If you love botanical art, this class will be a perfect way to advance your watercolor skills and learn some new ways of layering and mixing colors to achieve super vibrant realistic results. You will paint  3 colorful pansy [viola] flowers by following me along in real time.Â
Together, we will practice:
- How to draw a perfect pansy outline with your pencil - even without a reference photo!Â
- How to organize your watercolor palette to streamline your painting process and to help you make decisions about which pigments to use at every stage of your work.Â
- How to create a truly realistic look by carefully planning and applying transparent layers of color. Â
- How to use achieve different color schemes with a limited palette, by changing your base pigment and your supporting pigments. We will come up with a completely different colour combination for every flower by layering transparent pigments and using different palette structures.  Â
- How to combine wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry watercolor techniques to achieve natural color transitions  that are essential for successful botanical painting. Â
MATERIALS
1. List of watercolor supplies, including alternative brands and pigment choices.
2. Colour palette "maps" for every flower.
3. Black and white outline of every pansy.
4. A variety of reference photos to get your creative juices flowing.
I look forward to seeing you in class! xo
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