Hello from Kanuga Watermedia Workshops in North Carolina. I have been here for 2 days already and have been kept quite busy and is the reason my Tuesday newsletter is a little late going out today.

 

Next Thursday is the Lakes Region Watercolor Guild Meeting and the demonstration will be with our very own Tony Armendariz. 9:30 am to noon at the State Bank of the Lakes in Grayslake, located at 50 Commerce Drive.

 

This year at Kanuga I am not teaching but got the opportunity to paint as Artist-in-Residence all week long.

The last 2 days here have been just what I expected, completely amazing. Living, breathing, talking and doing art and then doing it all over again for a week straight. 

 

We also get to listen and watch 2 demonstration/presentations and this year it was Cindy Evans and Jonathon Talbot. Both presentations were outstanding and so inspiring. Kanuga Watermedia Workshops are so much more then just a place to learn how to paint, it can be a life changing experience. 

 

The social parts of the week are just as wonderful as the classes and presentations, and don't even get me started about the food. Have you ever been on a cruise ship and loved the food, Kanuga is just like that when it comes to feeding you. After classes there is also a happy hour where you can get a glass of wine, a bottle of beer or sodas and munch down on some amazing appetizers. Most artists here probably go away with more then a few painting but also a few more pounds under their belt. 

 

On the day before the last day there is an open house where everyone gets to see what all the other classes have done. Everyone is walking around from classroom to classroom and seeing, learning and talking more art.
It's an amazing week of nothing but inspiration along with a lot of perspiration. It is so much fun but I am guessing that people sleep really well at night because it can become very exhausting.

 

I had never heard about Kanuga until last year when I was given the opportunity to teach here. Now that I have been here for 2 years I can honestly say that if you want to take a workshop that is more then a workshop, I recommend Kanuga at least once in your life. I give it a 5 star rating!

The only bad thing about Kanuga and it really isn't bad is you better sign up early because after the last day of this years workshop, next years classes will already be filled up with students that get to sign up before the people who are not here this year. Once it goes live for the general public many of the classes will be filled so once it goes live sign-up for next year ASAP!

 

There is a workshop place that is a lot like Kanuga and that place is Dillman's... if you want that same experience but not as big, come take my June class at Dillman's, it won't be as big an event but still very amazing. This spring in my class you don't have to bring any supplies and you get 2 classes in one, a watercolor and acrylics class. Check it out HERE