This is an in-person, off site course that may take place outdoors. The instructor will communicate the meeting location with students via email before the start of each class. The first session will meet at Fleisher Art Memorial. Please review our Safety Policies and Community Guidelines.

To make our classes and workshops accessible to everyone, Fleisher offers tuition assistance every term so that everyone can join our creative community. Tuition assistance applications can be completed once registration is open by clicking here.

Required Supplies (bring these to first class):
• Paint: Watercolors, Tubes and/or Pans (they are interchangeable and inter-mixable). A basic set of 10 pan or tube “artist quality” colors is good. Reputable brands include Windsor and Newton, Schmincke, Sennelier, Van Gogh, and Holbein.
• Recommended colors: Ultramarine Blue, Lemon Yellow, Permanent Rose, Viridian, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, and Pthalo Blue, Dioxazine Violet,Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Lamp Black, Chinese (Zinc) White
• Optional colors: Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue, Aureolin Yellow
• Optional: Gouache basic painting set. Same colors as above. Or, a basic set of ten colors.
• Brushes
• Small round soft brush (#4, 5, or 6). Medium round soft brush (#10, 11, or 12). 1” Flat Brush
• Optional: #18 mop brush, #0 or #1 round brush
• Optional: water brush (the kind that stores water inside the shaft)
• Paper
• Watercolor paper, 140lb (aka ~300gsm) weight, cold press. Sheets, a pad, or a block. Minimum size 9”x12”. Any paper labelled “Watercolor” will work. Arches Aquarelle is best commonly available brand.
• Drawing board, if you are using individual sheets or pads; you will need to attach the paper to something rigid. If you are using a block, the block alone will suffice.
• Portable easel (optional). If you want to paint standing. This will prop up your drawing board or block. Important: this easel should allow you lay the paper down to almost flat. (Watercolor, unlike oil or acrylic, can not be painted vertically.) If you do not have this, many students have successfully painted on their laps sitting down.
• Optional: folding chair. For painting sitting down or resting whilst painting standing. Otherwise, a blanket or towel to lay on the ground.
• Rags or paper towels
• Two sealable jars of water
• Sketch book
• H, F, or HB graphite pencil
• Pencil sharpener
• White plastic eraser
• Paint mixing tray (this can be part of your paint set)
• Painter’s (blue) tape
• Xacto or Olfa snap-off knife
• Masking Fluid (optional)
• Sea Sponge (optional)
• Spray Bottle (optional)
• Color wheel (optional)
• Something to carry it all in
• Appropriate clothing for the weather (including a hat for sunny days)
• A water bottle for drinking