Watercolor Paints : These are the colors that I will use for all of my 2025 classes (Essentials, Woodlands, Portraits). Paints should be dried in half pans. I buy single tube and fill my own pans. You don’t need the exact same colors, just something to represent each type (ie: Cool Red can be Permanent Rose, Quinacridone Rose, any pink, Alizarin Crimson, Warm Blue can be Cobalt Blue or Ultramarine Blue, Transparent Blue can be Winsor Blue or Pthalo Blue, both in Red Shade, Cool Green can be Pthalo Green or Viridian)
- Cool Red like Permanent Rose (Winsor & Newton)
- Warm Red like Pyrrol Scarlet (Daniel Smith)
- Cool Yellow like Hansa Yellow Light (QOR)
- Warm Yellow like Cadmium-Free Yellow (Winsor & Newton)
- Nickle Azo Yellow (QOR)
- Yellow Ochre (Winsor & Newton)
- Warm Blue like Cobalt Blue Hue (Schminke)
- Transparent Blue like Windsor Blue (Winsor & Newton)
- Staining Green like Pthalo Green (Daniel Smith)
- Burnt Sienna (Holbein)
- Natural Green like Sap Green (Daniel Smith)
- Warm Purple like Mineral Violet (Holbein)
– Watercolor Brushes (All 5):
– Princeton Velvet Touch – 14 Long Round, 4 Long Round, 10/0 Liner
– Silver White – 10 Bright, 4 Bright
– 100% Cotton Watercolor Paper: Cold Press (lower cost can be Meeden or Bee Paper, pro grade is Arches, Saunders Waterford or Winsor & Newton)
– Plastic Plate or Palette to mix paints on
– Pencils & Kneaded Eraser
– Watercolor Resist + applicators & resist only brush
– Masking Tape professional grade contractors tape from home store
– Clipboard if your paper is not on a block
– Water Container plastic tupperware
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Woodlands Gardens
Join us for watercolor painting classes with me in-person, held locally in Decatur, GA. We are working on wildlife and botanicals, native to our local Woodlands ecosystem.
> Register Online at Atlanta Watercolor Group
Avondale Arts Alliance
– Watercolor Essentials: a carefree, skill-building, paint loving ongoing series for all levels.
– Watercolor Portraits: A 4-class series with step-by-step instructions to paint your own photograph in soft, realistic watercolor. For intermediate to advanced watercolorists, or for artists experienced in other 2D media looking to try portraits in watercolor.
> Register Online at Avondale Arts Alliance
Online
– Online Watercolor Essentials: a carefree, skill-building, paint loving ongoing series for all levels.
– Online Watercolor Portraits: A 4-class series with step-by-step instructions to paint your own photograph in soft, realistic watercolor. For intermediate to advanced watercolorists, or for artists working in other media looking to study portraits in watercolor.
> Registration available starting in January 2025!