WORKSHOP: Elements of Watercolor

Elements of Watercolor Date: February 13, 14, 2027 Time: 9am-4pm Cost: $150 Instructor: Ian Cooke Workshop Description: This short introduction to watercolor gives new students the essential skills to confidently join regular classes and begin exploring this rewarding medium. You’ll learn how to balance water and paint, choose and care for brushes, select the right paper, and set up a palette. Core topics include the color wheel, warm and cool colors, transparency, mixing methods, reserving whites, and correcting mistakes. Students will practice washes, glazes, dry brush, spattering, scraping, and texture techniques while working toward a landscape and still life. Additional focus will be given to composition, perspective, and rendering natural elements such as skies, trees, grasses, rocks, and water.This short introduction to watercolor gives new students the essential skills to confidently join regular classes and begin exploring this rewarding medium. You’ll learn how to balance water and paint, choose and care for brushes, select the right paper, and set up a palette. Core topics include the color wheel, warm and cool colors, transparency, mixing methods, reserving whites, and correcting mistakes. Students will practice washes, glazes, dry brush, spattering, scraping, and texture techniques while working toward a landscape and still life. Additional focus will be given to composition, perspective, and rendering natural elements such as skies, trees, grasses, rocks, and water. Supplies: