Watercolor with Dawn Gerardot

Description

This class is for all levels and so much fun.

The intended purpose of this class is to teach color application, color blending, as well as sharing some tricks of the trade.

This class is a 3-week class for all levels. Tracing will be available via e-mail and to be completed prior to first class. Size of final painting will be your choice. I will be using a 1/2 sheet (11×15) Arches 300# cold press for demos. I will also be using the following color palette by Daniel Smith. Your colors are your choice. Know that results will vary depending on brand of paints used and weight & brand of watercolor paper used.

Do Not use Strathmore.

Classes start promptly at scheduled times.

Cost: $45.00 payable to Dawn Gerardot by cash or check. Present fee to Karen Earle prior to the first class. No refunds.  You can drop your check off at the clubhouse anytime.

Materials Required:

• arches wc paper or pad @ 140# or 300# (size your choice)
• watercolors (my color palette for this project – Daniel Smith)

quinn burnt orange, lunar earth, cobalt violet, cascade green, green gold, verditer blue, cobalt blue, hansa yellow, indigo, quinn gold,

• sable brushes ~ size ½ angle, size 0 round, size 8 round, size 12 round

• other ~ water container, palette or plastic coated plates, paper towels or Kleenex, table salt, table cover, masking fluid (if you have it), scrap wc paper for testing, moo eraser, ruler, #2 pencil

6-student minimum – 16-student maximum

Deadline sign up:  Friday, September 29th       

A little About the Artist, Dawn Gerardot Putman

Dawn has appreciated and loved art her whole life. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of St. Francis, she began to actively pursue a career in fine art in 1995. The dominant medium base of her artwork is any combination of watercolors, inks, dyes, fluid acrylics, heavy body acrylics or pastels. She believes the beauty of these water-based & chalk-based materials is in their unpredictability: Dawn comments, “I love to observe what happens when paints mingle naturally on paper, canvas or silk. Although I control the amount of color to be distributed, wonderful accidents do happen, and these accidents are the reason for my fascination with water & chalk mediums. I truly believe in color and the brighter, the better. I know the Lord gave me a beautiful gift which I love to share. I love to color my world in His name.