Summer is a lovely time to explore botanical art with the many lovely flowers that surround us. Catherine Watters will guide you through the steps of observing, drawing and painting your flowers to capture their form, rich colors and texture.
All levels are welcome and students may use watercolor or colored pencils.
You have the option to rent materials with a $25 fee payable in cash to the instructor on the day of the class by selecting "Rent Materials" with your registration.

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WHAT TO BRING

A desk lamp with a natural daylight bulb

Hot-pressed watercolor paper. Single sheet, cut into 4 pieces (I prefer Arches 140lb). You can also use Arches Hot-pressed watercolor block, 9" by 12".                                     

Tester strips of the same watercolor paper as above (2" by 5")

One 9-inch by 12-inch sheet of drawing paper: Strathmore Bristol Vellum 300 series

One 9-inch by 12-inch sheet of Tracing paper – Canson Vidalon Vellum

Graphite Pencils - H and 2H

One Blending Stump

Divider – measuring tool with 2 points (without turning wheel)

Two Erasers: Tombo Mono Zero (round) and a kneaded eraser

FOR WATERCOLOR:

Palette – (I use a ceramic palette with 6 wells, plastic is fine too.)

Watercolor brushes – (I use Winsor & Newton, Series 7, Sable brushes, size 1 & 3)

Additional Brush - Princeton Dakota 6300B #2 Bright 

Watercolors:

Permanent Alizarin Crimson (Winsor and Newton)

Permanent Rose (Winsor and Newton)

Permanent Magenta (Winsor and Newton)

Transparent Yellow (Winsor and Newton)

Burnt Umber (Winsor and Newton)

Sap Green (Daniel Smith)

Indigo (Daniel Smith)

If you prefer to use Colored Pencils, I recommend Faber-Castell Polychromos or Sanford Prismacolor