Paint Along with Lester Lee

Watercolor Painting Workshop

Students should come prepared with everything needed to make a watercolor painting, including high-quality paper. Students will be given references from which to paint and will follow the instructor with a projector and screen—brush-stroke to brush-stroke—until the entire class has finished a painting.

Class instruction will include how to draw the image, how to mix the colors, and how to handle both water and brush. Recommended for ages 18 and older. No skill level necessary.

Course Instructor

Lester Bird Lee, a full-time artist and educator, resides in Clarkston, Utah with his wife and youngest child. He has five children and grew up in Mesquite, Nevada. Lester earned a BFA from Utah State University and an MA from Brigham Young University. He currently teaches art full time at Sky View High School in Cache Valley and received the Huntsman Award for Excellence in Education in 2006.

Lester is also a self-taught stage scenery artist and has painted over 50 sets for Centerpoint Legacy Theatre and other local theaters and high schools. He sells hundreds of original watercolor pieces each year and distributes several prints, including more than one million copies of The Presidents of The Church lithograph.

He has illustrated several children’s books including P is for Pioneer through Buffalo Books and has designed book covers for publishers such as Bookcraft (including The Work and the Glory by Gerald Lund), Granite Publishing, the University of Utah, and others.

Lester has also created hundreds of posters, logos, and CD covers for local and national organizations. His work has been shown in many galleries across Utah and surrounding states, and he has received numerous local and national awards for his paintings and sculptures.