Classes & Workshops

Bouquets & Florals in Watercolor

  • Class starts on: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
  • Duration: 8 Weeks
  • Wednesdays | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: Main Campus
  • Fee: $290

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Watercolor lends itself to the beauty of flowers. This class focuses on the four building blocks of color, shape, value, and edges to help create flowing floral paintings. Concepts will be reinforced with creative exercises and demonstrations. Pre-req: PD104 or similar.

Required Supplies

140 lb. Arches watercolor paper (we will be working on an 11” x 15” size of paper. Paper doesn’t have to be exactly that size – just close to that size)
Palette with a lid and large mixing area.
Paint: Aureolin (yellow), Winsor lemon, Permanent rose (red) or rose madder (red), Cobalt (blue), Ultramarine blue, Burnt sienna.
Brushes: 1” or 1-1/2” hake brush, large round. Optional. #10 brush and scrubber.
A board and masking tape (board is to tape your paper to)
Pencil, eraser, spray bottle

Special Notes

Prerequisite: PD104 or similar experience

Instructor

Patty Kane

Patty Kane's passion is painting with transparent watercolor using a limited palette. She says, "it is a process, which allows me to explore subject matter that inspires my creativity and passion for mixing colors".

Patty has won many awards for her Florida-themed paintings, most recently The People's Choice Award at 1st Thursdays at Orlando Museum of Art and the "Lee Ackert" Award for Outstanding Color at Fort Myers Beach Art Association. She was granted "Art Educator of the Year" at the Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs in 2010 and received a "Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition" for Keeping Hope Alive Through Art at an exhibition in Winter Park, Florida.