W17: Special Effects in Watercolor
$140.00
WORKSHOP
| W17 |
Saturday morning |
Gail Wong |
Learn how to simplify your watercolors but create that wonderful evocative watercolor effect in your sketches. In this workshop we will play with different methods of applying watercolor to create wonderful textures and semi-abstract images. The methods we will use can be applied to any of your sketches.
What to bring:
- Sketchbook containing good watercolor paper or loose sheets. (Bee Creative Water Journal by Aquabee has good 140 cold press paper)
- Watercolors with good granulation, water holder, watercolor palette
- Brushes: the bigger the better. No. 12 round and 1” or 1-1/2” flat or angled
- Cut up credit cards (I will lend you some if you don’t have any)
- Plastic bag
- Twigs for making marks
- Old tooth brush
- White candle
- Watercolor pencils (optional)
- granulating fluid (optional)
- Artist tape
- Towels or tissue
- Spray bottle
- Sketching stool for your comfort
- Sketch board (gator board or plastic corrugated board for taping loose sheets)
In stock
Event Details
Date: July 20, 2024
Start time: 10:00 a.m.
End time: 01:30 p.m.
Directions: Graphite Arts Center. 202a Main St, Edmonds, WA 98020
Sketcher Fest Artist
Gail Wong is an architectural illustrator, retired architect and part time Lecturer at the University of Washington. Gail has kept sketchbooks throughout her architectural education and professional career, but started travel sketching in 2009. She has been actively involved in Urban Sketchers as a sketcher, then in leadership roles as Seattle Admin, Education Committee member, Workshop instructor and on the Executive Board for Urban Sketchers. She has participated in several Urban Sketching symposiums and has taught many workshops. Her work has been published in many Urban Sketching handbooks and recently co-authored “The Urban Sketching Handbook: Spotlight on Nature” (2022) with friend and fellow sketcher Virginia Hein.
IG: @glwarc_seattle