**WATER + COLOR + CHAOS = ART 💥🎨💦** **Watercolor workshop: by César Gordillo**   Where the splatter’s in charge and “mistakes” run the show Think watercolor is serious and hard? Perfect. That just means you haven’t used it to make a beautiful mess yet.   This is NOT a “paint pretty” class. This is a lab for controlled chaos. We’re gonna splash, blow, squeeze, and watch the wild stuff water does when you let it loose. **** **What are we doing?** 💣 Color explosions that look straight out of another planet 👻 Ghosty transparencies and layers that spill secrets 🪨 Weird textures with salt, plastic, straws… whatever we dream up 🎲 Happy accidents because here, messing up = winning 🌈 Forbidden mixes they don’t teach you in school 👁️ Crazy shapes abstract or whatever your brain invents 🪄 Tricks that look like magic but it’s just physics + water   Here, water does what it wants. Color escapes. Paper rebels. You just have to play along.   You don’t need to know how to paint. Just bring the urge to experiment, hands ready to get messy, and zero fear of “I messed it up”.   **For**: Teens 13 to 20 who want to create with no rules 💥🌊🎨 **Vibe**: Chill, creative, zero judgment **Includes**: Materials, guided exercises, and experiments that actually slap **Perfect if**: You draw every day… or if you swear you “can’t even draw a stick figure”   **Real talk**: You don’t tame watercolor. You provoke it. And right there in the chaos is where the coolest art shows up. You in for the watery mayhem? 👇 📅 **When**: August 15Th 2026 🕙 **Duration**: 3 hours of happy messes 📍 **Where**: Instituto Allende 👧👦 **Ages**: 13- 20 | Small groups so everyone gets to paint 💰 Cost: Free | All materials included 🎒 Bring: Clothes that can get messy and big energy 🎟️ ¡Only 15 seats! 👥 👩‍🎨 Contact: [email protected]   ***CESAR GORDILLO*** ***Mexican architect and watercolorist*** *His work is distinguished by his profound interest in light and atmosphere. These elements transform each landscape into a sensory experience, transcending literal representation.* *His approach to watercolor combines loose, alla prima brushstrokes with precise control of transparencies, inspired by both the Impressionist tradition and the chromatic richness of urban and natural landscapes.* *Throughout his career, he has participated in group and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His work is part of the Permanent Collection of the Alfredo Guati Rojo Watercolor Museum, the Watercolor Museum of the State of Mexico, and the Walter Anderson Museum in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.* *He has twice been awarded with the Tlacuilo Trophy, granted by the Mexican Watercolor Society and the National Watercolor Museum. His work has also been published in the international magazine The Art of Watercolor.*