Intro to Watercolor class starts 2/23

Service Description

Take a chance! This workshop is all about getting in touch with your creative side. More than any other art medium, watercolor compels you to experiment and discover surprises that will make you fall in love with the process. It comes close to those early experiences of working with clay or finger painting, before we had preconceived ideas of what art “should look like". List of supplies students should bring to class: -Cold press watercolor pad, 9x12 inches, 140 lb, 300 g, 30 sheets, Canson or another low cost brand such as Strathmore -Professional-quality tubes of watercolor paint; 5 ml size tube is fine from Winsor & Newton or Daniel Smith brands. Suggested colors OR use what tube paints you already have: 1. Azo Yellow 2. Naples Yellow 3. Scarlet Lake 4. Permanent Rose 5. French Ultramarine 6. Cobalt Blue 7. Burnt Sienna 8. Winsor Violet (Dioxazine) 9. Sepia 10. Viridian OR a set of professional quality watercolor paints in a pan format -Palette to mix colors, porcelain or enamel preferred over plastic -Synthetic Rounds Brushes, sizes #2, #4, #6, #1;, one flat brush 3⁄4 inch or 1 inch approximately or use what you have. Princeton SNAP! Series 9650 Golden Synthetic Brushes are reasonably priced -Container for water -Cloth or paper towels Supplies are available at Playtime in Arlington Center, at Blick Stores or online at blick.com