Magic of Watercolours with Pauline Smith

Class Description

This course is aimed at people wishing to become skilled in all the basic skills of watercolour painting. This course is aimed at beginners / people with some watercolour painting skills who are wishing to learn / learn more about the basic techniques of watercolour painting. Students will learn to mix colours, lay washes, gain an understanding of values in a painting, create a passage of light through their work, and gain a solid understanding of composition. Cost Breakdown: Member: $232.75.00 Incl. GST, $33.25 per class ($13.30 per hour). Cost Breakdown Non-member: $245.00 Incl. GST = $35.00 per class ($14.00 per hour). Members: Current EAC members will receive 5% discount. Please use your membership number as the PROMO code. Prerequisites: Entry level students or students with some experience welcome. Supplies: Students are required to bring their own art supplies. Materials are available from Gordon Harris in Albany, up by the North Shore district courthouse. Gordon Harris kindly offers a student discount, please ask for it. Some paints can be purchased from Whitcoulls, Paper Plus, or Warehouse Stationery. Paint student grade is fine: Tube paints please. ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, new gamboge, raw sienna, alizarin crimson, burnt sienna, indigo or Prussian blue. Optional extras perylene green, phthalo blue, hookers green light or dark, van dyke brown Winsor Newton, Cottmans, Horodam, Daniel Smith, all reliable brands for paint. Do not get Reeves or Marie’s paint or paper, or paper/paint from the $2 shop Paper for Wonders of Watercolour Fabriano 300 gsm cp rough, 100% cotton, 2 sheets for the term A3 pad of Fabriano watercolour paper, 25% cotton, 300 gsm size. Also sketching paper A4 size is ok Paper: for experienced artists: watercolour paper, 300gsm cold press rough 100% rag (cotton). My preference is Fabriano paper; Arches or Saunders Waterford are also great papers. Cheap papers will not take the water. 2 full sheets for the term. You will also need an A3 pad of Fabriano 25% cotton. Brushes:. A Colineo Da Vinci Brush size 20 ( or 24 if available) OR A 20/22 cosmotop mop Code DV 5580/22 And a smaller colineo, size 10 or Code DV 559808 12/14 watercolour brush (da vinci is a great brand) Lidded plastic palette Expression Palette, lidded EX 18568 Kneadable rubber 2B graphite pencil Board for attaching paper this can be corflute or similar, about A2 size. Masking tape Bring from home: ice cream container