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Singing in the rain. Karen Bettilyon, Julie Strong, and Sally Valiton duck for cover during the Roland Lee watercolor painting workshop Abraham and Isaac poke their heads into the clouds as rain [...]

Roland Lee Drawing Class in St. George Utah Learning to see edges as value changes Eight accomplished artists joined together for my April class on Sketchbook drawing and journaling. It was a fun [...]

We enjoyed a pleasant painting workshop last week dealing with the nuances of painting water. I presented several of my favorite techniques for handling the tricky subject, including methods for [...]

Tonight was the opening banquet and reception for the 28th annual Robert and Peggy Sears Invitational Art Show on the campus of Dixie State University. The show features works by about 135 [...]

We just concluded the second day of my February workshop. Our subject was painting Utah scenes in Winter and we enjoyed exploring the wonders of painting snow in watercolor. It was a real treat [...]

Roland Lee paints in Kolob Fingers area during Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational The annual Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational Art Show kicks off this weekend. 24 artists are [...]

Roland Lee plein air paints historic Judd’s Store during Saturday paint out at opening of Fibonacci’s Main Street Gallery in St. George. Jason Bowen and Steve McGinty also painted [...]

I am proud to have been invited to be part of a three-man show this weekend at the newly opened Fibonacci Main Street Gallery in St. George Utah. The show kicks off the evening of Friday October [...]

Utah Governor Gary Herbert and First Lady Jeanette Herbert pose with artist Roland Lee after awarding him the Utah Governor’s Mansion Artist Award for Visual Arts August 20.     [...]

Michelle Manriquez opened her beautiful home and studio for a special fund-raising workshop for the Dixie Watercolor Society. Roland Lee agreed to teach the workshop and donate all fees back to [...]

The Court of the Patriarchs in Zion National Park provided ideal subject matter for a day of painting outdoors. Artist Alice Robinson enjoyed painting from her perch on a fallen log.  Our [...]

Outdoor painting workshop posing at the Ivins Reservoir. Back Row: Alice Robinson, Marsha Owen, Kelly McKelvey, Paulette Triplett, Mary Brown, Mark Rose. Front Row: Connie Madsen, Cindy McGregor, [...]

The Plein Air Painters of Utah gathered in St. George May 4 for a special paintout and show at the elegant Fibonacci Gallery in St. George Uah. After a morning of plein air painting amid St. [...]

My April painting workshop featured a potpourri of my favorite tips and techniques for working in watercolor. The second day we drove up to Pioneer Park above St. George for a morning of painting [...]

Here is a group photo sent to me by Deena Millicam of our March drawing class in St. George. The photo shows our group on the red rocks above St. George where we studied the effects of light and [...]

The paintings of artist Roland Lee are featured in this new award-winning book. Eight of the featured artists will participate in a special show and book signing April 25-26 Book signing and art [...]

Drew uses his sketchbook to study the values and shapes of the red cliffs during a Roland Lee drawing class Because drawing is so fundamental to all the visual arts, I try to teach at least one [...]

Paintings of Roland Lee are included in the book, Art of the National Parks – Historic Connections, Contemporary Interpretations from Fresco Publishing Last night I was able to have a nice [...]

The Arts to Zion Art Studio Tour recently filmed a short video interview with watercolor artist Roland Lee in his studio. Roland talks about his painting career and how he draws inspiration from [...]

Enjoying a few days in beautiful New Mexico with APPL meetings in Albuquerque and gallery hopping in Santa Fe. Santa Fe is one of the great locations for western art with literally hundreds of [...]

Salt Lake City’s Best artists! Both my recent Salt Lake City workshops were themed to recent travels to the British Isles. We used my photographs as subjects, as I demonstrated how to [...]

This workshop explored the textures and colors of ancient crumbling walls in the British Isles. We studied how the light and shadow affects the way we see nature as we painted castles, cottages, [...]

Workshop participants The Clear Creek Guest Ranch outside the east entrance to Zion National Park was our headquarters for a great two-day plein air watercolor workshop. Cold mornings and warm [...]

The main lodge at the Clear Creek Guest Ranch, east of Zion National Park The next two days I will be in the Zion National Park area teaching a watercolor outdoor painting workshop. We will base [...]