Watercolor

Adult Tuition-Free Class | This program is completed

All levels welcome; some drawing and/or painting experience is recommended.

4/5/2017-6/7/2017

10:00 AM-12:30 PM EDT on Wed

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$15.00

This hands-on introductory class will allow you to explore the popular medium of watercolor. You will discover essential techniques during instructor demonstrations and practice painting from still-life setups. Learn about watercolor materials, get help with paper selection and preparation, and gain the basic watercolor skills to be on your way to creating the paintings you always wanted.

This class serves as both an introduction and exploration of the watercolor medium. You will learn a variety of painting techniques including layering and washes, bringing vitality to your work through marks and brushstrokes, dry brush, wet on wet, masking, resist and experimental techniques. Artistic principles such as color, line, value, composition, form, shape and texture will be considered throughout the course.

  • The Lab Fee includes the use of some studio materials. You are required to purchase additional supplies, see the supply list below.
  • • Pencils 2B and 2H*
  • • Kneaded eraser *
  • • Paper towels or rags
  • • Mixing dish/dishes or palette
  • • 2 or more water containers
  • • Sketchbook or sketch paper *
  • • Sumi Ink
  • • Natural sponge (optional)
  • • Liquid masking fluid (optional)
  • • Plastic spray bottle (optional)
  • • Watercolor brushes: round tip #4 and #10; and 1-inch flat brush
  • • Watercolor paper: block, or individual sheets –140lb cold pressed
  • • Watercolor paint (in tubes or pans): a few suggested brands – Blick, Utrecht, Winsor & Newton and Rembrandt Watercolors.

  • For beginners or students who wish to use a limited palette: Lemon yellow or Winsor yellow, Cadmium yellow deep, Permanent rose, Alizarin crimson, Ultramarine blue, Cobalt blue

  • For advanced students and/or colors that can be added later: Cadmium red or Cadmium scarlet, Cerulean blue, Cadmium orange, Raw sienna, Burnt sienna, Raw umber, Burnt umber, Viridian green, Payne’s gray
  • The color list above is a suggested palette.

  • If you have, or would prefer to use a paint set, please do so.

  • Items marked with an * are available for purchase in Fleisher’s school store

Amy Miller is a prolific artist and educator. She always sets her focus in art community, originally based in Philadelphia but recently relocated to the foothills of California. Teaching classes online is giving her the opportunity to stay connected with the Fleisher community that she misses and loves. Her evocative mixed-media works have been displayed in numerous solo and group exhibitions both regionally and nationally. Throughout her life she has delighted in a strong relationship with pictures. A direct vehicle for communication, they spark ideas, reveal information, and burn memories. She received her BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2001.