"Intuitive Approaches in Watercolor" with Fábio Cembranelli

Friday & Saturday, June 6 & 7, 2025.
10 AM to 4 PM.
$350, includes lunch on Saturday. Supplies needed.

Fabio Cembranelli will guide artists in developing loose and spontaneous watercolor techniques enhancing their personal approach. The tutor will also conduct critique sessions. Supply list will be sent once you sign up. "Beginners are welcome! If they have never, never tried any medium… maybe not. If someone paints in oils or acrylics, or just draw, etc.. it’s ok, sure!" -Fabio

First Day:

• Flower Anatomy: Sketching the Shape of Flowers
• Wet on Wet Techniques
• Compositional choices for floral painting
• The importance of the white of the paper
• How to create an attractive focal point
• Loose brush strokes: suggesting petals and leaves

Demos: Multiple Flowers and a Floral Arrangement

Second Day:

• Light and Shadow Effects on Doorways and Balconies
• Compositional Choices for Architectural Subjects
• Shades of Greens: Color Mixings
• Landscape Elements: Skies and Backgrounds
• Flower Fields: Depth and Perspective

Demos: Doorway with Flowers/Shadows and The Flower Field

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Fábio Cembranelli, a renowned Brazilian artist, started painting at university, where he studied architecture. His paintings have been featured in exhibitions and collections worldwide and his unique and luminous floral watercolors are known internationally.

Explaining why he has chosen transparent watercolor as his favorite medium, he says, "What compels me to paint with this approach is the possibility of painting quickly. It suits my personality best -- the medium's fluidity provides a unique sensation of unexpected color mixing, particularly when I define only the main masses and allow the unpredictable to happen on the rest of the paper. Timing is quite important in my method. I lean intuitively toward realism, but the right speed forces me to create diffused effects and shapes. I love painting flowers and landscapes in watercolor, and I'm always enchanted by the attempt to capture the contrast between loose and definitive edges, as well as light and shadow effects.”

When he paints, he aims to take the essentials of each subject through his interpretation. It's like a personal subject depiction that will result in a unique work.

Fábio teaches painting techniques in his studio, in art galleries and art societies as well as in-person and online workshops throughout Brazil and abroad.

He also is a regular contributor to several art magazines in South America, the US, the UK, Norway, France, Japan, and Australia, for example.

You can visit www.fabiocembranelli.com for more information about his work.