Beginner floral watercolor
Winter 2025 Dates/Times:
Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 - 3:30pm
2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2 (no class 3/12)
This is an excellent course for those who have never painted in watercolor before. Basic wet-into-wet watercolor techniques will be taught as well as the creation of good watercolor habits. Students will learn to paint multicolored flowers as well as modulate value in monochromatic flowers. Basic floral forms will be painted with a gradual increase in difficulty. The focus of this class is to become comfortable with watercolor as a medium and learn skills that can be the basis for further study. (supplies not included.)
AGE: 18+
COST: $164 Non-Member / $182 Artistry Member/Subscriber (includes $2 processing fee)
LOCATION: Painting Studio at the Bloomington Center for the Arts
INSTRUCTOR: Mary Axelson
YOU WILL NEED TO BRING:
#10 round synthetic brush
#14 round synthetic brush
Clean container for water
Palette—I recommend inexpensive Dick Blick Large folding Palette box, 11 7/8 by 10 3/4
Masking fluid / Watercolor paper
Pencil / Kneaded eraser / Household sponge
Paper towels, Kleenex, Rubber cement pick-up, Spray bottle
Tube Paints:
(Van Gogh watercolor paint is inexpensive)Alizarin crimson, Aureolin or Cadmium yellow pale, Ultramarine blue, Cerulean blue, Sepia, Van Gogh Dusk Green or any dark green by another brand, Burnt sienna, Ochre, Cadmium red or Indigo
INSTRUCTOR: MARY AXELSON
Mary is a representational watercolor painter whose artistic vision is to celebrate beauty and truth in original fine art paintings. Her career goals include both teaching and connecting her art to buyers for the purpose of mutual joy.
Historically, she typically painted in short series, following her inspiration and completing three to four paintings with a similar theme rather than the same subject matter. A series might include a mix of landscape, floral and cityscape painting with a Parisian theme rather than being focused on landscapes of Paris.