PABLO RUBEN REGISTRATION BEGINS SEPT 13, 2025
WORKSHOP: NOV. 8, 2025 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 workshops. This does NOT apply to anyone residing outside of WA state. We suggest you register for the Paul Ruben workshop before Oct. 1 and avoid paying the sale tax.

Pablo Rubén (Spain) has been a dedicated, professional artist for more than 20 years and, since 2007, specializes exclusively in watercolor. He participates in exhibitions, festivals, and numerous outdoor competitions, and has achieved about 500 awards from around the world.

Pablo currently teaches watercolor courses internationally, including in Los Angeles, Moscow, Seattle, Vancouver, Italy, Mexico, and many more locations.

His time is shared equally between his studio in Griñón and the outdoors. When working in the studio, he uses reference photographs taken during travels and uses a photo retouching program to refine the images before the painting begins. Outdoors, he works directly from the subject but also takes a mobile phone image to help establish the composition and to have a reference for the lights and shadows that change so quickly. Usually, his outdoor works are part of “quick painting competitions,” as they are called in Spain.

Pablo sees water as the undisputed protagonist of the landscape, and lowers the horizon line with a point of view almost at the level of the pond or the river in front of him. With this approach, the perspective is more open at both ends and the space feels more vast. With more space devoted to the water, he finds many interesting ways to render water and make it come o life.

His exceptional work and award winning paintings can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world.

NOVEMBER 8, 2025 WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
You will learn to paint two different types of water reflections as Pablo teaches the fundamentals of painting water as your subject matter. We will consider the amount of pigment in the brush, the proper amount of water, combinations of brush loads, the state of the paper, and other considerations that impact the work. We will work with big washes, calm water in the landscapes, puddles, lakes, and the movement of water when painting waves.

Pablo will review all of his chosen materials and equipment.

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