Watercolor Painting for Beginners with Giselle Harrington (6/15-7/20, 6:00-9:00, $300)

Watercolor Painting for Beginners

Cost: $300. Students can bring their own supplies (see supply list), or rent supplies for use during class by paying an additional $25 to the teacher at the beginning of the first class (cash, Venmo, check accepted).

Class description: This class teaches you the traditional methods of handling transparent watercolor in representational painting. You will learn how to control watercolor through washes and glazes, creating soft edges, using wet-in-wet techniques and using dry-brush. You will also learn how to work with the time constraints of the medium through a simplification of value shapes: a key to success in watercolor.

Giselle Harrington is a classically trained, award-winning watercolor painter. She holds a MFA from the School of Visual Arts where she studied illustration. Additionally, she studied painting and drawing at the Art Students League of New York. Her work is permanently housed at Simpatico Gallery in Charleston, SC, and she regularly shows her work in galleries and arts centers along the East Coast. She has 8 years of watercolor workshop experience.