Garden Portraits in Watercolor
Location: Scottsdale Location
Room: TBD
Mar 8-Apr 12, 2011
Meets 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
on Tue
Tuition: $270.00
Level: All Levels
Status: This program is completed
Do you have a wonderful little nook in your patio or garden that just begs to be painted? A fountain, a pot of ferns nestled among a few rocks, or a blooming vine hanging over the fence can be used to create beautiful “garden portraits”. Photos will be provided but you are always welcome to paint from your own photos and sketches. There will be demonstrations of techniques suitable for the subject, critique and lots of painting time.
Instructor -- Julie Gilbert Pollard
Julie Gilbert Pollard paints in oil and watercolor in a fluid, painterly manner. Her painting style, while representational, is colored with her own personal concept of reality. “The eye may see as a camera ‘sees’, but the mind’s eye sees an altered, imagined image, what it wants and hopes to see. It’s that illusive image, uniquely mine, along with a heightened sense of ‘realness’ that I try to express in my paintings. This world of ours is often a frightening and mysterious place, but it is filled with scenes and subjects that excite my eye and imagination! The magical allure of the natural world, and my reverence for it, compel me to attempt to capture its essence on canvas or paper.
- Bring your usual watercolor supplies—here are mine:
- COLORS: Although it is not necessary for you to have the same colors that I use, I normally use the following:
- Permanent Rose
- Winsor Yellow
- Antwerp or Phthalo Blue
- Scarlet Lake or Quinacridone Coral
- New Gamboge Yellow
- Cobalt Blue
- Quinacridone Magenta
- Indian Yellow
- Cerulean Blue
- Indanthrene Blue
- BRUSHES—bring your favorites—these are mine:
- #8 and #14 round (nylon or synthetic/natural blend—I use Kolinsky sable Connoisseur brand, BUT sables are pricey and not necessary—a good alternate brush line is Winsor Newton Sceptre Gold 101)
- ½", ¾", & 1" Aquarelle, nylon or “blend”
- 2" wash or Hake
- SUPPORT
- 100% rag, 140# cold press—such as Lanaquarelle (my current favorite) Winsor Newton or Arches, etc. (I personally don’t like Arches but many swear by it.) You could also use Yes! multi-media canvas or Fredrix Watercolor Canvas. I suggest that you use canvas boards in these brands or staple the sheets to Gator Board. Quarter or half sheets are probably the largest comfortable size for a workshop setting.
- MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
- Watercolor palette with lid or personal choice—I use a Homee 18 well travel palette
- LARGE water container
- 2B drawing pencils, or personal choice
- pencil sharpener
- “Click eraser”, gum eraser or kneadable eraser
- Sketch book, 6x8 is fine
- Spray bottle—I use eyeglasses cleaner spray bottles for their fine mist spray
- White facial tissues
- Drawing board
- Four large “bulldog” clips to use with drawing board if you haven’t pre-stretched your paper
- Old towel, bath size or larger
- Tracing paper—OPTIONAL
- Wet Media Acetate—OPTIONAL
- ACYLIC SUPPLIES
- COLORS: Although it is not necessary for you to have the same colors that I use, I normally use the Golden Fluid Acrylics listed below. I may only use Pyrrole Orange and Dioxazine Purple for the workshop – see noted in red…
- Pyrrole Orange
- Nickel Azo Yellow
- Anthraquinone Blue
- Quinacridone Magenta
- Turquois (Phthalo)
- Dioxazine Purple or Permanent Violet Dark
- Small round brush that you don’t mind using with acrylics—I use a Sumi Royal B 2
- Paper plates to use as palettes