Nita Leland is a graduate of Otterbein College and has taught classes and workshops in watercolour, collage, creativity, and colour at art centers in Dayton, Ohio, for more than thirty years. She is active as a judge for art exhibits, conducts workshops throughout the United States and Canada, and appears in ArtistsNetwork. TV DVDs on colour and collage (2009) as well as a creativity webinar (2009).