Hello and welcome to class!

If, like me, you eagerly await Fall's arrival this year, you might find this class is just what you’ve been hoping for! I’ve sketched a drawing of a farm truck and pumpkins that you’ll be able to print and trace before we work through painting it together.

You can expect to learn about how to create more realistic artwork, leaning into a style I developed early on called "Lootanical," which is a blending on both loose and botanical techniques. You will also learn a great deal about creating and navigating paint boundaries and layering paint to create depth and shadows. We’ll employ both wet-into-wet and wet-on-dry technique, learning how to guide the watercolor to create to bleeds as well as how to lift out color where it’s not wanted. This class is suitable for both beginner and intermediate students and infused with joy!

Let's get started!

- Cara

SUPPLIES

PAPER:

Legion 140 lb. cold press paper

BRUSHES:

Princeton Heritage Series Round Brush Size 6

Princeton Filbert Brush Size 6

PAINTS: acceptable brands are Winsor and Newton (Cotman or Professional), Van Gough, Maimeri Blu, Sennelier, Daniel Smith, Holbein.

Daniel Smith:

Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet (PR 206) Burnt Umber (PBr7) Jane’s Black ( PR188) Nansa Yellow Deep (PY65)

Sennelier: Greenish Umber (PB60, PBk7, Py85)

Maimeri Blu: Rose Lake

Winsor and Newton: Permanent White Gouache

Introduction and Supplies:

Taking a moment to welcome you to our class and go through the supplies you will need to complete this class.

Discussing The Palette:

Before we begin painting, we'll take a few moments to discuss the colors we’ll be using, inviting you to take liberties, and jotting down a few tips for remembering color combinations.

Painting The Truck Part 1:

Next we’ll begin to apply paint to paper using wet-into-wet technique, talking through how to create depth and shadows by layering.

Painting The Truck Part 2:

We'll continue adding layers of watercolor until the entire truck is fully painted.

Adding Layers To Create Depth:

Once the media is dry we’ll use cough-syrup consistency to add even more layers to invite a range of color into the painting.

Applying Gestural Marks:

Using the thickest water ratio we’ll add a few gestural markings to serve as shadows and rustic imperfections on the truck.

Painting the Tires:

Moving to another color we’ll paint the tires using Jane’s Black, and finish with a few gestural strokes to bring looseness into the painting.

Painting Pumpkin No 1:

Our next step takes into the painting of the first pumpkin using a 4-color combination.

Painting Pumpkin No. 2:

Moving along to the second pumpkin, we mix two colors to create an earthy orange-brown.

Painting Pumpkin No. 3:

Nearly complete, we finish off the pumpkins using two colors to create a white blend.

Painting The Dirt Ground:

Our final step is create the ground; we do this with a few loose strokes and applying the paint-spatter method.

LJ Strike

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