Capture Local Color with Durre Waseem
A Plein Air workshop with an international master!
Known for her vibrant, impressionistic brushwork, this workshop with Durre Waseem is a rare and special opportunity for artists.
Durre is a master at capturing the moment in vibrant color using, as she says, her "understanding of seeing and omitting." She often includes figures within the landscape, saying "I only take charge of selecting a subject and my painting leads me through the process."
Durre is adept at many mediums as she will demonstrate in this two-day plus optional third day workshop, conducting the first day in oil and the second in watercolor. Please note that while Durre will switch mediums, you don't have to! Students are invited to choose whichever medium they are comfortable with for both days. The fundamentals of creating a successful painting are the same in any medium, so prepare to learn great volumes while you watch Durre wield different kinds of paint in the most mesmerizing ways!
Her demos will highlight her approach to design, and how she paves a path for the viewer’s eye while you paint along. She will start by simplifying shapes and organizing values, making marks for the darkest emphasis and the lightest accents. The optional third day will give you time to keep painting and/or tidy up your painting(s) under Durre's watchful eye and will end with some critique and discussion on the results. 
A native of Pakistan, Durre has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Punjab University and taught for 10 years at various colleges in Pakistan. She moved to the United States in 2001 and became a full time painter. She travels extensively for teaching in the U.S. and attends countless plein air events which garner her many awards. She paints portraits and plein air in oils, pastels, watercolor, ink, and acrylics and captures the local color of both the people and the place of wherever she may be.
Three days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, November 3, 4, and 5
We will meet at the Buenaventura Art Center the first day but quickly move outdoors for painting in oils. The second day, Durre will demonstrate with watercolors indoors. The third, optional day will start outdoors but will move indoors for discussion and critiques.
Times: 9:30am to 3:30pm all days
Fee: $295 for two days and $150 for the 3rd day. (The third day is only available for those who have signed up for the first two days.)
Materials: Durre says, "I am very flexible in the brush sizes and color choices. You can use the materials you are comfortable with. However, some prefer a supply list, which you can find here: Durre Waseem Materials update.pdf.
See Durre's work here: https://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/d/durrewaseem/