WATERCOLOR HOLIDAY CARDS: is a full-day workshop. About what? You guessed it, creating beautiful Holiday cards!! Together, we’ll explore and create several elegant, repeatable holiday card designs that celebrate watercolor’s natural beauty—its soft blooms, granulating textures, and unpredictable charm. Using your own selection of soft or bold, festive colors, we’ll explore how letting the paint flow freely can produce classy, organic effects with minimal effort. Each design is simple yet striking, perfect for recreating in sets or customizing with your own text and titles. Whether for personal use or gifting, you’ll leave with a collection of polished, one-of-a-kind cards that capture the season’s warmth through the effortless magic of watercolor. It’s going to be FUN!!
 
Supply Kit Options
$75 BUY SUPPLY KIT (Daniel Smith pigments, tin palette, watercolor brush, ceramic mixing palette)
$5 RENT SUPPLY KIT (Above kit, available to rent for the day to try it out)
When you BUY or RENT your supply kit, all other supplies needed for the class will be available at the studio for your use! SO easy!
All borrowed Studio supplies and materials will remain at the studio at the conclusion of class.
BUY or RENT your supply kit day of class. Payments will be made directly to the instructor (Monica Austin): Cash, check, or Venmo. Please contact the gallery and let us know if you are renting, buying or already have your own so Monica can have the right kits for class - (817)454-4107
All supplies listed below will be used during this class. Studio supplies will be provided for class and will remain at the studio.
(Yes, of course, you are welcome to purchase any/all of the studio supplies listed below for your own use, if you so choose. You will find all items useful for your ongoing watercolor practice at home).
 
STUDIO SUPPLIES PROVIDED FOR USE IN CLASS:
Watercolor Paper Watercolor backing board Cloth/Paper towels
Water container
Pencils/Erasers
Pens
Graphite transfer paper Reference Images
Masking tape Masking fluid Pipettes Spray bottle
SUPPLIES TO PURCHASE IF YOU DO NOT BUY/RENT A KIT:
W A T E R C O L O R S : Daniel Smith pigments (or comparative professional brand Holbein, M. Graham,Sennelier, Winsor & Newton, Qor. To truly experience the capability, color, and magic of watercolor good pigments are essential!)
Lemon Yellow
Hansa Yellow Medium Quinacridone Gold
Phthalo Blue (Red Shade) Phthalo Blue (Green Shade) Ultramarine
Payne’s Grey
Pyrrol Scarlet
BRUSHES: (Bring soft, absorbent, quality watercolor brushes: sable, squirrel or blends. PLEASE NO stiff oil brushes!)
Tiny detail brush (round, liner) #1 or #2 Round brush
#4 Round brush
#8 Round brush
Pyrrol Crimson Quinacridone Rose
Burnt Ochre
Burnt Sienna
Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet Raw Umber
OPTIONAL: your favorite granulating pigments, or colors that split into multiple colors/shades after drying
OTHER SUPPLIES:
Mixing Palette (As long as it’s flat, white, water-resistant! Ceramic salad plate, serving dish, butcher tray etc.)
Scratch watercolor paper for ‘tests’ 0.5mm Mechanical pencil
White or Black soft plastic eraser