MONDAY NIGHT WATERCOLOR FOR ALL

MONDAY NIGHT WATERCOLOR FOR ALL

Class | This program is completed

37 Buena Vista Road West Hartford, CT 06107 United States

Clubhouse

All levels

2/25/2019-4/1/2019

5:45 PM-8:45 PM EDT on Mon

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$163.00

$143.00

All levels of students are welcome. Beginners will be introduced to basic watercolor principles and experience ways to put paint to paper, including brush, sponge, and palette knife painting. We will experiment with mixing colors, learn about materials and different ways to approach painting. Paintings you will create will be of various subject matter including aspects of nature, landscape, and abstraction. Call the instructor at 860-233-2023 if you have any questions. Returning students or students with experience will work from source material of their choice or that supplied by the instructor. More emphasis will be placed on composition and improving technique. To see work by the instructor and students at various levels, go to www.flickr.com/carolganick.

  • Required Materials:
  • -A clear plastic container...quart size is best
  • -Tissues or roll of inexpensive toilet paper
  • -Paper towels
  • -Scissors
  • -Ruler
  • -A note pad or paper
  • -#2 pencil
  • -A white plastic eraser or kneaded eraser
  • -Artists or drafting pro-tape (preferred: green or blue) or blue painters masking tape, 1 inch wide
  • Additional Materials Needed:
  • -Paper: you will need one pad, 12x18 inches or larger of Canson watercolor paper (blue cover with letters XL in a black box). I have found this to be the best student level brand. Later in the class you may also want to try 1 sheet of 140lb 100# rag paper or pad of arches. This is expensive paper but is preferred by students with some experience. Returning students will want the rag paper to work on. For landscapes, a pad of Arches 140lb rough paper, size 9x12 or 11x14 is great to work on.
  • -Brushes: Princeton Neptune #20 (18 is ok) or Robert Simmons Goliath 36 or lower number and a Princeton 3/8 inch sword or dagger. A number 8 round and 1 inch or 1 ½ inch flat by Robert Simmons-white sable or Princeton, Cornell, creative mark or polarflo. Princeton prices are very good for better quality individual brushes. I love the Princeton Neptune round brushes. Optimal- #4 rigger or line and #6 or #8 quill by Princeton.
  • -Pebeo drawing gum (or grumbacher frisket) and a fine mist spray bottle.
  • -Small sea sponge: bring if you already have one. No need to buy one as I have some that students may borrow.
  • -An inexpensive palette (covered) by Susan Scheewe or a White China or Corell dinner size plate or preferably a covered palette (larger size is better, suggested- Creative Mark, or Richeson, Lynch, Pike to name a few.)
  • -Sharpie ultra-fine black ink or Pitt pen
  • -A tube of white/watercolor gouche by DaVinci or other brand
  • -A small pointed palette knife
  • -Carmine (red) and burnt sienna watercolor paints are helpful but not required for beginners.
  • If you have one:
  • -A camera or phone/tablet for taking pictures of work and images for future assignment
  • Returning students- Suggested for flower painting:
  • -Daniel Smith- Quinacridine gold, quinacridone coral, quinacridone red, Holberns sap green or hookers green, cobalt turquoise
  • Returning students or those with some experience, please review this list but bring the supplies that you already have. Buy the best quality paint, brushes and paper you can afford. The quality of the watercolor paint is of greatest importance for beginners, especially the primary colors. At Jerry's Artarama, New Britain Ave. West Hartford, look for a box with my name on it behind the 2nd cash register. These are various recommended brands for quality and value. The tubes of color you will need are 1. Primary Red (Magenta), 2. Azo Yellow, Aureolin, or Primary Yellow, 3. Yellow Ochre, 4. Primary Blue (Cyan), 5. Ultramarine Deep, 6. Neutral Tint or Paynes Gray and 7. Burnt Umber. If they have sold out of a color look for it in another brand in the first aisle (M. Graham or Daniel Smith). Note: you may need to get help finding things you need. Be sure to ask for someone who has worked there a while.
  • M. Graham and Daniel Smith are good brand choices. Windsor Newton or Holbein are more expensive brands but a good value if on sale. Avoid Koi, Cotman, and Marie's; these and other student level paints have fillers or fade easily and are more difficult to work with.
  • If you live closer to Dick Blick’s in Plainville, call me for advice on brands. And feel free to call or email me if you have any questions: (860) 233-2023 or carolganick@gmail.com

A teacher at the West Hartford Art League for more than three decades artist Carol Ganick teaches traditional and non-traditional approaches to watercolor painting, with special interest in building technique skills with beginning and intermediate level students. Though clearly having a passion for watercolor, she works in various medium including oils, acrylic, mixed media and collage.

See her work and work by her students on www.flickr.com/carolganick and on Instagram. She may be contacted at carolganick@gmail.com.