Creating Texture in Watercolour

Welcome to Watercolour!
If you're needing a little relaxation from the comfort of your own home, then please join Karin for a morning of watercolour. Art is meditative, known to heal and considered sacred in many ways.  By quieting yourself and spending time in an intuitive, mindful, relaxing and rewarding state, you can't help but feel at ease and at peace.  It's a healthy escape and a welcome reprieve. And if we can have a bit of fun along the way that's also good for mind, body and spirit. 

This month we're exploring several fun and informative ways to create interesting textures in your work.  You will  learn new techniques to add visual texture to make for more interesting painting. 
Supply Note:
Additional Supplies for Creating Texture in Watercolour


a little bit of regular table salt or kosher salt
an old toothbrush
eraser
palette knife
a clear or white wax crayon or even coloured crayons
some wax paper
some plastic wrap
small sea sponge
craft knife
water spritzer
some rubbing alcohol
mark making tools such as scrapers or a dress makers tracing wheel
a feather

We may not use all of these - just bring what you have around your place.


Join Karin for a fun and engaging session once a month to:





Explore many wonderful ways to create your own unique to you works of art
To add to your repertoire and expand your watercolour, design, and creative skills
Discover your own creative flow in an encouraging and fun community





Basic Supply list:

This is my basic list for all classes. Please bring what you already have on hand. No need to pick up anything extra that you might not have. (Unless a trip to the art store sounds like awesome fun!) You can always top up your stash after class 

if there is something that you “need”!! See extra notes for particular items pertaining to each class!





Paper: a few pieces of approx 6 x 8 inches  ( smaller or larger is fine too) good quality watercolour paper – Arches 140lb Cold Press or similar or good student grade
palette (with squeezed out paint) or whatever you have. There are some very good travel kits with a good selection of colour.

Watercolour brushes – 3/8” dagger; a good # 6 or #8 round and a 1⁄2” or 3/4 ” flat brush, size small waterbrush (I prefer Koi Sakura brand)

Any other brush shapes you might have - ie: triangle, filbert, etc. (optional)
lightweight board board larger than your paper
water spritzer, Kleenex, paper towel, water container
.05 black Micron Pigma pen or fine tip Sharpie or similar (waterproof and lightfast)
Pencil, pens (other kinds you have for embellishing), eraser, ruler, notebook/journal or sketchbook
Masking tape - 1⁄4” or 1⁄2” or whatever size you have. (optional - bring it if you have it!)
drafting compass (optional)





I will be using a full palette - bring whatever you have or enjoy using.





ALTHOUGH these classes are based in watercolour, you can also use any of the following that you may already have on hand also or instead of: colored markers, watercolor crayons, watercolor pencil crayon, pencil crayons, brush pens, iridescent watercolors or markers, posca pens, glaze or gellyroll pens, etc. and any other fun art supplies that might work here. 
Pencil, eraser, ruler or other straight edges
A tiny bit of salt, white wax crayon or anything else you might like to use for texture - (optional)
An old toothbrush
Fine-tipped, waterproof marker - like a sharpie - I will be using black. If you prefer, you can use any color you like!
Palette knife - I use a small metal diamond shaped one with a very flexible tip. A small piece of plastic like a guitar pic or an old credit card will do. If you have a brush with a chisel tipped handle, that works as well.
Water basin, paper towel, kleenex tissue
lightweight board to protect the surface you are working on.





Suggested paints if you don’t have any. 





I would recommend a small folding palette with at least the following: cool red like permanent rose or magenta; warm red like napthol or pyroll red; burnt sienna; raw sienna or quin gold; primary yellow; thalo blue; thalo green; ultramarine blue, cobalt teal, indigo





I recommend getting the best possible quality in your budget. There are some very good travel kits out there for reasonable prices that have a good selection of colour in them 

Testimonials
I found an inner painter that I didn't know I had. It has encouraged me to "go for it" and express myself thru paint. I'm now happily painting a whole bunch of  cards and feel quite good about my progress. I have become reclusive, isolated and sad during Covid. This course perked me up and got me interested again. Thank you!




Zoom worked well in an unintentional way for me. With no one seeing my work during the class, I felt more relaxed about just having fun and painting without self censoring. An unexpected bonus and very beneficial to my end results... confidence to just go ahead and paint. ~ MP