What You’ll Learn

• Basic watercolor techniques
• Composition tips
• Using value to create dimension
• Understanding color through layering

Who should take this workshop:

• Beginners through more advanced painters who wish to create realistic work with a greater sense of visual depth

ART SUPPLIES YOU’LL NEED:
Pigments

• Indigo
• Ultramarine Light
• Cerulean Blue
• Cyan
• Cobalt Turquoise
• Permanent Green, #1 (replaces Cinnabar Green Light in your textbook)
• Olive Green
• Burnt Umber
• Burnt Sienna
• Permanent Red
• Alizarin Crimson
• Magenta
• Gamboge
• Lemon Yellow

Surface

• 140-lb (300gsm) cold-pressed watercolor paper (will need stretched)

Brushes

• No. 12 or no. 14 synthetic round
• 1- or 2-inch (25mm or 51mm) flat or a large hake
• No. 2 flat synthetic with stiff bristles (for scrubbing)

Other

• Gator board
• Stapler
• HB or No. 2 pencil
• White plastic eraser
• Plastic or porcelain palette
• 2 containers of water
• Paper towels
• Hair dryer

Course Syllabus

Session One

• Read intro – pg. 19
• Practice the basic techniques, especially the smooth and gradated washes,
• Submit examples

• Submit examples of physical vs. visual mixing using red & green, yellow & violet, and blue & orange in the manner shown on pg. 18

Session Two

• Read pg. 20-29
• Complete the duck demo two times, once using masking fluid, once by painting around the whites

• Using the before & after painting on pg. 23 as a guide, create your own before and after by adding focal point to an old painting you have done. Submit a photo of both the before and the after

• If you are a brand-new painter, try adding something to one of your duck demos to strengthen your focal point or to create a new one. Be creative

Session 3

• Read pg 30-43

• Submit three value scales, similar to the one on pg 34. Each one should be done in a different color (example – 1 red, 1 yellow, 1 blue) of your choice. Try to create as many values as you can by varying paint to water ratio. Start with the white of the paper and gradually get darker

• Submit a painting done in any one color of your choice, (in your own or favorite style) striving for a wide range of values in the finished product. Submit a photo of your reference material as well

Session 4

• Read pg 44-51
• Do the sidebar exercise on pg 51
• Create two separate still lifes (consisting of 3 or 5 objects, slightly overlapped). One should contain all white objects, the other all black objects

• Paint the still lifes looking for color – reflected, exaggerated, and imagined
• Submit photos of your set ups along with your paintings