Creating Mood with Shadows using Watercolors
Workshop | Available
This watercolor painting class is to help create stronger paintings. By following the principles of elements and design, we will focus on mood and shadows.
Mood helps the viewer to emotionally connect with the painting while shadows help with emphasis and depth.
The actual photos that we will use will be sent a week or two before class so you can sketch out your painting prior to class.
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Paper – 140lb watercolor paper (I use Lanaquarelle Cold Press paper – bring your own preference)
Drawing supplies – 2b graphite pencil / eraser Watercolor brushes Container for water / paper towels / Spray bottle / Sponge
My Palette
DaVinci
Hansa Yellow
Winsor & Newton
Raw Sienna
Yellow Ochre Light
Burnt Sienna
Olive Green
Green Gold
Alizarin Crimson
*Perm Rose
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine blue
Winsor Blue
*Sepia
Raw Umber
Payne’s Gray
Daniel Smith
*Quinacridone Gold
*Quinacridone Brunt Orange
*Undersea Green
Quinacridone Magenta
Carbazole Violet
Cobalt Blue Violet
Holbein
Cadmium Red Light
The colors with * next to the name of the pigment are ones I especially like.
Note: This is my palette – feel free to use your own colors – if there is a color you are not familiar with, I can give you a few drops to try out.
Rose Sinatra
ROSE SINATRA FINE ART
ROSE SINATRA IS AN AWARD WINNING NEW JERSEY WATERCOLOR ARTIST; HER GOAL IS TO CREATE FINE ART FOR ART LOVERS TO APPRECIATE FOR THEIR OWN LOVE OF ART.
Rose Sinatra - Biography
Rose Sinatra is an artist - the definition of someone who is in awe of nature's incredible beauty, whether the disappearing sparkles of light on a rose or the many colors hidden in the bark of a tree. This passion to capture such moments in nature, as countless artists before her, is the source of her being. Creating art based on what she feels rather than what she sees.
In 1978, Rose relocated to California from New Jersey after a short vacation in Los Angeles. Having to support herself, she maintained a full-time career working with computers and creating art in her spare time.
Taking a plein-air class and meeting other artists was the turning point in Sinatra's life. Working in both oils and watercolors, taking workshops, joining art groups made this artist more driven to create good art. In 2004, a group of students talked Rose into starting her own classes and workshops in the Pasadena, Montrose and Claremont, California areas. This was the beginning of almost a decade of enjoyment, loyalty and growth between students and instructor. After much soul searching and with a heavy heart, in 2012, Rose decided to relocate back to New Jersey to be closer to family. She still travels to California to teach classes, while teaching privately in the Toms River, New Jersey area.
Rose is a member of Ocean County Artists' Guild, America Impressionist Society, Oil Painters of America, New Jersey Watercolor Society, Garden State Watercolor Society and Transparent Watercolor Society of America. She has won numerous awards among these shows, the latest being the most honored 2009 Skyledge Award from TWSA (Transparent Watercolor Society of America).
Rose's works also appear in many magazines, including Watercolor Artist, Artist Sketch Magazine and New Jersey Country