Step into a wonderful world of color with watercolor artist Jacqueline Newbold. Together we’ll explore the magic of mixing luminous colors, taming muddy areas, and understanding why some colors sing while others fall flat. With the color wheel as your guide, you’ll discover how to mix lively, dynamic color combinations. As you deepen your understanding of how colors relate to one another, you’ll feel more confident making expressive, intentional choices in your paintings!
Through relaxing, curiosity‑driven exercises, you’ll discover how complementary colors make each other glow, how warm and cool pigments shift the mood of a painting, and how the paints on your palette interact in surprising ways. This is a problem‑solving class in the best sense: playful, exploratory, and full of “aha” moments.
Your colorful experiments will be painted on Arches 140 lb. paper and gathered into a charming 6" × 9" spiral‑bound color journal — a little treasure you can tuck into your bag and bring along on all your creative journeys.
Materials Fee $50 paid at beginning of class includes:
Circle stencils
Gesso
Letter stencils
Artist tape
Index card dividers
Rubber stamps and ink pads
Acrylic gold and copper paint
Wax paper
Gel medium
Supplies Needed to bring for Class:
Top quality watercolor paints (not student grade) and palette
Watercolor brushes in a variety of sizes such as Princeton Brush & Co. Series 4050: round #3, round #8, ½ inch flat, and a liner brush size #2 or #4
Arches cold press watercolor block 7 x 10 inches or loose Arches paper, 140 lb.
Colorwheel
Pencil and eraser
Permanent black ink pen
Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pen – black
Uni-ball Signo white gel ink pen
Small cotton cloth or washcloth
Small spray bottle
OPTIONAL: Sharpie oil-based paint pens or other colored markers, letter stencils, alphabet stamps
Note about watercolor paint colors: My favorite brands include Daniel Smith, Winsor Newton, Sennelier, and Holbein. Cobalt blue, cerulean blue, French ultra-marine, permanent magenta, permanent rose, French vermilion, quinacridone red, permanent orange, new gamboge or Indian yellow, Hansa or lemon yellow, quinacridone gold, and sap green are always on my palette.
Check out my blog post for ideas of a well-rounded watercolor palette: https://newboldart.com/2017/12/30/a-well-rounded-watercolor-palette/
*website: https://newboldart.com/
* email: newbold0505@bendbroadband.com
To pre-order supplies, click on this link for Cobblestone Creek Studios.