February 25 & 26, 10AM - 4:30PM $180

Drawing & Watercolor

Tiphoni

Drawing is not a skill of the hand but rather a skill of the eye to be able to see the visual world around you. In this way it is a vital skill for any artist to have so that they can start to grow in their own art by the constant stream of visual input we see on a daily basis. This will be accomplished through blind contour and negative space exercises.

We will be pairing this with understanding the beauty and wonder of watercolor. Watercolor is my favorite medium because it has so much depth and luminensce, however it is a medium not easily wrangled. If you fight with watercolor it fights back, it’s a medium that requires you to give up your control and allow the watercolor to be what it wants to be. Through our exercises you will be also learning color-mixing (through layering) techniques to create that depth in your paintings.

Supply List:

• Watercolor Paper: either in a journal or individual sheets but try to bring alteast 140 to 300 lb paper (cold or hot press)
• Large watercolor palette: this is very important as you will need a large area to make your pools of color, the larger the better (nothing smaller than 9 x 12 unless it folds out).
• Watercolor Brushes: the success of your experience with this medium will directly correlate to the quality of brush you purchase. I HIGHly recommend a russian blue squirrel quill mop brush (either isabey brand or daniel smith brand) size 4 or 5, they are unbelievable brushes and will last you a life time. If you prefer not to spend the money then you will need 2 brushes, one round size 6 and one flat about 1”. Buy the softest brush you can find and do not bring acrylic brushes because they do not work and you will be frustrated.
• You will need 6 (and only 6) tubes of watercolor paint: yes I did say tubes, do not bring watercolor cakes / pans because their vibrancy of color is subpar. Cotman brand are cheap and acceptable, Winsor Newton and Daniel Smith are my prefered quality brands. Pick one warm and one cool of each primary color from the following list:
• Cool Reds: Alizarin Crimson (recommended), Rose Madder Genuine, Quinadrone Red.
• Warm Reds: Cadmium Red Hue (no added words like “light” or “deep” as this means they’ve altered the color to be warmer or cooler, if it’s your only option pick the one marked “medium”) (recommended), Flame Red, Pyrrol Red
• Warm Blues: Ultramarine (recommended), Prussian, Cobalt.
• Cool Blues: Cerulean (recommended), Pthalo.
• Warm Yellows: Cadmium Yellow hue (again no added “light” or “deep”)(recommended)
• Cool Yellow: Aureolin Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Hansa Yellow.
  
  
  

  Teacher will provide:

• all other materials neccesary.

A Little About ME

I am a visual thinker, conceptualist, problem-solver and story teller. I have a passion for experiencing and studying the visual world for its lustrous color, its incredible shapes / spacial relationships, and its ability to form our thoughts, emotions and experiences as we go through life. Currently I’ve felt a strong pull towards interactive art and have been currently working on ways I can create my illustrative work but in a 3-dimensional environment so the viewer isn’t simply reading my story but experiencing it by full immersion.

I graduated from RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration, June 2007. I have also been the the web-designer of Artfest, artFIBERfest the Journalfest sites.