New! Nocturnal Scenes in Watercolor
Adult Course | Registration opens 8/5/2025 10:00 AM MDT
Artists are inspired to capture the magic of nighttime where detail disappears and shadow shapes merge simplifying compositions. Work with strong value contrasts using brilliant lights against rich darks to conjure up nocturnes with mystery and ambiguity. From a palette of blacks and grays to vibrant blues and luminous yellows, learn to exaggerate or modify colors to enhance the colors of the night. Discover how backlighting can create harmony and drama to the darkness lit by the moon, stars, and street lights. Your paintings will glow more brightly than the moon overhead! Reference material provided. Introductory watercolor experience needed. In addition to developing skills using composition, shapes, and edges, students will feel comfortable modifying colors and values while gaining an understanding of harmony and mood in a painting.
WEEK 1: Moonlit Tree with Cast Shadows
WEEK 2: Serene Evening with Deep Snow
WEEK 3: Vivid Adobe Against Indigo Sky
WEEK 4: Moonlight with Backlit House
- Introductory watercolor experience needed
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)
CADMIUM RED
ALIZARIN CRIMSON
CADMIUM YELLOW
LEMON YELLOW
YELLOW OCHRE
BURNT SIENNA
RAW UMBER
OLIVE GREEN
CERULEAN BLUE
ULTRAMARINE BLUE
COBALT VIOLET
MINERAL VIOLET
WATER CONTAINER
SPRAY BOTTLE
TISSUES WITHOUT LOTION OR PAPER TOWEL
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.