"The Shape of Water" - A Two Day Workshop with Virginia artist Guy Crittenden - September 6th and 7th, 2025 - SOLD OUT

Virginia Artist Guy Crittenden is known for his paintings of Landscapes, Wildlife and Sporting art.  For more than 50 years, he has been painting the beauty of the natural world with a primary focus on Virginia Landscapes and waterways.

This two day artists' workshop will explore the subject of water, its many complexities, and tools and techniques to improve your understanding and execution of painting water.  Wether your goal is to deepen your understanding of the many different properties of water, or to learn Guy's favorite techniques to realistically communicate the element of water in any given painting, you will leave this class with new inspiration.

For beginners to experienced artists, this weekend is broken down into short lessons that will immediately improve your decision making, study, method and execution as it applies to your art.  All mediums are welcome.

Guy will present lessons on:

1. How to "Read the Water"
2. Working from Life vs. Photos
3. Approaches for different substrates and mediums
4. Reflection vs. Refraction
5. Natural structures vs Man-made
6. The many colors of clear
7. Movement and motion blurs
8. From ripples to waves

This workshop will be held in the main classroom at Crossroads Art Center, 2016 Staples Mill Road, Richmond, VA

Hours:  Saturday, Sept. 6,  10 am to 4 pm  >>>   Sunday, Sept. 7,  10 am to 4 pm

Cost:  $195 paid by check, cash, credit card or Venmo.  Checks should be made to Crittenden Studio and submitted to Crossroads front desk.

Please respond by email to confirm your interest before sending your payment.  

Reservations will be taken on a first come basis, and your payment holds your place in this class.

Once we have confirmed payment, we will send a list of materials needed for this workshop.

Guy Crittenden

email:  guy@crittendenstudio.com

phone:  804-357-6027