Sue Levy, 9/24 Watercolor Fall Colors

A great class for beginner to intermediate watercolor artists!

• COLOR: Using the warm side of the color wheel to create the beautiful rich fall colors. Using cool color from the color wheel to put distance going into the background. Working with the families of Yellow, Red, and Blue. Mixing color, ratio of water to pigment. 
• VALUE: A range of Light areas, middle, and dark areas
• SHAPE: finding the center of interest , making that the largest SHAPE, creating interest repeating shapes . Support shapes.
• EDGES: hard & soft, lost and found edges.
• All the Design & Composition, Principals of Design

Materials List:

• Watercolor paint I use (warm (W), cool (C)):

W - cadmium yellow, C - lemon yellow, W - cadmium red,  C - alizarin crimson, W - cerulean blue, C - ultramarine blue or cobalt blue.

These are primary split palette colors using two yellows, two reds and two blues in a warm and cool of each color.

Additional colors I use :

W - yellow ochre or raw sienna, W - burnt sienna,  sap green, hookers green,  violet but I like mixing my own.

• Good watercolor paper such as Arches, 140 lb. cold press
• A board or something to tape your paper to or use a watercolor block (Arches or Canson Aquarelle) 
• Brushes: round brush #4, 6; flat chisel edge brushes 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch
• Old jar or Cool Whip container to hold water
• Paper towels 
• Photo references for you to choose the subject material you will be painting. We will be doing subjects of Autumn. Suggested subjects: trees in a landscape with a stream, a barn, etc.

This Watercolor Workshop is a casual class, all questions are welcome. Learn techniques in Watercolor; getting the maximum use of your brushes.

This class is geared toward students interested in learning the wonderful world of watercolor. Some drawing ability is preferred. For beginners to intermediate painters.

Maximum class size: 16
Minimum class size: 4

(Register here for the series or register for 9/10, 17 and 24, and 10/1 sessions separately from the Calendar.)