“Watercolor Holiday Cards" Workshop with Ye Wang

Why send a store-bought card or invitation when you can personalize your greetings with your own style and creativity?  In this watercolor holiday cards workshop you'll learn how to make your own cards with different watercolor techniques.  Subjects including landscape, flower, abstract, or your own chosen images.

Ye Wang was born in Sichuan China in 1965.  He earned his BFA in Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts and taught painting in the same institute for seven years. In  China  he was known for painting cornfields and won three bronze prizes in national watercolor exhibitions.  In 1998 he moved to  Canada  for his MFA study at the  University  of  Windsor .  He has focused on painting “Reflection” series since 2001, using a glass window as metaphor and figures as the subject to suggest his perception of Western culture as an outsider. His paintings have been involved in a lot of exhibitions in  Canada  and the States and won numerous awards.  Awards include  Third Place  in the Eighth National Juried Art Exhibition in Liberal Kansas in 2005, Award of Excellence in the Northern National Art Competition in  Wisconsin  in 2006, Anita Bengtson Memorial Cash Award in Kansas Watercolor Society Great 8 Exhibition in 2006, Excellent Award in the 41st Annual Smoky Hill Art Competition and Exhibition in Hays Arts Council in Kansas in 2010.   He is now an Associate Professor of Art at  Washburn   University  in  Topeka   Kansas .  More of his work can be viewed on his website www.yepaintings.com. 

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