Watercolor and Pastel

Watercolor and Pastel

Adult Class | Available

All levels welcome.
4/2/2026-6/4/2026
2:00 PM-5:00 PM EST on Th
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Watercolor and Pastel

Adult Class | Available

Deepen your experience of one or both watercolor and pastel painting, either on their own or in combination with each other. This class is intended for those with some experience in one or the other medium who want to take a further step and/or review techniques you want to learn more about. It is also meant for someone experienced with one medium to learn to supplement with the other. Each student will work individually with the instructor to identify an area of growth, a project, or an idiom of painting to develop. Foundational techniques such as color mixing, paint handling, composition, shading, hatching, and blending will be taught as a means for each student to further their development. As needed, we will explore even using acrylic mediums to further both pastel and watercolor language. Experimentation and creative use of the materials will be encouraged.

What You Will Learn: 

  • How to handle materials
  • How to question materials and choose the appropriate approach to a work
  • How to read your work and appreciate it deeply
  • How to strategize and form solutions

  • Soft Pastels:
    if working in pastels, a set of at least 12 colors. A set of 24 or more will be beneficial.  Pastels can also be bough in small packs and individually.  Whatever you get, make sure you have a few deep, rich darks in different hues; as I have seen that the basic sets often lack these.  Optional: hard pastels such as Prismacolor NuPastel; or pastel pencils such as Caran d Arches Supracolor pencils.  These enable fine details.

    Paper:
    • if working in pastel, any paper sold as “pastel” paper will work. A premium option would be Clairefontaine Pastelmat https://www.dickblick.com/products/clairefontainepastelmat-card-pads/. Optionally, pastel can also be done on cover stock such as Rive BFK or watercolor paper such as Arches Aquarelle.
    • If working in watercolor, any paper sold as “watercolor” paper will work. Use 140lb (aka ~300gsm) weight paper. Cold press is recommended for most applications. The best commonly available brand is Arches Aquarelle https://www.dickblick.com/products/arches-natural-white-watercolor-paper/.
    • If working in both mediums on one piece, choose watercolor paper.

    Blending: if working in pastel (choose one or many, or you can use your finger): blending stump, chamois cloth, makeup sponge, paper or cloth towel.

    Paint: if working in watercolor: watercolor, gouache, or acrylic paint. A set of at least 10 colors. Tubes and/or pans (they are interchangeable and inter-mixable).

    • 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

    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)

    Additional supplies you may want:
    • If watercolor, two jars for water
    • Sketchbook
    • H, F, or HB pencil
    • Pencil sharpener
    • Erasers, especially for pastel, at least one white plastic eraser. Optional: pink eraser, kneaded eraser, pencil eraser (has long, thin, white eraser inside of a plastic holder)
    • Paint mixing tray, if watercolor
    • Painter’s tape
    • Masking fluid, optional
    • Sea sponge optional
    • Spray bottle, optional
    • something to carry supplies

Albert Fung

Albert Fung was born and raised in San Francisco. He earned his BFA in printmaking from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1992 and his MFA in painting and printmaking from Massachusetts College of Art in 1996. He paints in oil, acrylic, watercolor, and pastels; often in combination. He also makes prints in relief, intaglio, lithography, and ink jet. From 1993 to 2011, he made and exhibited his art in New York City. In addition, he printed limited edition lithographs and later digital photographs and editions for artists; later, he worked as an IT Director.

In 2003, he began practicing yoga, which through to today informs his spiritual and healing journey. In 2015 he gained his yoga teaching certification from Motherheart Yoga Sangha; and he has now taught yoga for over ten years. Yoga’s attitude of care and seeking has been a significant influence on his art teaching. In 2011, he moved to Philadelphia, where he continues to produce artwork.

He has exhibited widely, including at City Arts Salon; and he has taught at several art centers, including Fleisher, and universities, including Tyler School of Art, in the Philadelphia area. He is currently a Co Founder and Co-coordinator of Philly Crit; and he is a member of the Art Advisory Committee of In Liquid.

His work may be seen at alfung.com