Pen and Watercolor: Beautiful Buildings

Learn to convey the beauty of commonplace buildings and streetscapes using pencil, pigma pen, and watercolours. With lots of input from the instructor, this project-based course will challenge beginner and intermediate painters to identify the essential elements of given buildings and streetscapes and transform them into compelling pieces of art. Note: Supplies extra, list available.

Supplies: Required
• Watercolours (can borrow for first class)
• Palette or white plate for mixing paint (can also borrow for first class)
• A waterproof and lightfast pen (0.1 or 0.2 Staedtler pigment liner; 01 or 02 Micron pigma pen; or 0.1 or 0.2 Faber-Castell Ecco Pigment pen)
• At least 3 decent watercolour brushes—one fine, one medium, and one large (if in doubt, wait until after first class to purchase)
• Mechanical pencil with HB leads
• A good eraser
• 140 lb watercolour paper (4 or more pieces at least “9 by 2 inches” in size). If in doubt, bring larger pieces of watercolour paper and plan to cut it as needed at the workshop; however, a Strathmore 140 lb watercolour visual journal or Canson XL Watercolour Pad might be simpler to transport and to use.

Supplies: Optional
• Removable masking tape
• Pieces of cardboard or backing on which to tape loose watercolour paper