A great class for beginner to intermediate watercolor artists!
Designed for those of you who have a desire to paint in Watercolor.
* For those with some drawing ability to those just getting back to painting and for those of you more advanced in painting.
My classes are designed to inspire and help you have a better understanding of:
- How to control the water; too little; too much? Learn the tips.
- Work Wet and Wet: wet paper and wet brush or dry paper, dry brush?
- Values: we will do an exercise using one color to create the values from te very lightest to medium to the darkest values. You will experiment with this.
- Brushes: Let's talk about brushwork: how to use round brushes and flat brushes and explore each brush to make special marks. There are flat brushes, round brushes, detail brushes, rigger brushes, angle brushes, and rake brushes to use with watercolor. All of these depend on how much pressure you apply to your paper, how you hold your brush, etc.
- Very important are the elements of design and composition to help you create the best in your painting.
We will also explore the beautiful pallette of spring and talk about how to mix paints and how to best achieve luminous color! Much more will be covered as we go along in the exciting way to paint watercolor.
Class Description:
Design and composition and the principles of design.
1- techniques, painting, wet into wet, (wet paper, wet brush), dry into wet (dry paper, wet brush). See how the paint mingles with the water. We’ll do a freeform exercise. No mistakes just plain fun !
I’ll do a demo and you can paint along
2- paper, Arches 140 pound, cold press, 100% rag.
3- pigments, watercolor tube paint or cake or sometime referred to as pan paint.
4- brushes, how to use your brush to get the most from them. Round, Flat etc. brushes.
5- WATER: VERY IMPORTANT: How much water, ratio or % to the paint ratio or %. We will learn value studies by the % of water to the pigment (paint).
Materials List:
- Water container can be anything to hold your water
- Palette to mix paint. A styrofoam plate works
- Board and tape for your paper or you might use a watercolor block.
- Paper towels
- Palette to mix paint,a styrofoam plate works
- Board and tape for your paper or you might use a watercolor block
- Paper towels
- Watercolor tube or cake/pan paint:
Basic Palette:
Lemon yellow
Cadmium yellow medium
Cadmium red light
Alizarin crimson
Cobalt blue
Ultramarine blue
Cerulean blue
Yellow ochre
Burnt Sienna
This is a limited palette. If you want more colors bring them. If you are a painter already, bring your gear.
See you in April, Come and have fun with Watercolor!
This Watercolor Workshop is a casual class, all questions are welcome. Learn techniques in Watercolor; getting the maximum use of your brushes.
This class is geared toward students interested in learning the wonderful world of watercolor. Some drawing ability is preferred. For beginners to intermediate painters.
Maximum class size: 16
Minimum class size: 4
(Register here for the series or register for 4/7, 14, 21, and 28 sessions separately from the Class Calendar.)
