Jennifer Townsend Auge | Suntan Art Center

LEARNING WATERCOLORS THROUGH TEXTURES
Instructor: Jennifer Townsend Auge

Saturdays 8:00am - 10:00am starting Oct 5
Tuesdays 6:00pm - 8:00pm starting Oct 8th

$140/month Member
$160/month Non-Member
$40/single Class Member
$45/single Class Non-Member

$140 Member

$160 Non-Member

$40 Single Member

$45 Single Non-Member

This watercolor class will help you learn watercolor painting through the experience of painting textures such as wood grain, glass, metal, fruits and vegetables, plants, water, seashells and rocks, a woven texture (basket), clouds, and animal fur or feathers or scales. This class can be a great learning experience for the beginner or a good practice for the artist who has some experience painting and wants to discover some new challenges and skills. It is very helpful if the student knows basic sketching skills. At the end of the series of classes, you should feel confident to create any painting which will include any of or a variety of these textures.

What you will need to bring:
A small (i.e. 9”x12” watercolor paper tablet), 25 sheets or more.
A variety of paintbrushes including a large and small round brush, a large and small flat brush, a
line brush (small for detail)
A combination of red, yellow and blue paints. You can create your own greens, greys and
browns using red, yellow and blue. You are also welcome to use a watercolor pan set, however, in the beginning you will be mixing your own colors using only red, yellow and blue.
Paper Towel
Cup for water
A variety of sketch pencils with hard and soft lead
Eraser
Plastic or porcelain pallet tray (preferably with a lid)
Fun attitude

The class will be a fun and casual approach to improving skills as a watercolor artist. There is no right or wrong - just exploration and learning and growth. My style as an artist is realism and trying to capture as much detail as I can but still presenting the loose watercolor flow and letting the paint do its thing. I will teach you how I look at the subject and go about creating it on the paper. You can mimic my style or explore and create your own. l am looking forward to a variety of talents and experience as well as a variety of styles from the artists in the class. At the beginning of each class, I will do a brief presentation, showing how I sketch the subject
matter, How I go about painting it, then ask the students to create a similar subject matter while I walk around helping and giving advice.

Class 1: Basic skills

June 15, 2024

-Discuss basic watercolor materials and tools (paper, brushes, paint).

-We will “play” with different watercolor techniques such as wet on wet, dry on wet.

-Blend and mix colors.

-Use different brushes to understand how they work.

-Practice painting tight with detail and loose to see what the brush and paint do on their own.

-Spend a few minutes at the end of the class to look at the work of other and discuss.

Class 2: Wood Grain

June 22, 2024

Bring in a photo of a dock, log, wood floor, plank - anything with a grain.

Class 3: Glass

June 29, 2024

Bring a photo which includes a glass bottle, drinking glass

Class 4: Metal

July 6, 2024

Bring a photo which includes a metal bowl, vehicle, bicycle, motorcycle - something shiny that picks up the reflection around it.

Class 5: Fruits and Vegetables

July 13, 2024

Bring a photo which includes fruits and/or vegetables in it.

July 20th - class was cancelled

Class 6: Plants and Flowers

July 27, 2024

Bring a photo of your favorite plant, palm tree, tree, flower with leaves.

Class 7: Water

August 3, 2024

Bring a photo with a body of water like the ocean, bay, river, pool. It should have some ripples or patterns in it.

Class 8: Seashells and Rocks

August 10, 2024

Bring a photo of seashells or rocks (river rocks, pebbles) or bring in your own seashell/rock collection. . You may also choose a crustacean (crab or lobster).

Class 9: Woven texture (basket)

August 17, 2024