Putting People in Watercolors with Kris Woodward

Adding people to a landscape instantly changes the emotional tone of a painting—inviting the viewer in, creating a sense of scale, and telling a story without a single word. In this focused practice-based workshop, you’ll learn how to place small, expressive figures into your watercolor scenes with confidence and clarity. Kris will demonstrate how to paint simple figures that feel natural within a landscape, showing how posture, proportion, and placement can make a painting feel joyful, contemplative, lonely, or energetic. You’ll work from provided samples and practice techniques for gesture, scale, and integration so your "little people" enhance the mood of your work rather than distract from it.

This is a hands-on, skill-building class designed to help you loosen up, experiment, and grow. Whether you’re new to watercolor or developing your landscape practice, you’ll leave with practical tools to bring more life, story, and emotion into your paintings.