PAINTED LEAVES

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PAINTED LEAVES using leaves as illustrations and borders COURSE DESCRIPTION Leaves offer so many opportunities for design, from the varieties of wonderful colors to their unique forms and shapes. In this class, we will first learn to paint these forms, learning several techniques and using assorted brushes. Exploring the vast color palette will follow, using the warm tones of autumn to inspire our seasonal designs. We will then move on to exploring various uses for our illustrations, to singular designs to incorporating into borders and frames. DATE AND TIME The class will be two 2-hour sessions on Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4 via Zoom. You must load Zoom on your computer, please email me if you need help setting this up. SUPPLIES 1. A sheet of cold press Arches Watercolor Paper (it can be cut into fourths, a light weight is good for practice), or a pad such as Canson Watercolor or MixedMedia. 2. Triangle (Wedge) brush, a small and a medium (Ruby Satin -John Neal Books, Petals Brush from Princeton, or Golden Taklon Triangular Brush from Royal Langnickel). 3. Round brushes, size 1, 3 and 8. 4. Tube watercolors - suggested colors for this class include: Alizarin Crimson, Prussian Blue, Sap Green, Undersea Green, New Gamboge, Cad Yellow, Cad Orange, Cobalt Blue, Naples Yellow, Burnt Sienna, Quinacridone Gold, Payne’s Gray (not all are necessary, a good start would be a yellow, an earthy brown, a green, and an orange. 5. 2 small water containers 6. a small palette 7. pencil 8. eraser 9. paper towels SUPPLIES CAN BE FOUND AT JOHNNEALBOOKS.COM, or online Art Supply Stores.

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