Beginning Watercolor

Beginning Watercolor

Adult Classes | Available

585 Park Street Naples, FL 34102 United States

GSH

Beginner

3/24/2025-4/14/2025

9:00 AM-12:00 PM on Mon

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$220.00

$170.00

This beginning class creates a foundation for a new watercolor artist to experience the joys of watercolors. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of watercolors in a structured format that covers the basics, working with the grid to learn drawing techniques and the five-value system. Once mastered, students will move on to learning about color, create color hues, and go through a step by step process to creating a watercolor painting.

  • Paper size no bigger than 12X16 blocks or pads for beginning class.

    These are the manufactures of paper that I recommend: Fluid 100, Arches

     

    Watercolor Pigments

    Colors­- Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre or Raw Umber, Cadmium Yellow, lemon Yellow, Thalo Blue, French Ultramarine Blue, Magenta, Payne’s Gray

    These are some of the manufactures of pigments I recommend:

    Winsor Newton, Mission, Holbein, QoR

    (You can purchase tubes of student grade if you cannot find artist grade)

     

    Brushes

    Rounds #4,8,10, filberts #6,8, flat shader #16, flat wash ¾ inch.

    These are some of the manufactures I recommend for brushes:

    Simply Simmons (inexpensive), Escoda

     

    Masking fluid

    Gum Arabic

    Watercolor palette – Fusion palette is a great compact palette

    Masking tape

    Water vessels 2

    Eye dropper

    HB pencil

    Kneaded eraser

    Paper towels

    Sponges

    Tooth picks

    Q-tips

     

     

    Several art stores in town have what you will need on your materials list:

    Family Hobby on 10th St. N.

    Hobby Lobby on US 41

    Michael’s on Pine Ridge Rd.

     

    On-line Stores:

    Dick Blick

    Cheap Joe’s

    Jerry’s Artarama

     

    Any questions? Please contact me directly: rosemarie.kirk@aol.com

Kirk, Rosemarie

As an artist I have studied art and painters my whole life. Two painters that have been instrumental in influencing my work are N.C. Wyeth and Georgia O’Keefe. I was profoundly moved by their use of color and design to create the illusion of realism. Though these two painters had very different styles, the brush work and emotion created by the paint on their canvas pushed me to improve my skills. I am constantly looking at color and values in the work I do today. I take pride in the fact that I am still learning. I use many mediums to instruct students: watercolor, acrylic, collage and silk painting. The medium of silk painting is loose and inherently abstract in nature, allowing for the free exploration of color and form. All of these are important in the processes involving personal examination and self-discovery. In addition, the soft values and colors created with this medium are soothing and therapeutic.