New! Mountain Masterpieces in Watercolor
Adult Course | Registration opens 3/4/2025 7:00 AM MST
Mountains with their sheer magnitude and towering heights give structure and a sense of stability to the landscape scene. Painting impressive mountain backdrops, discover how placement and scale create dramatic compositions. Working with subtle color relationships and the play of light, give each mountain face depth and dimension. Learn how to use trees and rivers to punctuate your majestic scene. When you have the power to move mountains, your artwork will reach new heights! Reference material provided. Introductory watercolor experience needed.
WEEK 1 - Snow Mountain with Barn
WEEK 2 - Spring Mountain with Stream
WEEK 3 - Mountain, Lake and Spring Blossoms
WEEK 4 - Mountains and Pine Forest Vignette
Introductory watercolor experience needed.
- Learning Objectives:
In addition to developing skills using brushwork, shapes, values, and edges, students will feel comfortable using a color value range and gain an understanding of lighting effects in a painting.
- - Watercolor Palette with Lid
- Watercolor Paper or Watercolor Block (9” x 12” or larger) 140lb cold press
- Watercolor Brushes (#6 and #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, Perylene Green, Terre Verde, 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.