Fast and Loose...Sunflowers
This class is designed for the improver ..but to be honest anyone can give it a go with Kate's comprehensive instructions !
Kate will talk you though step by step her paint choices,material advice,drawing advice ,practice pieces,special effects,experimentation and  with tips and tricks along the way.
Her style in this video is to encourage fast and loose modern watercolours with this sunny subject matter and she will also demonstrate with experimental media and  salt technique plus a section on  laying in backgrounds to florals.
List of Materials .
ADVISORY EQUIPMENT
Paint comes in 1/2 pan, full pan, or tubes.
I would  buy tubes from the Winsor and Newton or Daler Rowney manufacturers if you have a choice
You might  struggle using pans of colour  later as it is difficult to mix large quantities for skies etc but if thats what you already have then thats fine...you can always buy the odd tube of blue!
 Paints I use in this video
Warm transparent yellow eg .Indian Yellow
Cool Yellow e.g. Lemon Yellow
Raw Umber (Daler Rowney)
Ultramarine Blue
Burnt sienna
Other materials used in the video
Salt,wax pastel,scalpel,sandpaper,watercolour pencils,waterspray,netting
Sky wash brush.
140-200lb  General purpose watercolour paper..in the trade this is called NOT paper
General advice and equipment
Paints I use in my normal painting kit
<ul><li>French Ultramarine</li>
<li>New Gamboge /Indian Yellow (or  Quinacridone gold)</li>
<li>Aureolin/Lemon yellow</li>
<li>Burnt Sienna</li>
<li>Rose Madder or Quinacridone Magenta</li>
<li>Raw Umber-I only use Daler Rowneys version of this colour as it remains dark when diluted and is non staining.If you cant find this use the darkest brown you have.</li>
<li>Raw sienna</li>
<li>Manganese blue (transparent) or cerulean</li>
</ul> 
<ul><li>*Cadmium red and yellow</li>
<li>*Prussian Blue/Indigo</li>
<li>*Crimson Alizarin</li>
<li>*Colbalt</li>
</ul>*Not absolutely necessary but can be useful!
BRUSHES-
I prefer to use Acrylic hair brushes on the whole and they are cheaper than sable!. I recommend you start off with this type.
 Rounds; acrylic haired (not sable/hog)- No 12
 
 I use Rosemarys brushes Designer range for my No 12 round (only available from Rosemarys Brushes direct)
 and Pro-art  Prolene Plus  007 Acrylic No 12 round watercolour brushes are great, readily available but a bit more expensive funnily enough.
Flat; acrylic haired (not sable/hog)-  No 4 (and 12 or depending upon labelling- 1cm and a 2cm)
 
Mop headed brush (soft hair )
 SUNDRIES
Drawing board-MDF or Plywood A2-3 size
Masking tape-2 inch wide- no less
Mixing palette  –with flat mixing areas or white china plate and old jar lids
 2 large Water containers(size of a childs seaside bucket is ideal)
Kitchen towel/paper
Pencils e.g. 2B and sharpener/rubber and watercolour pencils if you already have them
Hairdryer*
 
PAPER
 -A selection of A4,A3, Bockingford ‘NOT’ watercolour paper- or Seawhite or Langton
 preferably 140lb- 200lbs
NB If you go to any art shop –ask for advice- especially regarding papers- the whole business can be very confusing if you are a beginner.

Hello & Welcome!

Choosing Our Angles

Let's Talk Paints 

Planning & Experimenting 

What We'll Need

Water Spray Effect

Wax & Toothbrush

Watercolour Pencils

Printing Time

Wax Again & Salt

Making a Block

Negative Space & Quick Tip 

Lets Get Drawing!

Mixing Time!

Lets Paint Part 1 

Lets Paint Part 2

Lets Paint Part 3 

Lets Paint Part 4

Background Time

Let's Review

Thank You & Goodbye!

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