Watercolor Bootcamp

IN-STORE WORKSHOP:

A 4-week course, 3 hours per session, Watercolor Bootcamp is intended to equip a beginning watercolor student with a deep immersion into watercolor fundamentals and give you confidence and inspiration to continue your artistic journey with watercolors. This course will fill in gaps in the education of intermediate watercolor artists. Each session will start with some audiovisual teaching, followed by a live demonstration by Jim. Each session will give you 2 hours of hands-on experience with the various subjects, supervised by Jim.

Jim will give mini-lessons during the sessions as he helps each student with their paintings. There will be handouts for each session for you to take home and put in a notebook or file for reference later. Jim will provide some samples (i.e. different watercolor papers, etc.). There will be required homework assignments for you to work on between sessions. The class will look at each other’s homework paintings together to encourage, overcome any fear and teach. You will produce small successful paintings each week and we will celebrate each person’s successes. The class is limited to 10 students to allow Jim to give each person personal attention and help.

Friday, October 4
9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Friday, October 11
9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Friday, October 18
9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Friday, October 25
9:30 am – 12:30 pm

*Store opens at 9:00 am so that students can arrive early and setup and talk with each other.

About the Supplies:

Participants are responsible for bringing their own materials for the workshop. Some are required, some are optional. Below you will find a list of the required supplies, as well as a separate list of optional supplies. A link is also provided below to shop the supplies listed on the supply lists. Alternatively, you may bring your own watercolors in lieu of purchasing the ones on the supply list. Acceptable alternatives would be Windsor & Newton, Sennelier, or Holbein professional quality paints or similar.

SUPPLY LIST (Required):

Daniel Smith Watercolor Tube Paints, or similar (Colors: Quinacridone Rose, Quinacridone Violet, Ultramarine Violet, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue GS (Green Shade),Manganese Blue Hue, Phthalo Turquoise, Viridian, Permanent Green Light, Hansa Yellow Light, Permanent Orange, Cadmium Red Medium Hue, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Jane’s Grey, Chinese White, Titanium White, McCracken Black)

Arches Watercolor Block 140lb, Cold Press, 9x12

Watercolor Palette (Holbein Aluminum Folding Palette, Robert E. Wood Palette, or similar)

Quiller Color Wheel and Artist's Color Wheel

Gray Scale and Value Finder

Princeton Heritage or Aqua Elite Brush Set, or similar

1 Quart Plastic Bucket

Professional Artist Sponge Set

Jacquard Plastic Squirt Bottle, 8oz

Holbein Spray Bottle 2oz

Faber-Castell Kneaded Eraser Extra-Large

Dust-Free Vinyl Eraser Small

Derwent 0.7 Precision Mechanical Pencil Set

Alvin 45/90 Pro Acrylic Triangle

Pacific Arc Non-Skid Cork Back Stainless Ruler 12”

Incredible Art Board 16” x24”

White Artist Tape 1” x 60yd

SUPPLY LIST (Optional):

Itoya ProFolio Entourage Tote Bag Large

Canvas Brush Holder

Shop the Supply List Here >>

ABOUT JIM:

Jim is a retired architect who took up watercolor after retirement in 2016. He is a working mixed media artist and his work can be seen on www.jwarnerart.com, and Facebook (JWarnerArt, LLC) and Instagram (jwarnerartist). He is currently President of the Greater Cincinnati Watercolor Society and exhibited and won an honorable mention in their most recent annual art show. He is a member of an artist collective called RISE with ArtsConnect art center in Springfield Township. He has been studying in a Fine Art Mentorship with world-famous watercolor artist, Thomas Schaller, for nearly 2 years (www.thomasschaller.com). He has been studying in the Watercolor Masters Program with www.terracotta.art for 2 years.

Jim is currently represented by ARTclectic Art Gallery (https://www.artclectic.com) and you can see some of his works on-line.

The artist’s statement:

“ My goal is produce paintings that are emotionally evocative and stimulate the imagination and mind. I try to tell stories or capture unique lighted moments or moods with my paintings.”

He is passionate about watercolor and would love to share his passion with you.

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