Throughout the 6 weeks of this beginner-friendly watercolour class, instructor Deb Riopelle will take you through the very basics of experiment with the paint all the way through to creating watercolour pieces of your very own using the photo references!

Week 1 - Watercolor Basics: experiment with the paint ,wet on wet, wet on dry, graded wash, dry brush, also getting to know your paper and how wet it needs to be. These techniques will help you create the effect you desire.
Week 2 - Watercolor Resists: It is necessary to keep your whites white and your lights light, using masking tape, packing tape, wax, commercial resist are ways to keep your whites white. Learn to lift paint when necessary.
Week 3 - Mixing Watercolor: to prevent from mixing muddy colors, to keep your colors bright, to gradate colors, color blending and color layering.
Week 4 - Negative Watercolor Painting: a unique way of painting around an object/shape to make it seem more pronounced in the composition. We will create a unique piece of art.
Week 5 - Bring your favorite technique to life and learn methods to incorporate it into a painting. We will experiment with ways to create the illusion of depth, dimension and distance.
Week 6 - We will take all our new watercolor knowledge and create a painting using the photo references provided.

Members: $88
Non-members: $115
All materials included.