Ron Ranson is an English artist, teacher and author, who has recently moved from England to Portland, Oregon in the USA. He is one of the world's most traveled watercolor teachers, giving workshops and private tuition to students on every continent for many years. Ron Ranson is an artist of great patience and good English humor!

His style is impressionistic and traditionalist, and his work is renown for its purity of design and clear, transparent colors. He paints with his own version of the oriental hake brush, teaching his students freedom of expression and simplicity. Painting decisively and quickly, Ron is a master of timing.

As an author, Ron is enormously prolific, having written over twenty-five art books that have sold throughout the world. He also writes articles for art magazines in England, Holland, Norway and Australia, and has been the European editor of the prestigious publication, the International Artist.

In 2008, Ron will be teaching in various locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. Check the Home Workshops and Nationwide Workshops pages for details.