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Assembling the Building Blocks of Watercolor 6-week Artist Series
November 15, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Starts Tuesday, November 15th (Tuesdays from 9:00 a.m. to Noon for six weeks.)
Learn how to put brush skills, color mixing, values and compositional planning together to create dynamic watercolors from life and photographs. Each session will start with a series of exercises, then students will work on a painting while paying attention to the intent of the day’s lesson. Our morning will end with a group critique.
All skill levels welcome.
Non-members: $250 for 6 weeks. Members: $200.
Materials not included. A supply list can be found below the instructor bio.
NOTE: COVID-19 protocols are in place for the safety of our teachers and students, including wearing masks when inside the Artascope building. Click HERE to review our protocols.
About the instructor: Deena S. Ball is a nationally renowned landscape painter known for her innovative use of watercolor in combination with a textured ground and specialized surfaces. She received her BA in Art history and Studio Art from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and continued her studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and Tyler School of Art. Deena’s work is exhibited extensively throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, and can be found in issues of Watercolor Artist and the annual publications of the watercolor book, Splash. Deena’s work is primarily landscapes with many of her paintings done on location outside. Learn more at www.deenasball.com.
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SUGGESTED SUPPLIES AND OTHER INFO FROM THE INSTRUCTOR
Sources:
- www.dickblick.com
- www.cheapjoes.com
- www.jerrysartarama.com
- Amazon
- www.jacksonsart.com
- www.rosemaryandco.com
Paint
Recommended – Winsor Newton Professional Grade – no Cottman
- 5ml tubes
- Burnt Sienna
- Permanent Rose
- Transparent Yellow
- Quinacridone Gold
- Cerulean Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Ultramarine Blue
- Indigo
Paper
Arches 140 cold press-CP means cold press
Fabriano cold press 140lb cold press
Saunders Waterford. 140 lb CP
No Canson, Morrilla, or Strathmore
Brushes
1/2 Wash brush – flat rectangular brush – this means that the ferrule (the part that connects the hair to the wood) is 1/2 inch wide or wider.
Two round brushes – A large one and a small one. Unfortunately, brush sizes are not uniform throughout the industry.
Your large one should be no smaller than the #16 Aqua Edge by Princeton and it most definitely can be bigger.
I like the #20 Jacksons : Artica White Tornay Synthetic brush – https://www.jacksonsart.com/en-us/jackson-s-artica-white-toray-synthetic-brushes-series-1302
Recommended Manufacturers – Robert Simons Saphire, Winsor Newton, Princeton, Isabey – Jacksons, Rosemary’s Brushes ( UK)
Synthetic is least expensive and hold the least amount of water, mixed synthetic and natural hair is mid range on price and amount of water it will hold and natural hair is the most expensive but holds the most water.
Incidentals
White artist tape 3/4 inch – Pro Art is good.
Folding plastic palette – my favorite is the Mijello Bullet proof 36 Colors palette – close behind is the Mijello airtight Watercolor Palette 18 wells. Both are available on Amazon and other places.
Gatorboard – ultra heavy foam core board to use as a support if you buy single sheets of paper which is more economical rather than a block
Good quality paper towels – Bounty or shop towels or a flour sack dish cloth
Sketching pencil – I use either a Design Ebiony Pencil or a Caran D’ache Mechanical Pencil
White plastic eraser – Faber Castel or Staedler Mars Plastic
Water container – I use an old plant container with no whole or for on the go – Faber Castel Clic and Go- but a large old Ball jar will work as well. Bigger the better.
