Pen Doodles & Tiny Brush Spring Borders

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PEN DOODLES AND TINY BRUSH SPRING BORDERS level - ANY Thursdays, APRIL 20 AND Friday, APRIL 21 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, EDT (eastern US) A fun class to get us in the 'springy' mood! We will be using tiny wedge brush florals, doodle flowers and some pen flourishing to design and paint lovely, springtime border designs and flourishes. First , using a small liner pen, we will draw and ‘doodle’ all types of flowers, petals, and leaves, painting them in with contrasting colors. Next comes some practice with a tiny wedge brush, making leaves, petals and flowers to add to our border design. Some flourishing techniques will follow with a pointed pen, to add some texture. If you are unfamiliar with this tool, this will be a good way to get to know it, or reinforce the technique of using it for thin strokes and shades. All sorts of combinations are possible, and the class should spark your imagination with unique and fun designs, that you can use in a border, a frame, or just a quick add-on to calligraphy. This class will be recorded, and the video available for 6 weeks. SUPPLIES small wedge brush, size 6 or 8. oblique pen holder, for flourishing techniques your favorite pointed pen nibs - Hunt 22, Zebra G, Hunt 56 or Gillott 303 are recommended Sumi Moon Palace, McCaffteys Black, or Walnut Ink Canson Pro-Marker Pad, 9x12 a sheet of watercolor paper, smooth surface (hot press) Micron Pigma, 005, 03 or 01 small, good quality pointed brush, such as Princeton Round size 3 assorted tubes or pans of watercolor in springy colors. I will be using tube watercolors: french ultramarine, winsor violet, winsor violet, rose madder genuine, quinacridone rose, cad yellow, new gamboge, sap green, winsor blue (green shade), cerulean blue a few tubes of gouache in spring colors (optional) eraser pencil several water pots

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