Let’s celebrate the Spring season in this three-week course for all skill levels. You will learn the fundamentals for creating Spring-themed (or Summer-themed) botanicals using various media such as color pencils, watercolor pencils, and watercolor paints including gouache! Fundamentals may include the following:  color theory; tone and value; and, how to render basic shapes and form to guide you in this fun process where both realism and abstract styles are explored.

Supply list:

• Color pencils, 12 or 24-count colors (student choice of brand).  Recommendation: Prismacolor Premier Botanical Garden Set, 12-count.
• Pastel pencils, 12-count (student choice of brand).
• Watercolor pencils (student choice of brand, at least 12-count)
• Watercolor paints (student choice of brand; can be either a pan set or paint tube set)
• Watercolor paper (glued, pad or loose leaf) OR Watercolor journal; size – at least 9x12-inches or up to 11x14-inch sized paper
• General’s Tri-Tip Eraser, Pink Pearl Eraser, Kneaded Eraser or other student choice of eraser
• Container for water
• Paper towels or cotton towel
• Masking/Artist Tape for taping down watercolor paper
• A drawing board or hard panel board for taping down watercolor paper

Optional:

• Bring your favorite botanical/floral (real or artificial)

Let's take your portrait drawing skills up a notch and use it as part of a fun process for painting - a human or an animal (above the chest). In this four-week course, you will learn how to use charcoal to outline your large-scale portrait drawing, using a photo source (student choice); use various water-based materials for the underpainting process, such as acrylic paints; water-based crayons, acrylic pen markers, and oil pastels for mark making (instructor provided); and, oil paints for the final layer of the painting process. You will learn how to create compelling backgrounds to complement your portrait composition. Come learn this fun and contemporary, portrait painting technique to elevate your drawing and painting skills to another level. For skilled painters, bring your favorite paints and brushes!

Supply list:

• Canvas, at least 11x14-inches up to 18x24-inches (traditional or gallery wrapped)
• Charcoal pencil, HB or 2B, OR Charcoal pencil Hard (Light) or Medium
• Fixative spray (for pencils), student choice of brand
• Artist proportional scale drawing tool (optional)
• Acrylic paints (heavy body recommended, small size tubes):
  • • Primary Cyan (or Primary Blue)
    • Primary Magenta (or Primary Red)
    • Primary Yellow
    • Titanium White
    • Zinc White
    • Mars Black or Payne’s Grey
• Optional acrylic paints: Light Phthalo Blue; Light Violet; Pyrrole Orange; Yellow Ochre; Alizarin Crimson
• Palette knife
• Wetting Spray Bottle
• Palette for paints, student choice. (Recommendation:  Masterson Sta-Wet Palette with Airtight Lid, 9X12-inch OR 16x12-inch (good for either acrylic or oil paints)
• Optional: Table-top, adjustable, strong support easel for painting (student choice of brand)
• OPTIONAL Oil paints: (small size tubes, 37m., 1.25 oz)
  • Warm White
  • Alizarin Crimson OR Transparent Red Oxide
  • Phathlo Blue
  • Transparent Yellow Oxide
  • Gamblin Blush or Flesh Tone
  • Galkyd (or oil medium of choice)
  • Thinner for cleaning brushes (student choice)
• Mixed media brushes for acrylics and oils:  Long-handled Round size 10 or 12; Long-handled Flat, Bright OR Filbert brush size 10 or 12; OR, Long-handled mixed media brushes (assorted)
• Wash brush, ¾”
• Container for water-based paints and/or thinner for oil paints