Adult Workshop: Watercolor Magic 9/8, 9/15, 9/22, 9/29, 10/6

Watercolor Magic Session I

Instructor: Gloria Clifford

Dates: September 8, 15, 22, 29, October 6 (5 Thursdays)

Time: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Cost:  $225 for members; $259 for non-members

Materials:  See supply list

This course is for intermediate water color artists who wish to take their work to another level.  You will learn how to take advantage of watercolor's beautiful properties by pouring, blowing, using different processes to obtain creative backgrounds and how to use and create interesting textures to your advantage.  You will learn the process of using watercolor in a bold, more exuberant manner. Come ready to explore the incredible techniques you can achieve with watercolor while having immense fun in the process!

Supply List:

I recommend ordering paints and brushes on line from CheapJoes.com or from another online source.

Watercolor palette with at least 18 wells; COVERED palette suggested

LARGE Water container (plastic coffee tubs work well)

Drawing pencils and a kneaded eraser

Watercolor paper 200 lb or 300 lb preferred.... OR a 140 lb. watercolor BLOCK

Quality Watercolor Brushes in several sizes (suggested list is below)

Watercolor Paints (suggested list is below)

Roll of soft paper towels, tissues OR a roll of toilet tissue

Roll of masking tape OR blue painter's tape

Spray mist bottle (for water)

PAINTS: 15 ml tubes if on a more limited budget or larger 37 ml tubes if you plan to use watercolors frequently.  Any professional grade watercolor paints you already have should be fine. However, please make sure you have a COOL BLUE and a WARM BLUE; a cool YELLOW and a WARM Yellow; a COOL red and a WARM red etc. Please feel free to purchase any other colors on the list below you find exciting!

*Cadmium Yellow MEDIUM (warm)

*Sour Lemon (cool)

*Fire Engine Red (warm) also called a CAD red

*Alizarin Crimson (cool)

*Cobalt Blue (warm)

*Ultramarine Blue (cool)

Titanium White....a MUST HAVE!....and Lamp BLACK

Nice colors you might like, but which are not required:

Cerulean Blue

Joe's Blue is a nice Pthalo blue

Hooker's Green Dark (cool)

Sap Green (warm)

Rainforest Green is a nice green

Skips Green is a nice limey green

Viridian Green

Halloween Orange

Orchid

Permanent Rose

Taylor's Flamingo Pink

Wild Fuchsia (similar to OPERA)

Yellow Ochre

Burnt Ochre

Burnt Sienna

Royal Amethyst

Passionate Purple

BRUSHES: Brushes can be very expensive but good brushes help to create better paintings. A good set to start with might be the Cheap Joes AMERICAN JOURNEY BRUSH COMBO SKU # CJAJ-COMBO. It includes a 1/4”, 1/2” and 1” flat; a 2” round handled wash; a #2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 ROUND; a #1, 3 and 5 rigger and a #2, 4, 6 and scrubber and comes in its own case.

Another suggestion would be the starter sets of American Journey Synthetic Brushes: SKU# AJB-1 set; SKU #AJB-2 set; AJTB-SET or the AJB – 3 set.......all priced economically.

Any of the Cheap Joe starter sets will be fine.......making sure that you have at least a round in several sizes, several flats and a fine lined detail brush within the set. A RIGGER is also very useful. We will be painting larger, more free formed paintings, so larger brushes are excellent for this class. I highly recommend a fine lined brush and a RIGGER BRUSH as well.

PAPER: If purchasing a watercolor pad, please make sure it is larger in size...at least a 16 x 20 ....and preferably 200 to 300 lb paper. If not 200 or 300 lb, please make sure you purchase a “Watercolor BLOCK” style paper. *We will NOT BE 

STRETCHING PAPER in this class. Strathmore, Crescent, Waterford or Canson papers are suggested. Or for those who wish to purchase large individual sheets, I recommend any 200 to 300 lb paper, hot pressed if you wish to paint on a smooth surface or cold pressed for a more textured paper!