Alesha Buczny Fall Beginners Watercolor
This class is a great introduction to Watercolor. We will be covering many Techniques which will be applied to many of our projects. We will also create a Color Wheel using the 3 primary colors (Red, Yellow and Blue) to make a 12 color wheel. You will learn how to create Textures: Salt, rubbing alcohol, plastic wrap, white wax crayon/ wax candle and stamping.
Techniques we will be covering:
Basic Brush Stokes:
Using the tip and side of the brush, applying different pressures to achieve different brush stokes, both with Wet and Dry Brushes.
Dripping(Watermark):
Making a watermark on paper and dripping paint into it
Splattering:
Splattering paint with brush
Feathering:
Pulling wet paint on paper with water and using another color
Glazing:
Over lapping same color in a few layers and using a second color
Lifting:
We paint is wet we left off color with a tissue or paper towel
Flat Wash:
(Transparent and Opaque) For opaque look, it's the same color all thru out, on the brush more paint, less water. For a Transparent look less paint and more water
Graded Wash:
One color light to dark. Dark to light. Two colors graded together
Wet on Dry:
We brush, little paint on dry paper. Great for fine details
Wet on Wet:
Wet brush, wet paint on wet paper. Good for larger areas and landscapes
Color Wheel:
Use 3 primary colors to make a 12 color wheel
MATERIALS
PAPER |
Canson 140lb 9x12 pack of paper |
Watercolor Paints
Recommend Windsor Newton
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Lemon Yellow |
Cadmium Yellow |
Cadmium Red |
Alizarin Crimson Red |
Dioxazine Violet |
Cerulean Blue |
Ultramarine Blue |
Prussian Blue |
Viridian Green |
Yellow Ochre |
Burnt Siena |
Burnt Umber |
Payne's Grey |
Ivory Black |
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Brushes:
Recommend 3 Watercolor brushes to start with
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1 ½ - 2 inch flat brush (Washes) |
#4 or #6 round brush look for a fine point |
Small round pointed tip brush which can be labelled as Detail or Linear |
Other Miscellaneous supplies |
Green Painters Tape 1½ - 2 inches no smaller |
Paper Towel |
Paint tray |
Jar for water |
Spray bottle for water (Travel size is great) |
Birch Board or Polycarbonate ( any thin light plastic board will do) no smaller than 16x20 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) |