New! ONLINE - Creating Sparkling Whites in Watercolor
Adult Course | This program is completed
When incorporating the beauty of the paper into your watercolor compositions, the more the painting can "breathe," the more successful it will be. Like any color, learn how to design and plan where to utilize white space. Explore leaving white paper to create the effect of light, lead the viewer's eye, and give visual rhythm. One week, work with drybrush to create a vignette. Push your watercolors to the next level, capturing the luminosity of white paper! Reference material provided. Introductory watercolor experience needed.
- Week 1: Road with Shadow and Cottage
Week 2: Clothesline with Laundry Basket
Week 3: Vignette Castle with Foliage
Week 4: High Key Landscape with Church
- - Watercolor Palette with Lid
- Watercolor Paper or Watercolor Block 140 lb cold press ( 9” x 12” or larger)
- Watercolor Brushes (#6 Round, #8 Round, 1” - 1 1/2” Flat)
- Watercolor Paints (These are the colors I use. I paint with Winsor Newton and Holbein but there are other excellent brands such as Daniel Smith and Sennelier. Bring your own favorites.) Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Indian Red, Rose Dore, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Transparent Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Olive Green, Terre Verde, Perylene Green, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Violet, Mineral Violet
- Water Container
- Spray Bottle
- Tissues without lotion or paper towel (Viva being the best!)
Dennis Pendleton
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.