Upcoming Beginning Watercolor Painting – Learning the Basics

5-Week Class with Ann Celeste Rushing
Saturdays, April 5 – May 3, 2025
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
In this 5 week class, your Instructor will cover the following topics: Essential watercolor supplies (including quality brushes, paints and paper). Setting up a painting space. Characteristics of watercolors (transparency, staining, granulation) and why some watercolors do not mix well. Reviewing primary colors, warm & cool colors, complimentary colors and colors that clash & why. Practice pigment to water mixes to get the color strength needed, while keeping the painting transparent. Will review the color wheel and students will paint their own color wheels using colors they mix in class. Practice color mixing on paper by painting three fun cartoon birds. Painting hue and value scales and painting shapes showing light and shadows. Painting a flower demonstrating light and shadows. Practicing watercolor techniques (including wet on wet, wet on dry, watercolor wash, glazing and negative painting) by painting several leaves. Practice painting washes by painting cups. Students will learn transferring a picture to their watercolor paper, cutting paper to size and taping watercolor paper to a backing to keep paper from warping. Students do not need drawing skills for this class, just need imagination, patience and willingness to practice, practice, practice.
CLASS FEES
$210.00
**Those with Memberships expiring on or before 1/2/26 may continue to use their code at checkout.
MATERIALS FEES
Paid to the instructor on the first day of class
$25
AGES
Ages 16+
PREREQUISITES
None, this class is for students new to watercolor.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Friday, April 4, 12:00pm
MATERIALS TO BRING
Bring picture to session 5 to transfer to watercolor paper and paint.
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Week 1
April 5, 2025
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
Week 2
April 12, 2025
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
Week 3
April 19, 2025
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
Week 4
April 26, 2025
10:00 am - 1:00 pm -
Week 5
May 3, 2025
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Venue: Fine Art & Painting Studio
Address:
Description:
The Fine Art & Painting Studio at the Jansen Art Center is located at the SE corner of the 2nd Floor: