It's often a fear of failure, not a lack of talent, that causes our creativity to withdraw. In these workshops, I hope to elicit the creative spirit through a nurturing environment and playful cooperation. Standard watercolor techniques (such as masking, wet-on-wet, dry brush painting, color bleeding, and color mixing) are used in support of an intuitive approach to painting. Fun exercises and techniques bounce us into creative action. A few things to remember: Demos are to show a way to work with the materials, not THE way, so feel free opt out of the exercises to work on your own. Original work is far more rewarding and challenging than copying but copying is fine for learning technique or generating ideas.Syllabi provide a framework. I am open to changing it to suite the individual needs of class participants. Please speak up and make this class just right for you!

Zoya Scholis, zoya@ArtForPersonalGrowth.com .

Materials:

Reference Text:
Watercolor: A New Beginning, A Holistic Approach to Painting, by Ann K. Lindsay, and/or
The Tao of Watercolor, by Jeanne Carbonetti for beginners the Readers Digest books are very clear. For the realists Claudia Nice has many excellent instructive books.

Paper:
140 lb. or heavier cold pressed (22x30"), acid-free, about 1 per meeting, OR 20-page 7"x10" or larger pad of the same. Arches brand is the best if you can budget it.
Sketch book

Paints-Primaries
Watercolor (Professional grade-Holbein or Student grade Cotman brands) small tubes of :

3 Yellows-Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Raw Sienna
2 Reds-Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red
3 Blues-Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Paynes Grey

Optional Secondaries and Tertiaries

Greens: Hookers, Veridian, Sap Browns: Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber

Brushes:
One 3/4" Flat,
One #4, 6 & 12 Round,
One #4 or #6 Rigger

Other
Palette (with lid is best)
Tissue
Sponge (a kitchen sponge cut into 1/4s works fine)
Spray bottle & water jar
Masking tape (the blue stuff works best) Masking liquid (usually only found at art stores).

Pen & Ink
Permanent ink pens 3 to 4 nib sizes black or sepia (Faber Castell, Sharpie, Pentell, Micron-all good brands)
1 small bottle Chinese ink
1small Chinese calligraphy brush or synthetic round
Optional: brush pen (Pentell)

If you want to paint bigger buy bigger brushes and bigger paper
These are recommendations only; feel free to try something else or use less expensive items. This is your time to paint! The rest is "details.

About the Facilitator

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