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VIEW with Amid El Haddad: ``Daily Life``
How to capture the mood to tell your story in Watercolor
Day 1: Farm Daily Life
This farm is located about 3 miles from my home in Belgium. I often pass by this farm during my various walks in the countryside.
What first caught my attention in this scene, was the composition. My primary goal was to express how the light and dark passages intertwine, creating this magical scene. This farm seems abandoned. But when I decided to paint it, I wanted to bring it back to life through my imagination. I didn’t want to describe what I see but I wanted my painting to tell a story.
This is what narrative painting is about.
Day 2: Paris rue Rivoli
I completed his painting in July 2021, during my last stay in Paris.
Paris is such an inspiring city for artists all over the word. The beauty of its avenues and its neoclassical style buildings gives it such a special atmosphere.
What caught my attention was the Tour Saint-Jacques. The only vestige that remains of the church after its destruction during the French Revolution. This tour became one of prominent component of my composition. My goal was to capture the mood and the energy of the moment.
Class Information
The class is live and interactive on ZOOM
Dates: Dec 16 & 17 from 9am-noon PDT
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Participants: Max 20
Medium: Watercolor
Price: $178 for 6 hours
Class Format
- A host from the VIEW Academy will facilitate the meeting, admitting you if you connect late, helping you with technical problems, etc…
- The V.I.E.W. workshop is live, interactive and hands-on
- Amid will demonstrate step by step, breaking up the process in manageable steps, giving you time to paint during the live session
- You will be able to ask questions directly to Amid
- You will be able to show your work to Amid to get personal feedback and critique
- You will enjoy interactivity with fellow participants
- You can keep the recordings of the class forever
What you will learn in this Class
- Planning painting process.
- Drawing and composition from major shapes to details.
- Introducing of the scenography to express your painting story.
- Pigment management: colour mixing and wash consistency.
- Proper use of edges through timing, exploring watercolour life cycle from wet to dry.
- Controlling tonal values.
- Abstracting the shapes by developing your own visual language.
Biography-Amid El Haddad, AWS
Faithful to the tradition of Impressionist painters, Amid is an avid Plein-Air painter, producing the majority of his work outdoor. This has helped, over the years, to develop a narrative and scenographic style, which infuse a characteristic story into each painting.
Amid is adept at genuine and immediate rendering and avoids laborious techniques that could affect the freshness and translucency of the medium.
Amid joined the school of fine arts in Brussels to study architecture. During his studies he became familiar with basic rules of drawing and he got to know watercolor as his favorite medium for rendering.
His current activity as a teacher in a Watercolor School in Belgium and a tutor helps him to verbalise and share his craft. It also helps him to express his feelings more accurately and make his inner voice tangible.
Amid is a sought-after art instructor who conducts watercolor workshops in Belgium, France, Italy and the US.
More about Amid El Haddad: www.amidelhaddad.com
Samples of Amid El Haddad's Art
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Testimonials from our VIEWers
“Amid is a wonderful instructor. He teaches elements of composition, technique and artistry presented in a step by step manner at a pace that is easy to follow. His feedback is invaluable, offered in a supportive manner ideal for personal growth and exploration. Having taken several workshops with Amid this past year, I highly recommend his workshops for all skill levels”.
Richard L.
“I have learned so much from Amid’s classes and had a lot of fun doing so! His instructions are so clear and easy to follow. No matter what the subject is, he breaks the painting process down in easy steps. He is a fantastic instructor and painter and I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to take his classes all the way from Belgium (where he lives) to my living room. Thank you Amid and French Escapade! ”
Lily S.
“Amid El Haddad is a devoted, passionate watercolor artist who provides clear, easily understood instruction to achieve incredible, impressionistic results! In just two days of painting with Amid in the FrenchEscapade V.I.E.W class I was able to better understand the medium to effectively achieve the desired results. Much to my amazement both paintings demonstrated a vast improvement in my abilities directly related to his teaching. Amid is able to break down and convey manageable chunks of information, demonstrate his intentions and facilitate growth in his students. Thank you Amid for sharing your vast knowledge and expertise of watercolor painting!”
Marilyn M.
The Price of US $178 for 6 hours includes:
- Documents to help prepare for the class
- Personal feedback during the class
- The access to our VIEW Facebook page so you can share and communicate with the VIEW Academy community of artists and teachers.
- The recordings of the class that you can keep forever
- If you can’t attend, you can buy the recording only.