Painting Loose & Expressive Landscapes in Watercolor with Karen Utech

Thursdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25:  1:30-4 pm

This watercolor class is perfect for novice artists looking to learn foundational techniques while developing a freer, more painterly style specifically in watercolor. Build confidence and let watercolor do what it does best…flow loosely! Through quick, playful exercises that are designed to quiet your inner critic, you'll learn how to paint soft, luminous loose skies using wet-into-wet techniques, capture expressive trees with relaxed brushwork and build rich rock textures to create a balanced landscape composition. If you want to experiment, splash a little paint and have fun while learning, this class is for you!  See supply list below.

$142 Members / $170 Non-Members

Karen Utech Supply List

Watercolor Paper:  100 % cotton any brand.  #140 or #300 is good.  I will be using Arches:

Paper size: 9 x 12 or 11 X 14, have a few sheets per session

Brushes:  round sizes 10 and/or 12, Flat ½ in and 1 inch and 2 inch, a rigor.  I use a combination of natural hair and synthetic both are good. 

Please feel free to bring your favorites, this is bare minimum

I use a variety of brushes

Plexiglass, slightly larger than the paper size you are using (Amazon or Home Depot)

One hand towel, paper towel

Paint:  Feel free to bring your favorites. Any Brand is good, as long as it is professional grade.  This list is just a suggestion and frequent colors that I use.  It is not necessary to buy more if you do not have the color. Just make sure you have a variety of warm and cool colors with a variety of values (dark and lights)

Basic list

Ultra Marine Blue

Indigo

Cerulean Blue

Cobalt Blue

Paynes Blue Grey (nice color to easily make light greys and darks)

Burnt sienna

Transparent Orange

Indian Yellow

Yellow Ochre

Lemon Yellow

Sap Green

Shadow Green

Dioxazine Violet/ purple or some variation

Pink Opera

Alizarin Crimson

Titanium White

Additional Colors if you want to experiment (0ptional)

Any  Quinacridone colors:  such as Deep Gold (if you can find it) Quin Coral. Quin Sienna, Quin Magenta ( I have them all!)

Transparent yellow green gold

Pyrrol red

Pyrrol organe

Phthalo blue

Indanthrene blue