Hello, my friend! Welcome to class.

In this class, I'm going to show you a fun technique I like to do with watercolors. I use this to swatch out colors, experiment with color palettes... and then turn my little experiments into abstract art with some mark-making. This is such a fun way to experiment with colors and try out new color palettes. It's good for seeing how your materials work together too. I'm calling these color samplers since my main goal is to swatch out and experiment with my watercolors... but you might have other goals for these once you make a few and see how beautiful they turn out!

We'll start out in our sketchbooks to get started, then move on to larger pieces of loose paper to do some art inspired by colors we tried out in our practice pieces.

In this class, I'm going to go over the supplies I'm using below - but I encourage you to use what you have to get started. I will also go a bit more in-depth about different watercolor brands and grades so you'll know what you might want to try out when you go looking.

This class is for you if:

You love learning new techniques for your art
You are interested in learning more about watercolors and making some fun little abstract pieces while we also work on color swatching
You love experimenting with art supplies
You love watching how others approach their painting practice

Supplies: I encourage you to use your supplies you have on hand to do your projects. You do not have to purchase any specific supplies for this class. It is all about experimenting with the supplies you have and learning to let loose.

Watercolor paper - I Iike cold press and hot press about 140lb for most projects
Various paintbrushes and mark making tools
Watercolor paints - use what you have or check out the watercolor videos I did telling you the differences and grades between the different watercolor brands.

That is the majority of supplies I am using... but as I mentioned above - don't think you need to go out and buy tons of new supplies (unless you just want to...). Try this project with some of the supplies you have on hand and grow from there.

Acquanetta Ferguson

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