4-Day workshop with Geoffrey Allen. Friday, April 17 - Monday, April 20, 2026. $997 includes lunch daily. Applications close on March 6th 2026. Learn the joys of capturing the moment, color and mood in watercolor. This workshop will cover the basic watercolor handling techniques that can speed up your process, loosen you up, and increase your success in capturing outdoor scenes. There will be daily skill building exercises focusing on controlling paper moisture, mixtures, and timing. Geoff’s demonstrations will review materials, and illustrate how all these techniques flow together and show students how to “keep it fresh”. Geoff’s daily demos will cover how to take your inspiration through a process of simplification while enhancing design dynamics, expression, and creating atmosphere. It all starts with practicing watercolor’s quartet of skills; values, shapes, color, and mark making. Geoff will be following up individually with students to reinforce concepts and skills at their easel. Willow Pond SLO is a 14-acre artist retreat on the Central Coast of CA. We host workshops across multiple disciplines, including: fiber arts to plein air painting, life drawing to abstraction. Delight in our tranquil, country setting, perfect for focusing on work led by inspiring instructors and experts, while enjoying farm-to-table culinary delights catered by a local chef.
