Let's face it - watercolor can be a tricky medium, and to get better at making overall solid paintings sometimes you have to focus on the smaller parts of paintings that eventually build the successful artwork that you're willing to share with others.
Join Artist Derek Gundy for an evening "micro workshop" focusing just on clouds using watercolor. Derek will guide students through painting several different types of clouds, all with different techniques and unique visuals.
Students will leave this one night workshop with a higher level of confidence in painting convincing and atmospheric clouds - as well as other sky painting tricks.
Suggested Materials:
Arches 140lb Cold Press Watercolor Paper (10x14 size is good)
Various Size Watercolor Brushes
Gator Board or rigid board to tape paper to
Your go-to watercolor palette - suggested colors as follows:
Cobalt Blue
Payne's Gray
Prussian Blue
Also a variety of other colors - bring what you have!
We supply:
Paper Towels
Hair Dryers
Painter's Tape
Coffee & Tea
Derek Gundy is an Illustrator & Fine Artist who includes travel, architecture, and storytelling in much of his imagery. Decades of experience in the art supply industry as well as picture framing design have been key elements in Derek’s teaching over the years. Derek is in his 11th year of teaching at Northwest College of Art & Design, and has made art education one of his main passions in his professional career. Currently Derek is also the Education Manager & Instructor at the new Black Barn Fine Art Studio in Kingston, WA which opened in 2024.
Derek’s whimsical wine artwork and Italian architectural illustrations are in client collections nationwide. Derek has also done commercial illustration for companies such as Tom Eddy Wines in Napa, CA, & Umpqua Bank. Commissioned illustrations & aerial maps for property owners are regular projects throughout the year.
Derek is well known for being a co-founder of Sketch Seattle (2014-2016), and for being a passionate advocate of both daily drawing and on location sketching. Derek also is a Brand Ambassador for M. Graham Paint in Oregon (2020-present), as well as an Educator for Silver Brush Limited.
In 2025, M. Graham Paint released a 6 color watercolor set – Shades of Italy – Venice Reflections – featuring the 6 colors he used in the his Venice scene “Choices” – including one color Tartan Blue which he helped the manufacturer develop.