Art Classes

Tues 1:00-3:00 5/19/26 – 6/16/26 FULL
–5 weeks $139

Anne Jurgens, award winning artist and certified instructor, will lead you through the wonders of watercolor. This class is intended for beginning and intermediate students with emphasis on expressing ourselves with paint. Beginning students will learn basic watercolor techniques including how to apply flat washes, graded washes, and glazes, wet in wet and dry brushing techniques. We will learn about composition, values, line, and color as elements in a painting. For intermediate students who wish to choose their own subjects, instruction will be individualized.- You can read the artist’s bio and see more of her work in the Gallery section.

• Paper: Arches 11×14 100% rag, 140 Cold Press. and/ or Strathmore Series 500 mixed media
• Brushes: Sable is best. Synthetic is okay Rounds #1, #5, #8 Flats: 1/2 inch, 1 inch, 2 inch, Rigger
• Water Container – One for clear, one to clean brushes can be as simple as a couple of
  cottage cheese containers.
• Paper towels – to soak up excess water
• Pencil – #2
• Pallet : Make it large enough to hold 16 colors and have space to mix paints
• Paints: Here are the basics. You can buy more, but we can build almost any color
  from these..
• These consist of both cool and warm in the primary colors enabling us to
  be able to make the colors we need. Buy your colors In tubes or in cubes. Any brand,
  except where noted you usually get better results with Professional grade, you can use Cotman when brand isn’t noted.
• Yellows: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna*
  Reds: Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Medium, Alizarine Crimson, Permanent Rose
  Blues: Cobalt Blue, Winsor Newton Ultramarine Blue
  Others: Winsor Newton Sap Green, Winsor Newton Burnt Sienna
• Waterproof board – To tape your painting to
• Knife for scoring . I prefer an exacto knife, , and a small hair dryer

Tuesday 5/19 11:00-12:30

Cost: $15