In this 6 weeks, online course, we will explore chromatic and compositional possibilities using flowers, fruits, leaves, creating a variety of paintings that the students can also personalize by adding extra elements of their choice to the original composition, making the resulting paintings suitable for shows and competitions.

Here is how it works: I will provide the students with photographic references of subjects such as flowers, fruits, leaves etcetera. These images will be used to create an initial composition. During the class, each students can then decide if develop this initial composition independently using the reference images provided, add to the composition personal reference images, or follow the composition I will create during the class demo.

As we paint, I will demonstrate how to obtain certain effects in watercolor, discuss compositional possibilities. We will also practice a variety of watercolor painting techniques.

No Class for Thanksgiving Holiday

Materials list:

• A sketchpad with decent quality drawing paper that can also withstand a light watercolor wash
• 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, cobalt violet, sap green, emerald or viridian green, raw umber, burnt sienna, sepia, Black. You can also use any colors you have. We will also discuss other colors that might be useful.
• 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 ½” or 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.