Watercolor Painting – Beginner

When:    (DATES & TIMES HERE)

Where:     Marlborough Arts Center

Who:     Adults, beginners to watercolor

Cost:     $160

Instructor:     Rebecca Moran

Class Policies: Be sure to read the Class Policies here before registering

Registration: Click here to Register

If you are new to the artistic journey of watercolor painting and would like to learn basic watercolor techniques, this class will cover the three properties of color, transparency, flat, gradient and variegated washes, wet-in-wet, dry brush, and color mixing. Simple abstract exercises and creative projects will be suggested.

Instruction will be on how to mix the correct ratio of pigment to water, how to hold and work with brushes, and which papers to use. You will be guided on watercolor supplies and materials to choose in our first class. The class is limited to 10 students for individualized instruction and has no materials fees.

Recommended Materials:

Watercolor sets, warm and cool primary colors either pans or tubes. This is a suggested list of eight colors. Many colors are optional and can be mixed with the primary colors in warm and cool* suggested below.

• YELLOWS*
  Hansa Yello
  Lemon Yellow
  
  
• REDS*
  Pyrrol Scarlet
  Quinacridone Magenta
  
  
• BLUES*
  Ultramarine Blue
  Phthalo Blue
  
  
• NEUTRALS
  Burnt Sienna
  Raw Umber
  
  

Other Materials:

• Palette or plate to paint on
• Variety of soft bristle brushes
• Watercolor paper hot press and/or cold press 140lbs
• Water containers, spray bottle, paper towel
• Masking tape
• Pencil, eraser

_{Community by Rebecca Moran
Simple shapes on 140lb cold press paper}

About the Instructor

Rebecca Moran has an MFA in Visual Art and teaches drawing and painting at Eastern Connecticut State University. More of her work can be found on her website: www.rebeccajmoran.com.