Gualala Arts Workshop
Watercolor Tips & Techniques
Instructor: Bruce Jones

Wednesday
May 14, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Canceled

Register by:	May 1, 2008
Tuition:	$60 members; $65 non-members
Class size:	minimum 4; maximum 10

Watercolor students have again convinced Bruce Jones to share his practical knowledge of watercolor painting. This is a workshop of basic information plus extra tips and techniques to get that special look you want.

Course Outline:

• How to plan watercolors: wet-on-wet to dry brushing, background to foreground, etc.
• Discussion of things you can do with watercolor that you can't do so easily with pastel or oil.
• Discussion of getting the degree of abstraction you want.
• Selecting paper (manufacturer, weight, hot or cold press) and alternatives for attaching it, and whether to use an easel or not.
• Use of chemical tricks like salt and alcohol, plus exacto knives and sandpaper.
• Wet on wet and dry brushing techniques.
• Use of ink, watercolor pencil, and pastel over watercolor.
• Use of scrub brushes for lifting color, developing textures and softening hard lines.
• Ways of dealing with drying time.
• Mixing for special purposes: greens, grays, darks, skin colors.
• Good/bad times to use staining and sedimentary colors.
• Some ways to go about painting convincing rocks and water.
• Tricks for showing distance.

The Gualala Arts Center, located at 46501 Old State Highway in Gualala, CA,
is open weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and weekends from noon to 4:00 p.m.
Please call (707) 884-1138 for more information, or email info@gualalaarts.org.

Serving the coastal communities of northern Sonoma & southern Mendocino Counties.