Autumn offers us a bounty of beauty to illustrate.

Catherine will teach you her ‘10 Stages of a Botanical Painting’ to create luminous subjects from autumn botanicals. After careful observation, you will measure and draw, learn to mix and build layers of rich colors to capture the form and texture.

All levels are welcome and students may use watercolor or colored pencils.

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SUPPLY LIST: WHAT TO BRING

• There will be a variety of Autumn Harvest subjects to choose from, but you are welcome to bring your own favorite ones.
• Hot pressed watercolor paper - I prefer Arches 140lb. single sheet, cut into 4 pieces (you can also use Arches Hot pressed watercolor block, 9” x12”)
• Tester strips of same watercolor paper, cut into 2” x 6” strips
• 1 - 9" x 12" sheet of drawing paper (I like Strathmore Bristol Vellum 300 series)
• 1 sheet of Tracing paper, 9” x 12” (I use Canson Vidalon Vellum)
• Pencil – H
• 1 Blending Stump
• Divider – measuring tool (no turning wheel)
• Erasers - Tombo Mono Zero (round)  & a kneaded eraser
• Palette - I use a ceramic palette with 6 wells (plastic is fine)
• Watercolor brushes - I use Winsor & Newton, Series 7, Sable brushes, size 1 & 3
• Additional Brush - Princeton Dakota 6300B #2 Bright
  

Watercolors – You can use your own colors, I will use the following:
 Permanent Rose (Winsor & Newton)
 Permanent Alizarin Crimson (Winsor & Newton)
 Permanent Magenta (Winsor & Newton)
 Transparent Yellow (Winsor & Newton)
 Burnt Umber (Winsor & Newton)
 Sap Green (M Graham)
 Ultramarine Violet (Schmincke OR Winsor & Newton

If using Colored Pencils: 
- Use Strathmore Bristol Vellum 300 series drawing paper - 9” x 12” or 11” x 14” block
- Sanford Prismacolor  (Faber-Castell are also very nice pencils)
 Cream ( PC 914)  
 Canary Yellow ( PC 916) 
 Rose (PC 929)
 Crimson Lake ( PC 925)  
 Violet (PC 923) 
 Olive Green (PC 911) 
 Limepeel (PC 1005)
 Sienna Brown  ( PC 945)
 Colorless Blender (PC 1077)