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Watercolor at the Beach with Robert Regis Dvořák
Date: Sunday, January 18, 2026 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Maximum 12 participants
Cost: Members $120, Non-Members $150
Join this fabulous watercolor workshop on the Beach* with Robert Regis Dvorak. Robert will demonstrate at least two paintings and two field studies. You will receive personal instruction, and there will be a review of everyone's paintings.
You will learn how to:
Have fun painting outdoors
Do a quick study for your paintings
Compose a strong painting
Create an entrance to your paintings
Discover color intuition
Pay attention to values
Effectively use warm and cool color in a painting
Painting ocean waves
Paint people on wet sand with shadows
Paint lost and found edges with skill and much, much more!
You will learn to simplify your paintings to create clean, fresh, colorful, spontaneous paintings. You will paint this beach and some of the people who will be there that day. Be prepared to go beyond your present level of painting expression to a new level in your creative work.
Meet at the designated Beach Sunday, January 18 at 9:30 AM to set up. Robert will begin his first demonstration and teaching at 10:00 AM. Since we will be painting outdoors, be sure to bring a hat and something to sit on during our day of painting.
*Which Beach? We will select an accessible location between Honolulu and Kailua that features rocks, beach, waves, and mountains, plus ample parking, some shade, and restrooms. Last year, we were at Baby Makapu’u. We will find a different local for ’26.
Please register before January 10 if you can. This workshop will be limited to 12 participants. There is no need to call to check if there is room for you. Register early if you want to be included. When the workshop is full, we will keep a "wait-list" and notify people if spaces open up.
Instructor: Robert Regis Dvořák is a well-known California watercolor artist. He has been making drawing and painting fun and easy to learn for over 35 years. He has presented many one-day workshops at the Honolulu Museum School. He is the author of books including: Travel Drawing and Painting, Drawing Without Fear, Experiential Drawing, The Practice of Drawing as Meditation, and The Pocket Drawing Book, A Book About Nothing and Other Tips on Telling Topics.
Instagram:@robert.regis.dvorak | www.youcreate.com | www.robertregisdvorak.com 650.440.9848
Join this fabulous watercolor workshop on the beach with Robert Regis Dvorak. Robert will demonstrate at least two paintings and two field studies. You will receive personal instruction, and there will be a review of everyone's paintings.
Interested in Joining our growing list of Watercolor Instructors?
Many of our HWS members are teachers, as well as artists. If you are an instructor and would like to be added to our roster, please fill out the Member-Teacher Application Form below.
Questions? Send them to info@hawaiiwatercolorsociety.org