Category: Canton Museum of Art Watercolor Class
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Canton Museum of Art Watercolor Class: Week 6
In Week 6 of the watercolor class that I took a few weeks ago at the Canton Museum of Art, we worked on a seascape. The majority of the classes were dedicated to a critique period where we reviewed the works that class members had painted the week before, and this was the first week…
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Canton Museum of Art Watercolor Class: Week 5
This week in the Watercolor Class we discussed the technique of “scraping” when painting. This is a technique I have tried to use a number of times, but I regularly am frustrated by it. I don’t think I really “got” it, but I do think I was able to get the results more reliably. For…
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Canton Museum of Art Watercolor Class, Week 4
In week four of the watercolor class, we focused on color theory, and edges. I know about half of a percent of everything I should know when it comes to color theory, so this was really beneficial. In the assignments for this week, we were supposed to paint a piece of fruit, over and over.…
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Canton Museum of Art Watercolor Class: Week 3
This week in the watercolor class I am taking at the Canton Museum of Art, we worked on glazing, and working with negative space. Negative space is one of those things that really confuses me, so I am glad to have an exercise that forces me to experiment with it. Aspen Leaves Our assignment this…
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Canton Museum of Art Watercolor Class: Week 2
Last week, we focused largely on critiques, and exploring how to create depth and contrast by glazing. There were two assignments: 1) Create a monochromatic version of a painting by a master. 2) Find a subject of my own, and paint it at least five times emphasizing different colors in each version. For the first…
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Canton Museum of Art Watercolor Class: Week 1
I enrolled in a watercolor class at the Canton Museum of Art. Last week was the first class. In that session, we covered a lot of the basics about what materials are used to paint in watercolor, why those materials are used, and a little bit about some of the techniques you can use to…