Painting architecture poses unique challenges for the artist. From a simple shed, a classic old house, a complex street scene or a grand vista; architecture is beautiful. This workshop will teach you how to select your subject, master linear perspective, create structural form and balance simplification and detail. Lee has master architectural painting through years of architectural illustration, urban sketching and plein air events. She will share her knowledge and passion of painting architecture in watercolor.
About Lee
Growing up in South Africa and Chile, Lee was always an artist. She spent her High School and College years in Colorado, where she excelled in art and earned a degree in Fine Art from the University of Northern Colorado. She worked as an graphic artist and architectural illustrator before going back to school to become a certified teacher. Living on a small farm in the Ozarks she taught art at the local high school for 22 years, while raising her family. Through all these years she continued to paint and draw. Now retired Lee gets to combine her love for painting and the outdoors, as a plein air painter. Whether on location or in the studio, her light and color filled paintings reflect her love for the land and realistic landscape painting. She continues to be inspired by beautiful architecture and it is often her main subject matter art plein air events. She has won several events with her beautiful architectural paintings. Working in both watercolor and oil paint, she has received many regional and national awards and honors. Lee is a well sought after workshop instruction. She is a passionate, knowledgeable and patient teacher, dedicated to sharing her love of painting. She teaches workshops in oils and watercolor, in both plein air and studio settings.
lee.copen@gmail.com