Contemporary Watercolor
Adult | Registration opens 8/5/2026 8:00 PM EDT
Create fresh, expressive watercolor paintings while exploring color, composition, brushwork, and technique. Through demonstrations and guided projects, students will learn watercolor processes from light to dark, experiment with mark-making, and develop observational paintings inspired by landscapes, travel, and everyday moments. Please note: NO class 10/12.
- Please note: This class is 7 sessions
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Supplies to bring to first class: brushes, paper, watercolor paint kits you already have, like a kids watercolor set with fluorescent colors from Michaels for fun. Extra, pick up a small Arches Aquarelle 6x10 inch 'Carnet de Voyage' Travel Book. Don't buy sets of brushes: you'll only ever use 6 brushes. Try a Wash Brush, or cheaper substitute with white hairs called a Haki brush, a Rigger, a 6 round, an inexpensive Japanese calligraphy brush. We'll discuss the best ones. Bring a white or clear plate to mix color on: John Pike or other palettes will be discussed.
Alexa MacCrady
LEXA MCCRADY AXON has taught painting, drawing, and printmaking since 1987 and shown work in NYC, Paris, Tokyo, and London. She holds a MFA from the City University of New York Hunter College. She is a student of Valerie Jaudon, Robert Morris, and art theorist Rosalind Krauss. She received individual artist grants from New England Foundation for the Arts, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Guild Hall Museum East Hampton NY. Exhibitions include Smith College, Parrish Museum, East Village NY; Biennials of Sao Paolo and Everson Museum. She is Adjunct Faculty at Eastern CT State University in digital art.