Loose Landscapes in Watercolor
Tim Oliver
Date: Monday – Wednesday, June 8 – 10, 2026
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: $400 ANA Members / $450 Non-members
ANA Studio
300 N. 2nd Street
Rogers, AR 72756
“I’m passionate about interpreting and communicating the character and the emotion of places in my work. Watercolor, in a practiced hand, is the perfect medium for capturing the powerful emotion of a place. While I paint a variety of subjects, I’m most attracted to landscapes that stir passion within me in the moment. I’m always drawn to things western, rural, gritty and seemingly mundane or ordinary. Anything evocative of a ‘time long passed by’ will always capture my attention.”
Supply List
- Sketchbook There are many good brands out there. It’s a good idea to have one with at
least 70# paper so that it will hold up to a light watercolor wash. I use Stillman and Birn
Alpha, 8×11 and 5×8 - Watercolor paper – I recommend good quality paper. Saunders Waterford, Arches or
Fabriano. 140# Cold Press or Rough. I use SW 140# Rough. We’ll paint on ¼
sheets(11×15). 10-12 sheets will be plenty. - Stretching Board – Gatorboard, Masonite, varnished ¼” plywood…anything waterproof.
At least 12×16” - Masking Tape – 1” Scotch brand or whatever you like
- Water Container – Some people like to have 2(clean and dirty)
- Small spritzer spray bottle
- Watercolor palette – any kind… I use a metal folding palette
- Paper towels
- Brushes – We will use primarily round brushes. You’ll need a small (4-6), medium(8-10)
and large (12-14) synthetic. I use Escoda Perla. They don’t have to be expensive, but you
will be frustrated with really cheap brushes. You’ll also need a couple of squirrel mop
brushes #2 and #4. You’ll need a large flat wash/hake brush (2”) A couple of Cheap Joe
Happy Stroke riggers (#0 and #2) will be helpful also. They are very inexpensive.
https://www.cheapjoes.com/cheap-joe-s-happy-strokes-rigger-brushes.html - Paint – DO NOT BUY CHEAP OR STUDENT GRADE PAINT! You’ll be forever
frustrated. Good paint is imperative. I use primarily Daniel Smith colors and find them
to be excellent. Cheap Joe, Qor, Winsor Newton, Holbein, Rembrandt, M. Graham all great brands.
Tube paints only, no cake colors.
We will use common colors that you probably already have. I never want attendees to
spend a lot of money purchasing more paint! A warm and a cool of the primaries will be
just fine! Here is my current palette. Asterisks indicate the colors that I can’t live
without:
- Permanent Alizarin Crimson*
- Cadmium Red*
- Cadmium Orange
- Quinacridone Burnt Orange*
- Burnt Sienna*
- Raw Sienna*
- Quinacridone Gold
- New Gamboge*
- Cerulean Blue
- Cobalt Teal Blue
- Cobalt Blue*
- Ultramarine Blue*
Hansa Yellow Light - Transparent Yellow Oxide
- Sepia
- Pthalo Blue
- Imperial Purple
- Pthalo Green
- Undersea Green
- Neutral Tint*
- White Gouache*
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Tim Oliver, NWS, WFWS
Tim Oliver is a Landscape Architect and owner of a design/build landscape firm in Lubbock, Texas. He graduated with a Bachelors degree in landscape architecture in 1983 from Texas Tech University.
Tim holds Signature membership in the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society and the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.
Tim’s paintings are collected both regionally and nationally and he has won numerous juried exhibitions, invitational exhibition and plein air competition awards. He is a past instructor and field painter at The Plein Air Convention and Expo. Tim is active in doing watercolor demos and workshops both regionally and nationally. His work has appeared on the cover of Watercolor Artist Magazine and been featured in Plein Air Magazine, The Art of Watercolour and Art of the West Magazine.
“I’m passionate about interpreting and communicating the character and the emotion of places in my work. Watercolor, in a practiced hand, is the perfect medium for capturing the powerful emotion of a place. While I paint a variety of subjects, I’m most attracted to landscapes that stir passion within me in the moment. I’m always drawn to things western, rural, gritty and seemingly mundane or ordinary. Anything evocative of a ‘time long passed by’ will always capture my attention.”
Tim Oliver
1704 Norwich Ave.
Lubbock, TX
806-548-3789
timoliverwatercolors@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tim.oliver.3766
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Website: www.timoliverart.com