Water Moves - Watercolor Fundamentals
WATER MOVES: UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF WATERCOLOR is a full-day, immersive workshop designed to deepen your understanding of how watercolor truly works. Explore the essential roles of high-quality pigments, paper, and brushes—and how these tools can elevate or hinder your art. Through hands-on demonstrations and guided practice, you’ll discover how water behaves on the paper, how pigments interact, and why mastering this movement is key to vibrant, expressive (and detailed!) painting. You'll also learn to build and troubleshoot your own color palette, explore an introduction to color wheels and learn why traditional wheels often “break” in watercolor—and how to creatively fix them. This class is perfect for the beginner artist ready to dive into a new medium with a solid foundation, the watercolorist ready move beyond the basics and harness the full magic of watercolor, OR the experienced watercolorist who wants to take a trip back to the basics and troubleshoot current challenges. What is YOUR goal for this class?
April 11,  10am - 5pm
Supply Kit Options
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: Cash, check, or Venmo.
 
$75 BUY Supply Kit
Daniel Smith pigments, tin palette, Raphael watercolor brush, ceramic mixing palette)
 
$5 RENT Supply Kit
(Above kit, available to rent for the day to try it out!)
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
Supply List
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
Fabriano Watercolor Paper
Watercolor backing board
Cloth/Paper towels
Water container
Mixing Palettes
Pencils/Erasers
Pens
Graphite transfer paper
Reference Images
Masking tape
Pipettes
Spray bottle
Supplies to purchase if you do not buy/rent a kit
Watercolor Paint
Daniel Smith pigments (or comparative professional brand Holbein, M. Graham, Sennelier, Winsor & Newton. To truly experience the capability, color, and magic of watercolor good pigments are essential!)
Lemon Yellow
Hansa Yellow Med
Quinacridone Gold
Pyrrol Scarlet
Pyrrol Crimson
Quinacridone Rose
Phthalo Blue (Green Shade)
Phthalo Blue (Red Shade)
Ultramarine
Payne’s Gray
Italian Deep Ochre
Burnt Sienna
Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet
Raw Umber

 
Brushes
(Bring soft, absorbent, quality watercolor brushes: sable, squirrel or blends. PLEASE NO stiff oil brushes! Favorite brands? Raphael SoftAqua, Silver Black Velvet, Unico Infinito, Princeton Velvetouch)
#8 Round brush
 
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
MONO by Tombow soft plastic eraser, or grey kneaded eraser