105-Watercolor Portraits (Animals & People)-IN PERSON

105-Watercolor Portraits (Animals & People)-IN PERSON

Adult Class | This class is completed

2020 Burnt Mills Road Bedminster, NJ 07921 United States

Ceramics Studio

Adult-All Levels

1/24/2022-3/7/2022

1:00 PM-3:30 PM on Mon

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$190.00

$165.00

$20.00

Learn how to paint people using the luminosity and transparency that only watercolors can offer. This class will teach you how to develop proportion and create structure with the under-drawing, as well as how to approach watercolor with greater control using beaded washes and varying brushstrokes. To better understand color theory, students will learn how to find the right color through layering paint rather than mixing. This class will use photographs as reference.

This is a Hybrid class. There will be students participating IN-STUDIO concurrently with students participating ONLINE via Zoom

NOTE: There is NO CLASS on 2/21.

  • Note on Health & Safety Policy:

    The Center has updated its Health and Safety Policies and Procedures related to the COVID-19 vaccine. Beginning January 1, 2022, all students 12 and older attending an IN PERSON class or workshop must be fully vaccinated. Proof of vaccination must be provided in person or uploaded no more than 7 days after registering for a class or workshop.  Proof of vaccination can be uploaded here.

    All students are required to wear a mask over the mouth and nose at all times.

    All students must comply with the Health and Safety Policies and Procedures found on The Center's website. There will be no refunds for students removed from class for failure to observe The Center’s Health and Safety Policies and Procedures.

    In the event of a closure due to the COVID-19 virus, this class will move online using ZOOM. There will be no refunds or credits for classes that were scheduled to take place on-site but were moved to an online format for health and safety purposes.

    Covid Fee: A fee of $20.00 has been added to in person classes to offset the cost of PPEs and additional sanitizing materials due to COVID-19.
  • Watercolor Supplies

  • Reference photo(s)

  • Drawing Board

  • HB or No.2 pencil

  • Kneaded eraser

  • pH neutral or acid free Masking Tape (not “Artist’s Tape”)

  • Paper Towels

  • Eyedropper or Jacquard Syringe

  • Palette (with deep wells)

  • Arches cold-pressed Watercolor paper (140lb. or 300lb.)

  • A pad of practice watercolor paper 140lb. cold-pressed (Canson XL or Strathmore 300 Series)


  • Brushes:
  • 3 Round Brushes of different sizes (example: size 16, size 6 or 8, size 0 or 2), Sable or Squirrel (or Squirrel Synthetic)
  • 1 Stiff Synthetic Brush for erasing/scrubbing, Bright Size 4 or 6


  • Paint: (Instructor recommends Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor Tubes (not “Cotman”)
  • Aureolin
  • Rose Madder Genuine
  • Cobalt Blue
  • French Ultramarine
  • Burnt Sienna
  • Quinacridone Red


  • Optional:

  • Colorless Masking Fluid

  • Rubber Cement Pickup (to remove the Masking Fluid)
Fanning, Margaret

BFA in Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design. Has exhibited internationally and her art can be found in private collections throughout the U.S. She has won multiple awards including the Alexander Portfolio Award and the NJ Chapter of the American Artists Professional League Traditional Realism Award.