Art/Watercolor Foundations: Drawing with a Brush -- Week 1

Objective: Practices in basic art foundations; design principles and elements; art
terminology; the watercolor brush and its paint, brushstrokes and effects,
emphasis on BRUSH holding and strokes
Teacher Instruction: Design Principles and Elements
Line---Development of an idea to be expressed with various line forms, thickness
and movements; contour study of precise line placement; creation of a simple
composition which demonstrates an arrangement of overlapping, moving,
opaque or transparent shapes using collage materials. Design enhanced with
texture.
Texture---Visual representation of surface textures; imaginative linear designs of
created texturals for enhancement of specific areas and details.
Shape---Naturalistic, free form, geometric, and abstract variations; creation of a
simple composition with overlapping, opaque or transparent shapes composed of
collage materials; texture enhancement.
Repetition---shape duplication in the design area; realistic or abstract forms.
Positive/Negative Design---Creating new, inventive shapes by single, double and
triple cutting a large curved, angular or combination lines on an axis. Free,
creative design contrasting preplanned ideas and constructions.
Objective: How we see color; differences between light and pigment; color
classifications and watercolor mixtures and applications, painting basics with
regard to foreground, background, emphasis, and space
Primary hues---Used to mix secondary, intermediate, complementary and
analogous mixes.
Tints---Raising intensity of a hue by adding white or water
Shades---Lowering intensity by adding black or complementary color
Neutral Hues---Skill practice with hues + theirs complement
Water Color Washes---Loose and free (Making Marks); Flat Wash; Gradated
Wash; Variegated Wash
Painting skill practices -- Brush variations and wooden stick texture painting;
broad stroke, pointillism, color blending.
Class Practice -- Correct order of painting, painting over a sketch; high to low
values.
Teacher Instruction: The Color Doughnut:
Class will paint a doughnut-shaped Color Wheel. They will produce a circle of
color by putting a blob of each of the primaries in the center of a piece of paper
and, using the point of the brush, mix them to produce the secondary colors.
Using a larger brush to add water at the edge of the doughnut and encourage the
colors to gradate out to lighter tints.

Summary Design : A large painting to show competence with 3 different painting
techniques, washes, color values, and surface textural brushstrokes.

Teacher will assist participants, at all levels of skill and experience, to
develop observational and interpretive methods in painting. Students
will explore various processes of seeing. This class will also aim to
develop students skills in the use of different techniques, and to
develop their capacity to understand and control the watercolor
medium. This class is recommended for those wanting a broad
introduction to the art making process through watercolor.