X 2024-A4 - Watercolor Painting for Beginners with Devon Lawrence - 12/14-15

Watercolor Painting for Beginners Workshop
Saturday and Sunday, December 14th - December 15th, 11:00am - 3:00pm (2 day workshop)

Age: 15+

Class description: This course will cover basic watercolor techniques and provide one-on-one, tailor-made instruction to students. Day 1: Students will learn about their materials, color, and how to work from reference images. Day 2: Students will work from a photo of their choice during the second day. It's highly recommended that students prepare drawings in advance to work on. Students can bring in more than one drawing to work on.

Supplies:
One Arches 9x12 pad 140 lb. Cold Press watercolor paper. (Please purchase this brand)
One Watercolor palette. A White Ceramic or metal tray. Ceramic palettes are easier to clean.
Paper towels
Kneaded Eraser
Drawing Pencils
Pencil Sharpener
Mechanical Pencil (0.5mm) Pentel or Staedtler brand
A cup for water

Brushes: Highly recommend a set of round Synthetic Kolinsky brushes or Sable brushes of various sizes. 3-5 brushes of various sizes. The instructor uses Escoda Versatil Synthetic Kolinsky Travel Brushes. Synthetic Kolinsky brushes are an affordable option over Sable brushes. The Princeton Aqua Elite Series 4850 Synthetic Kolinsky Watercolor Paint Brush 4 Piece Set is an affordable starter set. Amazon has this 4 piece set for under $40 at the moment.

Watercolor tubes. Suggested colors from Daniel Smith (small tubes. 5ml/17fl oz):
Payne's Grey
Burnt Umber
Raw Sienna
Sap Green
New Gamboge
Cadmium Yellow Light
Ultramarine Blue
Phthalo Blue (Green Shade)
Quinacridone Red
Cadmium Red
Titanium White
Sepia
or 10/12 set of Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor tubes. An affordable alternative

Suggestions on where to purchase supplies:
Purchasing online is usually the best option. These are the best sites to purchase from. Compare prices for possible discounts.

https://www.dickblick.com/
https://www.jerrysartarama.com/
https://www.amazon.com/

Jerry's Artarama in Virginia Beach is the cheapest option for purchasing materials locally. Every craft store like Michaels and Hobby Lobby charges more for their supplies.

Contact: artiste64@gmail.com for questions.
Samples of his work: https://www.instagram.com/deamazingvon/

Instructor Name: Devon Lawrence

Supporter Tuition - Immediately qualify for Supporter Tuition with a donation of $50 or more.

Refund Policy: https://www.artcentervb.org/classpolicies.html
For refund within stated policy please email create@artcentervb.org