Watercolor Painting for Beginners

Giselle Harrington

Regular price $325.00 Sale

Watercolor Class is available with supply Rental or bring your own Supplies

Quantity

Dates of Class: Tuesdays, June 30, 2026 - August 4, 2026

Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Open to anyone 16 years old or older

Cost:

$300 for watercolor class - bring your own supplies

-OR-

$325 for watercolor class- rent supplies in class ($25 covers renting supplies for the entire course).

This class teaches you the traditional methods of handling transparent watercolor in representational painting. You will learn how to control watercolor through washes and glazes, creating soft edges, using wet-in-wet techniques and using dry-brush. You will also learn how to work with the time constraints of the medium through a simplification of value shapes: a key to success in watercolor.

If you choose to buy your own supplies, please see the following list (You will be provided with provide paper towels and water containers):

PAINTS

Tube paints are preferable but not required.
Paint colors you will need:
- alizarin crimson
- cadmium yellow
- viridian green (or phthalocyanine green, or Winsor green, depending on
brand)
- ultramarine blue and/ or cobalt blue
Professional-quality brands (such as Winsor and Newton Professional, Daniel Smith,
will run you $15-20 a tube. You won’t need more than the smallest tubes (5 ml) for
this class. You can start with lower quality, and they may have different names than
the traditional ones above (like "primary yellow" or "sky blue.") Students who are renting supplies from me will be using student grade watercolors. A good student grade option is the Winsor and Newton Cotman series.

*Please try to place your paints in your palette at least 24 hours before class meets.
Wet paints fresh from the tube are hard to work with. To see correct palette arrangement, visit GiselleHarrington.com/art-classes and click on the Watercolor supply list link.

PLASTIC PALETTE

- Preferable one that folds:

BRUSHES
- One large round brush size 10-14, like the Daler Rowney Simply Simmons
Synthetic Round Acrylic/ Multimedia Brush, Size 12
- One small round brush size 6-8

PAPER

- About 9” x 12” heavy mixed media paper, such as the Canson XL
Watercolor Series textured paper pad, 140 lb, 30 sheets, 9”x12”

PENCIL (and sharpener)

ERASER

Recommended: Clips, optional masking tape, a board slightly larger than your paper such as a chip board or a board taken
from the back of a sketchbook.