Class Information

Join artist Leo Kahl for a fun, one day deep dive into well-planned drawing for your watercolor painting. You will learn the techniques needed to draw your composition onto proper watercolor paper.

Class topics will include:

• Simplification of reference photos
• Drawing on location
• Developing compositions based on background, middle-ground, foreground and focal area.
• Inferring and inventing a narrative
• Arranging big, medium & small shapes
• Adding figures to a scene
• Transference of sketch to watercolor paper
• Creating preliminary thumbnail sketches
• Specifically planning to take advantage of watercolor attributes
• Indicating shadow shapes