See The Light with Betsey MacDonald
Tuesdays, January 13, 20, 27 and February 10 from 10:00AM–1:00PM (4 classes)
Intermediate to Advanced Levels
In January, just when we’re ready to see more light, we’ll use watercolor as our medium, to study just how light hits our subject to create a sense of luminous form. Watercolor is transparent, fluid and luminous. It glows because light moves through it and reflects off the white paper, unlike an opaque medium. In this class, we’ll work with a single light source, using our own objects and then our own photos to create the illusion of luminous dramatic light and paintings that glow.
- Acquire skills with a variety of watercolor painting techniques
- Learn about clean color mixing and layering
- Learn to better see the light as it creates highlights and shadows
- Create a variety of values using simply the addition of water to watercolor
- Create a variety of values through the use of colors
- Improve observational skills through painting from life
- Use value/color to render objects in light and shadow
- Understand how values can be used to create form
- Render objects by selectively and knowledgably using color
- Observe, critique and discuss student work and master paintings
- Gain a greater appreciation of how light and painting are connected
$170 Members | $200 Non-members