Island Watercolor Intensive 2025
Exploring the Shoals in Color and Texture

Sunday- Friday

Through painting Star’s ever-changing skies, rocks, and sea, witnessing it’s clarity of light and color, we join a long tradition of Isles of Shoals artists. This year we’ll tune into to color mixing and brushwork in particular to create rich color relationships and explore the varied textures of the Shoals. Along with studio exercises and plein aire painting, we’ll deepen our experience of the island through creating a personal visual map of colors and textures. Individualized instruction is primarily geared to advanced beginners and intermediate students, but beginners are welcome! Advanced watercolorists are encouraged to join classes and group critiques as desired.

The watercolor conference offers guided studio and plein-aire morning sessions, with afternoons free to explore visual prompts, continue work from the morning, join optional activities, and or take some R&R. We have lively, supportive group critiques of work during out pre-dinner social hours. On our last day we’ll celebrate our time together with a mini-exhibition for everyone on island.
A welcome letter with a list of suggested materials will be sent in May.

Questions? Send to Chair and Instructor Julia Morgan at Julia@jmorganart.com

Program Fee

$410 per person 

Room & Board

Adults (18+) 

Standard Shared: $899| Standard Single: $1,210

Motel Shared: $1,104 | Motel Single: $1,636

Boat Schedule

Departure from Portsmouth TBD

Departure from Star Island TBD

Questions?

Contact Julia Morgan at julia@jmorganart.com.