Drawing Concepts with Watercolor
Jan 12 - Feb 9; Every Monday
COURSE NOTES
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Class 1: Seeing Through Structure and Line
Class 2: Mass and the Space Around It
Class 3: Light, Value, and the Role of Tone
Class 4: Color and Interpretation
Class 5: Integration — From Study to Expression
Class 1: Seeing Through Structure and Line
Exploring the fundamentals of observation and proportion — learning to see underlying forms and build drawings that feel solid and balanced through watercolor.
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Class 2: Mass and the Space Around It
Focusing on the perception of masses, volumes, and negative shapes. This session develops the ability to see relationships between forms, simplifying complex subjects into light and shadow, shape and space.
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DEMONSTRATIONS
Class 3: Light, Value, and the Role of Tone
Understanding how light defines form. Exercises will combine drawing and transparent layers of watercolor to explore tonal relationships and chiaroscuro.
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Market (in progress)
Class 4: Color and Interpretation
Introducing color as both a structural and expressive element. We’ll work with limited palettes to explore harmony, contrast, and how color can guide composition and mood.
Class 5: Integration — From Study to Expression
Bringing all the concepts together in a more personal, resolved work. This final class focuses on interpretation, composition, and developing your individual visual language
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Demonstration Images
Compositions based on Prompts
Notes on defining from abstraction