Category: Canton Museum of Art Watercolor Class
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Nom nom nom
I am taking another watercolor class at the Canton Museum of Art, and in that class we painted an elephant with butterfly ears. The point of that class was to teach us how to use a grid when drawing. I haven’t used a grid for a drawing in quite a while, and it was interesting…
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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…