Watercolor – Paint Ireland

This class is for those with some experience with watercolor. The reference material will be photographs the instructor has taken while traveling in Ireland. The focus will be on simplifying the composition (not recreating the photo), and having fun with watercolor, creating something new. Participants will have two finished pieces and gain more confidence with the medium.

Supplies needed:

– Palette – any style, white, plastic with enough room to mix multiple colors

– Mason jar, or something to hold water

-Paint; a suggested basic palette of colors:

• Cool Red – Permanent Alizarin Crimson

• Warm Red – Cadmium Red Light, Light Red or Vermillion

• Cool Blue: Ultramarine Blie or Cobalt Blue

• Warm Blue: Thalo Blue or Prussian Blue

• Warm Yellow: Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna

• Cool Yellow: Light Yellow

• Olive or Sap Green

• Earths: Sepia, or Burnt Sienna

• Payne’s grey

– Size 10 round watercolor brush

– Size 5 or 6 round watercolor brush

– 1 inch Flat wash watercolor brush

– Size 1 Rigger watercolor brushpencil

– Pencil

– Kneaded eraser

– At least 6 sheets of 100% cotton watercolor paper: 9×12, can be hot press or cold press, can be in a tablet or a block. Some examples are Strathmore 9×12 Portrait, Wirebound or Watercolor pad; Arches 9×12 watercolor block, 140 lb.