My first real job was substitute teaching, and last week I returned to that job title when my good friend Jeanne Dutton asked me to sub for her at Ivy Tech's Beginning Watercolor classes at the Waldron.
I'm glad to report that Jeanne is healthy again and back in her classroom and that subbing as an art teacher for adults is worlds apart from that first subbing job in a junior high! The whole experience of teaching for Jeanne confirmed my decision to offer beginning watercolor classes at my studio.
Next month, I will be offering beginning watercolor instruction Monday mornings from 9:30 to Noon. The goal is "Fearless Painting." It's only paper, water and paint, after all. Students will produce a painting in each class session.
Oct. 4: Getting comfortable with your materials and supplies
Students will learn what materials and supplies they need. Using materials provided, they will produce a geometric painting that familiarizes them with the feel of the paint, brushes and paper.
Oct. 11: Painting in one color
Everyone will practice flat and graded washes, paint a value scale in a chosen color, and then use that knowledge to produce a painting of a single object.
Oct. 18: Putting it together
The class will introduce masking as a way to save the white of the paper, wet-in-wet painting as a background, and finally wet-on-dry painting to complete a floral painting.
Oct. 25: Painting the season
The final class will honor the season's falling leaves as students practice mixing colors on paper instead of the palette and experiment with positive/negative technique in a leaf painting.
If you or someone you know has ever looked at a watercolor painting and wondered how it was created, this is your chance to find out. Call me at 812-327-2535 and I'll reserve a space. (And if the class schedule just doesn't fit your calendar, call me anyway and we can arrange private lessons.)
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