REGISTRATION BEGINS DEC 13, 2025
WORKSHOP: FEB. 14, 2026 FROM 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Pacific)

NOTICE TO WA STATE RESIDENTS: Effective Oct. 1, 2025, NWWS is obligated to charge WA state residents sales tax on our online workshops. This does NOT apply to anyone residing outside of WA state. 

Rule-Breaking, Heart-Affirming Watercolor with Angela Fehr
Paintings come alive when artists take risks and break a few rules! In this workshop, Angela will share how she’s shifted her approach to watercolor from rigid perfectionism to playful, experimental watercolour painting. She will teach you how to use the skills and techniques of watercolor with an intuitive trust in the process, working in a series to shift from literal to abstract, making room for mistakes and experimentation that lets your unique artistic voice shine on the paper.

Angela believes that the perceived limitations that you might hold are the key to your individual strength and voice and will offer suggestions to help you shift your thinking from “fight” to “freedom!” If you’re struggling to let go of control and play with watercolour more freely, this session will inspire and encourage you!

Workshop Topics:

• Understanding intuitive process
• Strategies for more playful painting
• Developing an abstracted version of a literal subject (using landscape as an example)
• Working with thumbnails, value studies and notans
• Experimenting and mark making

This is a fast-paced workshop as Angela works rapidly and intuitively with many techniques and approaches demonstrated, plan to watch and paint as you can and then set aside time to rewatch the workshop more slowly in the 30 days of access following the event.

About Angela: Living in rural northern British Columbia, Canada, Angela’s art turned a corner from rigid perfectionism to freedom and fluidity as she learned to trust the medium and pour love and presence into her paintings.

Angela’s approach to watercolour is one that prioritizes self-expression, developing her paintings through multiple, experimental studies. Angela describes her painting process as “heart-led,” pairing her extensive knowledge of watercolour technique with a willingness to allow the painting to evolve with freedom, as each brush stroke suggests a new direction to be explored with curiosity and vulnerability.

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