Beginner Watercolours - Winter 2024

Alesha Buczny - Beginner  Watercolor CFP

This class is an introduction to Watercolor. We will be covering many techniques and learning how to mix your colors and color theory. Techniques include brush handling, brush strokes, dry brush, glazing, lifting, flat washes, gradient washes, wet on dry, wet on wet, dripping, feathering and learning how to create many different textures with a variety of other material.

Materials

Canson 140lb 9x12 pack of paper.

Watercolor Paints, I recommend Windsor Newton.

• Lemon Yellow
• Cadmium Yellow
• Cadmium Red
• Quinacridone Magenta
• Cerulean Blue
• Ultramarine Blue
• Viridian Green
• Yellow Ochre
• Burnt Siena
• Payne’s Grey

Watercolor Brushes : 4 brushes to start with.

• 1 ½ - 2-inch flat brush (Washes)
• #4 and #8 round brush look for a fine point.
• Small round pointed tip brush which can be labelled as Detail or Linear.

Other Miscellaneous supplies, some you may have at home already:

• Green Painters Tape 1 ½-2 inches no smaller
• Paper Towel
• Paint tray
• Jar for water
• Spray bottle for water (Travel size is great)
• Plastic paint board, Polycarbonate (any thin light plastic board will do) no smaller than 16 x20 inches.
• Pencil, Eraser and a fine point black gel pen or Sharpie.
• Small container of salt (Any kind will do, table pink, pickling, or course)