Animals in Watercolor

Weekend Workshop | This program is completed

1501 10th Ave East Seattle, WA 98102 United States

TBD

All Levels

11/3/2019-11/4/2019

9:30 AM-4:30 PM PDT on Sun Mon

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$120.00

$108.00

$10.00

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This workshop will teach students how to draw animals and bring them to life with watercolor. We will cover basic animal anatomy starting with simple shapes and working up toward textures, movement, and emotion. We will explore gesture through quick sketches and longer studies. Using a combination of drawing techniques like pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor, students will learn to transform their anatomical animal drawings into life-like characters.

  • • Graphite drawing pencils: HB, 2B
  • • Kneaded eraser
  • • Permanent waterproof pen: preferred is Micron size 03 or larger
  • • Watercolor paints: set of tubes or individual tubes. We can work with what you have, or if buying new here are some recommended colors:
  • o cad red
  • o cad yellow
  • o yellow ochre
  • o cobalt blue
  • o prussian blue
  • o sap green
  • o viridian
  • o burnt umber
  • • Small paint palette
  • • Container for water (plastic cup is fine)
  • • Watercolor brushes: assortment of small to medium rounds and a medium/large flat. Recommended: rounds #1,4,10; Flats #6, 12.
  • • Small bottle of watercolor masking fluid/liquid frisket
  • • applicator bottle or wooden nib to apply masking fluid
  • • Sketchbook: At least 140lb for both wet and dry media OR a drawing sketchbook and a separate watercolor sketchbook/block. Recommend hot press paper for watercolor sketchbook
  • • Painters tape/blue masking tape
  • • small drawing board