E.B. Lewis at Hollins!

We have an incredible line-up of speakers here at Hollins this summer. It included Caldecott-winner E.B. Lewis.One of our lucky students, Donald got to go to dinner with him and introduce his talk. I was also invited along and got to enjoy E.B. giving Donald some wonderful, life-changing advice over an eclectic mix of foods Donald had never tried before. It's so fun to see a student light up when an experience truly resonates with them - as this experience did with Donald! He gave a great intro too!E.B. is a fabulous speaker, really more of a storyteller. And he is an enormous talent. We all learned tons from him during his talk and his workshop the next day, including our students...and faculty (here are Ashley, John on a stool, and Ruth).Personally, I am mostly a self-taught watercolorist because my college course was taught by a modernist who was all about "feeling" the paint rather than actually working with it in any practical way. So, I learned tons too - from how much pigment to mix with the water, what brushes to use - when and why, how saturated to lay down color, how wet to keep the paper, how to mix colors and create gradients. You name it - it was fascinating and so, so helpful to all of us!With luck, we'll have E.B. back soon - he was a hit here at Hollins!!! THANK YOU, E.B.!!!