WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP / beginner level
Jul
11
5:00 PM17:00

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP / beginner level

Watercolor the Wild: A  Beginning

Friday July 11, 2025  5pm - 8pm

$75 / includes all supplies

Discover the joy of watercolor through the lens of presence and wonder. 

This workshop is perfect for those new to painting or returning after a long break. You will be introduced to a simple, portable watercolor setup and explore how to translate what is seen into expressive marks and simple shapes. You'll learn to mix colors using a limited palette of primary colors, simplify complex views, and experiment with water and pigment in playful, accessible ways.
No experience necessary. All materials provided.

Key Focus:

  • Seeing with fresh eyes through group exercises

  • Basic color theory (value, hue, temperature)

  • Painting from photos using simplified shapes (artists demo)

  • Creating a practice of joyful mark-making & water flow techniques

  • Demos and slide show

Supplies include:

M. Graham & Co. watercolor paint, Canson XL paper, Robert Simmons flat and round synthetic bristle brushes



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WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP / beginner level
Jul
12
9:00 AM09:00

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP / beginner level

Everyday Beauty: painting what is right in front of you

Saturday July 12, 2025  9am - 12pm

$75 

No experience necessary. All materials provided.

Slow down and see your world differently. This workshop invites beginning painters to use watercolor as a tool for noticing and celebrating everyday beauty. Through guided exercises indoors and out, we’ll practice distilling real life into color, texture, and shape impressions. Expect supportive demos, one-on-one feedback, and lots of encouragement to play.

Key Focus:

  • Building confidence with color choice and water control

  • Developing intuitive observation skills

  • Creating dynamic compositions inspired by nature

  • Designing a personal field painting kit

  • Paint on location in downtown Grenada & Chakchiuma Swamp

Supplies include:

M. Graham & Co. watercolor paint, Canson XL paper, Robert Simmons flat and round synthetic bristle brushes






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WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP / experienced level
Aug
1
4:00 PM16:00

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP / experienced level

VISUAL POETRY: Watercolor as a Language of Energy

Friday August 1, 2025  4pm - 8pm

$80 

No experience necessary. All materials provided.

For painters with a foundation in watercolor seeking to go deeper. This workshop focuses on watercolor as a tool of perception—both analytical and intuitive. Through exploratory exercises, we’ll work from life in downtown Grenada ana Chakchiuma Swamp to create energized compositions that reflect your unique visual language. Discover how to distill fleeting impressions into powerful abstractions while refining color sensitivity and brush control.

Key Focus:

  • Advanced color mixing (value/temperature relationships)

  • Composition as visual puzzle

  • Working fluidly between observation and abstraction

  • Field-tested strategies for painting outdoors

Supplies include:

M. Graham & Co. watercolor paint, Canson XL paper, Robert Simmons flat and round synthetic bristle brushes

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WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP / experienced level
Aug
2
9:00 AM09:00

WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP / experienced level

SWAMP PAINTING: Working with Watercolor in Nature

Saturday August 2, 2025  9am - 2pm

$100 / Supplies included and or bring your own

Refine your plein air skills and push your painting practice. Designed for experienced watercolorists, this workshop is a deep dive into painting in the elements—wind, changing light, heat and all. We'll explore strategies for composing quickly and effectively from complex scenes, managing a limited palette, and creating expressive, intentional marks that speak to both place and presence. Painting will take place in downtown Grenada & Chakchiuma Swamp

Key Focus:

  • Designing a responsive outdoor painting setup

  • Translating natural complexity into dynamic composition

  • Versatile brushwork & experimental techniques

  • Personal style development through nature study

Supplies include:

M. Graham & Co. watercolor paint, Canson XL paper, Robert Simmons flat and round synthetic bristle brushes


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WATERCOLOR ON LOCATION - a workshop in conjunction with "Paint the Town" Plein Air even
Oct
4
9:00 AM09:00

WATERCOLOR ON LOCATION - a workshop in conjunction with "Paint the Town" Plein Air even

$65

for adults age 16 and up

Kick start your painting practice with watercolor! Practice seeing and interpreting everyday beauty with watercolor exercises designed to loosen up the brush, sharpen the eye, and simply composition.

The class will include a hand-on introduction to a limited palette, playing with water control, composition and abstraction from life, simplification of value/color, mark making techniques, and the specific challenges of watercolor from life.

Class will take place on the streets and alleys of the historic business nitric on the banks of the Yazoo River in Greenwood, MS. Greenwood is the heart of the MS Delta and offers lots of eye candy and visual inspiration.

There will be demos, painting exercises, discussion, individual instruction.

Workshop includes all supplies - including M Graham Paint and Robert Simmon brushes

Snacks will be provided!

Robin paints on location with watercolor and experiments with foraged wild pigments. She takes a special interest in exploring native habitats on public land in Mississippi. Her lightweight painting system gives her access by foot or kayak to these wild and remote places. Her studio is located just off the square in the historic district of Grenada, Mississippi near Lee Tartt Nature Preserve. Her non profit friends-of-cs.org manages and interprets Chakchiuma Swamp, the natural community within the preserve.

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Jun
1
to Jun 3

Art of the Swamp

  • Lee Tartt Nature Preserve (map)
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Don't miss this fun, informative and adventurous (want to paint from a canoe??) workshop with 2 cypress loving artists! Join Carol and renowned watercolorist Robin Whitfield in Lee Tartt Nature Preserve as they help you discover what makes a cypress brake so magical. 

Students will work not only in oils, but also in pastels and watercolors (these will be provided) as they study compositional design, simplification of the landscape and the characteristics of trees. They will also learn how to successfully pack for an outing in the field and will have opportunities to paint from canoes or kayaks.

Cost is $400 and includes  the cost of watercolors, pastels and canoes/kayaks.

Register at https://carolroark.com/workshops

Workshop is near capacity. To check availability, email Carol at caroldroark@gmail.com 

 Limited to 10 students! Deposits are non-refundable 

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Mar
3
to Mar 5

Kisatchie Immersive Art Weekend

  • River Oaks Square Art Center (map)
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Kisatchie Immersive Art Weekend

A Nature, Visual & Culinary Art Experience

Featuring Artists and Nature Enthusiasts, Robin Whitfiled & Aubrey Bolen

Come hang out with Robin and Aubrey in Kisatchie National Forest in Central Louisiana for a weekend! This dynamic duo will show you how nature inspires their creative process. Robin will demonstrate how to use nature as a source of pigment while working in the field with water colors and Aubrey will demonstrate the gear he uses for overnight trips into the backcountry along with the inspiration he draws from all things Kisatchie.

From the trails of this elaborate National Forest, this nature-loving-team will help you navigate unique paths while being influenced by the different forest ecosystems.

Some car camping experience required. Students need to provide their own camping set up. Participants will need to provide their own breakfasts, lunches, snacks and water. Two exclusive dinners will be prepared by local chef, John Foster Gunter, who will utilize cooking themes and menu items that suit the nature trail and art experience.

Artist Robin Whitfield & Aubrey Bolen

Chief John Gunter will prepare dinner Friday & Saturday Night

•March 3-5, 2023

•Cost: $245

•Skill Level-Intermediate-Advance

•Class limited to 6 students

•Car Camping experience is required

•Must be able to hike 3-8 miles in a day

•Open to photography, watercolor, acrylic, drawing & writing

•Meet at River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA at 9:30 am.

•CALL (318) 473-2670 TO REGISTER

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Jan
21
9:00 AM09:00

WATERCOLOR finding beauty everyday

Practice finding beauty in everyday objects with Robin Whitfield. The class will include a hand-on introduction to a limited palette of primary colors, playing with water control, composition and abstraction from life, simplification of value/color, mark making techniques, and the specific challenges of watercolor from life.

There will be demos, painting exercises, discussion, individual instruction, and lunch!

Workshop includes all supplies - including M Graham Paint and Robert Simmon brushes

$80 fee

REGISTRATION https://www.artplacems.com/adult-classes-1/robin-23

Robin’e big palette

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Sep
24
9:00 AM09:00

WATERCOLOR painting on location

ARTPLACE MISSISSIPPI

212 W Washington St. Greenwood, MS

Sept 24

9am - 4pm



Capture the colors and character of home, garden or travel! Watercolor is the best media for quick sketches or playful compositions on the go. Spending just 10 minutes really seeing the large or small beauties of a particular place is great way to be present in the moment.

Explore the visually rich downtown of Greenwood in this all day workshop which will introduce a small portable painting system and techniques to translate complex views and a world of motion into simple arrangements of shapes, colors and textures.

The class will include a hand-on introduction to a limited palette of primary colors, playing with water control, composition from life, simplification of value/color and the specific challenges of watercolor on location.There will be demos, timed painting exercises, discussion, and individual instruction. 

Fee $80

All materials and lunch included

This class will have a minimum of 5 and maximum of 10 participant over the age of 16

This class will be refined in real time to meet the level, desires and interests of participants.

REGISTER: https://www.artplacems.com/adults

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Mar
19
10:00 AM10:00

WILD INK

Wild Pen & Ink

March 19 from 10 - 1 at Artplace MS in Greenwood, MS

$45 all materials included

Ages 16+ and a minimum of 4 students

REGISTRATION: https://www.artplacems.com/adults

Make a quill, simple brush and ink with natural materials. Inks will be made from plant based materials including black walnuts, oak galls and poke berries.

Write, draw and paint with inks on watercolor paper inspired by calligraphy, chases brush painting and the mediums themselves.

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Feb
19
10:00 AM10:00

WATERCOLOR PRACTICE

3 shape composition exercise

WATERCOLOR play as a practice

Fee $40 

All materials included

This class will have a minimum of 5 and maximum of 10 participant over the age of 16

This class will be refined in real time to meet the level, desires and interests of participants. 

REGISTRATION: https://www.artplacems.com/adults

Beginner-Intermediate

Lose your fear of watercolor! Learn to let go, play and be inspired by this dynamic medium. Basic techniques will be practiced with exercises focused on bold color and brush movements as well as translating the visible world into a simple arrangement of  shapes. An emphasis will be placed on poetic abstraction and engaging composition.

The class will include a hand-on introduction to a limited palette of primary colors, playing with water control, 3 shape composition from life, value/color and the specific challenges of watercolor on location. There will be demos, timed painting exercises, discussion, and individual instruction. 

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Feb
9
to Feb 10

The Color & Shape of Place

  • River Oaks Square Art Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

3 shape exercise

WORKSHOP
Wednesday, Feb 9 & Thursday, Feb 10 from 10am - 4pm $40 per day
All materials provided
Workshop may be attended one or both days
Ages 16 + / No experience necessary

REGISTER HERE: https://www.riveroaksartscenter.com

Prepare to play!
This 2 day workshop offers Robin’s creative practice for connecting to nature with water based media. The workshop will focus on exploring wild places with both watercolor and foraged pigments as a way to relate to a place and its inhabitants.

Day 1 - PALETTE OF PLACE / Introduction to foraging for water, pigments and creative tools in any landscape.

●  Explore and forage around urban Alexandria or a local natural area

●  Creative play with a buffet of foraged plant and mineral pigments

●  Create color samples and visual ideas with a combination of created and traditional art making tools

●  Use painting, layering, collage, stencils and other methods to create finished imagery


Day 2 - SHAPE OF PLACE / Introduction to watercolor as a way to find order and relate to any landscape

● Watercolor basics - Introduction to materials and methods in the studio and on location

● Group exercises - practice 3 shape compositions, mixing colors on paper, balancing color relationships, playing with texture and timing

● Individual experiences - explore the poetry of the local landscape with problem solving assistance

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EARTH COLOR WORKHOP
May
22
10:00 AM10:00

EARTH COLOR WORKHOP

Earth Color Workshop 

led by artist and naturalist Robin Whitfield

May 22, 2021 10am - 3pm

What is earth color?  colors found in the wild. Colors may come from mud, leaves, berries, flower petals, mushrooms or mineral deposits. 

Participants will forage for wild plant and mineral materials from the museum campus and pearl river and Lefluers Bluff nature trails. A buffet of raw mineral colors from around the state will be available for processing into uniform pigment powders. Walnut and iron gall inks will be discussed and available alongside an introduction to basic brush and quill making. Creative exercises will lead up to the creation of an earth color mandala on watercolor paper.

A Mandala is a circular symbol representing the universe. Mandalas may be employed for focusing attention and for establishing a sacred space.

Workshop Fee

$35.00

  • includes all materials

  • no experience required

  • for teens and adults

Please sign up for Workshop on registration page

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Oct
17
9:00 AM09:00

Watercolor Workshop / Greenwood, MS

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WATERCOLOR play as a practice

location: Artplace Mississippi Greenwood, MS

Lose your fear of watercolor! Learn to let go, play and be inspired by this dynamic medium. Basic techniques will be practiced with exercises focused on bold color and brush movements as well as translating the visible world into a simple arrangement of  shapes. An emphasis will be placed on poetic abstraction and engaging composition.

The class will include a hand-on introduction to a limited palette of primary colors, playing with water control, composition from life, value/color and the specific challenges of watercolor on location. There will be demos, timed painting exercises, discussion, and individual instruction. 

Register at https://www.artplacems.com/adult-classes-1/watercolor1

 Beginner-Intermediate

Fee $40 

All materials included

This class will have a minimum of 5 and maximum of 10 participant over the age of 16

This class will be refined in real time to meet the level, desires and interests of participants. 

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Oct
10
9:00 AM09:00

Watercolor Workshop / Greenwood, MS

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WATERCOLOR play as a practice

location: Artplace Mississippi Greenwood, MS

Lose your fear of watercolor! Learn to let go, play and be inspired by this dynamic medium. Basic techniques will be practiced with exercises focused on bold color and brush movements as well as translating the visible world into a simple arrangement of  shapes. An emphasis will be placed on poetic abstraction and engaging composition.

The class will include a hand-on introduction to a limited palette of primary colors, playing with water control, composition from life, value/color and the specific challenges of watercolor on location. There will be demos, timed painting exercises, discussion, and individual instruction. 

Register at https://www.artplacems.com/adult-classes-1/watercolor1

 Beginner-Intermediate

Fee $40 

All materials included

This class will have a minimum of 5 and maximum of 10 participant over the age of 16

This class will be refined in real time to meet the level, desires and interests of participants. 

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May
12
10:00 AM10:00

EARTHCOLOR Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

  • MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE (map)
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Earth Color Workshop  

instructed by Robin Whitfield

Saturday, May 12 10:00 - 2:00                                                                                                         

What is earth color?  colors found in the wild. Colors may come from mud, leaves, berries, flower petals, mushrooms or mineral deposits. 

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Participants will collect their own colors from natural areas around the museum and create on watercolor paper. 

COST:  $35.00

• includes museum admission and all materials

• no experience required

• for teens and adults

• Space is limited.  Pre-registration required

WHERE:  

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Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

A Division of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks

2148 Riverside Drive

Jackson, Mississippi 39202

*Sierra Club advertises the Earth Color Workshop as the special program. 

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May
14
10:00 AM10:00

EARTH COLOR - MS Museum of Natural Science

  • Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (map)
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Earth Color Workshop  

instructed by Robin Whitfield

Saturday, May 14   10:00 - 2:00                                                                                                           

What is earth color?  colors found in the wild. Colors may come from mud, leaves, berries, flower petals, mushrooms or mineral deposits. 

Participants will collect their own colors from natural areas around the museum and create a mandala on watercolor paper.

A Mandala is a circular symbol representing the universe. Mandalas may be employed for focusing attention and for establishing a sacred space. The workshop mandalas will be visually inspired by the dynamics of the Pearl River. 

COST: $35.00

  • includes museum admission and all materials
  • no experience required
  • for teens and adults / 15 maximum
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