Pre-tax total cost of workshop: $535 (includes $25 registration and $65 materials fee), 30% deposit: $160.50
Dates: Monday July 20 – Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (9am – 4pm)
Location: Art School, 15 NW Birch St, Coupeville
Materials: Macaulay- Supply List.pdf
Level: All levels welcome

Learn enough to play for a lifetime!

This is the perfect technique for travel journaling, hiking, biking, sauntering, sitting in a café or boring lecture. Capture what you think you see in 25 minutes or less using a water soluble pen, a 4 x 6 inch pad of paper and a small paint set. Ideal to paint fearlessly in public with minimal equipment, total portability, speed, no interruptions and no clean-up. Workshop includes several of the watercolor techniques of John Singer Sargent.

Day one: Basic technique and landscape, finishing within 25 minutes. Perspective of contrast, color, and focal point
Day two: Still life, the ‘cobbled’ still life and people, plus the ‘problem’ with the pen
Day three: Plein air (on location), using the technique fearlessly anywhere; several extra techniques as time allows
Interactive critiques and demonstrations are both given constantly in a very positive, personal atmosphere. Instruction is geared to the individual needs of each person so each achieves their goal.

Instructor Bio
Kath Macaulay enjoys capturing the moment as an artist. There is always a reason to paint something that catches the eye and the mind. Most of her paintings are designed to give the viewer a feeling of serenity, and of having visited the same location. As an instructor, she delights in teaching her easy, totally portable, no-clean-up technique to beginners and professionals alike. For the beginner it is an open door to art and seeing the world with a new eye. For the advanced artist, it is a totally portable system for 10 to 25 minute sketches when standing in line, hiking, in a café, on horseback, anywhere. The workshops are well organized, fast, loaded with information. Motto: Learn enough to play for a lifetime!