Appropriate for all levels of students, learn various techniques using wet and dry pigments.

Wednesdays, 9:00 AM- 12:00PM

Instructor: Tony Armendariz

Capacity: 10 students

Tony will demonstrate and work with the students on the various techniques it takes to complete a portrait or figurative watercolor painting. Students will work from provided photos, learn to work in grey-scale & color, and will be instructed in how to best choose color based upon palette choices.

Fees

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• Members: $140.00; after 11/24/2021: $150.00

• Non-Members: $170.00; after 11/2/2021 $180.00

REGISTRATION FULL

Registration and Code of Conduct Policy

Required Materials

Paper       

• Arches 140 lb. watercolor block paper (cold press with the green cover) 10 x 14 min. size.

• Optional: 22 x 30 full sheets (cold press) cut down to quarter sizes.

 Brushes    

• Flat brushes – ½” and 1”

• Round brushes – small (#6), medium (#10) and large (#14 or larger)

Paints

• Primaries (warms and cools) plus some earth tones. 

  • Blues:  Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Dioxazine Purple or any dark purple       

  • Yellows:  Lemon Yellow, Gamboge or Cadmium Yellow               

  • Reds:   Scarlet Lake or Windsor Red, Alizarin Crimson, Rose Madder                                                    

• Earth tones:      

  • Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Sepia,  Payne’s Gray    

• Green:  Viridian Green              

Other Items

·       Sally’s Graphite transfer paper for tracing

·       Foam core or panel board for taping paper to

·       Large plastic palette with individual paint wells and a large area for mixing

·       Large container for water.

·       #2 pencil

·       Paper towels

·       Masking tape or clips for holding down paper.

·       Small Spray bottle