Mon, Aug 05
|Arts Council Carteret County
Exploring Perspective Drawing in Watercolor Painting
Find a vanishing point. Create perspective drawings for water color painting
Time & Location
Aug 05, 2024, 10:00 AM – Aug 06, 2024, 4:00 PM
Arts Council Carteret County, 1702 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557, USA
About the event
Exploring Perspective Drawing in Watercolor Painting
Karen Van Gamper, Instructor
Date and Time: August 5 & 6, 10:00 am to 4:00 p.m.
Class Fee: $275
Class Minimum 3/Maximum 10
Beginner/Intermediate Level
Bring nibbles to share, instructor will provide small sandwiches.
Learn to find a vanishing point and create interesting perspective drawings as subjects for watercolor paintings. Artists will create pencil drawings of subjects provided in class and discuss the concepts of distance and space being portrayed. Our paintings will use highlighting and shading, with a demonstration of color mixing. We will also discuss watercolor techniques such as using washes, wet into wet and pouring technique.
Student Material List
Sketch pad, mechanical pencil and pink eraser, 18” ruler, Watercolor paper stretched on Board or Watercolor Block (12” x 16”), Palette or Butchers Tray, water container, spray bottle, sponges, paper towels and Kleenex, 6 sm. containers with lids, several watercolor brushes including detail, medium rounds & 1” or 2” flat brushes. The #6 Winsor & Newton water color sable pointed round is especially useful.
Watercolor Paints
It is not important that students use the same colors. However, it is essential to have 2 light, 2 medium and 2 dark of all primary colors. Most professional brands are interchangeable and include Holbein, Windsor Newton, and Daniel Smith. The American Journey watercolors from Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff are excellent.
Watercolor Paints: here are a few colors I include on my palette
Cerulean Blue Cadmium Scarlet Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Cadmium Red Sanguine Red
New Gamboge Cadmium Yellow Turquoise
Burnt Umber Yellow Ochre Viridian
Quinacridone Rust Sap Green
Janet’s Violet Rose Sepia Hooker’s Green
Medium Golden Yellow Payne’s Gray
Ultramarine Violet Joe’s Red