VIRTUAL DROP-IN: COLORFUL ARCHITECTURES IN WATERCOLOR
Wednesdays | October 13 | 1-2pm PT
All ages and skill levels
This workshop will explore an abstract method for depicting our own homes and neighborhoods with watercolor. We will learn to paint colorful washes in geometric shapes - rectangles, triangles, and squares - to suggest the places that hold meaning to us. The gouache and watercolor paintings of Paul Klee will serve as a launching point to take inspiration. Participants can choose to paint from observation and use the house in which they sit as subject material, or paint from memory, choosing to depict a special place from childhood, for example.
Some of the techniques we will learn are how to paint and layer washes of watercolor and how to use painters’ tape to create defined edges and lines.
This workshop is a part of two-session Watercolor Constructions Series on October 6 and October 13.
Materials:
- Watercolor or mixed media paper
- Drawing pencil and eraser
- Watercolor paints (tray or tubes)
- Painter’s tape or Washi tape (washi tape is a craft tape that you can get at most art/craft stores, it peels off of paper easily and can be reused)
- Brushes (any size, ideally at one in the #8 - #12 range)
- Water containers
- Painter’s rag or paper towel
Virtual Drop-In: This program is a part of Virtual Drop-in Series. | By registering once, participants may attend all weekly session.
Teaching Artist: Ashley Morgan
Registration: Free | RSVP is Essential
Artwork Image: "Colorful Architecture." Paul Klee. 1917. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.