David TAYLOR : 2012 September 09-14

Watercolor : finding the magic in Watercolor

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This class is for students who have already some practice of watercolor. Teaching is in English with a simultaneous translation into French.
This workshop will emphasise the freshness and spontaneity of good watercolour. Colour, composition, brush skills and many techniques will be passed on to the eager student. Originality and perseverance are key areas to focus on. David will demonstrate his skills painting many subjects such as street scenes, landscapes and waterscapes. You will learn skills to repair works or improve your knowledge of what sometimes goes wrong. David invites those attending to bring subject reference which may be printed material or photographic reference for painting in the studio, an outdoor easel for days out and a great sense of humour.
Let’s listen to David:
My passion to express myself through my painting remains constant. The experiences are often challenging, moving and uplifting. Capturing the essence of the subject as a fleeting moment in time requires speed of hand to achieve the spontaneity I like to record. The light in its many guises and drama of fleeting impressions are important factors when I am viewing this special world that is ours to be a special part of. In a personal way, I am writing my diary through my work which endeavours to express my interest, my experience and the place I find myself connected to at any given time.

David Taylor was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1941. He lives and works in Australia. Among the few great watercolor painters he is one of the best worldwide. David has won a number of major awards and served the society as a tutor for many years. He was the Victorian Artists Society Artist of the Year in 1976, 1980 and 1989. In the early 1980s, David received the Australian watercolorists’ ultimate accolade when he was elected to the elite Australian Watercolour Institute. David was also nominated as a member of the prestigious Twenty Melbourne Painters Society. David’s 40-year painting career has earned him over 100 awards in watercolor painting, including the Camberwell Rotary Travel Grant Scholarship. David won the coveted Gold Medal and $20,000 for Best of Show in the 2002 Herald Sun Camberwell Rotary Art Show, Australia’s biggest realist art exhibition. He also recently won the 2007 Silver Medal at the Herald Sun Camberwell Rotary Art Show. Among David’s notable achievements are the Distinguished Leadership Award for Outstanding Services to Watercolor and Teaching (International Directory of Distinguished Leadership), and a certificate of Merit for Distinguished Service to the Community. In 2005, he received the honour of becoming the first Australian Principal Artist in Residence at the University Of Southern Queensland Summer School. David’s work has been featured countless times in Australian Artist and International Artists Magazine. He is respected world wide for his painting and instruction on the art of watercolor. David is also in high demand as a respected art show juror and demonstrator. David’s paintings are in collections in Italy, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, China, Japan, USA, UK, Sweden, Australia, the Guernsey Museum, Newcastle and Ube On Tyne Collections, Consul of Switzerland, Melbourne Town Hall , Castlemaine Regional Gallery and City of Camberwell Collection Australia. The book titled “Solving The Mystery of Watercolor” Features David Taylor’s work and was written by Ron Ranson. His work is also on film and DVD with APV films.