Cara Brown Workshop
Watercolor Basics and Beyond
About Cara Brown:
Cara Brown has been showing and selling her watercolor paintings since her first Marin Open Studios in 2007 – and teaching and leading watercolor groups since 2011. She was invited to show every year for over a decade at the Sausalito Art Festival until it closed in 2020. The festival awarded her two First Place, Watercolor Awards, until the category was eliminated. She has exhibited regularly at the Marin County Fair’s Fine Art Exhibits, and has won dozens of awards, including First Place, Watermedia several times, as well as Marin County Artist of the Year. Cara has exhibited at the California State Fair in Sacramento, winning several ribbons there too and she is a signature member of the California Watercolor Association where she has won two awards in their annual International Exhibition.
Artist Statement:
I am obsessed by color. I am a sucker for the drama of striking light. I keep being drawn to the lush fullness of fruit. I’m soothed by looking at flowers. I think food can be as beautiful as anything else. I want only the simplicity of watercolor – painting pure pigment on cotton paper. I love to make these paintings.
January 25 – 26, 2026
10 am – 4 pm each day
Sunday and Monday
Sacramento Fine Arts Center Studio
5330 Gibbons Drive, Carmichael, CA, 95608
About the Workshop:
Cara has curated a special 2-day session based on her Watercolor Basics and Beyond workshop. In this interactive studio workshop, Cara will share her techniques for creating soft edges, fuzzy backgrounds and luminous light. Students will be working from their own photographs and there are no specific subject matter assignments. Paint what you are inspired to paint! It is recommended that the main subject in your source photo be illuminated brightly with some strong contrast between foreground and background. Be sure to bring all of your usual painting supplies but the most important one is good paper. Cara’s methods are best on 300 lb. paper.
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Cara Brown
The Fine Print:
- Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis
- Payment is due in full upon registration.
- Students will receive a registration confirmation letter by email within one (1) week after their check is received.
- You are considered fully enrolled once you have paid in full.
If you need to cancel:
- Cancellations made forty-five (45) days before the first day of class receive a full refund, less a 15% processing fee. To receive the refund, a written notification must be received forty-five (45) days or more before the beginning of the workshop to [email protected]. You will receive a cancellation confirmation email once your cancellation has been processed.
- Any cancellations made less than 45 days in advance of the first day will receive no refund.
