Don’t Paint the Snow- Winter Watercolor

This class is for those with some experience with watercolor. The focus will be on mapping out where the paper will serve as the white of snow, and have fun creating vibrant winter paintings. Participants will have two finished pieces and gain more confidence with the medium. 

Supplies List: 

Palette – any style, white, plastic with enough room to mix colors Mason jar, or something to hold water

Paint: A grumbacher watercolor paint set will work

. If you want to invest in tubes of paint, a suggested basic palette of colors: • Cool Red – Permanent Alizarin Crimson • Warm Red – Cadmium Red Light, Light Red or Vermillion • Cool Blue: Cobalt Blue • Warm Blue: Thalo Blue or Prussian Blue • Warm Yellow: Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna • Cool Yellow: Light Yellow • Warm Green: Gold Green or Sap Green • Cool Green: Veridian Green or Emerald Green • Earths: Sepia, or Burnt Sienna • Payne’s grey

Size 10 round watercolor brush

Size 5 or 6 round watercolor brush

3/4 or 1 inch Flat wash watercolor brush

Rigger watercolor brush

pencil

Kneaded eraser

At least 10 sheets of watercolor paper: 9×12, can be hot press or cold press, can be in a tablet or a block. Some examples are Canson 9×12 Portrait, Wirebound or Watercolor pad; Arches 9×12 watercolor block, 140 lb.