Spend a couple of evenings painting colorful flowers in watercolor from photographic references I will provide and improving your technical skills in this versatile and fun medium, practicing foundation watercolor techniques, color dilution, precise brushwork, discussing materials

The incredible variety of hues offered by flowers will also give us occasion to practice color mixing and color theory, various techniques like wet on dry, wet on wet, drybrush, color washes.

The two Zoom sessions of 2 ½ hours each will be recorded so you will be able to watch them again at your convenience for a a few months to keep practicing and keep improving your skills at painting flowers and watercolor in general.

Open to all levels

Materials list:

• A coupe of sheet of watercolor paper orWatercolor paper pad, Arches, Fabriano, Winsor & Newton or similar, Cold Press, size 10 by 14 or similar.
• Watercolor paint (tube or pan): cadmium red, alizarine crimson, cadmium yellow medium and cadmium yellow lemon or pale, yellow ochre, cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, cobalt violet, sap green, emerald or viridian green, raw umber, burnt sienna, sepia, Black. You can also use the colors you already have, email me the list of your colors to see if you have some that can substitute those in my list.
• Brushes: the classic watercolor brush is a #8, round, Kolinsky sable brush, but this brush can be very expensive. Winsor and Newton series 7 Kolinsky sable in size 8 can cost $200. Cheaper brands yet very good quality Kolinsky sable brushes are Raphael and Eskoda. You can also use a round, synthetic watercolor brush in size 10 or 12 for a fraction of the price and be perfectly happy. You will also need a #2 round, kolinsky sable or synthetic and a 3/8” flat, synthetic watercolor brush.
• Pencils in gradation HB and 2B, kneaded eraser, pencil sharpener.
• A couple of old ceramic plates or plastic palette for color mixing and a couple of water containers.
• Paper towels