Watercolor Magic: Introductory Class with Bobbi Thies

Watercolor Magic will introduce students to watercolor as a painting medium, design, sketching, and Art fundamentals and presentation. The class will be presented with still life situations as well as ‘en plein air’ painting (painting outdoors). Students may expect completed artwork that they can share and display.

Student Supply List-Each student should purchase and bring to the first class.

• 1- acid free paper sketchbook(8.5×11)
• 1 pad of watercolor paper (12”X16”)-Arches brand preferred
• 1 smaller watercolor pad (student choice of size and brand).
• Choice of watercolor brushes (student grade-#8 round, #4 round, #1 flat)
• One closed watercolor palette (to hold your working paints)
• A water container (plastic) & paper towels
• 2 soft lead pencils & kneaded rubber eraser
• Tubes of watercolors in the following colors: zinc white, ivory black, Windsor yellow, Windsor red, hookers green, burnt sienna, burnt umbra, sepia, ultramarine blue, Windsor blue
  NOTE: Supplies can be expensive! Be sure and look for Michael’s and Hobby Lobby coupons, and Plaza Arts offers student discounts.

Artist’s Statement: Making Art is how I play. The best part of being an artist is knowing your best friend is always with you. My goal is to create something that I like from what I see around me every day. Painting en plein air, a still life an animal or structure. The real job of the artist is not to see for themselves but they must make others participate. The Art I find myself enjoying is painting in watercolor and acrylics, creating rya rugs, and turning found objects into 3D Art forms.