Watch Dan Mondloch turn an ordinary country road into a landscape full of light and atmosphere
What you'll see and learn:
During the workshop, Dan will paint a landscape from an ordinary reference photo and stop at each decision point to explain what he sees and why he makes that choice.
How to simplify any scene into a few large value shapesbefore the first wash, so the painting has clarity from the start
How touse atmosphere to create depth: softer edges, lower contrast, cooler color for distant forms
How to let watercolor do the work with broad washes and soft transitions, instead of over-explaining every part of the scene
Why reading the light in a familiar place gives you a stronger painting than copying a dramatic photo.
Does this sound like you?
You paint every part with the same contrast and the depth disappears. The fix is in the value plan, not in more detail.
You keep refining and the freshness goes away. You want to know where to stop
A road, trees, a sky with clouds – too many things, no clear plan. You need a way to see the big shapes first.
The result matches the photo but has no light of its own. You want to interpret the scene instead of reproducing it.
Your workshop with Dan Mondloch
Watch Dan turn an ordinary photo into an atmospheric watercolor landscape.
Learn to simplify values, soften edges, and paint with fresh, confident brushwork. Live demo + Q&A with Dan.
Your Instructor
Dan Mondloch
«We're not painting things. We're painting light and shadow on things»
— Dan Mondloch
- Signature Member, Transparent Watercolor Society of America (2025)
- Exhibited at the National Watercolor Society International Show (2024, 2025)
- Best of Show at Grand Marais Plein Air, Paint du Nord and Hudson Plein Air
- Featured in Splash 17 and 18, PleinAir Magazine, Watercolor Artist, Southwest Art
- Stage demonstrator at the Plein Air Convention
Dan learned to paint from his parents who followed his great-grandfather into art. He paints and explains each decision as he makes it, so the hard part becomes clear.More than 100 Artefacto students have completed his first program and named him one of the best instructors on the platform.
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- Participation in a live workshop
- Watercolor painting
- Materials list
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- Participation in a live workshop
- Watercolor painting
- Materials list
- LIFETIME ACCESS to the recording of the workshop
Choose your plan
- Participation in a live workshop
- Watercolor painting
- Materials list
- 48 hour access to the recording of the workshop
- Participation in a live workshop
- Watercolor painting
- Materials list
- LIFETIME ACCESS to the recording of the workshop
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Most artists add more detail when a landscape feels flat. Dan does the opposite.
On November 10, he will show you how.
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Most artists add more detail when a landscape feels flat. Dan does the opposite.
On November 10, he will show you how.
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