Loose Watercolor - Less is…more?!
LOOSE WATERCOLOR is a gentle invitation to paint with freedom, trust, and a lighter hand. This full-day immersive class explores how to say more with less—using loose, expressive brushstrokes, intentional placement of just a few marks, and luminous wet-in-wet blending to create paintings full of atmosphere and feeling. Through rich color, softened edges, and simple storytelling, you’ll learn how to suggest rather than define, allowing the watercolor to breathe and the beauty to emerge naturally. Perfect for painters ready to loosen control and discover the quiet magic of restraint. Through a series of small studies, we will attend to the loose style above…and practice of finding the key value patterns in our paintings, as the most important element to retain in a piece.
Saturday, June 20, 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)
 
$10 RENT Supply Kit
(Above kit, available to rent for the day to try it out!)
 
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)
#1, #4 and #8 Round brushes
Optional: large quill/mop
 
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