Watercolour Essentials

In-Studio Classes are limited to 8 students only to allow proper social distancing measures.

Understand the characteristics and master the techniques of watercolour in these weekly classes with Phoenix Art Workshop founder Mark Glavina.  The focus of these classes will be developing essential skills regardless of your level of experience with an all new series of lessons and subject matter for new and returning students.

On line option: Students will receive our class lesson PDF, can join our class virtually for demonstrations and explanations of lessons, will have access to the weekly online recording, and receive weekly feedback.

Check the link below for the Supply List for this class – all supplies available for pickup at Phoenix Art Workshop!

Understanding the Transparency of Watercolour:

• The essentials of watercolour
• Learning how to work wet into wet
• Creating and controlling glazes
• Contrasting techniques (Dry over wet and wet over dry)

Understanding the use of contrast in Watercolour

• Understanding Values
• How to create contrast in your painting
• Understanding warm and cool hues
• Positive and Negative  shapes

Learning to control edges and colour connections

• Creating soft edges in watercolour
• Controlling colour flow
• Making colour connections
• The Interaction of colour

Building Compositions in Watercolour

• Works small think Big
• The Value of  Shape
• The Value of Value
• Pulling it all together with colour