2013 Watercolor Schedule of Classes in Destin, FL

Wow! It is time for our winter friends to return to the beach and I am so happy to see everyone. Are you ready to get back to work painting? If you are interested in starting again or are joining us for the first time, contact me and schedule a time. I look forward to seeing you.
All experience levels welcome and all the materials are provided.

contact me sharin2art@aol.com or 850-240-3220

I will be teaching:

Monday - 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm        Pelican Beach Condos - The Terrace Bldg
(located across from the street from the Water Park Big Kahuna's)
                                                                                                    

Tuesday - 9:00 am -12:00 noon    Wyndham by Resort Quest  (Seascape Resort area, Miramar Beach, FL)

                 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Mainsail Condo (near Winn Dixie and The Silver Sands Oultlet Mall

Wednesday - 9:00 am -12:00 noon  The Crab Trap Resturant Destin FL Beach Scenic Hwy 98

           
Thursday - Private Lessons at my home (subject to availability and requires extra class fee.)

Friday - Private Lessons at my home (subject to availability and requires extra class fee.)

I am working on booking my summer workshops now so if you are interested in hosting one in your hometown, let me know! Be looking for my 2013 Watercolor Workshops Schedule here soon.
Keep checking back in with me! See you in class. Sharon

                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Transfers Ready for you to Paint! For Sale Online

I am excited to announce a release of new collections of my photographs and line drawings with instruction kits for painting. These are for 11x14 size paintings otherwise known as 1/4 sheet size. This new collection can be seen below. Simply email me and let me know if you are interested in purchasing these kits... that come ready to paint!

Each one includes everything you need to sit down and start painting...expect the paper and mixing the color! Each Kit contains the color photo, line drawing, transfer paper, and instructions! Order several to get your new paintings going!




Barn wood Birdhouse



Birdhouse on Brick Column



Rooster

Antique Lantern



Hot Air Balloon Colorful



Light pole with hanging Baskets



Noah's Arc Balloon



Pink Flower Vine



Pink Water Lily



Red Rose with Picket



Watering can Collection



Yellow Iris

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I have posted 5 things to consider for all two dementional artists.

Five things to consider before your begin a watercolor painting

There are 5 main things to consider whenever starting a new painting or if you have a problem area in a painting.  These apply to "All" artists working in two deminsional art (painting on a flat surface.)

 1.  What color is it?  (in laymen's terms)  also what pigments combine to make that color if more than one is needed.

 2.  What temperature of that color is it?  Cool---more blue      Warm---less blue and heat in it.

  3.  What value is it?   Light  0 1-2-3      Medium  4-5-6-7    Dark   8-9-10

  4.  What shape is it?   Crescent, heart, triangle, etc.

  5.  Scale  (the comparative size of things).

Two questions to answer when we use a reference or see it in nature and would like to paint it.
  1. What pigments would it take to produce the color of it?
  2.  What techniques would we use to represent the nature of it?  Rough, textured,smooth, pitted etc.

Any questions, please let me know.
Sharon

Glazing in watercolor lessons from Sharon Long, Florida Watercolor Artist

Glazing is painting over an area that has been painted and allow to dry in order to darken the value or raise or lower the temperature.  The consistancy  needs to be a little on the thin side to allow the color underneath to show through.  Also use a brush large enough to allow the least amount of strokes on the given area.  Do not over work or lots of brush strokes will appear.
Of the primary colors Red and Yellow are warm and Blue is cool.  If  Blue is ixpart of a mixture a dominance of it will make a cool mixture. (Cool green or cool purple for example).  If in a corner of your painting a warm area is attracting too much attention you can "kill" it back by glazing with a pale blue. Glaze once with a minimum of overlapping and allow to dry. If this is not cool enough, repeat. 
If a section of your background is a bit bland you can perk it up with a glaze of warm (Yellow or Red).  Once you've improved an area in this way yo will begin to see other opportunities.
When painting early on, watercolor dries 30% lighter in value,  if this happens, glaze with the same pigment or mixture as the first wash. The result will be darker.  Repeat if necessary.
I hope this helps with the glazing technique.   Be sure to practice on test sheets to perfect this technique.

My dvd on forming a foundation of basic color mixing

I have information that I feel is very important to every artist.  It seems that most artists that come to me have a problem with color mixing.  Over a period of 25 years I have developed a fool proof technique of basic color mixing with "my" magic palette.   It is now available in my newly released dvd. 

You can go to my website to purchase it.  http://www.slongwatercolors.com/

New DVD

Just getting started in watercolor painting? ...or maybe you just need some color mixing tips...or stuck on those trees? My new watercolor lessons on DVD can help!

I have information that I feel is very important to every artist. It seems that most artists that come to me have a problem with color mixing. Over a period of 25 years I have developed a fool proof technique of basic color mixing with "my" magic palette. It is now available in my newly released DVD. "Forming A Foundation of Basic Color Mixing". Click here to purchase your copy from my website!
Sharon Long watercolors

I have added another DVD to my collection and this one is called "Trees, Foilage, & Mixing the Greens to Achieve Them". The DVD has lessons on painting realistic trees and greenary. So many of my cleints stuggle with getting realistic looking trees that they often pass up painting great outdoor scenes because the trees "look too hard to do"! Now, I have the easy techniques to get you started on painting trees of all kinds as well as greenary and plant life that is realistic and beautiful. Get your copy of this exciting DVD today! It is now available for purchase on my website as well as my first DVD.

You can also purchase the custom designed palette with the pigments you will need to get started or complete your own collection to create the most vibrant and detailed watercolor paintings ever.