Reflections   l Refractions   l Transparency   l Distortions   l Translucence

It is what is so exciting about painting glass! In this workshop, still life setups will be arranged where sunlight dances through the compositions and students will spend time their first morning photographing from different angles as desired, then using their choice of these photographs in their composition. We will discuss what to look for in reflections and refractions, the type of glass to use for maximum effect, organic subject to pair with glass, shapes, layering, and the elements used in designing an elegant composition. Demonstrations will be given throughout the workshop.

After making live sketches and references in the student’s sketch book on visual observations of the composition as it is affected by natural sunlight, students will begin to lay out their chosen composition on tracing paper to transfer to their watercolor paper for painting, or they may bring home their reference information and draw their composition that evening, so that participants can begin painting on day 2. Students will be required to print out their own reference photographs and bring to class on day 2

Registration: Open to the 1st fifteen (15) paid participants. Deadline Postmark by April 18^th, 2019

Send check to:  Debbie Cannatella, 5076 Loch Drive, Union, KY 41091. Call or text 225-936-4796 for any questions.

Should a minimum of 7 paid students not be filled, the workshop will be cancelled the week after the deadline.

Supply List:

Sketch book for water media

Digital camera

pencil with graphite and kneaded eraser (I like mechanical pencils)

Wide-mouth water container (I use dog bowls)

Watercolor palette with large mixing area or enamel butcher tray

11x17 pad of tracing paper

Soft, natural or synthetic blend watercolor brushes (Black Velvet Sable is my preferred brand for students), Sizes 6 & 12 Round, a large mop brush,                 plus any additional sizes you    choose

Paper towels

Professional grade watercolor paper (1 full sheet 22x30)

Professional grade watercolor pigment (American Journey by Cheap Joe’s is a decent, inexpensive brand. I use Daniel Smith pigments and a few                 by Winsor Newton.)

Please Purchase your supplies in advance of the class

BIO: Debbie Cannatella began her career as a full-time gallery artist when she relocated to Chicago from Baton Rouge in 2005 after 20 years of painting part-time. Since then, she’s traveled nationally teaching workshops, opened two galleries in Texas, and has won awards in Chicago and throughout the southern states. She relocated with her husband to Northern Kentucky in 2017.   She has resurrected metalsmithing, expanding design into enameling, continues to paint in watercolor and oil, and is a weaver. In 2018 she spent two-weeks at PRO VOBIS Artist Residence in Perugia, Italy followed by an exhibition at Palazzo Franchi in Assisi..

Publications include Artistic Touch 4, the Artist Magazine, the 2015 edition of the Best of Watercolor, Splash 16: Exploring Texture! and the 2016 edition of Art Journey Animals: A Collection of Inspiring Contemporary Masterworks, both by Northlight Books. She’s a signature member of Louisiana Watercolor Society, Artists of Texas, and holds membership/board positions with AWS, NWS, SW, KWS and WSST. She is currently the Kentucky representative for Southern Watercolor Society. Locally she is a member of the Greater Cincinnati Watercolor Society and the Women’s Art Club of Cincinnati.