Making Birds Sing in Watercolor

Bev Boren

Making Birds Sing in Watercolor

June 29 & 30

9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

$180

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This workshop will focus on gestural technique and simplification, with the backyard birds as our subject.

Supply List:

BRUSHES:

You will need only a few basic brushes.

1" flat, 1/2"flat, large round (#6, 7 or 8)

Small round or rigger

Silver Black Velvet 3/8" Striper

Also scrapping tools, palette knifes, old credit cards etc.

Bev uses the mop brushes and if you already have some please bring them.  If you don't she doesn't require them as they are quite expensive.

PAPER:

Bev suggests 140 lb cold press or 140 lb rough

Sketchbook or other loose paper for sketches and value studies

PAINT:

Cadmium Lemon

Cadmium Yellow

Yellow Ochre

Raw Sienna

Cadmium Red Light

Alizarin

Burnt Sienna

Ultramarine Blue

Cobalt Blue

Cerulean Blue

Indantherene Blue

Quinacridone Gold

Turquoise

Burnt Umber

Neutral Tint

Viridian or Sap Green

*Tube colors are strongly recommended and that you avoid the student grade paints

PALETTE: 

Any palette will do

ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES:

Water container: wide enough for your widest brush

Water resistant board, needs to be slightly larger than your paper

Sponge, #2 pencils, Bulldog clips or masking tape, spray bottle, paper towels and kneaded eraser

Easel or something to vary the angle as you paint

About the Instructor:

Beverly is a professional artist with a studio located in Trophy Club, Texas where she actively pursues her profession.  She enjoys painting a variety of subject matter including florals, landscapes, figurative and portraits.  She recently became interested in photography, partially due to her grandchildren.

Beverly is currently represented in the Frame Up Gallery in Mt. Vernon, Texas and The Last Gallery in McKinney, Texas. She is a past and present member of the following art associations:  Signature Member of the Outdoor Painters Society, Signature Member of Southwest Watercolor Society, Pastel Society of the Southwest and Oil Painters of America.

She has participated in selected exhibitions where she has won numerous awards including:

Pastel Society of the Southwest Dallas 1999, Still Life Award, Dallas 2001, Merit Award, Pastel Society of the West Coast, San Diego, California, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, 1999, Award of Excellence, "Art Splash" Graham, Texas, Still Life Award 2006, Selected in National Top 100 "Arts for the Parks" Miniature Division, 2004