Who is ready for a little sunshine, sweet birdies and a Zoom class? I know I am! This time around our wonderful @jemimah is going to show us how to use those watercolor paints you received over the holidays.
Sign up dates: February 6th-February 17th
Class Date: February 19th at 3.00pm EST and 12.00pm PST
How the class will be held: Zoom, with @kittykill Moderating. Participants will also receive a PDF with a supply list and directions so they can follow along.
Class Limit: 20 people
Class Details: “Planet Bird”
In this beginner-friendly session, we’ll be painting cute birds, three different ways, and trying out various ideas with watercolours.
The session is aimed at having fun with your watercolours. There’s no pressure to make one picture that looks like the instructions. There’ll be a bunch of ideas to try out, on three (or more!) small pieces.
We’ll work with simple shapes - you can draw your own birds and planets freehand, or cut out cardboard templates to play with.
Cost of Class: The class fee to LC will be $5.
To Sign Up: Please PM kittykill with the following information:
Your user name:
Your real name:
Your email address:
After signing up, you will be sent an invoice via PayPal to pay for the class. Payment is due by February 17th… If payment is not made by then, you will be removed from the list and your spot will be filled from the wait list.
I have an all day thing going on (not going anywhere… Zoom in the morning, then evaluating entries for a state bowl which is all online and at my own pace…very tedious) so this will be the perfect excuse to take a break!
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Lynx
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I’ve really been loving these half pans from Renesans. One of the instructors recommended them for Fodder School and I just love the colors and how the pigment moves. If you’ve seen any of the watercolor doodle pages in the Art Journal thread, they were all using the Renesans watercolors.
I’ve also seen Daniel Smith watercolors come highly recommended. I recently picked up one of these little tins which seemed like a good way to try out different colors without investing too much. So far I like them but prefer my Renesans.
What I would not recommend is something like this. I found them to be very chalky and they didn’t mix well.
I think you’re better off getting a smaller palette of higher quality watercolors (like the Windsor Newton MissingWillow mentioned above, or Daniel Smith) then getting a large set of cheaper colors. I don’t know a ton about watercolor but my understanding is the higher quality watercolors have smaller pigment size which allows them to blend better and creates a more pleasing effect on the paper.
For brushes, I’d recommend you have at least one dedicated round watercolor brush. I really like the Princeton Heritage brushes and this is a great set to start with. The set is a bit pricey though, so if I was only getting one brush I’d probably get the number 6 round.
I also have this set from Amazon which worked well enough at first but I found the brushes didn’t hold their shape after a while/give the nice sharp points/edges.
I’m really looking forward to hearing what @jemimah recommends
