Watercolor Classes & Workshops
in Colorado & New Mexico
Dennis Pendleton is a Watercolor artist who teaches classes and workshops throughout the year in Denver, Colorado and beyond. View all the upcoming Classes & Workshops that Dennis offers below.
If you are interested in having Dennis teach a class or workshop send him an email to: pendletonstudio@gmail.com
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“Dennis has a way to take the most complicated concepts and distill them into something everybody can understand. I realize I found answers to some questions I had for ages and could never figure out on my own.” - Jeanya C.
Here are my upcoming Classesand Workshops I teach at the Art Students League of Denver below:
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Introduction to Painting in Watercolor
Adult Course | In-Person Classes (6 classes)
Medium: Painting | Level: Beginner
Instructor(s): Pendleton, Dennis
WINTER - Date: Jan 6 - Feb 10, 2025 | Location: Art Students League of Denver | Room 106
SPRING -Date: Mar 3 - April 7, 2025 | Location: Art Students League of Denver | Room 106
Time: 5:30 - 8:30 PM MDT
Member Price: $283.05
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NEW! IN-PERSON WATERCOLOR CLASS
The Essence of Landscape Painting in Watercolor
Adult Course | In-Person Classes (4 classes)
Medium: Painting | Level: Beginner,Intermediate,Advanced
Instructor(s): Pendleton, Dennis
Date: Jan 7 - Jan 28, 2025 | Location: Art Students League of Denver | Room: 106
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM MDT
Member Price: $188.70
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NEW! ONLINE WATERCOLOR CLASS
Painting Shorelines in Watercolor
Adult Course | Online Class using Zoom (4 classes)
Medium: Painting | Level: Beginner,Intermediate,Advanced
Instructor(s): Pendleton, Dennis
Date: Jan 7 - Jan 28, 2025 | ONLINE ZOOM CLASS
Time: 1:00 - 3:30 PM MDT
Member Price: $170.00
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NEW! IN-PERSON WATERCOLOR CLASS
Painting Harbor Scenes in Watercolor
Adult Course | In-Person Classes (4 classes)
Medium: Painting | Level: Beginner,Intermediate,Advanced
Instructor(s): Pendleton, Dennis
Date: Feb 4 - Feb 25, 2025 | Location: Art Students League of Denver | Room: 106
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM MDT
Member Price: $188.70
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NEW! ONLINE WATERCOLOR CLASS
Window Treasures in Watercolor
Adult Course | Online Class using Zoom (4 classes)
Medium: Painting | Level: Beginner,Intermediate,Advanced
Instructor(s): Pendleton, Dennis
Date: Feb 4 - Feb 25, 2025 | ONLINE ZOOM CLASS
Time: 1:00 - 3:30 PM MDT
Member Price: $170.00
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NEW! IN-PERSON WATERCOLOR CLASS
Dawn and Dusk in Watercolor
Adult Course | In-Person Classes (4 classes)
Medium: Painting | Level: Beginner,Intermediate,Advanced
Instructor(s): Pendleton, Dennis
Date: Mar 4 - Mar 25, 2025 | Location: Art Students League of Denver | Room: 106
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM MDT
Member Price: $
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NEW! ONLINE WATERCOLOR CLASS
Wine and Vineyards in Watercolor
Adult Course | Online Class using Zoom (4 classes)
Medium: Painting | Level: Beginner,Intermediate,Advanced
Instructor(s): Pendleton, Dennis
Date: Mar 4- Mar 25, 2025 | ONLINE ZOOM CLASS
Time: 1:00 - 3:30 PM MDT
Member Price: $
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NEW! IN-PERSON WATERCOLOR CLASS
Mountain Masterpieces in Watercolor
Adult Course | In-Person Classes (4 classes)
Medium: Painting | Level: Beginner,Intermediate,Advanced
Instructor(s): Pendleton, Dennis
Date: Apr 1 - Apr 22, 2025 | Location: Art Students League of Denver | Room: 106
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM MDT
Member Price: $
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NEW! ONLINE WATERCOLOR CLASS
Blossom Time in Watercolor
Adult Course | Online Class using Zoom (4 classes)
Medium: Painting | Level: Beginner,Intermediate,Advanced
Instructor(s): Pendleton, Dennis
Date: Apr 1- Apr 22, 2025 | ONLINE ZOOM CLASS
Time: 1:00 - 3:30 PM MDT
Member Price: $170.00
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Looking for online watercolor tutorials?
In addition to the online courses at the Art Student League of Denver classes shown, Dennis also offers independent Zoom Watercolor Classes that you can take for a day or a weekend!
Dennis also as a great lineup of online pre-recorded tutorial videos with everything from selecting paint colors to palette setup to painting techniques.
Summer Watercolor Workshops
Join me for a Watercolor Workshop for one day or three!
Summer Watercolor Workshops
Join Dennis for one, two or three days over a long weekend
DIG OUT YOUR EASEL AND PAINTS
Denver Botanic Gardens Watercolor Workshops
Plan on moving your studio outside and joining me this summer at Botanic Gardens where there are overflowing, sun-drenched, flower-filled compositions. Dennis will show you how to take the overgrown, explosive arrangement of flowers and foliage and turn them into compelling watercolor paintings. You will be enchanted by the gardens as you learn how to compose, identify values, and mix colors. Some watercolor experience is necessary. and not recommended for absolute beginners.
Each day Dennis will demonstrate a painting and spend the rest of the day working individually with the students. Friendly critiques will also allow you to learn from each other. Your paintings will blossom as you capture the lush gardens in all their bountiful beauty.
You can bring your own lunch or the Beehive Cafe in the middle of the gardens has a nice menu.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday Workshops in Summer 2024:
June 21,22,23, 2024 - Denver Botanic Gardens
July 19,20,21, 2024 - Denver Botanic Gardens
August 16,17,18, 2024 - Denver Botanic Gardens
Begins at 9:00 a.m.
One day - $95 / Two days - $170 /Three days - $225
(50% of your payment is non-refundable)
Gardens admission not included in price.
Email Dennis at: pendletonstudio@gmail.com if you are interested or if you have any questions.
Steamboat Watercolor Workshops
Join me for a weekend Steamboat Watercolor Workshop
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS COLORADO SUMMER WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
July 26, 27, 28, 2024 • Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Join Dennis Pendleton for a 3-day plein air watercolor workshop in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and begin to see the way an artist sees the great outdoors, Immersing yourself in the lush summertime mountain setting, learn everything from how to simplify the complex landscape to capturing sparkling color to creating a strong sense of light in your paintings. Steamboat Springs is rich in beautiful subject matter. From working ranches with old barns and haystacks to dramatic mountainscapes with quaking aspen trees, you will revel in the scenery. Whether you are new to watercolor painting or a more advanced student, Dennis will help push your skills to the next level through demonstrations, individual attention, and friendly critiques. Basic watercolor experience needed. Students are responsible for their lodging and meals. Dottie at the Steamboat Art Museum can make recommendations on lodging.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS COLORADO WINTER WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
March 25, 26, 27, 2022 - Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
There is magic in the freshly fallen snow and brilliant winter sunshine in the mountains of Steamboat Springs. Capture this exquisite beauty of winter as you paint from reference material in the warm comfort of the art museum studio in this 3-day workshop. With scenes dominated by a white blanket of snow, the icy landscape is a compelling subject for the watercolor artist. Winter's frozen artistry is a great way to study values, color relationships, contrast, and composition. The Yampa and Elk River valleys abound with subject matter such as ranch scenes, aspen forests and mountain vistas. Dennis Pendleton will demonstrate daily as he explains how to simplify the subject matter, work with a strong value range, and make color choices. The workshop will include individual painting time, personalized instruction, and friendly group critiques. Come and thaw out on a chilly winter day painting crisp snow settings in watercolor. Basic watercolor experience needed. Students are responsible for their lodging and meals. Dottie at the Steamboat Art Museum can make recommendations on lodging.
Watercolor Workshop Cost: $ 375
Steamboat Museum: 970.870.1755
To register and pay, call the museum and tell them you want to signup for the Dennis Pendleton's 2023 Watercolor Workshop. Students are responsible for their own lodging.
If you are interested in my Steamboat Workshop, or if you have any questions email me at pendletonstudio@gmail.com
“Thank You for teaching me to love watercolor.”
~ Katherine Stuart
Taos Watercolor Workshop
Join me for a Watercolor Workshop for a week in Taos:
Taos Watercolor Workshop Yearly
May 18 - 23, 2025 • Sunday-Friday Workshop
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Every spring I teach a Watercolor Workshop in Taos, New Mexico which is known for its legendary sunlight. We headquarter at the fabulous and historic Mabel Dodge Luhan House with its traditional adobe architecture and delicious gourmet buffet breakfast. Gathering in the dining room is the perfect beginning before we take off for our painting site. Enjoy daily demonstrations by Dennis that are designed to inspire your creative process. You will learn how to start, develop, and complete successful "plein air" paintings. Dennis enjoys working individually with everyone to nurture their unique painting style. The friendly and inspiring critiques will build camaraderie and confidence on your artistic journey. Come and let the magic and beauty in the "Land of Enchantment" be your muse!
Each student is responsible for their own lodging and meals and the price of the workshop is $575. A $100 nonrefundable deposit will hold your space and the remaining $475 is due by
April 16th. This workshop is limited to 14 people and sold out the last 3 years.
If you are interested in attending the 2025 Taos workshop or have any questions, email Dennis at pendletonstudio@gmail.com
NOTE: Please be aware that the elevation at Taos, New Mexico is 6,969 feet which is almost 2,000 feet higher than Denver, Colorado. Even though we park near the painting sites, there is a fair amount of walking and carrying supplies. If you have health issues, please consider this before signing up.
“Dennis, thank you so much for sharing this adventure with all of us. The Mabel Dodge Luhan House was a wonderful place for the workshop.”
~ Pippa Hambidge
The Sketchbook Workshop
What will be your unique take on capturing
your favorite place and spaces?
The Sketchbook Workshop
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
August 23, 24, 25, 2024 FULL
September 6, 7, 8, 2024
10 am to 4 pm
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"It is often we come the closest to the essence of an artist...in his or her pocket notebooks and travel sketchbooks...an intimate insight into the magical mind of a working artist."
Eugene Delacroix
Your sketchbook is where the magic happens! Pick up your pencil and paint learning how to experiment with ideas and document your surroundings in this urban sketching workshop. Not only will your drawing skills improve but your sketchbook will give insight into the development of your own unique style. Because the urban scenes and subjects are unstated, you will discover how to work with dividing the page into smaller scenes instead of trying to reproduce the entire location. Discover how things you pass by everyday might become ideas for a new direction. The raw format of the sketchbook is sometimes more touching than a finished work so let your sketchbook rekindle your creativity.
Be sure to look below to see some sample sketchbook pages I have done.
Price: $375
A $100 non-refundable deposit will hold your space and the
remaining $275 is due by August 1, 2024.
This workshop is limited to 10 people so sign up early.
To register, please email me at pendletonstudio@gmail.com
We will meet at a different location in the Denver area each day and you should plan on bringing your own lunch.
My video below will show you how to put together a small kit that contains everything you need:
