Winter Wonderlands in Watercolor
Adult Course | Registration opens 11/4/2025 10:00 AM MDT
When snowfall drapes the terrain in a blanket of powder, the winter landscape is simplified and lures the artist with its iridescent gleam. Whether sunny and bright or overcast, study the way light plays on the snow surface. Working with a collection of colors, learn to look for opportunities to exaggerate color when conveying the frosty feel of heaping piles of pristine white. Discover how to use value, contrast and drybrush to enhance the subtle beauty of this season. As snow swirls and twirls, take a snow day and paint! Reference material provided. Introductory watercolor experience needed.
In addition to developing skills using color, value, shapes, and edges, students will feel comfortable using brushwork techniques like drybrush and gain an understanding of light and shadow in painting.
WEEK 1: Snowscape with Sunset and Rabbit
WEEK 2: Barb-Wire Wooden Fence in Snow
WEEK 3: Vibrant Cast Shadows in the Snow
WEEK 4: Snow-Covered Rocks on Hillside
- 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.