Online Watercolor Workshop
Class Description
In this workshop we will be exploring Sarah’s watercolor process for her paintings, Birds in Flight. She’ll be demoing 2 paintings and talking about how she designs and composes her crow and raven paintings. She will also be demoing an eagle in flight.
The crows will be done as a grayscale and as a 2-color painting. When painting the eagle she will be showing you just certain sections and how she creates her lost and found edges and luminosity.
“Sit back and watch or paint along. This may lend itself to more of a watch-me-paint tutorial and you try it later! The video is yours to watch forever (that’s a long time!) on the Lake Placid Arts YouTube Channel. (Please do not share the link with others.)” — Sarah Yeoman
References below. Sarah will be using masking fluid.
Materials
- Brushes: Sarah will be using large rounds #16, #14 and flats.
- Paper: Sarah will be using Arches 140lb Hot press for these paintings, but cold press works fine too. 14″ x 20″ format for the Crows and a full sheet for the Eagle.
Please paint whatever size you like on good quality paper (inexpensive papers are difficult to get the right results from). Sarah suggests Arches 140 lb, Saunders Waterford 140 lb, and Fabriano 140 lb. - Masking Fluid
- Masking Fluid Brush (small cheap round)
- Firm Backing Board
- Masking Tape
- Water Container
- Sponge
- Hair Dryer
- Paper Towels
Sarah’s Palette:
This is Sarah’s standard palette for all workshops. You do not have to use the same colors.
• Jaune Brilliant #1
• Cad Yellow
• Cad Orange
• Cad Red
• Perm Rose
• Alizarin Crimson
• Burnt Sienna
• Yellow Ochre
• Sepia
• Lavender
• Cerulean
• Cobalt Blue
• Cobalt Turquoise Light
• Ultramarine Blue
• Payne’s Grey
• Neutral Tint
Reference Photo – Crows
Reference Drawing – Crows
Reference Photo – Eagle
Reference Drawing – Eagle
These paintings and their sole use are the property of Sarah Yeoman and may not be reproduced without permission. Paintings done in this workshop are for study purposes only and should not be sold or represented as the participant’s original work.
