Cape Cod Art Center - Art Workshops | Exhibits | Gallery | Photography

always learning ... always creating

3480 Route 6A (Main Street) Barnstable, MA
(508) 362-2909
Does not display

January 22 – February 12, 2025 – Watercolor with Ellen Duarte

$130.00 – $155.00

SKU: N/A Categories: , Tags: , ,

Description

Watercolor

Instructor: Ellen Duarte

Dates: January 22 – February 12, 2025 (4 classes)
Wednesdays, 9:30am – 12:00pm
 $126 Non-members / $106 Members 

Description: Explore plants and nature through drawing and painting with botanical artist and illustrator Ellen Duarte. Learn techniques in graphite and watercolor. See the natural world up close and in a new way.  Each new session will focus on a different area of the plant world for inspiration. Each class will include valuable lessons and discussion about composition, process, technique, tools, and materials.

Artist Bio: Ellen Duarte has been creating art almost every year since taking up botanical illustration more than a decade ago, when she began her studies at Wellesley College Botanic Garden. She earned her Certificate of Botanical Illustration in 2015. Ellen grew up in Maine and raised her family on Cape Cod. She currently resides in Centerville and is still frequently visiting Maine.

Watercolor classes
For the first class of each session, please bring drawing materials, including:
Pencil- any brand drawing pencil, HB,B,2B, or any drawing pencil you have
Paper- White drawing pad, spiral bound, minimum 9×12
Eraser- any white plastic block eraser, putty eraser, and or retractable eraser
Sharpener- any handheld or electric sharpener that makes a sharp point.
Paper, paints, and tools will be reviewed and recommended at the first class. However, a minimum list would include:
2 Kolinski sable pointed round, number 4 or 6
Pad of hot pressed watercolor paper, minimum 9×12
Palette water container paper towels
Professional or artist quality watercolor paints:
Bring what you have. If you have none, and wish to purchase some, Winsor and Newton has a set of 12 professional quality watercolor paints (5 mil. tubes) which I have found on Amazon for as little as $49. This set has a good range of colors to start with. If you prefer to buy individually, the following is a suggested list in order of usefulness. 5 mil. tubes will last a long time, so buy small, if you can. All are Winsor and Newton, but are available in other brands:
Permanent Rose
Winsor Lemon
French Ultramarine
Permanent Sap Green
Payne’s Gray
Scarlet Lake
New Gamboge
Winsor Blue Green Shade
Burnt Sienna
Yellow ochre
Lemon Yellow Nickel Titonate
Other recommended brands are Daniel Smith, Schminke, M.Graham, and several others, as long as they are artist or professional quality.
Some art supply websites are BLICK ART MATERIALS, Jackson Arts, Wind River Arts(brushes) and more. Locally, you can find paints and other decent materials at Michael’s as well as at Woodruff’s at Mashpee Commons and Tree’s Place in Orleans.
If you are unsure, you are welcome to wait until after the first class. I always have extra materials to get you started.

 

Additional information

membership

member, non-member

Related products

Copyright ©  · Cape Cod Art Center · Site by RWD