Painting Landscape in Watercolor

Tuition: $200 member / $235 non-member

Come join us for a special 2- day workshop that will provide all the essentials for painting beautiful landscapes in watercolor. Topics to be covered include achieving depth in your paintings; techniques and approaches for common landscape elements like skies, trees, mountain, rocks and water; and how to deal with the challenging color green which is so essential in realistic landscape. The workshop will include mini- painting demonstrations and plenty of time for you to work on paintings from your own photographs with one-on-one guidance from Pat. This workshop is Ideal for beginning and intermediate painters looking for a rewarding class!
Pat Fiorello is a professional artist and a popular instructor whose work has been exhibited in over 70-juried shows, more than a dozen solo exhibitions and is represented by several galleries in the Southeast. Pat is known for her romantic landscape, gardens and floral paintings in both watercolor and oils. She is a Signature Member and Past President of the Georgia Watercolor Society and member of Oil Painters of America. Pat has taught watercolor for over 14 years in the U. S., Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI, in Tuscany and Lake Garda in Italy and at Monet’s Gardens in Giverny, France and in Europe. Her work has been published in “Splash 11”, a book in North Lights Books’ Best of Watercolor Series. Her teaching approach is to provide clear instruction and demonstrations on the how’s and why’s of painting in a supportive, positive and fun environment. Examples of Pat’s work can be seen on www.patfiorello.com and feedback from past students is available at: http://www.patfiorello.com/quotes.htm

Supply List: These items are suggested, not mandatory. The only thing that does make a significant difference is paper quality- see below. If you already have other supplies you like to use, feel free to bring those.
Watercolor Paper- Paper quality does make a big difference in watercolor. If there is one place not to cut corners it’s on paper. 140lb cold press - Arches brand preferable (a 10 x 14 or 9 x 12 block or 1 loose sheet whichever you prefer (If you are reasonably experienced, you can feel free to bring a bigger 12 x 16 block to work on) If you prefer 22x30 loose sheet, we’ll cut them into smaller sheets and you’ll need a Plexiglas or other non-absorbent board to tape them to- if you are not sure about how to block paper, there will be a demonstration at the first class). Avoid the lower quality Strathmore or Cotman notebooks of paper- you will struggle with the absorbency and will not be as satisfied with your results.
Palette – any plastic palette suitable for watercolors (w/cover) [John Pike or Robert Wood are great options] - if you’re just starting out- a simple white china plate or inexpensive palette is fine. Make sure the palette has plenty of room for mixing colors.
Paints – Suggested colors for landscapes (Winsor-Newton or Holbein brands preferable, but other brands fine unless noted). Artist’s quality paints will give you much better results than student grade- but either will work. Also, if just starting out, it’s fine to buy the smaller size tubes to keep the cost down. At an absolute minimum you’ll need a red, yellow, blue and burnt sienna, but if you want to have a broader range of paints, these are very useful colors to have:
Lemon Yellow or Aureolin*
New Gamboge or Indian Yellow*
Cadmium Orange
Raw Sienna or Yellow Ochre* or Quinacridone Gold
Burnt Sienna* or Quinacridone Burnt Orange
Burnt Umber or Sepia
Permanent or Quinacridone Red
Alizarin Crimson
Permanent Rose
Sap Green
Winsor or Pthalo Green*
Cerulean Blue
Ultramarine Blue*
Cobalt Blue*
*Indicates suggested minimum palette.
2 plastic containers for water
#2 Pencil
Eraser (white eraser preferred- don’t use pink eraser or pencil on watercolor paper)
Sketchbook (anything to draw quick sketches on)( 8x 10 or 5 x 7 size okay- don’t need to get anything too large- will use for thumbnail sketches)
Brushes – round (size 6, 10 or 12), flat (½”, 1”or 2” for washes), rigger, Synthetics or blends are fine. No need to spend extra for sable. A HAKE brush is very useful for skies- A 1” inexpensive one would be helpful- they are often with the Chinese brush painting supplies in the art supply store.
Natural sponge
Masking tape
Tissues (plain- avoid those with lotions on them)/Paper towels
Bring photos of landscapes as reference material for painting

Feel free to contact me before you buy supplies if you are new to watercolor or have any questions.
Pat Fiorello (404-531-4160 or patfiorello@aol.com)