BRUSHWORKS ART STUDIO
1331 N. KRAEMER BLVD., ANAHEIM, CA 92806 714-336-4115
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Brushworks Art Studio offers Monthly Watercolor Classes for intermediate to advanced artists.
We offer day time and evening classes on several different days during the week.

STUDIO ALSO OFFERS THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:

Commissioned artwork, specializing in animal portraits,
European landmarks, Family portraits and much more.

STUDIO ARTIST

Susan Alderson ,Watercolorist

Brushworks Art Studio
Anaheim, CA    714-632-5683

The love Susan Alderson holds for watercolor shines through in her creations.  Painting since
1994, Susan has earned recognition from the art community as evident through her many
award winning paintings.  The attention to details along with the color theory that she
perceives make her paintings burst with life, appearing as though you could reach out and
touch the subject matter.  Formal studies with Kathy Quiel, Linda Gunn and Jan Kunz, in
addition to studying color theory with Nita Leland plus Stephen Quiller, allow her personal
interpretation to amalgamate color theory with composition and brush technique.

As an owner and instructor at Brushworks Art Studio, Susan’s students benefit from learning
the value of a well thought out plan for each of their paintings. A simple “Learn as You Go
Approach to Color Theory” as it applies to the emotional and structural content of each
painting has benefited her students. In particular, Susan’s instruction emphasizes the artist’s
consideration of Value, Intensity, Temperature with Unity in one’s painting through the use
of a color scheme and a limited palette.

Susan has the remarkable gift of being able to instruct students on glaze layering  their
colors, bringing depth, clarity and a "glowing" life into their projects.  While applying a
limited palette and in-depth planning of each painting Susan’s students are winning awards
as well as selling their art. Through discerning the critical details, along with the placement
of deep final “little jewels”, Susan and her students craft paintings that are truly an artistic
creation.

In addition, Susan generously gives of her time to the community and schools through
judging local art shows as well as demonstrating watercolor techniques at the Orange County
Fair, the Los Angeles County Fair, local Art Associations and Art groups.

Children through adults will benefit from studying with Susan Alderson.  Her motto, “Being
an artist is not a gift you are born with, but a gift you give yourself”, is exactly right.

  "BENTLEY'S MORNING RITUAL"
    2007 WATERCOLOR MAGIC MAGAZINE
  
         1ST PLACE AWARD, ANIMALS

"TRAILS END MOTEL"
THIS IS THE LATEST PAINTING IN A SERIES
CALLED "THE NEON BONE YARD"
Original photography by
JIM VON SEELIN

"KANSAS CITY MOTEL"
FROM THE "NEON BONE YARD" SERIES"
Original photography by
JIM VON SEELIN