Canadian Landscape. Alberta. Watercolour mini course. Intermediate. BASIC to REVIEW update. Start anytime.

Explore the landscapes of Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta and Ontario in these mini courses.

Extend your watercolour skills while painting the fauna, coasts and seascapes of Newfoundland, the mountains, lakes and parks of Alberta and the Winter fairyland of Ontario.

Alberta. 

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This four week mini course takes you to the western province of Alberta. We will travel through well known national parks Jasper and Banff.  You will learn to paint the landscapes, mountains and crystal clear turquoise lakes.

 

 

 

 

Read more about the Newfoundland and Labrador mini course. Coming soon.

Read more about the Ontario mini course. Coming soon.

Take all three mini-courses together.  Coming soon.

 

Materials that will be used  during the course;

This list is only for your information, you can use materials that you already have.

Watercolour paper, per lesson:

• one or two sheets of watercolour paper,  100% cotton, 300 gm2;
• And /or One or two sheets of Arches watercolour paper, cotton, cold press or rough, 300 gm2, size A4 or bigger;

Watercolour brushes;
– Round # 10-12, # 6 and # 2; Escoda  or Dainayw;

– flat synthetic brush 3/4 and 1 1/2 or larger (Grumbacher, Santa Fe Art Supply, Connoisseur )

– Liner brush (Princeton, Artist’s Loft)

 

Watercolour paint:

IMPORTANT; Paint in tubes gives you the best results.

This is the list what I am going to use during this course:

 

Lemon yellow (optional) or any light yellow, Daniel Smith

Yellow Ochre, Daniel Smith

Buff Titanium (optional), Daniel Smith; or you can mix Ochre and Neutral Tint

Quinacridone Gold or Quinacridone Rust or Burnt Sienna, Daniel Smith

Opera Pink by Daniel Smith or Rose by  Van Gogh (only for the last class)

Mineral Violet, Daniel Smith

Cobalt Blue, Daniel Smith

Turquoise by M. Graham or Cobalt Turquoise or Cobalt Green Turquoise, Schmincke

Cerulean Blue, Van Gogh

Turquoise Glacier , Schminske (optional)

Ultramarine, Van Gogh

Indigo, Grambacher

Olive Green, Van Gogh

Undersea green, Daniel Smith or you can mix Olive Green and Indigo

Yellow Dusk, Van Gogh (optional)

Burnt Umber, Daniel Smith

Neutral Tint, Schminske

Payne’s Grey, Van Gogh

 

White Gouache (optional)

And/or

White pen, Gelly Roll, 08, Sakura, Japan

And/or

COPIC White Opaque;

Artistic tape;

Sea sponge;

Watercolour board (the board which you will tape your watercolour paper to) and plexiglass board (any plastic board that the wet paper will stick to); You can use any smooth surface board big enough to place your paper on it; glass, mirror, flat baking sheet.

Watercolour palette with a large surface for mixing pigments and one 6 wells palette. Alternatively, you can use a white ceramic plate and a few white ramekins, or small jars.

A Pencil 3H and 2B and Eraser;

Two large jars for water;

Paper towels;

Hair dryer.

 

 

 

 

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