Watercolor Realism: Pink Geranium With Sherree Rodriguez
Saturday, Feb 13 | Noon-5pm
Taught by Sherree RodriguezÂ
Ages 18+
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Have you ever wished you could paint flowers, leaves, and garden treasures with luminous color and beautiful detail — and feel proud of the results? This welcoming, confidence-building class will gently guide you into watercolor realism, using transparent layers, thoughtful color mixing, and approachable techniques that help create depth, glow, and texture.Â
This is a wonderful class for beginners and returning painters who want to slow down, learn real watercolor skills, and feel supported every step of the way. No drawing confidence needed — we’ll use transfer techniques so you can focus on learning the joy of painting without pressure.
We’ll start with a segment on color mixing using a thoughtfully chosen watercolor palette, so your paintings feel rich, vivid, and lightfast. You’ll learn why these paints work beautifully together, along with simple techniques to identify great paints in the future.
If you’ve taken a class in this series before, you’re absolutely welcome back! We’ll be painting fresh subjects, exploring new approaches, and deepening skills with additional techniques.
You’ll learn to:
– Build luminous, layered color
– Create realistic texture and detail
– Use transparent staining pigments to your advantage
– Paint garden subjects with clarity and confidence
This is a warm, low-pressure class with room to ask questions, explore, and enjoy the process. We’ll even pause mid-way for a snack and stretch break — please feel free to bring something to enjoy.
You’ll leave with new skills, a finished or nearly finished watercolor piece, and a
renewed sense of creative joy.
Supply List
Note: All regular priced supplies are available at 20% off from Art Department for this class.
Required:
ÂĽ sheet Arches 140lb professional grade watercolor paper. You may choose to use a 10x14 block of the same paper if you prefer. The painting will be painted to 9x12 in size.
A board for taping down your paper to paint on. This will prevent warping while you paint. This should be a little larger than your paper. Foam core board or any other type of wood, acrylic or press board will work.
Professional Quality Watercolor paint is required. Please do not bring student-grade (Cotman) paint. See the inspiration photo for the color range.
Paints we will use in this class.
Students lacking confidence in mixing paint colors are encouraged to bring these specific, professional grade pigments and brands. If a substitution must be made, then go with the paint number in a different brand. It will not be the same but will be closer than a paint with a similar name.
- Winsor Newton Burnt Sienna (PR 101)
- Winsor Newton Winsor Blue Green Shade (PB15)
- Daniel Smith Quinacridone Pink (PV 42)
- M Graham Nickle Azo Yellow (PY 150)
Additional Supplies you will need:
- inexpensive watercolor paper (wood fiber based) several sheets, or a table. Such as Canson or Strathmore. This will be used for color mixing practice.
- An assortment of synthetic watercolor brushes (round) in sizes: 1, 3, 6, 8, and 12,
or a similar range of sizes - Scrubber Brush - small to medium sizes, as related to the brush sizes listed.Â
- Quart-size Containers for water (2)
- A roll of paper towels or box of lotion-free facial tissue
- Spray bottle for water
- Fine tip pencil, such as a Graphgear 300 mechanical pencil with HB .7 ml lead
- Ballpoint pen for image transfer
- Kneaded eraser
- White eraser, like Faber-Castell
- A palette with several inches of flat space for mixing paint, such as  Mijello Fusion24  or Art Advantage Airtight watercolor folding palette box. The most importantfactor is a broad, flat mixing field.
- Gray graphite paper (to transfer drawing)
- Ivory or white artist's tape - 1/2 or ¾”, such as Pro art brand; please avoid blue tape as this distorts the way the eye perceives colors in the painting.