We will be painting flowers from photos and real life setups. Pamela will be doing two to three demonstrations in the studio. You will have plenty of personal assistance, and a short class critique will be done at the end.

You will learn:

• Wet-into-wet and dry-on-wet watercolor techniques
• Working from light to dark, enhancing shadows
• How to let your painting breathe by letting the white paper show
• How to create pleasing compositions
• How to establish your point of interest
• How to control the only medium that moves itself

SUPPLY LIST:

• Watercolor paper: French Arches 140 lb. COLD press watercolor paper block
• Watercolor paints: Holbein, Winsor & Newton, or Sennelier watercolor paints in tubes
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Phthalo Turquoise
  • Cadmium Red Medium
  • Alizarin Red
  • Permanent Rose or Opera Rose
  • Cadmium Yellow Medium
  • Quinacridone Gold
  • Veridian
  • Burnt Sienna
  • Chinese White
  • Payne's Grey or Ivory Black
• Watercolor brushes
  • #12 round
  • 1" flat brush
  • rigger brush (detail brush)
• #2 pencil and kneaded eraser
• 1 small natural sponge
• 2 plastic containers to hold water
• 1 small spray bottle to hold water
• Masking tape
• Paper towels (Viva recommended)

Do the best you can to find these supplies. If you can't find everything, do not worry. There are also some pre-packaged paint sets you can buy at Blick's or Aaron Bros.

The most important thing is to get the French Arches paper. I have some students that show up with Strathmore or Canson and they are never happy.

Paper and paints will also be available for purchase.

Hope you can join us on this one special day!