Join the fun with this Italian watercolor workshop staycation! Italy is full of wonderful scenes to paint: windows draped with colorful flower boxes, old textured stone walls, charming doorways, lively café scenes, and rolling hills of vineyards. Imagine we are on vacation painting our way through the warm Tuscan sunshine, Umbria's ochre hills, or Venice's colorful buildings! With a few watercolors and art supplies, you will be ready to capture memories of your imaginary journeys colorfully and uniquely. You will create a lasting memory of your travel adventures by painting watercolor paintings and adding mixed media. Jacqueline will share her favorite techniques for preparing pages for including collected ephemera and treasured items. This will be a great way to learn techniques that you can use to create a watercolor art journal while on any adventure. All levels are welcome. Ciao Bella!

Materials Fee $20 paid at beginning of class includes:

• Inks
• Extra paints
• Masa Paper
• Tracing paper
• Golden Fluid acrylic paint
• Black and white gesso
• Office supplies for mixed media
• Texture makers
• Artist tape
• Stencils
• Rubber stamps
 

Supplies Needed  to bring for Class:

• Top quality watercolor paints (not student grade).
• Watercolor Palette
• Watercolor brushes in a variety of sizes such as Princeton Brush & Co. Series 4050 such as a round #3, round #8, ½ inch flat, and a liner brush size #2 or #4
• Arches cold press watercolor block 9 x 12 inches or a Fabriano Watercolor Journal (available at Amazon. Note that it is advertised as a pastel block but it really is a nice watercolor paper journal.)
• Small acrylic paint brush
• Drawing pencil and kneaded eraser
• Permanent black ink pen
• Uni-ball Signo White gel pen
• Black Glaze gel pen by Sakura
• Water container
• Small cotton cloth or washcloth
• Small spray bottle
• Scissors

• A note about my favorite watercolor paints: The brands I like include Daniel Smith, Winsor Newton, Sennelier, and Holbein. These are my favorite colors: 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. I will have a couple extra palettes for those of you who are new to watercolor and don’t want to spend a lot of money buying paint.