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Learn how to draw different types of boats and paint vivid water reflections with award-winning artist Ina Xi. 

This intensive, four-part painting course starts with drawing techniques to convey accurate curvatures of boats, delves into the key characteristics of different types of boats, studies how reflection and shadows behave under different weather conditions, and finishes with a painting of a harbor scene.

Details

• Session 1: You'll observe how the curvatures of boats shift at various angles and learn to draw accurate perspectives no matter the angle. You'll also learn how the shapes of the reflections behave depending on the angle of the boats.
• Session 2: The basic boat shape will evolve into more complex shapes and you'll draw different types of boats. You'll start adding backgrounds and foregrounds to create “mini scenes.” Through that, you'll observe and learn the key characteristics of different boat types.
• Session 3: You'll start applying tonal values to the drawing done in previous class, to learn how to create three-dimensionality for rounded shapes, and convey different mood, weather, and lighting conditions.
• Session 4: We'll take what we've learned in previous classes, and draw a harbor scene together without using any reference photos. Then color will be applied to finish the painting.

Details

• You should bring: 
  • Brushes: One large round brush of ~0.5 inches in diameter for applying wash, one small round brush ~0.125 inches in diameter, or rigger brush for finer details.
  • Palette: It doesn’t matter how many wells, as long as it has a generous mixing area.
  • A 2B or softer pencil, eraser.
  • Watercolor paint set. Only monochromatic colors (blacks or browns) are needed for the first three classes. The last class requires color. These basic colors or equivalence will do: burnt sienna, French ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson, yellow ochre, cadmium yellow
  • Easel or painting surface (optional).
• A $10 materials fee, included in the price of the class, covers watercolor paper and the use of studio supplies and equipment. 

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome.