In this 6 sessions course we will practice the fundamental techniques for watercolor painting and sample a variety of subjects, including florals, landscape, still life, figure.

Washes, gradations, textural effects, color mixing, wet on wet, wet on dry, dry brush, are techniques and effects that we will practice during the 3 hour sessions of this online watercolor course.

Perfect for the artist that wants to review and improve or approach for the first time the foundation methods for watercolor painting and expand their range of interest to new subjects.

Materials

You can use any colors that you already have. The following is a list of pigments you might find useful to paint this subject, during the first class we will be discussing what colors from this list you might want to buy in case you need them.

Paint:

Cadmium yellow lemon or lemon yellow; cadmium yellow medium; cadmium orange; vermillion; cadmium red medium; alizarine crimson; opera rose; Winsor violet; cobalt violet,; cobalt blue; ultramarine blue; thalo, phthalo or phthalocyanine blue (it’s the same color with many names); sap green,; Hooker’s green; Viridian; chromium oxide green; yellow ochre; raw sienna; burnt sienna; black.

Brushes:

A round, synthetic or Kolinsky watercolor brush, # 8 or so
A round, synthetic or Kolinsky watercolor brush, # 2 or so
A flat, synthetic watercolor brush, about ½”

Paper:

A pad or a few single sheets of cold press watercolor paper. The pad can be about 10 by 14 or so, you can cut the single sheet to the desired size. Good brands are Arches, Winsor and Newton, Fabriano, Saunders Waterford. You can also use any paper you like and you are used to.

Other tools:

Pencil in B or HB gradation, kneaded erasers, a mixing palette, containers for water and, very important, paper towels.