Watercolor Realism with Deb Watson

This is a 2 day workshop

Thursday, July 22, 2021 - Friday, July 23, 2021

10:00am - 4:00pm

$100 HAAA members, $115 non-members

Class is located at the Hershey History Center, 40 Northeast Dr., Hershey, PA

Deb Watson’s beginner to intermediate workshop will cover everything you need to know for painting realistic watercolors - a step-by-step, hands on approach so students can learn essential watercolor techniques while creating glowing, realistic paintings from photographs. Exciting warm-up exercises will show how to get the most out of your materials and how to use common household items to create unique effects. Expect many short demos with lots of painting and individual instruction. Lessons are geared to each student’s comfort level, so you can go at your own pace to gain confidence in watercolor painting. See color theory in action to gain mastery in creating professional looking work, with landscapes, portraits and still life.

The class will break for approximately 45 minutes for lunch. Feel free to bring a lunch, go out to eat, or stay and get extra help from Deb.

Feel free to email Deb with any questions: deb-watson@comcast.net

***We will be following the recommended Covid precautions that are in place at the time of the class***

Please make checks payable to Hershey Area Art Association (HAAA) and mail to:

PO Box 654, Hershey, PA 17033

Suggested materials (students are welcome to bring the supplies they have for the workshop if they don’t want to buy new supplies), and Deb will provide some extras for people to try.

Palette -any palette with a large area for mixing

Brushes - silver black velvet 3/4” oval wash brush, round synthetic watercolor brush with a good point, hake flat was brush

Paint - Qor brand recommended -basics (Cobalt blue, any red made with quinacridone PV19, lemon yellow or hansa yellow light, and/or any other colors you like. Qor High Chroma set of six, Opaque white (pro white by Daler Rowney)

Paper - Deb use Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper in blocks or 1 sheet, back board slightly larger than the paper -can be any firm surface (cardboard covered with contact paper works well)

Miscellaneous - paper towels, water bowl with 2 sections for clean and dirty water, small piece of natural sponge, Mr. Clean’s Magic Eraser, small tool with flat firm surface - credit card cut in half, palette knife, some brushes, masking or art tape, misting spray bottle