"True art is an expression of the human being's search for a relationship with the spiritual, whether the spiritual longed for when his soul leaves the body, or the spiritual which he desires to remember when he dips down into a body, or the spiritual to which he feels more related than to his natural surroundings, or the spiritual as manifested in colors when outside and inside lose their separateness and the soul moves through the cosmos, freely, swimming and hovering, as it were, experiencing its own cosmic life, existing everywhere; or ... the spiritual as expressed in earth life, in the relationship between man's soul-spirit and the cosmic ... " - Rudolf Steiner
Course WC/ART
Art of Watercolor Painting
Lesson 1
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Course Outline
Art of Watercolor Painting
Lesson 1: Colors and Form Lesson 2: Landscapes and Seascapes Lesson 3: Plants and Vegetation Lesson 4: Animals and Their Surroundings Lesson 5: The Human Being Lesson 6: Waldorf Veil Painting |
Introduction
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Wet-on-wet watercolor painting is an introduction to the beautiful world of color for students of any age . There are many ways to paint, but wet-on-wet watercolor is a dreamy, fluid, mostly formless painting method that allows the painter to fully experience colors.
Now, before you get all ready to do stuff and buy stuff, I want you to take some time to think about color. Color is very amazing and it isn’t always fully appreciated! Before you start painting, take several days to delight in the colors around you. As you go about your days you will experience thousands of colors in the world around you. Can you notice them more? Spend time noticing the colors around you. Be amazed by their amazing variety, the extraordinary number of shades and tones in your visual path. Notice the effects that different colors have on you. Open up your awareness of color as part of your life. Color theory can be taught in this fashion: Here’s some blue and here’s some yellow, let’s mix them together and get green! Fun, yes, useful information, yes. A bit shallow? Perhaps. Wet-on-wet watercolor takes a different approach, a much slower experiential involvement in color. If you follow any Waldorf-inspired approach you will have time to explore the primary colors and allow the secondary colors to arise for instance in one painting session a week or over the course of the year. This is a meditative and therapeutic painting technique, rich for children, calming for you. To get started, you will need some painting supplies. I recommend good thick watercolor painting paper, Stockmar color paints, good 1-inch brushes and painting boards. In addition you need a large jar of water for rinsing, and a sponge. You also need a basin that is large enough to soak your paper. Items needed: Watercolor paint, brushes, watercolor paper, jar, painting board, sponge. 
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For the first assignment of this course you will need the following painting supplies: good thick watercolor painting paper, Stockmar or similar quality color paints, good 1-inch brushes and painting boards. In addition you need a large jar of water for rinsing, and a sponge. You also need a basin that is large enough to soak your paper.
You are being asked to practice painting with the wet-on-wet watercolor method for a minimum of 10 days creating 3 paintings each day, for a total of 30 paintings.
The first few paintings should be done using just one color of your choice, for instance blue. Cover the pre-soaked watercolor paper using a brush with blue color slowly and diligently creating several layers of paint, and experiencing the quality of the color and its hues as there will be areas of deeper blues and lighter blues and so on. After a few days you repeat the painting exercise now introducing a second color and eventually a third.
In order to submit the completed assignment please select one of the paintings from each of the 10 days. Take photos of the 10 paintings selected and submit the resulting 10 photos via the file upload function provided with the submission form (or send the photos via email).
You are being asked to practice painting with the wet-on-wet watercolor method for a minimum of 10 days creating 3 paintings each day, for a total of 30 paintings.
The first few paintings should be done using just one color of your choice, for instance blue. Cover the pre-soaked watercolor paper using a brush with blue color slowly and diligently creating several layers of paint, and experiencing the quality of the color and its hues as there will be areas of deeper blues and lighter blues and so on. After a few days you repeat the painting exercise now introducing a second color and eventually a third.
In order to submit the completed assignment please select one of the paintings from each of the 10 days. Take photos of the 10 paintings selected and submit the resulting 10 photos via the file upload function provided with the submission form (or send the photos via email).
Tasks and Assignments Art of Watercolor Painting Lesson 1
1. Watch the basic wet-on-wet watercolor painting video provided here.
2. Practice painting with the wet-on-wet watercolor method for a minimum of 10 days creating 3 paintings each day, for a total of 30 paintings. Start with using one color only for the first few days, then use several colors. 3. Take pictures of one of the paintings from each of the 10 days and submit the resulting 10 photos. |
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Please submit files of completed art project(s), comments and questions via the online form or via email.