Practice a number of watercolor techniques, styles and effects with this two-2 1/2 hour sessions intensive watercolor course dedicated to landscape painting. Whether you paint indoor or plein-air, you will find this course very useful to practice a variety of techniques and effects, or to brush up your watercolor skills.

We will paint a few quick, small landscapes but also specific subjects that can be found in landscapes, such as trees and woods, skies, clouds, reflections on water, textures for rocks and other materials, practice composition, intuitive perspective, atmospheric perspective. We will also discuss colors mixing and color theory.

Open to all levels

Materials list:

• A coupe of sheet of watercolor paper or Watercolor 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, sap green, 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