Drawing+Painting1: March 8th Agenda

1] WATERCOLOR TUTORIAL

• Watch videos about how to prepare a palette and apply various watercolor techniques
• TIPS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrYG_zHspSk
• COLOR THEORY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9mlty5dgJU

2] PRACTICE WITH WATERCOLOR PAINT

• Prepare your own palette using box assigned to tables
• Apply a TINY dab of paint to each well and mix with A LOT OF WATER to be transparent
• Layer once dry to darken and KEEP WHITES WHITE OF PAGE!
• Paint with WATERCOLOR on provided paper to experiment with medium

3] CLEAN-UP 10 MINUTES BEFORE END OF CLASS

• Sign name and store artwork on back drying rack
• All PAINT PALETTES should be stored in bins - DO NOT CLEAN OUT (COVER NOT NECESSARY)

HOMEWORK: Plan for watercolor project imagery and colors...

Create THREE WATER COLOR PAINTINGS:

• PRACTICE various watercolor techniques
• Paint a STYLIZED COMPOSITION using abstract (simplified/distorted) or illustrative qualities in an original design
• REALISTIC PAINTING based on a meaningful ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH such as a room, landscape, object, food, portrait, toy, object, scene, etc. Make it  looked ‘lived in’ or ‘used’ for interest. view lesson here