Demonstrations from Last Class at The Art League
These are the last 3 demonstrations from my classes at the Art League in Alexandria, sadly it will be my last in this series, since I opted to quit teaching there after 20 wonderful years. I will be teaching watercolor painting but in a less structured environment with a more flexible schedule. I plan to post watercolors from the studio, both opaque and transparent in the future. These 3 paintings were all focused on getting the values right and really understanding how to get the lights light and the darks dark. This sounds pretty simple but to a lot of painters they struggle with using the white of the paper as part of their color and value and conversely they struggle with taking away enough water from their mixtures to reduce the effect of the white paper, making it impossible to really get the darks they need for their composition. It really comes down to less water more pigment and less rubbing of the paper with the brush if you want to achieve a nice rich colorful dark value.
