Watercolor Painting for Beginners

Location: Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, Northampton. Cost: $300. 6 Tuesdays, 10am-1pm. Participants may choose to bring their own supplies, or rent for $25.

Class description: This class teaches you the traditional methods of handling transparent watercolor in representational painting. You will learn how to control watercolor through washes and glazes, creating soft edges, using wet-in-wet techniques and using dry-brush. You will also learn how to work with the time constraints of the medium through a simplification of value shapes: a key to success in watercolor.