Watercolor Painting with Quinacridone Colors
Saturday, September 14, 10am-4pm
Presented by Donna Fenstermaker
Capturing fall color in all its vibrancy can be challenging. Discover how you can bring fall colors to life—and expand your repertoire of art skills—by mixing and layering quinacridone colors.
Quinacridone colors are a special family of hues with distinct values. They include a mix of transparency and vibrancy that aren’t in most other shades. In addition, they have a permanence to them that sets that apart from the crowd. Why? Because manufacturers originally developed quinacridones for the car industry. They became so popular that they’ve rolled over into other sectors. When you think about this palette of colors, imagine the boldly colored cars you’ve seen zoom down the street.
Part of the excitement of using quinacridone colors is that they’re so much fun to mix and layer. When you learn about the way these paints work on different materials, you can master the technique of using quinacridone in your art projects all the time! We will also mix granulating colors, such as Cerulean Blue and Ultramarine Blue and others to discover some magic.
Bring your tube watercolors to class. Quins colors are available at Luck Dragon. Daniel Smith has a wonderful selection. We will use rough papers, hot press, handmade watercolor papers such as kahdi or shizen and cold press also. I also recommend an inexpensive watercolor sketchbook or pad for making tests and color charts.
I’m a confessed color nerd and I will share my insights with you.
Suggested Materials to bring
Daniel Smith Quinacridone colors
- Quinacridone Burnt Sienna or Quinacridone Sienna
- Quinacridone Gold
- Quinacridone Coral
Paint
- Azo yellow
- Cadmium yellow medium
- Cadmium Red medium
- Quinacridone red
- Cerulean Blue
- Ultramarine Blue
- Viridian
- Yellow Ochre
- Burnt Umber
- Burnt Sienna
- Dioxazine Violet/Purple
Paper
- Pad of paper for testing and color charts. I’m using Fabriano mixed media paper 14x11 in. I recommend an inexpensive watercolor sketchbook or pad for making tests and color charts.
- Drawing paper or regular sketchbook paper is less desirable.
- Paper for paintings use a good quality paper such as Arches or Fabrianno, bring individual sheets of hot press, handmade watercolor papers such as kahdi or shizen and cold press also.
Brushes
- If you are a beginner, I suggest synthetic squirrel brushes as an initial investment. one for big washes, some medium-sized rounds and flats, and a couple of small detail brushes.
- Princeton Neptune or Zen Watercolor by Royal Lankel
Other
- Junior T square
- 2B or H graphite pencil
- a kneaded rubber eraser or a white Staedler eraser, paper towels or a cotton towel, and a water vessel
- A magnifying glass is really helpful
$120
Reserve online before the workshop.
Donna Fenstermaker is an artist and educator, a committed landscape painter, painting in watercolor, gouache and oils. She has taught in the California Community College system for more than 23 years. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Donna has published five books of her 2-D work, of which the first was “Cats in Watercolor,” portraits of her own and her cat friends.
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