Demystifying Portraits in Watercolor with Janine Helton
In this three-day in-person workshop, you will learn how to create glowing watercolor portraits with radiant flesh tones and luminous color!
Join me at my easel as I explain and demonstrate the use of transparent glazes, considering shapes, color and value to capture the likeness and essence of our subject. Techniques include water-to-pigment ratio, color mixing, building form, lifting techniques, and so much more!
We will work together on one portrait over the three days, but if you are a fast painter, feel free to bring a second pre-drawn portrait of your own to work on as time allows.
Some experience in watercolor is recommended.
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3 Day Workshop
When: March 20 through March 22, 2026, 9 AM to 4 PM
Limited to 14 participants.
Location:
The Galleries at Heartland Art Club
101A West Argonne
Kirkwood, Missouri 63122
About Janine Helton
Janine Helton is a watercolor artist who has been recognized in watercolor competitions locally, nationally and internationally. Since childhood she has enjoyed hands-on creative pursuits, but it wasn’t until the fall of 2009 that she began taking watercolor lessons with a local artist in her hometown of St. Charles, Missouri. Janine has since taken workshops from nationally known artists including Carl Purcell, Janet Rogers, Fealing Lin and Ted Nuttall. She now paints daily in her home studio.
Janine is a Best of Missouri Hands Juried Artist, a Saint Louis Watercolor Society Signature Member as well as a Signature Member of Women in Watercolor, the Transparent Watercolor Society, Southern Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, the Northwest Watercolor Society, the San Diego Watercolor Society, the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, the Missouri Watercolor Society, the Illinois Watercolor Society, the Michigan Water Color Society, and the Georgia Watercolor Society.
Website: https://www.janheltonartworks.com/
Email: janine@janheltonartworks.com