Drawing with a Brush–Creating Loose, Bold, Expressive Watercolors with Anne Kullaf
In this online ZOOM* lecture and demonstration, you will learn how to effectively use your brush instead of a pencil to create bold, fluid marks early on in the painting process. Emphasis will be on working with value relationships, perspective and a limited palette to get that fresh look that is never overworked. You will also learn about color mixing and how to keep your colors, pure, fresh and clean.
Materials needed:
Watercolor paints in the following colors: Azo Yellow (any bright cool yellow), Prussian blue (any blue with a greenish hue), Permanent rose or Alizarin crimson (any pink-ish red), raw sienna (any warm earthy yellow)
Tube of white gouache (or Chinese white watercolor)
Pointed round watercolor brushes in sizes 6 and 10
140 lb. cold press watercolor paper, 8×10 size (or thereabouts)
water container
palette
paper towels
Reference photo:
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Artist Bio:
Anne Kullaf is a professional fine artist and instructor, who currently offers workshops and classes in all media online. Formally trained in graphic design and painting, she is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Anne has had a highly diverse career as a designer, entrepreneur and visual artist. A former Bryant Park, NYC painter-in-residence, and Metropolitan Museum of Art Copyist Program artist, she has taught workshops at:
Princeton University Art Museum
Edward Hopper House
Salmagundi Club of NY
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
Bryant Park, NYC
Plein air painting workshop leader in the US, Canada, France and Italy
Anne recently moved to Boulder and loves painting outdoors on all of the trails and most of all, down on Pearl Street.