hails from an artistic family. Studying architecture, in 1995 he graduated with a bachelor's architecture degree and university faculty member, teaching architectural design and presentation.
In 2004, his family decided to leave the Philippines in hopes of a better future in America. For the next five years, he worked closely as an architectural designer at a local architectural firm in Clearwater, Florida until his family decided to move to again in Baltimore, Maryland. Seeking to introduce more Western architectural concepts in Southeast Asia, Richie returned to the Philippines by himself to share, develop, and construct many of the things he had learned from America.
During the next five years there, in his spare time, he refined and honed down a unique mastery of watercolor painting evident in all of his art to this day. In the summer of 2017, his family moved back down to south Texas, and after being away from them so long he made sure to be there for them in Victoria, Texas. That's where he knew he could passionately chase the American dream again not as an architect but as a watercolor impressionist and plein air artist. Currently, he lives in Austin, Texas but travels most of the time to compete in plein air events all over the United States and conduct watercolor workshops along the way.
What’s Included
Bluebird Studios offers an array of complimentary food and beverages during our workshops. Attendees can enjoy an ice breaker the evening before the first day, complimentary continental breakfast served every morning, complimentary unlimited beverages, and afternoon treats each day. We also offer catered lunches brought to the studio or the plein air site (optional for $20), and lastly, our complimentary signature lunch of Frito Chili Pie on the final day. We will spoil you!
Supplies
Supply list coming soon.