ONLINE - Fall Favorites in Watercolor
Adult Class | Registration opens 8/4/2026 9:00 AM MDT
Autumn is a favorite subject for the artist with its splendor of color tempting a painter to portray the entire visual symphony. However, the artist must decide what the unique attraction will be. From trees ablaze in the crisp mountain air to a patch of pumpkins with the last-ditch sunflower blooms, discover the many ways to use contrast to emphasize the focal point of your subject. With leaves shifting from greens to a kaleidoscope of golds and reds, enhance your color mixing skills and practice manipulating color values to portray the vibrant palette of this season. Leaves are falling and autumn is calling you to paint your creative vision! Reference material provided. Introductory watercolor experience needed.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: In addition to developing skills using color, value, shapes, and edges, students will gain an understanding of contrast and atmospheric perspective.
WEEK 1: Vignette of Fall Trees and Rocks
WEEK 2: Dirt Road with Puddles and Fall Foliage
WEEK 3: Pumpkin Patch with Sunflowers in Rain
WEEK 4: Mountain Vista with Fall Trees and River
- This class is held online via ZOOM.
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.