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I'm finally teaching watercolor online! After 13 years of teaching primarily in-person, I am bringing my most popular watercolor and gouache workshop for beginners to the internet.

This class will take you from fumbling around as a beginner to feeling confident AND it can help you refine your practice as an intermediate artist if you have always wanted to build the confidence picking your own images and making projects outside of a step-by-step art class.

About the class:
When: Sunday Mornings from 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Dates: October 12th- November 16th

Where: Online (Zoom Room) + recordings sent 48 hrs after each session

Cost: $175 for 15 hours of instruction

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Curious to sign up? Here is what we will do each week:

Week 1: Compositions and Contrast

In our first session, I'll share my simple systems for finding and testing compositions, you'll get hands on in your sketchbook and with your camera (cellphone or non!) and come away with a deeper understanding of what makes a good reference as your painting's foundation.

Week 2: Playing with Paint and Testing Color Theory

In week two we dive right in learning our paint by understanding how to mix and layer colors, then we will create color charts. The color chart system will help you confidently learn to mix what you see, understand the varied behaviors of different pigments, and help you get excited about painting.

Week 3: Drawing Systems, Shape and Contrast

In week three we will finish our color charts, get feedback on them, and dive into learn drawing systems to get our references onto paper and begin our first painting with a limited palette. This will get us practicing how much water to use, how opaque or transparent we want our paint, and develop our understanding of values and layering.

Week 4-Week 6: Starting Your Painting Practice with Support

Once we have our systems in order, we will spend the final three weeks working on our paintings, having supportive critiques, and I'll give demos specifically related to the group's unique interests and questions. You'll also get access to the recordings of demos from past in-person sessions too.

Excited to meet some of y'all in the Zoom Room Classroom

-Mel

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