Diane Stinebaugh
Introduction to Watercolor Class
November 16, 2024
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
$75.00
Arkansas Arts Academy
506 W Poplar St.
Rogers, Arkansas 72756
Let’s paint with watercolor!
Join in the fun of watercolor! Watercolor is one of the most versatile painting mediums around. You can take it almost anywhere. Paint at home, outside, in a hotel room, on the airplane, paint big paintings or small paintings. this is an introductory/refresher watercolor class to help you paint when and where you want!
- How to set up your workspace
- How to prepare your paints
- How much water
- Explore brushes, the marks they make and how long they hold color and water
- Explore color and the various ways to mix colors that are unique to watercolor
- Explore painting techniques that are unique to watercolors
- Steps to creating a watercolor painting
Supplies
I will work with whatever watercolor supplies you bring, but if you are going shopping, I have suggestions.
- Tube watercolors are the best to work with. A warm and cool of the primary colors such as; Aureolin Yellow, New Gamboge, Cad Red Light, Red Rose Deep, Alizarin Crimson, Ultamarine Blue and Cobalt. Paints from companies like da Vinci, Daniel Smith and Winsor Newton are great. Watercolors in pan form will be fine, too. If you are just “dipping your toe” in to watercolor you might bring a basic Prang watercolor set or set of 16 colors.
- Or bring your favorite watercolor set that you already have.
- 2 or 3 sheets of 140-pound cold pressed watercolor paper. 11 x 14 inches or whatever sizes you have on hand. We will work on painting exercises on several sheets of small paper.
- Masking tape and a board to tape your watercolor paper to.
- Your watercolor palette or a large white plate to mix in.
- An assortment of round brushes and flat watercolor brushes. I suggest rounds in sizes 14, 10, 8 and 6. I suggest a 1 inch and a ½ inch flat. And one rigger or liner brush.
- Pencil and kneaded eraser
- Containers for water
- Paper towels
- Sketchbook
Wonderful! Diane is a great teacher and example. Her consistently cheerful and supportive attitude is a boon to artists & students alike. And her art is skillful, fresh & original.
From Patricia Studer
August 21, 2024
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Diane Stinebaugh – Art inspired by nature
Diane Stinebaugh was born in Iowa to parents who loved adventure and appreciated the Arts. Her childhood was filled with canoeing, hiking, trips to art fairs and art classes. She was allowed all the paper, cardboard, glue and colors she wanted. She always loved to draw and make things.
Sometime around the year 2000, Diane started painting in watercolor and never stopped. Diane Stinebaugh is a watercolor and acrylic artist who is inspired by nature. She is best known for her realistic watercolors of animals and scenes she has experienced in her outdoor adventures. Diane enjoys the clear crisp colors of watercolors and the various ways watercolors behave and interact on clean white paper.
Diane is an award-winning artist whose paintings are in collections across the country. She is also a published children’s book illustrator. She taught art for many years in different stars and at Fayetteville High School for 22 years.
Now she spends her time hiking and camping with her husband and also painting, drawing and making things.