These techniques will be taught throughout the class - most all will be used  based on the subject matter we will be painting:  

Color Wheel & Color Temperature - what it is, how to use it and why it matters. An  understanding of analogous and complementary colors will help your paintings come  alive by exaggerating and varying your colors. Learn to let the paints do the work for  you.  

Building on techniques and tools, the use masking fluid (when necessary), salt and  splatter to add excitement to our paintings. Before painting we will practice parts and  then bring them all together. Learn Soft and Hard edges as well as how to MELT your  watercolors into the paper. Learn that although watercolors can seem to be  unforgiving than other mediums, if you allow it, the most wonderful “mistakes” can  actually appear and “make” the painting.  

Learn now to find the IMPACT area, where it is and how to find/create it. How to build  the painting with your best color, contrast and edges. Learn to give your painting a  purpose and change your picture to a painting. We will discuss values, bridging the  palette and how color and contrast work together. 

If you have student grade paints ­ Windsor Newton Cotman OR Grumbacher Academy ­ DO NOT BRING THEM, I highly recommend that you purchase SOME of the colors I have listed below because the techniques I teach require . You will see the difference in your paintings.

For the best results, buy the best quality and less colors. I have found these paints and papers help get you the very best results. IF you have Professional Grade Paint, bring them and fill in with some other colors. Below is the list of paint colors I’ll be using:

1. PAINTS:

Maimeri Blu Brand (available on line):

• Indigo • Dragons Blood

Daniel Smith Brand:

• Cobalt Blue • Phthalo Turquoise

• Cascade Green • Undersea Green • Rich Green Gold • Alizerian Crimson • Quinacridone Lilac

• Imperial Purple • Rose of Ultramarine

• Raw Sienna • Quinacridone Gold • Quin Gold Deep MISC: • Shadow Violet • MoonGlow

Holbein Brand: Leaf Green • Jaune Brilliant 1

• Lilac • Lavender

QOR Brand: French Cerulean Blue

Schmincke Brand: Translucent Orange

Windsor Newton Brand: Designer Gouache

IF you have professional grade tubes of any of these colors in another brand, don’t buy more, just fill in as needed. Important to know: I use TUBES not PANS!

If you can share the initial purchase with another painter will help with the cost as these tubes will last you 1 year or better

2. PAPER: Brands: Arches, Kilimanjaro, Saunders Waterford 140lb Cold Press

You can purchase 11” x 14” Blocks or 22 x 30 Sheets quartered to be 11” x 15”

Buy only professional grade paper ­ never student grade

3. BRUSHES: Brands: Silver Black Velvet, Escoda Prado, King Art, Simply Simmons

#0 Rigger

#8 & 10 Round Escoda Prado or King Art

#8 Tri Wedge King Art

#16 Escoda Prado Round

1/4” , 1/2” Angular Escoda Prado Fan brush

Note: You do not have to purchase expensive sable brushes. I also I prefer short handle brushes

MISC:

• Paint Palette, I use a Mijello Fusion 33 ­ make sure there are wells to pull paint out and control water

• Brush Holder

• Water container (I use a collapsable dog bowl) • Large Water Spray Bottle w/adjustable nozzle • Small mist spray bottle

• Dot spray bottle

https://www.everettswatercolors.com • Old Toothbrush

• Large Dish Drying Mat

• Paper Towels or Absorptive Rags

• Transfer Graphite Paper

• Mechanical Pencil

• Kneaded Eraser

• Pebeo Drawing Gum & Rubber cement pick­up • Mr Clean Magic Eraser

• 11 x 14 black mat

Web sites to purchase your supplies from­ sign up for their specials: Cheap Joes, Dick Blick, Jerry’s Artarama and what you can’t find there you can get on Amazon.

I have chosen all of these materials so that you get the very best results possible using my techniques.