New mini-class on watercolor pencils!

Hi all--I've finally got a new class to offer you!

After lots of roadblocks and technical problems, rain on the studio roof (too loud to record videos) and cloudy days (too dark!), not to mention that cold that just wouldn't go away, I've finally gotten a new class ready to go, at your request. 

You'll find lots of links, videos and extras...I hope you enjoy it!

Here's what you can expect:

LESSON 1

Making Your Mark - Exploring Watercolor Pencils

• Application


• Basic Techniques


• How Many Strokes, and How


• Much Water?


• Layering


• Color!


• Exercises


• Bonus Pages


• Videos

LESSON 2

Making Your Mark - Getting Familiar With the Medium

• Watercolor Sticks and Crayons


• Opaque Colors


• Color Wheels


• Layering/Mixing


• What WC Pencils will and won't do.


• Resists


• Demos


• Exercises


• Bonus Page


• Videos

LESSON 3

Stepping Out!

• Putting Applications to Work


• Single Line/Single Color


• Values


• Solid Tones


• Exercises


• Bonus Page


• Videos

 

LESSON 4

Mixed Media and Putting It All to Work

• Finished Paintings


• Mixed Media


• Demos


• Exercises


• Take Five!


• Bonus Page


• Videos

 

QUIZ (just to firm up your thinking, there's no grade!)

EXTRAS:

Brushes and Watercolor Pencils

Testing Watercolor Pencils

All this for only $30, as are all my mini-classes!

You can find all the information and enrollment here:

http://www.cathyjohnson.info/online.html

(You may need to refresh or reload the page, I did!)

And of course, you can still find Quick Sketching 1 and 2 there, too.

Upcoming classes will be on ink and watercolor, keeping at artist's journal, nature sketching and more!  Watch for them...and welcome aboard!

Best--

Kate

New CD...not yet, but SOON.

I'd started this CD  shortly before I got my new computer...over a year ago!  So some of you have been waiting a long time, sorry...my new machine doesn't like my old movie-making software, and I love the way it works.  I've tried other software, but never quite taken the time to get the hang of it...

I finally realized that when Joseph's not using his computer, I can--it still has the old Windows MovieMaker on it!  (So does my new machine, but it's a simplified version that just doesn't cut it for me!)

I often sketch trees when I work in my journal, either close up or in distant landscapes, and I know a lot of you do, too...the CD will have a LOT of images from my journals, along with hints and tips on how to draw or paint them in various mediums!

This one was done with one of the brush pens we've been talking about here...in this case, a Pentel Pocketbrush, with touches of watercolor.

And these little guys above were a very quick sketch with a dark Prismacolor colored pencil, with watercolor added later.  That's one of my favorite quick journal-sketch techniques.  I either add color on the spot with one of my little travel kits, or do it later at home and hone my color memory!

This wild thing has been one of my favorites!  Watercolor pencil in bold colors--more my impression of a fall tree than an actual reproduction...

It'll be a while till I can finish this, but it IS--finally!--in the works again!  Thanks for your patience...and yes, I'm working on new mini-classes, too...