Spotlight on Zagotta Workshop

Donna Zogatta listed the qualities she wanted to see in her paintings, then developed her recognizable style as a result. Surface texture, strong color and an emphasis on shape are just a few of the qualities. In The You Factor: Powerful Personal Design in Opaque Watercolor you discover the most interesting elements from your source material as you mold shapes and relationships to fit your unique vision. Donna’s inquisitive approach to design helps you create powerful compositions that say as much about you as they do about your subjects.

Donna breaks her process into manageable steps and approaches design challenges one at a time. With her design firmly established, she is free to focus on her extended painting process. She concentrates on setting up color relationships and establishing a light pattern.

Zagotta mixes an extensive watercolor palette with white gouache. The opaque paints free her to make corrections and solve design problems at any moment and achieve a complex layered effect.