Watercolors 101

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In this workshop for beginners and intermediate levels, you will get a taste of how to create the most astonishing watercolors, using techniques ranging from dry into dry, wet into wet and wet into dry. You will also learn about color and composition and some texturing. Students will familiarize themselves with brushes, water color paper and various tools for painting

Materials needed:

Bring your good artist quality (Winsor Newton or Grumbacher ) watercolor set, two round sable brushes # 1 & # 7, (Yarka, Arches, Kolinsky) an angled Taklon brush thumb nail size and a flat brush #3/4 ", paper towels, a natural sponge, container for water, B4 pencil, scrap paper for sketching and Arches cold press watercolor paper (pad, about 11"x15"). For texturing, bring spray bottle, kitchen salt, rubbing alcohol, and doily.

You will paint a still life, a landscape, and a person.

Suggested text: Creative Textures in Watercolor by Cathy Johnson

Students are responsible for supplies

Contact an advisor to learn more

What you'll learn

  • Create the most astonishing watercolors, using different techniques.

Skills you'll gain

  • Dry to dry techniques
  • Wet to wet techniques
  • Wet to dry techniques

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Pencil 2B, SOFT Prisma color or Spectra Color pencil set, Strathmore or other good quality drawing pad, ruler, tracing paper, eraser, (electric or battery operated is best) sharpener, erasing shield, desk brush, colorless blender.

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Art Supplies:

Nupastel, (Prismacolor), Sennelier, Unison, Schminke, Rembrandt or other professional soft pastels. Pastel paper, kneaded eraser, butcher paper (to protect the pastel painting)

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