Workshops

Paul Oman’s workshops build foundational skills and focus on particular subjects and approaches, so you can quickly develop or strengthen your abilities in drawing, watercolor, acrylic, and oil painting. Whether online or in person, in a workshop or on a retreat, you will learn the foundations of painting and how to make your painting sing, while being encouraged to bring your own voice to your work and discover who you are as an artist.

Upcoming Workshops

9:30am–2:30pm

Watercolor Workshop – Painting the Winter Landscape

Carpenter Nature Center – Hudson, Wisconsin
300 East Cove Road, Hudson, WI 54016

Snowy birch trees beside a winter river, watercolor by Paul Oman

Paul Oman will be teaching a 2-day watercolor painting workshop on painting the winter landscape on Thursday-Friday, February 4-5 from 9:30a-2:30p both days. He will demonstrate at least one scene each day while providing time for participants to paint their own scenes. Emphasis will be given to painting the northern landscapes of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and in particular the addition of winter birch trees and their characteristic paper curls.

All ability levels are welcome. Paul will demonstrate at an advanced level while simplifying the process through the process of seeing values, arranging your composition, and applying color theory in understandable terms.

Limit 10 participants. $190.

To register, contact Paul Oman ASAP: email at paul@paulomanfineart.com or call at 715-790-2029.

Register for this workshop
10:00am–4:00pm

Watercolor Workshop for Central MN Watercolorists, St. Cloud

Central Minnesota Watercolorists – St. Cloud, MN

Spring's Return to the North, watercolor by Paul Oman

Paul Oman will teach a one-day workshop for the Central Minnesota Watercolorists organization. This members only workshop will be held on Saturday, April 3rd, 2027. Focus will be on painting the spring and summer Minnesota landscapes in watercolor. More details to follow.

Ask about this workshop

Watercolor workshop supply list (PDF)

Contact Paul to get on the schedule or with any questions.

Skills you can learn or develop

  • Finding SUBJECTS to paint
  • Seeing and understanding VALUES
  • Creating a strong COMPOSITION
  • Understanding and maximizing the use of COLOR
  • Drawing lines, shapes, relationships, values, & unifying the whole
  • Painting LIGHT & SHADOW
  • Painting LANDSCAPES, CITYSCAPES, SEASCAPES
  • Learning how to create the illusion of atmospheric perspective & depth
  • Painting various lighting situations (side, overhead, back, rim, front, low, reflected, nocturnal, artificial)
  • Using abstraction to enhance representational
  • Plein air (on location)
  • How to simplify complex scenes to create focus & drama
These workshops become rich times of learning, experimenting, and meeting new friends with both similar and varied interests. Your eyes, mind, and heart will be opened as you see the world in a whole new way with Paul Oman.

Invite Paul to teach in your community