- 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM PST
Capturing the Power and Poetry of the Coast
Instructor: Mike Hernandez
Join award-winning painter and instructor Mike Hernandez
For a one-day online workshop on capturing the power and poetry of the coast in gouache. Known for his bold compositions and mastery of light and atmosphere, Mike will walk you through his process for painting expressive seascapes filled with movement, structure, and mood.
Through live demonstrations and guided practice, you’ll learn how to:
- Design a strong composition that balances sky, water, and rock formations.
- Simplify complex wave patterns, reflections, and rocky textures into clear, powerful shapes.
- Simplify complex wave patterns, reflections, and rocky textures into clear, powerful shapes.
- Use color temperature, edge control, and brushwork to convey depth, energy, and atmosphere.
- Harness gouache’s unique versatility—its opacity, layering, and reactivation—to achieve rich, painterly effects.
This workshop is ideal for artists who want to elevate their understanding of light, structure, and design while exploring the dynamic interplay between land and sea. Expect plenty of practical insight with Q & A.
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Mike Hernandez
A native Angeleno, Mike Hernandez is a plein air painter skilled in gouache, oil and acrylic, who’s works have been featured in several on-line publications as well as galleries.
His process began as a young child, painting still life images. Influenced by the likes of Edgar Payne, Sorolla and Franz Bischoff, Mike soon explored the foundations of color and light in the outdoors – striving to find the beauty in the ordinary.
With a palette that resides at the crossroads between industrial and landscapes, he finds inspiration anywhere from the Eastern Sierra range to the muddy concrete banks of the Los Angeles River. Mike studied at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, graduating with a B.A. in 1998.
Mike was a Production Designer and Art Director as well as a concept artist at Dreamworks Animation and worked on such films as Shrek, How to train your Dragon, Turbo, Penguins of Madagascar and many other films.
Mike is also a member of a limited group of the finest painters in the US called PAPA as well as a nation-wide sought-after workshop instructor. His works can be found in several private collections around the world.
His process began as a young child, painting still life images. Influenced by the likes of Edgar Payne, Sorolla and Franz Bischoff, Mike soon explored the foundations of color and light in the outdoors – striving to find the beauty in the ordinary.
With a palette that resides at the crossroads between industrial and landscapes, he finds inspiration anywhere from the Eastern Sierra range to the muddy concrete banks of the Los Angeles River. Mike studied at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, graduating with a B.A. in 1998.
Mike was a Production Designer and Art Director as well as a concept artist at Dreamworks Animation and worked on such films as Shrek, How to train your Dragon, Turbo, Penguins of Madagascar and many other films.
Mike is also a member of a limited group of the finest painters in the US called PAPA as well as a nation-wide sought-after workshop instructor. His works can be found in several private collections around the world.
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