VIEW-Shuang Li

VIEW with Shuang Li: ``Flower Bouquets`` in Watercolor

Class Information

If you love flowers and love watercolors, then there are no better ways than preserving the fleeting beauty of flowers in a watercolor painting! Through step-by-step exercises of painting beautiful roses and colorful spring bouquet, this two-day class will explore spontaneous and intuitive watercolor floral techniques, as well as ways of defining flower shapes, changing and flowing colors, and design elegant composition. Shuang will also show you how to find your inner connection with watercolors through expressive brushwork, enable you to develop a loose and natural creative approach to beautiful watercolor floral paintings.

The class is live and interactive on ZOOM

Dates: May 4 & 5 from 10am-1pm Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Level: High Beginners to Intermediate

Participants: Max 20

Medium: Watercolor

Price: $178 for 6 hours. If you can’t attend, you can buy the recording only. Book the class and email us to let us know you won’t attend.

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
  • Shuang 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 Shuang
  • You will be able to show your work to Shuang 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

  • How to define simple and complex flower shapes
  • How to create elegant floral compositions
  • How to blend and flow colors directly on painting surface
  • How to keep color translucency and illumination through painting process
  • How to finish up with varies edges and necessary details without overworking

Biography-Shuang Li, NWS, WW, SDWS, LPAPA

Born, raised and classically trained in China, California based watercolorist Shuang Li moved to the US 30 years ago. Following the “En Plein Air” tradition, Shuang paints watercolor both on locations and in her studio, portrays the extraordinary variety of life with her unique perspective. Traveling around the world, with her masterful classic and contemporary techniques, Shuang recreates nature’s beauty in her paintings, captures lights, moods and moments with her singular poetic expression. Shuang’s watercolors have won many national and international awards, her artwork and articles have been featured in Plein Air Magazine, American Watercolors and Outdoor Painters, to name a few.

Shuang Li is a signature member of National Watercolor Society, San Diego Watercolor Society,Watercolor WestLaguna Plein Air Painters Association, and an elected Artist Member of California Art Club. Shuang Li has also been selected as one of the faculty members for Plein Air Convention since 2018.

Shuang Li’s web site

Shuang Li’s FaceBook page

Samples of Shuang Li's Art

Testimonials from our VIEWers

“Excellent online class. Shuang knows how to teach! Really – she breaks things down into the important and critical stuff in small bites and ignores the stuff that does not matter. I have learned so much in a very short period of time”.

Tina M.

“This is the first time I joined the VIEW Academy and attended Shuang Li’s Sketching with Styles class. I learned so many new techniques and love Shuang’s bold and organic styles of sketching. The critiques are very helpful which is usually unavailable from other online classes. Will definitely take more classes with VIEW Academy.”

Violet S.

“Shuang Li’s class was really great. LOTs of information and a great (fun) instructor. I loved that each day was focused on a specific technique (day 1 was ink and grey marker only, day 2 was ink and watercolor on hot press paper and day 3 was watercolor only). I also liked that she pushed all of us out of our comfort zone in a “safe” way to try things. I am committed to going forward without my trusty pencil and eraser for my urban sketches and head straight to the ink.  Looking forward to the August class and already blocked my calendar.”

Marcia H.

The Price of US $ 178 for 6 hours includes:

  • Documents to help prepare for the class
  • Personal feedback during the class
  • The recording of all sessions for you to keep forever
  • The access to our VIEW Facebook page so you can share and communciate with the VIEW Academy community of artists and teachers.
  • If you can’t attend, you can buy the recording only (same price).
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