NEXT EXHIBITION
taught by Ricardo Azkargorta
watercolor course
Places will be limited , being 10 the maximum number of students.
It is recommended to have some prior knowledge of the watercolor technique (Initiation level).
We will work on the concepts of composition,
light and colour.
WORKSHOP DYNAMICS:
1. It will be taught at the Arteztu gallery.
2. The theme will be varied, we will see the possibilities of how to interpret the theme.
3. We will work based on photographs.
4. All aspects related to theory will be carried out in a practical way by both the teacher and the students.
DATES and TIMES
JULY: 24 and 25
10:00 - 13:30 and 16:30 - 20:00
PRICE
€180
NECESSARY MATERIALS:*
*In case of doubt or not having any material, notify the gallery.
· Caballete (if it cannot be brought, notify Arteztu)
· Paper: 100% cotton. 300 grams. Measures 31x41 cm 36x51 cm if you want it bigger too, measures approx.
· Brushes, palette, support board, tape, etc..
Brushes:
· Specific for watercolor
· Petit gray, whatever thickness you have.
· Top synthetics
Synthetic square.
COLORS:
Yellow
· Yellow ocher or natural sienna
· Tan earth shadow
· Sienna burnt earth
Orange
Cadmium red light or dark
Carmine or alizarin crimson
Cerulean Blue
Dark Ultramarine
Prussian Blue
emerald green
Chinese White
Payne's gray or neutral gray
TOPICS TO COVER :
1. COLOR SYNTHESIS
· The color, complementary colors color wheel.
· Break colors obtaining grays.
· Application of the grays.
· Warm and cold colors.
· Backgrounds and glazes
· Mix on the palette and mix on the paper.
3. COMPOSITION
· The rule of thirds
The point of interest
The horizon
· Connections and rhythms
· Types of perspective, linear, scale, overlay, atmospheric, circular. Masses, weights, balances
2. THE LIGHT
How to make the shadows
· Light directions.
· The whites.
· Types of light, cold and warm
4. HUMIDITY CONTROL
· Different degrees of water-pigment density, on the palette, on the brush and on the paper.
Fusions
· Different types of brush strokes.
WORKSHOP PROGRAM - The schedules are approximate, with the possibility of making variations
SATURDAY 24 - In the morning
Explanation of complementary colors and their usefulness
Basic gray processing
Elaboration of dark colors
Basic colors, shades
· Color exercises: basic mixtures / pastel with white and gray / semi-opaque colors / lavender / make shadow template with blue
SATURDAY 24 - Afternoon
Paint some watercolors with the criteria learned in the morning.
EXERCISES:
OBTAINING GRAYS
Basic gray with complementary colors.
- Ultimate Blue Carmine, burnt sienna.
- Red + Prussian blue.
- Ultramarine blue + orange
- Ultimate Blue payne grey.
- Emerald green + carmine.
GETTING GREENS.
HUMIDITY EXERCISES:
- Dry, simian, damp, wet, flooded
- Application of water splashed by zones
- Glazes
SECONDARY EXERCISES:
COMPOSITION
- Rule of three thirds
- Point of interest
- High horizon, low.
SUNDAY 25 - In the morning
- Types of lighting
- Exercise de shadows
- Humidity control
- Effects of moisture and pigment density
- Composition. Atmospheric and circular perspective
- Concepts of background, medium plane and foreground.
SUNDAY 25 - In the afternoon
Paint some watercolors with the criteria learned in the morning.