RRWS is excited to bring you a Judi Betts Workshop!

Judi Betts National Show Workshop – April 19th – 23rd 2010 in Moorhead, MN

Cost: $275 for RRWS members, $300 for non members
To register, send you full contact information, fee amount and a stamped envelope or e-mail address to RRWS/Workshop, P.O. Box 1656 Fargo ND 58107. Contact RedRiverWS@gmail.com for any other info.

See the attached file for pictures and to print out the flyer! This is a great opportunity for our members and friends so sign up.

JUDI BETTS is an internationally respected artist, author, juror and instructor. She is the author of the award-winning Watercolor…Let’s Think About It!, Painting…a Quest Towards Xtraordinary! and is the creator of Color-Sketch. Articles featuring her “magical shapes”. appead in magazines and more than 35 books, including Splash 2, 5, 6 and 8, The Best of Watercolor 1 and 3, and The Collected Best of Watercolor. Betts received the Lousiana Governor’s Award for Outstanding Professional Artist, and participated in Epcot’s “Art in the Garden” weekends at the invitation of Walt Disney World. Betts has presented more than 350 workshops worldwide. She is a member of the Salmagundi Club, the National Art Club and the National Watercolor Society, and is a board member for the American Watercolor Society and Watercolor USA Honor Society.

Judi Betts is a sharing, fun loving person whose paintings emit those qualities. Judi says, “Art is more than skill”; and this workshop will share her thoughts as they relate to the important concepts of art. Judi will focus on thinking and learning which ignites the ever elusive “spark of an idea.” This course is designed to be fun while you learn with a master of luminosity whose signature is “SPARKLE.” There will be daily demonstrations. You will share the experience of drawing and painting with an emphasis on technique, color concepts, design and creativity. Judi will help you to explore some unconventional three-dimensional techniques. Judi does not impose her way of working on others, but encourages the strengths of each individual as they pursue their own goals. The aim of the workshop is to expand, explore, and challenge each artist, no matter their level of experience. Personalized, daily individual guidance and evaluation is given to all participants. Paths to developing your own personal painting style will be introduced by this master of creativity and expression. Variation and simplification in design, influence of color, variation in texture and the use of abstract images are some of the essentials that will be explored. You will learn to see and understand Judi’s concept of “magical shapes,” as well as cover new ways to see and capture mood and emotion. The workshop’s focus is to assist the artists in creating their own expressive paintings. Judi’s classes are spirited, upbeat, fun and constructive. The lectures and demos are designed to encourage expansion and exploration. This workshop evokes the spontaneity, fun and delight of creative watercolor. Lectures, demonstrations, plus individual guidance and evaluation are used to assist participants to develop new freedom of expression. Each day Judi presents a challenge, often using it as an element of surprise.

See the attached file for some pictures!