Embrace a festive spirit and craft your own stunning holiday centerpiece in watercolor. Using traditional elements such as pine cones, ornaments, berries, and poinsettias, bring your vision to life on paper in expressive, flowing colors.
Learn simple techniques to create landscape and seascape paintings. Special emphasis is given to watercolor techniques such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and masking.
Get an introduction to stylized lettering, including altered block letters, botanical borders, and illuminated initials with vines and flourishes.
Using watercolor, learn the strategies Morisot, Constable, Monet, and Cézanne employed to harness light in their images. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)
Learn to embrace and celebrate the unpredictability, versatility, and beauty of watercolor. Class discussions cover supplies; color theory, palettes, and pigment control; and exercises and experiments to achieve different effects.
This course is an introduction to J.M.W. Turner’s vast achievements in watercolor, with particular attention to his manner of expressing light and atmosphere. In-class exercises revolve around making studies of his masterworks with an emphasis on creating cohesive sketches, not replicas. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)
The limitless creative possibilities of watercolor can be a bit intimidating for beginning students. In this series, focus on the basics with methods that narrow parameters. Learn what supplies make all the difference and how to manipulate your brush to create flowing lines.
Learn how to see beauty in the natural world and render it in stunning watercolor paintings, using various watercolor techniques to represent the metallic shell of a beetle, the soft, fuzzy wing of a moth, and the delightful colors of a butterfly.
Paint the historic McPolin Farm in Park City, Utah, alongside the instructor using a provided tracing. Demonstrations show how to save the whites, create colorful shadows, paint fabrics, and mix a variety of greens.
Try your hand at a mixed-media approach to the popular subject of landscapes. Experiment with layering pre-printed and handmade papers, fabric, and textured materials to create vibrant compositions featuring natural and built environments.
