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Watercolor Techniques- 10 Week, All Levels Course

Dates:September 12 - November 21, 2024
Meets:Th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location:25 Sagamore Road Multi-Media
Cost: $525.00

Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.

A painting class that will emphasize technique and its importance in the development of the
individual’s own style. Complete beginners to more experienced painters are welcome. Beginning
painters will learn basic watercolor technique. Intermediate to advanced painters can work on their
own projects or polish their technical skills.

Intermediate to advanced students will work on classwork and homework projects that increase the
range of their painting abilities. Any painting problems that they may be having will be addressed on an
individual basis in class.

*Intermediate to Advanced Students- Bring your color wheel to ALL classes.
*Intermediate students should bring the supplies they have. You can supplement from the list below.
Supply List

*CC Lowell has a well-discounted kit with the supplies that will most benefit you in class (except water
containers, paper towels). You can purchase it online from their website cclowell.com.
Pigments:

The QoR introductory set of 12 will give you a good selection of watercolor pigments to try. If you
already have paints or prefer to get larger tubes use the following list:

QoR, Daniel Smith, M. Graham, Holbien, Utrecht, and Dick Blick are all good brands.
Tube colors, 5 ml:
Cadmium Red, Medium Permanent Rose (Quinacradone Rose)
Ultramarine Blue Pthalo Blue
Quinacradone Gold Bismuth Yellow
Burnt Umber (Graham)
Optional but great to have:
Pthalo Green (Winsor Green, Blue Shade) Indigo Blue
Permanent Alizarin Crimson Burnt Sienna or Burnt Umber
Cadmium Yellow Light Cadmium Red Light Cobalt Blue Manganese Blue
Transparent Pyrrole Orange Dioxazine Purple

Watercolor Brushes:
Rounds (sablette or nylon) #10, #12 (Utrecht 228’s, Princeton Synthetic 4750’s or Princeton Snap)
Princeton Synthetic 4750 Round #20 OR Princeton Snap #20 or (large round wash brush that comes to
a point)
½” Flat
1/8” Flat

Painting Surfaces:
At least 5 sheets 22” X 30” or two 10" X 14" or 12" X 16" Blocks. Minimum 140# watercolor paper (1
rough, 1 hot press, 3 cold press or soft press). I like Fabriano Artistico, Lanaquarelle, Saunders, Arches,
or Twinrocker.
Other Materials:
Palette- White surface only, minimum 9” X 12” mixing surface
2B pencil
Soft white eraser (Mars Staedler plastic is good)
18” X 24” drawing or painting board
Masking tape
2 water containers
1 squirt bottle
waterproof black drawing ink (India ink).
18” or 24” ruler
Utility knife
Soft paper towels

*Students should bring a selection of images to work from to EVERY CLASS. You may need to work on a
separate project during classes when we are also doing class projects. In this file (digital or prints, as
long as you can access them in class), please include several black and white images (Xeroxes are fine).




Gravity


Kat O'Connor, 2019


Watercolor


22" X 22"


 

Cancellation Policies


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If there is a photographer in your course/workshop, kindly remind them that you have withheld consent to be photographed. If WCC is using your photo in current marketing and you would prefer it not to be used, please let us know by emailing wccregistration@worcester.edu







 










 










 









Questions? Call us at 508.753.8183 X301

Notes:

If your class is scheduled to occur in the evenings after 5PM or if you arrive on a weekend before 10AM, please enter the facilities through our rear, handicap-accessible Studio Entrance across from the Parking Lot. The front entrance and offices lock at 5PM. As you enter through the Studio Entrance, please take a right if you are looking for the Ceramics Studio. Please take a left if you are looking for the Metals Studio, Lobby, or the Multimedia Studio.
Fee: $525.00

25 Sagamore Road Multi-Media

Kat O'Connor

Kat O'Connor earned a Bachelor of Arts in drawing with highest honors from Montana State University in 1990 and a Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1995. O'Connor was awarded a Mass Cultural Council Fellowship for her drawings in 2018, and is honored to have received a Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts 2021 Residency. She received an Arts Worcester Material Needs Grant in 2017 and 2021. She is a Copley Master in the Copley Society of Art in Boston, Massachusetts, and her work is included in many private and corporate collections. O'Connor has exhibited her work nationwide, including three solo shows at regional museums, and won numerous awards. O'Connor has shared her love of art with students at Southwest Texas State University, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Worcester State University, Worcester Art Museum, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, and Umbrella Center for the Arts in Concord, Massachusetts. She has lead landscape painting workshops in Maine, New Hampshire, Cape Cod, New Mexico, Italy, and Greece. Her work can be viewed online at www.katopaints.com.
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