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Always wanted to learn to paint with watercolor? Join artist, author, and illustrator Jessie Kanelos Weiner to learn how to sketch and paint fruits and vegetables using watercolor.
This class is for anyone who loves the beauty of the edible plant kingdom and would like to celebrate it using watercolor, whether you’re a beginner or an already seasoned artist looking to develop food illustration or watercolor skills. This course is to help you retrain your artistic eye, learn watercolor basics and use this notoriously difficult medium to recreate what you see. 
We’ll be covering:
<ul><li>Choosing the tools &amp; supplies for your project</li>
<li>Searching for inspiration in a Parisian green market</li>
<li>Sketching to reconnect your hand with your eyes to create an authentic rendering of your muse</li>
<li>How to understand light, volume, texture and color and how to replicate it in a watercolor representation of a fruit or vegetable "portrait". </li>
<li>Learn simple color theory and watercolor mixing techniques in 3 different sample watercolor paintings</li>
<li>Easy watercolor methods and how to best use them</li>
</ul>You will gain valuable insight into how to see and communicate visual ideas including tips and tricks from a professional watercolor illustrator, and how to apply these methods to your own creative practices. 
And the final project will be an evocative, true-to-life rendering of your fruit or vegetable muse. 
Suggested Materials
<ul><li>Watercolor paint (I use Kuretake)</li>
<li>At least 1 round watercolor paintbrush (what I use: Gerstaeker Kolinsky 22466)</li>
<li>Watercolor paper (what I use: Fabriano Artistico, Cold Pressed 300g/m2)</li>
<li>1 big jar or vase of water</li>
<li>Drawing paper or a sketchbook</li>
<li>Paper towels </li>
<li>Large palette, dinner plate or mixing surface</li>
<li>HB pencil</li>
<li>A fruit or vegetable muse (from the fridge or elsewhere)</li>
</ul>"I’ve always been a huge home cook so I was naturally drawn to fruit and vegetables as a subject matter when I launched my career as an illustrator almost 10 years ago. Obviously there is the beauty and proximity to the subject which I found appealing AKA there were no excuses to not get started. You’ve really got to learn how to draw one thing before you can go nuts and paint from memory and beyond. So let this be a masterclass in knowing the medium and reacquainting yourself with a timeless subject".  -JKW

INTRODUCTION

TOOLS

INSPIRATION / RESEARCH

REVISITING RESEARCH 

SKETCH SKETCH SKETCH

QUICK COLOR 101

WATERCOLOR TIME PART 1 / TECHNIQUES

WATERCOLOR TIME PART 2 / EXECUTION

DON'T F$@9 IT UP

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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Paint Produce! Intro to Drawing Fruits and Vegetables with Watercolor

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