Drawing Into Watercolor and Nature with Jeannie Donovan
FOUR Thursdays, MAY 1-22, 10:00am-12:30pm
Cost: $150-$250 sliding scale* plus supplies (listed below)
Connect with your creative spirit in this fun and relaxing class where we will explore the elements of art and design through projects in sketching and watercolor painting, with an emphasis on nature and the landscape as subject matter. Techniques in brush application, dry brush, washes, and color mixing will be covered each week as we explore still life, composition, perspective, and our natural environment. This session is open to all experience levels and returning students.
Classes are held in Eli’s Room, our lower level studio at 33 Hawley Street. Parking is free.
To register, email programs@nohoarts.org or call the Center at 413-584-7327. Please include your name, address, and telephone contact. Course fees are payable in advance by check to “NCFA” and can be mailed to the Northampton Center for the Arts, PO Box 366, Northampton MA 01061, or by Paypal here.
*Payments on the upper end of the scale help support our commitment to sliding scale rates, as well as our low teacher/participant ratio. Financial aid is available through our Community Fund.
Jeannie Donovan is an exhibiting painter and papermaker with an MFA in Visual Design, who has taught drawing and painting to students of all ages for over 25 years.
Materials List:
Drawing Materials
Sketch book (9 x 12”) white drawing paper pad (no newsprint)
Drawing pencils: 2H, F, 2B, 4B, and pencil sharpener
1 or 2 kneaded rubber erasers
Watercolor Materials
Watercolor pad (9 x 12”) rough, textured surface, cold pressed (not real expensive brand, student grade)
1 sheet: Full size watercolor paper, 22” x 30”, cold pressed, 90 lb or heavier Arches, Fabriano, or other good quality brand*
Inexpensive camel hair or good student grade watercolor brushes: 1” flat; small detail brushes: #1 & #3; medium rounds #5 and/or #6; larger rounds: #10 and #12; Liner or Rigger brush: #3 or #4 for longer detail lines (Princeton Select brushes are good)
Starter watercolor kits like Koi, Reeves, Niji, Grumbacher, Cotman, or others that should include the colors cadnium red, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, medium yellow, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber, Chinese white, black, Payne’s gray, Hooker’s green dark, sap green; you can also buy separate tube colors and not a whole starter kit, whichever is more affordable; (be sure to buy a tube of Payne’s gray)
Small jar of white Masking Fluid or Friskit, OR masking fluid pen (cheaper)
Plastic palette with small and larger mixing wells, medium size round or rectangular
1 or 2 good size plastic cups or containers for water
16 x 20” (approximate) sheet of sturdy cardboard or masonite board)
1” roll of masking tape (or 1” roll of blue painter’s tape)
*NOTE: you won’t need the large sheet of good watercolor paper for the first class. Guild Art Supplies is a great source for materials: 1 Cottage St. Easthampton. Also Michael’s Crafts stores, or a local store near you.