Art Classes

Thursdays Oct 15th-Nov 12th 6:30-8:30

Cost $139

Age will be 13 +

Discover the joy of watercolor—one brushstroke at a time!

5 weeks · 2 hours per week
Beginner friendly · No previous watercolor experience needed

Have you always wanted to try watercolor but weren’t sure where to begin? Join Yui for a welcoming five-week course filled with color, creativity, and step-by-step guidance.

Explore a loose, expressive watercolor style with a few carefully chosen details. Each class includes demonstrations, guided practice, and individual encouragement to help you grow comfortable with your brushes.

What We’ll Paint Each Week

Week 1 — Color Play, Leaves & Flowers
Get to know your brushes, practice water control, and discover simple color mixing. Turn easy leaf and petal strokes into a cheerful floral study.

Week 2 — Beautiful Skies & Soft Clouds
Watch colors flow with wet-on-wet painting! Learn to blend sky washes, lift soft clouds, and add a simple landscape beneath your sky.

Week 3 — Autumn Colors & Landscapes
Mix golden yellows, warm oranges, and rich reds. Paint fall trees and foliage while exploring layers, depth, and dry-brush texture.

Week 4 — A Cozy Pumpkin Still Life
Bring a pumpkin to life with glowing color, curved brushstrokes, and gentle shadows. Add a stem and a few leaves to complete your autumn painting.

Week 5 — A Charming Robin on a Branch
Bring your skills together in a beginner-friendly bird painting. A simple outline helps you focus on soft washes, warm breast colors, and finishing details that give your robin personality.

Techniques You’ll Explore

• Brush handling and water control
• Color mixing and light-to-dark values
• Wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry painting
• Flat and graded washes
• Simple leaf and flower strokes
• Layering, lifting, and dry-brush texture
• Soft and sharp edges
• Light, shadow, and small finishing details

Materials to Bring

Watercolor paints

•  Lemon Yellow
•  Cadmium Yellow
•  New Gamboge
•  Cadmium Red
•  Alizarin Crimson or Permanent Alizarin Crimson
•  Quinacridone RoseCerulean Blue
•  Ultramarine Blue
•  Sap Green
•  Burnt Sienna
•  Burnt Umber
•  Raw Umber
• Payne’ s gray

Any brand is welcome. If you already own watercolor paints, bring close color equivalents.

Watercolor brushes

• Small round brush: size 1 or 2
• Medium round brush: size 5 or 6
• Flat brush: 1inch 1 1/2 inch
• Choose one brush from each size option; you do not need both. A 1-inch flat brush is easier to manage for smaller paintings.

Detail tools

• Waterproof fine-tip pen, 0.5 mm, black or brown
• White gel pen or white gouache for small highlights

Paper and other supplies

• Cold-press watercolor paper, 140 lb / 300 gsm, approximately 8 × 10 or 9 × 12 inches
• Extra watercolor paper for practice
• Mixing palette
• Two water containers
• Paper towels or a clean absorbent cloth
• Pencil and eraser
• Masking tape and a firm painting board
• Leave with your own watercolor studies and paintings—and skills you can keep exploring at home.

No pressure to be perfect—just come ready to experiment, learn, and enjoy painting!