Watercolor Workshop Casale dei Cedrati Rome

Observing reality through color, light and shadow

The main object of practice is the observation of reality through the influence of light and shadow on color in a colorful and transparent arrangement of a “liquid” technique in which the color moves almost autonomously on the sheet through the water.

It will be fascinating to manage it rather than control it, often being surprised and excited by the results!

Workshop of 9 practical-theoretical meetings on a monthly basis .

Watercolor technique: lightness, transparency and luminosity

“ Watercolor is a way of painting that is attractive for its “lightness” in the tools, in the transparency and luminosity of the color, in the paper support, in the absence of strong odors and persistent stains.

At the same time, those who try it for the first time may find themselves with disappointing results: messes, stains, "dirty" colors, as if it were uncontrollable.

In these first spring workshops I will guide you through the history of this technique and then through the knowledge of the tools and its qualities, its "secrets" so that you can understand how to best use them to obtain satisfying results!

Teacher Eva Villa

Teacher Eva Villa graduated in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and her pictorial research with bright colors led her to prefer watercolor.

Since 2016, she has dedicated herself mainly to teaching watercolor through workshops, group and individual lessons, often outdoors, and has taken four plein air painting trips to Morocco with the Marocco Experience agency.

Because his other passion is Eastern culture , from the Middle East to India and Japan.

Since 2010, she has been part of the Sketchcrawl Roma group, also as an organizer, where people freely practice drawing and painting en plein air in groups, with monthly meetings in Rome and the surrounding area.

The book Biodiversity in Rome , with its illustrations, written by Bruno Cignini and published by Pandion Edizioni, won the 2023 Green Book Award for best illustrated book.