Level: Int - Advanced
Jan 7 - Feb 25, 2025
Tuesdays
1st Zoom 10am, 2nd Zoom at 3pm
8 weeks
Instructor: Christy Gallagher
Instructor's website
Fee: $330
Watercolor, Still life and the Interior
The class will continue with the idea of expanding the use of still life and the interior as subject matter. We will examine the elements of what makes a painting. This will be the framework to become more confident in the use of color, in drawing, understanding form, and the use of the medium. Painting plants and still lifes in the interior will be the focus of this session.
We meet at 10:00 on Zoom and review the assignment of the day for 30 to 40 minutes and then go off to develop the ideas discussed. At 1:00 for those who wish, they can check in with questions.
At 3:00 we return by zoom to share and talk about our work with a critique on the paintings completed that day, and discuss ways this assignment can be further developed during the week.
This class is most appropriate for Intermediate and Advanced watercolor artists.
Note: this class will be taught online using Zoom. Please download and become familiar with the app prior to the start of class.
Materials List
Basic Winsor & Newton Palette
Cadmium Lemon Yellow
Cadmium Yellow,
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red
Alizarin Crimson or Permanent Rose
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Blue
French Ultramarine Blue
Winsor Blue-green shade
Winsor Green-blue shade
Yellow Ochre
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Paper — D’Arches Block 140 lb. cold press – 10 x 14 or 12 x 16
Fabriano, or Winsor & Newton
Brushes: Round #12 and Flat ¾ or 1” — Winsor & Newton Sceptre Gold Brushes are an excellent value.
Palette –John Pike Palette or Holbein type folding palette
Water container for washes
Tissues and or paper towels
HB pencil
Kneaded or pink eraser
Natural sponge
About the Instructor:
Christy Gallagher
Christy Gallagher received her education at Cooper Union School of Art and the National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts, New York, NY.
She has exhibited at the Silvermine Gallery, the John Slade Ely House, the
Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT, “Art of the Northeast” at Silvermine, the National Academy of Design, the New York State Museum and at “Cinque Peintures” in Popian, France.
