Stunning Still Lifes Watercolor Workshop

with David R. Smith

Saturday, November 19th from 9am – 4pm

Location: Maple Grove Community Center 12951 Weaver Lake Road

Maple Grove, MN 55369 Cost: $75 Stunning Still Lifes Preparing for the Artistry Watercolor Wash-Off Competition forced me to think of fast ways to represent a Still Life. Let me show you an approach that’s fun, fast, and gives a great mood to your subject. While doing so, we’ll learn to work wet-into-wet, wet-on-dry, how to create lost edges, lift pigment, and create texture. Participants will be provided with a sketch to transfer from, a reference photo, a typed outline (so you can focus on instruction vs taking notes), and step-by-step instruction through all stages of the painting. Hope to see ya there! The classroom will be in room 125 & 127 to provide every participant with plenty of space. David uses a video camera to project the demonstration onto a large screen so everyone will have a great view. Registration due November 10th. *Must mail in a check to reserve your spot. Limit: 22 Participants. Directions: From the intersection of I94 and 494, head west on I94 (.6 mi.) Take exit 215 onto Weaver Lake Rd. and go .9 mi. Take a right onto Community Center Ln. The Community Center is on your left. When you walk into the Community Center, the Banquet Room is the first room to your left. Questions: Feel free to e-mail me at smithrdave@gmail.com or call me at 952-846-9448. Thank you, David. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Please cut & send below registration - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Registration for Stunning Still Lifes Watercolor Workshop on Saturday, November 19th

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Material List

- Usual Supplies: palette, water container, two paint boards (could be a sheet of cardboard, I use foamcore), masking tape, towels, Kleenex, large spray bottle, hair dryer, pencil/eraser, etc. IF you have an iPad/tablet, I recommend bringing it to take demo photos for reference.

- Arches Cold Press 140lb Paper. Bring at least 3 quarter sheets (11x15).

- MonaLisa Graphite Paper or Loew Cornell Gray Transfer Paper (can buy at Michaels art & craft store, JoAnn Fabric, or online) and a colored ball-point pen (red works well). These leave a transfer that is hard to erase, BUT are Dark, so you can see the lines through layers of paint, and will not wash away when wet. If you choose another transfer paper, test it to make sure it will be dark enough to see after a couple washes of color and will not disappear or get too light when wet.

- Tools for lifting/softening highlights: Stiff Bristle Brush or Fritch Scrubber.

- Scraping tool: a palette knife is my fav, but a credit card, popsicle stick, or something similar will do.

- Paint: Bring your favorites. I recommend the primaries: Yellow, Red, Blue, and a dark such as Paynes

Gray, Indigo, or Neutral Tint. I typically use: Yellow Ochre, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Sap Green, Burnt Sienna, and Payne’s Gray, but as long as you have the primaries, you’ll be fine.

- Brushes: A variety of rounds and flats will work fine. I use synthetics (Escoda, Robert Simmons, Loew-

Cornell). Brushes I presently use are: Escoda Rounds (Perla) size 8, 10, 12 (the Joseph Zbukvic set). And Escoda Mops (Ultimo Tendo Synthetic) size 14 & 18. If interested, these all can be found on the internet, like Amazon and some online art stores.