From: Saturday September 20, 2025, 10:00 am
To: Saturday September 20, 2025, 2:30 pm
Join Us - In Tropical North Queensland for this magic Workshop!
@ The Tanks Arts Centre - Cairns Botanical Gardens -
Saturday 20th September 2025 - 10am to 2.30pm
46 Collins Ave, Cairns, QLD, Australia 4870
If you have some favorite brand of watercolor paper, by all means, use it. Hot Pressed paper is NOT recommended.
100% cotton 140 pound Rough (Grain Torchon) paper - Saunders or Arches, size from 11 x 15 to 15 x 22 inches, depending on your preference.
Michael's recommendation | Saunders Waterford Rough 300 gsm.
If you have any favorite brush set, feel free to use it.
Asian calligraphy brushes are very welcome (goat, rat, etc.)
In case if you prefer to use the same brushes as Michael, he recommend's you to check his signature set: https://www.watercoloronline.com/product-page/signature-brush-set
Escoda Michael Solovyev’s Master Set.
Michael highly recommends Daniel Smith watercolor in tubes.
In case of impossibility, you can use any other professional brand.
Small sets for travel are NOT recommended.
We need a basic color set.............It is highly recommended to have the following set (we will use it a lot):
You can get my 10 colors Daniel Smith Master Set in art stores around the world.
Michael is often called a “sunny watercolorist” – his airy, transparent artworks look as though they emit the sunlight.
His traditional academic art education, extensive experience as a head theater stage designer, and oil painter career now inform his priority as a watercolor artist – light.
His main belief is that sometimes even a pile of rubbish with beautiful lighting can become an artwork.
Michael is a watercolor artist of great renown, with exhibitions and workshops all over the world, from Bolivia to France to Australia.
Michael sees his work as an artist as exploration and observation of the world and its presentation in such way the others can see the things he saw – one of the most interesting jobs in the world. His stage designer background as provided two main insights fundamental for his subsequent watercolor artist career – understanding that the light is paramount to the art and the love for collective co-creation. Watercolor is the most interesting medium to Michael because it is the only material on the whole planet where he is not solely responsible for the creative process. Rather than working alone, he forms a partnership with the water. Watercolor flows, permeates the medium, it exists in ?me as an alive being. Michael works together with the watercolor in a fascinating process of co-creation which leads to interesting outcomes. Such partnership does not exist in all other branches of visual arts. Michael considers adrenaline and experimentation the necessities of the creative process, always challenging himself with new techniques, ideas, stories, and materials. Willingness to experiment and create led Michael to design his own line of watercolor materials and release a series of watercolor video lessons.
You can book your Workshop with confidence - knowing that we will refund the Workshop Fee - less $AUD10.00 Booking fee to cover bank and admin charges - provided we are notified in writing via our CONTACT FORM - dated one week prior to the commencement of the Australian Watercolour Muster Biennale - 2025 i.e. 10th September 2025.
Cancellations after this date will be refunded at 50% of the Booking Fee, at the discretion of the Curator of the Australian Watercolour Muster - Wyn Vogel - depending on the critical circumstances and again notified in writing via our CONTACT FORM - with your phone number and details of the Workshop / Event you are wishing to cancel. A booking fee of $AUD10.00 will be applied to these late cancellations.
There will be no refund if the Student doesn't advise of their inability to attend at least 24hours prior to the Workshop date and/or doesn't arrive at the Workshop!
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Tank 3 - The Tanks Arts Precinct
46 Collins Street, Edge Hill QLD 4870
