April 20, 2024
Botanical Art in Drybrush Watercolor w/Margaret Saylor
Wayne Art Center • 413 Maplewood Ave Wayne, PA 19087 Organized by Wayne Art Center
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We're sorry, but this class is over. The last meeting was Saturday, April 20, 2024.
Botanical Art in Drybrush Watercolorw/Margaret SaylorSaturday, April 2010:00 am - 4:00 pmPainting in a drybrush watercolor method is akin to drawing with paint. We’ll observe and draw a simple botanical subject, transfer it to hot-pressed watercolor paper, and work our way through the technique of applying paint in tiny, colorful strokes. Capture all the details on a botanical subject of your choice.
Materials: (all suggested, never required)A good quality sketchbook, preferably with hot-pressed watercolor paper (Hahnemuhle) or Stillman & Birn Zeta series. Size and binding are totally up to the student.If your sketchbook does not have hot-pressed watercolor paper, you must have some on hand. 8 x 10 is fine. Have another piece for experimenting. I don’t have a preference of brands.Brushes: For this class in particular, the best results are from a watercolor sable brush with a very pointy, springy tip, but any brush will work as long as it has a point (DaVinci long point watercolor brush #4; Raphael #8408)Paint: a selection of basic watercolors is fine! If you plan on building a palette for botanical art, start with six colors, two of each color bias. For example: Scarlet Lake (orange-red); Permanent Magenta (blue-red); Lemon Yellow (green-yellow); New Gamboge (orange-yellow); Ultramarine Blue (red-blue); and Cerulean (green-blue). They can be tubes, pans, it doesn’t matter. I like W&N or Daniel Smith.Palette: a porcelain palette for mixingpaper towels or microfiber cloth for wiping brushwater vessels, two small onesgraphite, HB, 2B, 2H, and sharpeners kneaded eraser, Tombow mono zero erasera few sheets of tracing paper
Subject: Something botanical. Find plants, leaves, dried pods, spring bulbs, flowers, fruit, vegetables, branches, or anything interesting to use as your subject.
Instructor
Margaret Saylor
Age and Gender
Co-Ed