Learn how to paint with fluidity in watercolor.

Carter will demonstrate technique of wet, loose watercolor through demonstration.

Each day begins with a uniquely tailored lesson to inspire.

Carter provides a tutorial that everyone can follow. The step-by-step instruction allows ample time to observe paint application and then individual painting. A finished painting is completed each day.

She will discuss color, water, design, and value.
The brilliance of color and the purity of paint application will be emphasized.

Imagery, content, and point-of-view are a focus.

The days will be devoted to individual instruction and an afternoon group critique.

Classes are informal and discussions are lively and entertaining. Discussion about marketing and using social media to build your career. Questions, curiosity and camaraderie are a must! 

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Artist Bio

Carol Carter is an internationally renowned American artist whose work has been exhibited in six countries and published worldwide. She has won numerous international prizes for her work.

She received her MFA from Washington University, St. Louis. She was awarded a MAA-NEA Fellowship in Painting and Works on Paper in 1994. Voted Best St. Louis Artist by The Riverfront Times in 2000.

The US Embassy sponsored a solo exhibition of her work at the Teatro del Centro de Arte, in Guayaquil, Ecuador in 2003.

She was Artist-in-Residence for the Everglades National Park [AIRE] in 2010. She developed the Everglades Series exhibition based on this study.

In 2011, she participated in ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, MI at 5/3 Bank as well as, Watercolor USA, Springfield, MO. Two watercolors were chosen for the Montenegro Embassy collection for 2019-2023.

In 2019, WILD THINGS was held at the Shrode Center for Artin Mt. Vernon, IL curated by Carrie Gibbs.

She was guest artist and symposium speaker for the American Women Artists Symposium
at the Steamboat Springs Art Museum, Steamboat Springs CO in 2019.

She has lectured on “How to Make a Living as an Artist” in three venues in 2019.

OSF Health Care, Crate and Barrel, and Soft Surroundings recently added her to their public collection.

She has been published in many magazines and books internationally.

She has taught in France, Norway, Ecuador, Hong Kong, and the US Virgin Islands. She teaches watercolor from coast to coast in the United States.

Carter was elected Master Signature Member of American Women Artists and Heartland Art Club, St. Louis, MO in 2019. She received the Snehil Lifetime Achievement Award, Snehilsrijan, India.

Carter received the Woman in the Arts Recognition Award, National Society of Daughters of American Revolution in 2021.

Ms. Carter’s work is represented in many public and private art collections. 

www.carol-carter.com 

Non Members Fee: $275.00 Members Fee: $250.00