Teen Watercolor Series(Ages 14-18)

In this watercolor painting workshop series, teens will have a chance to explore the meditative delight of intuitive, pressure-free watercolor painting. While we’ll use semi-abstract landscapes as our primary subject, and there will be plenty of time for free exploration and creative play. 

This workshop blends theoretical fine art concepts such as composition, with a loose and fun approach to painting that’s held in a relaxed, judgment-free environment. 

 

About the Instructor

 When Dani was nearly ten years old, she and her family moved to the United States from the Netherlands. Growing up so far from her homeland and life-long community challenged her to discover herself within a constant search for belonging. 

Spirituality and the search for answers to big existential questions have offered her a place of refuge. As a student and practitioner of several different spiritual lineages, Dani sees the world, and thus her creative process, through a contemplative lens. 

For about five years now, Dani has been creating evocative paintings in a multitude of media that transcend ordinary ways of seeing the world. She uses an array of carefully mixed earth tones to capture nostalgic landscapes that have an evocative, dreamlike atmosphere. Rather than seeking to reflect the exact likeness of any given geographical location, Dani leans into the emotional tone that envelops our memory of places and our time with them.  

Dani’s work has been exhibited in a handful of Colorado galleries. She sells her work online and at The New Local. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado with her partner and stepdaughter.