DESCRIPTION:
This class develops basic watercolor painting skills for creating effective landscape paintings. Students will learn how to separate visual elements in a landscape to show depth with demos and step-by-step instruction. For returning students, each course creates unique landscapes that are not repeated. Please consult the online supply list and bring to first class. Students must have watercolor landscape-painting experience or have completed ” Watercolor Landscape Primer.” Please come to class 15 minutes early to get set up.
DATES: Wednesdays 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4
TIMES: 12pm - 2:30pm
AGE: 18+
COST: $225 Non-Member / $202 Artistry Member or Subscriber
(includes $2 processing fee)
MATERIALS NEEDED FOR CLASS:
#10 round watercolor synthetic brush, or natural if advanced painter
#14 round watercolor synthetic brush, or natural if advanced painter
Clean container for water
Palette (Instructor recommends Dick Blick large folding palette box)
11 7/8 x 10 ¾ Watercolor Paper
Notebook
Pencil
Kneaded eraser
X-Acto knife, pocket knife, or edge of credit card to scratch out lines on paper
Natural sponge
Household sponge—needs to be absorbent—used as blotter
Saran wrap
Paper towels
Kleenex—without lotion
Kosher salt
Rubber cement pick-up
Spray bottle
Fine Tip Sharpie –to label your paints
Tube Paints:
Student grade OK
Instructor Recommends: Van Gogh Watercolor paint
Alizarin crimson
Cadmium yellow pale
Ultramarine blue
Cerulean blue
Sepia—required
Perylene Green –required (does not come in student grade)
Burnt sienna
Ochre
Cadmium red
Indigo –required
LOCATION: Painting Studio at the Bloomington Center for the Arts
INSTRUCTOR: Mary Axelson