WATERCOLOR SECRETS REVEALED in painting a landscape
Time Machine, four Thursday evenings 6-8pm, April 7,14,21,28* $90.00
Learn how to make your paper, paint and water work for you.
Instructions for watercolor washes, skies and clouds, trees, reflections in water, figures and buildings will be taught separately. For the grand finale, you will create a landscape painting that is all your own.
*Five people must be registered for the session in order for session to go forward..
("Watercolor Techniques for painting the landscape" is the title of the course at MCC.)
Course outline for “Watercolor Secrets Revealed”
Session I
Learn how the water, paper and paint work together. (ex. when to apply wet paint to damp paper.)
Mixing landscape colors.
Session II
Creating skies and clouds
Painting trees
Session III
Reflections in water
Enhancing your landscapes with figures and buildings
Session IV
Putting it all together
MATERIALS LIST FOR WATERCOLOR SECRETS REVEALED – THE LANDSCAPE
COLORS BRUSHES
Ultramarine Round watercolor brush #10 or #12
Yellow Ochre Round watercolor brush # 8
Permanent Rose Rigger #1,2, or 3
Burnt Umber
Phthalo or Winsor Blue
Lemon Yellow
Light Red
Raw Sienna
Hookers Green (optional)
Sap Green (optional)
SUPPLIES
Drawing board
Kneaded eraser
HB Pencil
Water container
Paper towels
2 or 3 sheets 140lb CP paper
masking tape