Watercolor Adventure for All Levels  with Joyce Eesley 
Tuesdays, September 1, 8, 15, October 6, 13, 20:  9 am-12 pm 
Embark on the adventure and challenge of creating in the exciting medium of watercolors, using only the three primary colors in warm and cool hues. The workshop is geared towards those who have absolutely no prior experience and those that have experience creating with this medium but would like to advance their knowledge and proficiency. Participants will learn or expand on basic color theory, art elements and principles, various painting techniques through instructor demonstrations and practice by applying these techniques to their own artwork. Students will be met at their individual knowledge level of watercolor with reassuring guidance along the way. Imagine the growth you will experience with 18 hours of class! See below for supply list. 
$245 CCC Household Members / $295 Non-Members 
 
We welcome Joyce Eesley, watercolorist and instructor, to our CCC teaching team. Joyce has a BA in Art Education from Alverno College.  Her teaching passion has led her to accept numerous teaching positions since retiring from teaching in the school system. She is a professional artist that has exhibited her artwork nationally as well as internationally and has her artwork in several national art galleries in their permanent collections and in countless private collections. 
 
WATERCOLOR PAINTING SUPPLY LIST                        
If you have limited or no supplies, I suggest this list.  If you already have paints and other supplies and are happy with them, please feel free to use them.  Having good quality materials is very important when creating with watercolor. 
Paper:  3 full sheets (22” x 30”) Arches 140 lb. Cold Press Watercolor paper 
(Previous students should come to the first class with a stretched half sheet of watercolor paper ready to start painting.  If you have not taken my classes previously you do not need to have your paper stretched.  You need to only bring one sheet of paper to the first class and I will teach you how I break the paper into smaller sections and how to stretch your paper.  You will not be working on stretched paper until later so you do not need to bring supplies to stretch your paper.) Do not buy blocks or tablets. 
1 sheet of Graphite paper 
Brushes:  Brands are suggestions only;  quality is not.  Quality of brushes is very important!  Make sure they are watercolor brushes. 
Loew-Cornell 7000 Series Round in sizes 6 & 12 or 14 or Silver Black Velvet 3000S Round in sizes 8 and 12 (my favorite. I have not found the mentioned brushes in any local stores but can be found on the Internet and are quite reasonable. These brushes wear very well and should last for years of painting.)
Small Fritch scrubber brush (or other brand scrubber brush) 
1” or 1 ½” wash brush 
Paints:  Professional grade paint has more pigment that Academy/Student paints and you will get more paint for your money.  You will need one cool color and one warm color of each of the primary colors.  Buying a 5ml tube of each of these colors will be sufficient.  A little watercolor paint goes a long way.  I use Winsor Newton Professional watercolor paints.  
COOL                                                       WARM             
Permanent Alizarin Crimson                      Winsor Red 
Transparent Yellow                                   New Gamboge 
Prussian Blue                                            Winsor Blue (Red shade) 
Palette:  You will need a watercolor palette big enough to hold the six paints and large enough to mix your paints.  I found a reasonable palette at Michaels that has 20 wells that holds eight pigments with four slanted mixing wells, four large square wells and four shallow round wells.  I use the 5” x 10 1/2” Martin Universal Design Mijello Airtight Leak-Proof Palette.  It can be found at Dick Blick, Michaels and some other local art supplies stores and art catalogs. If you are going to use a new palette, scrub the paint mixing area with ajax, comet, Mr. Clean eraser or some other product to dull it so your paint won’t puddle when trying to mix paint.  Do not use scouring pads as they are too abrasive. 
Kneaded Eraser (found anywhere that sells art supplies). 
Miscellaneous: 
Masking fluid                      Roll of paper towels          Red ball point pen 
Pencil                                 Masking tape                    Black or blue ball point pen 
Blue painter’s tape             18” ruler                             Hair Dryer 
Fine tip and regular tip black permanent marker or a double tip black marker 
Plastic to cover your table (I like to use the white tablecloths from the Dollar Store). 
Gatorboard or homosote board large enough to stretch a half sheet of paper which is 15” x 22” (local art supply stores call their gatorboard “Incredible Art Board” by Grafix. It is light weight, moisture proof and accepts repeated stapling. Homosote is a building supply item and can be found at hardware stores.  The drawback to homosote is that it is very heavy. If you purchase homosote it is a good idea to seal it with any leftover household paint so water does not seep into it.)
Art supply sources:  Tradewinds, Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Dick Blick (local stores), Jerry’s Artarama, Daniel Smith and other Internet sources.  Most places have great back to school sales on art supplies.