Garden Blossoms in Watercolor with Dani Knoph

Garden Blossoms in Watercolor with Dani Knoph

Class | Available

Intermediate, 16+
5/1/2026-5/2/2026
10:00 AM-3:00 PM EDT on Fri Sat
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$185.00
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Garden Blossoms in Watercolor with Dani Knoph

Class | Available

If gardens bring you joy, this two-day watercolor workshop is for you! We’ll look back in history at watercolor artists celebrated for their paintings inspired by gardens, then discuss style and technique. Our subject is the nasturtium, a cheerful flowering plant that blossoms throughout the summer. We’ll work through a guided process, drawing from a photograph and layering watercolor washes to bring your painting to life. Expect plenty of demos, good humor, and an encouraging group studio space. Return home with a colorful painting and a handful of nasturtium seeds to plant in your garden for future studies!

Intermediate level, age 16+.

 

**Recommended supplies: Participants are welcome to bring their own watercolor materials to work with, however all materials will be provided.

·       Watercolor paper, size 9" x 12" or 11" x 15"

·       Plastic or metal paint palette with wells (you’ll want at least several circular or rectangular wells)

·       Tubes of watercolor paint: For a full array of colors, a good place to start is by purchasing one 5ml tube of each: Winsor yellow, yellow ochre, Chinese or titanium white, cadmium red, phthalo blue, viridian green (**Two high-quality brands are Winsor & Newton and Grumbacher)

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Dani Knoph Davis

Dani Knoph Davis is a wildlife artist based in Northern Michigan. 

Making time to be in nature and learn about Michigan wildlife inspires Dani’s work. Her detailed watercolor illustrations are an expression of reverence for wildlife and ecology. Growing up in Michigan, Dani cherished time on the lake, looking for bass and turtles, observing tiny clams and snails making marks in the sand, and searching for Monarch caterpillars in the meadows. After attending the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan, Dani relocated to Seattle. Inspired by historical artists of natural history, such as Maria Sibylla Merian, she began learning the process of layering transparent watercolor washes after graduating art school in 2009. She illustrated and sold her first collection of Pacific Northwest salmon paintings at Urban Hardwoods in Seattle in 2012. 

In the summer of 2012, Dani felt like a salmon, and so she returned to the place where she was born, Michigan. She launched her art studio in 2017 and calls Northern Michigan 'Home'. She continues to develop a large collection of Michigan wildlife illustrations including trout, turtles, butterflies, birds, flowers, and trees. Prints of her wildlife illustrations can be found at specialty shops and galleries in Michigan.

Dani received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Michigan and studied painting at the Glasgow School of Art.