Introduction to Painting in Watercolor

Introduction to Painting in Watercolor

Adult Course | This program is completed

200 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203 United States

106

Beginner

1/4/2021-2/15/2021

5:30 PM-8:30 PM MDT on Mon

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$315.00

$267.75

Get started with the fundamentals of watercolor painting, learning how to choose the right papers, paints and brushes. Study the color wheel, practice mixing colors and learn about value as you explore techniques in direct painting, wet-on-wet, dry brush and washes. You will be painting still-lifes by the end of the class.

  • Please bring:
  • -Sketchbook or Drawing Paper
  • -Watercolor Block or Watercolor Paper (140 lb. cold press paper)
  • -Backing Board for watercolor paper unless it is on a watercolor block
  • -Pencils (Medium #2 and Soft #6 or #7), along with a kneaded eraser
  • -Palette w/ cover and Brushes (plastic palette is fine)
  • -Water Container
  • -Spray Bottle
  • -Tissues / Paper Towels
  • -Paint (my preferred colors are as follows): cadmium red, yellow ochre, cobalt violet, alizarin
  • crimson, lemon yellow, cadmium yellow, burnt sienna, raw umber, olive green, cerulean blue,
  • cobalt blue, ultramarine blue, mineral violet

BFA, Ohio State University Pendleton has been published in The Artist's Magazine, Southwest Art and Contemporary Artists of the American West, 5280 Magazine and Watercolor Magazine. He lectures nationally on watercolor history, watercolor techniques and cave paintings, and teaches workshops at various locations. Dennis has gallery representation through Elements 5280 Gallery in Denver and The Fechin Museum in Taos New Mexico. His work is in select collections such as the People's Republic of China, American Embassy in France, Kaiser Permanente in Louisville, Kaiser Permanente in Lone Tree, The Petroleum Club, Cherry Creek Bank, Norwest Bank, and First Bank. As well, his work is the collections of the Columbus Museum of Fine Art, A R Mitchell Museum, and Fine Art Museum at The Ohio State University. Dennis has taught at ASLD for 22 years and teaches workshops in the United States and Europe.