Join us at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art for a watercolor class led by the talented Candace Castle! Candace is a St. Joseph artist who works in both oil and watercolor. Watercolor is a versatile medium that requires some familiarity with its properties. In this class, we’ll start with some basics to become familiar with brushes, paint and paper. We’ll be working with a limited palette of 3 primary colors and learn how to mix secondary colors from these. We’ll learn how to lay washes, paint some simple fruit shapes and then work on an afternoon project.
Wednesday, August 21
10am-4pm
$100 (includes lunch)
***OPTIONAL for paint and paper— For $15, I can provide 3 Daniel Smith primary colors in a 6 well palette and 2 kinds of watercolor paper —5 sheets of Bee paper 6x9” for practice and 3 sheets of Arches 9x12” for class projects. Let me know if you want to use this option so I know how much to order. You will still need to get your own brushes.
Supply list:
2 watercolor brushes—Size 8 round and 3/4 or 1” flat wash brush
(Brushes should be made for watercolor to be able to hold water and create washes; some brush suggestions listed below)
100% cotton rag watercolor paper, 140 lb. cold pressed. (Arches is an excellent versatile paper, link below)
Sketchbook/sketching paper
Soft pencil #2 or 4
Kneaded eraser
Fine mist spray bottle
Sponge
Water container
Paper towels
Artist grade paints: blue, red, yellow (I recommend artist grade tube paint, which has a higher pigment load, more vibrant colors and higher permanency)
Watercolor mixing palette or glass/ceramic plate for mixing
Hair dryer optional
Source suggestions:
Paint—
Daniel Smith makes a primary set for $29:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013TBUGVO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Brushes—
Princeton makes some good synthetic watercolor brushes—Heritage, Velvetouch or Aqua Elite. Available at Michaels or on Amazon.
Princeton Heritage Wash brush 3/4” $14.41
Princeton Velvetouch size 8 $9.45
Princeton Aqua Elite size 8 $12.47
Princeton Heritage set for $28 is a decent reasonably priced set of 4 synthetic brushes—a size 8 round, 3/4” flat wash and 2 small detail brushes.
Simply Simmons brushes are value priced and available at Michaels and on Amazon —
Size 8 round and 1” flat wash are each under $10
Optional —Plastic air tight palette $10
Paper:
Arches is a professional quality versatile 100% cotton rag paper. Available at Michaels and on Amazon. Arches 140 lb cold pressed cotton rag paper. 12 sheets 9x12” for $20