Reuben Negron: Light & Dimensionality in Watercolor

Light & Dimensionality In Watercolor

June 21-23, 2024 (Friday – Sunday)

Early Registration Deadline (10% discount): May 3

Final Registration Deadline: June 21

Workshop Schedule:

Friday, June 21 – Public Demo, 6-10pm
(Demo tickets are included with workshop registration. To purchase tickets for only the public demo, click here.

Saturday, June 22 – Workshop, 10am – 5pm

Sunday, June 23 – Workshop, 10am – 5pm

Watercolor is often lauded as either one of the most unforgiving artistic mediums or as a sketching tool only meant for studies. However, contrary to these opinions, watercolor is actually a versatile painting medium capable of intense depth, color, and complexity that can rival the most celebrated oil paintings.

In this three-day workshop, artist Reuben Negrón will demystify watercolors by guiding workshop participants, step-by-step, through his process. From start to finish, Reuben will highlight the importance of beginning with an underpainting, working in layers, and allowing for improvisation. By building a painting from the ground up, the class will learn the value of establishing a strong structural drawing, pushing contrast, and the ever-shifting relationships of color. This workshop will also include lectures and discussions on materials and best practices.

The workshop will begin with an in-person demonstration, followed by two days of painting, guided by personalized instruction and feedback.

About the Artist 

Reuben Negrón is an American figurative realist best known for his narrative watercolor paintings and charcoal drawings. He is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, and the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. His work has been shown internationally with recent exhibitions in Paris, Barcelona, Oslo, and New York. In 2023, Reuben’s work was exhibited at the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM) in Barcelona, Spain as part of the Figurativas Bienniel. Reuben’s work has been written about in articles by Cultura Inquieta, La Razón, Cultbytes, Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz, Huffington Post, and featured in the pages of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Most recently, his work was included in the Lunar Codex, an archive of art, literature, music and the moving image, which touched down on the Moon’s surface in February of 2024.

Location:

Unless otherwise specified, all courses are hosted at Manifest’s new facility at ‘M1’ in Clifton at 3464 Central Parkway. Manifest’s new facility provides multiple studio classrooms, private lesson space, a darkroom, a film processing room, and a multi-purpose lecture and class meeting space as well as on-site parking, grounds, and exterior spaces in which to relax, discuss, and make art. The studios are outfitted with professional equipment, furniture, and study aids.