STAN KURTH
Ann Arbor
aPRIL 21-23, 2026
$550
The intuitive mindset
in Watercolor and Gouache
Stan's workshop is not a traditional watercolor class - it's a workshop to help students shift from the fixed mindset that separates traditional representational painting from abstraction to one that incorporates both.
THE INTUITIVE Painting MINDSET
Watercolor and Gouache
Tuition: $550
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
April 21-23, 2026
Tue-Thurs: 9am-4pm
"The Intuitive Painting Mindset" workshop is designed to help students paint intuitively, starting without preconceived notions or outcome. There will be no preliminary planning or drawing. Process will dictate direction as students use a variety of techniques to implement color, texture, line, shape and value. Instruction will start with random mark making and color application, working transparent to opaque, building layers using a variety of mark making tools with watercolor and gouache.
It is possible finished work may be representational, but the goal is to complete work which is aligned with the student's personal aesthetic - whether representational or nonobjective. The only criteria is no reference and a willingness to let the process guide the outcome.
There will be regular comments and evaluation of work in progress concerning relationships between elements and principles.
NOTE: Stan's Intuitive Painting Mindset workshop references Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck's book Mindset. Carol proposes that human qualities are not fixed—they can be cultivated. People can grow and improve in any area, including sports, art, music, business, parenting, or relationships. This growth also applies to intellectual skills. This thought will be kept in mind as students merge painting process with their personal aesthetic.
"Intuitive painting is the act of making marks and spreading pigment on a surface until it conveys a personal aesthetic. There is no predetermined finish or elaborate pre-planning. These paintings for me are expressions of my life experience, everything which has touched and moved me along a path to the latest work."
I was born in Phoenix, Arizona and have lived in the area all my life, except four years in Flagstaff at Northern Arizona University earning a degree in History and English Literature. My aunt, an artist and art instructor, was a huge influence when I had not yet started school. I have drawn and painted most all of my life, and live with the conviction "fear not". My paintings are represented in private, public and corporate collections, and I have shown in numerous local, national and international juried exhibitions My work has been featured in American Artist Watercolor and Watercolor Artist. I teach workshops and share my process with many artist communities and organizations throughout the country.
TO REGISTER for Stan's 3-day watercolor workshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan please pay the $200 deposit through the link below and fill out the contact form below.
(deposit is refundable until February 15, 2026)
Balance of $350 is due via Zelle or check by February 15, 2026 and becomes non-refundable on that date.