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Unlock your artistic potential with a wide range of watercolor classes in NYC! Learn essential techniques, discover new styles, and create stunning works of art while gaining the confidence and skills to express yourself through this captivating medium.

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Watercolor Techniques

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

In this class, students will learn tips and techniques that will enable them to use watercolor with confidence, knowledge, and control. Subjects will include: wash and blending techniques loading a brush achieving color harmony and avoiding mud making corrections the importance of materials Demonstrations will enhance the classroom experience, but there will be plenty of time for individual instruction. The class is designed for the beginner...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$325

6 sessions

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Beginner Watercolor Painting: With Natural + Urban Subject Matter

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

Unlock your creativity with the luminous beauty of watercolor painting. From landscapes to cityscapes, learn practical techniques for capturing the natural and urban world around you. All levels are welcome in this versatile course at Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo.

(179) Beginner 18 and older
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$525

7 sessions

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Evening Watercolor Painting in the Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Enjoy the serene beauty of the Garden after hours in a fun and relaxing outdoor painting class.  You will receive expert tips and advice to help you make the images of your choice, from landscapes to intimate flower portraits. The last class hour gives everyone a chance to view classmates' work and share a general critique.  This class is open to students at all levels of  experience. Are materials provided and included in cost...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$227

6 sessions

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Secrets of Success with Botanical Watercolor

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Discover watercolor tips, techniques, and approaches that will enable you to proceed with greater confidence and control. Learn wash and blending techniques, how to load a brush, and how to achieve color harmony and avoid mud. We also explore correction tricks and the importance of materials. This class is designed for the beginner as well as more advanced students. Bring your own materials. Materials List: Paper: Two 22”x30”sheets of Extra...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$163

4 sessions

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Combining Traditional Watercolor and Watercolor Pencils

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Watercolor pencils combine beautifully with traditional watercolors and make placing color exactly where you want it much easier. Learn simple techniques for making a wonderful variety of textures and details with watercolor pencils, for making washes with watercolor paints, and for bringing it all together. We will work from plant cuttings or potted plants; students are encouraged to bring their own plant subjects.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$233

8 sessions

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Nature Watercolors for Beginners and Beyond

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

With nature as inspiration, learn the techniques of this challenging, beautiful medium through demonstrations and exercises. The first class includes a thorough discussion of materials and sources. Supplies will be provided for the first class only; if you have watercolor materials, however, please bring them. Notes: Please bring this confirmation for Garden admission. The Security Guard in the lobby of the Administration Bldg. at 1000 Washington...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$281

6 sessions

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Flowing Watercolors

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Through demonstrations, discussion, and practice, we cover various papers, paints, and brushes along with techniques, values, and compositions for painting a flowing watercolor. Work with plants from the Education greenhouse or bring in your own natural subject for inspiration. This is an indoor class with the option to paint out on the grounds. Notes: Bring your own materials;  Materials list link: Flowing Watercolors  Please bring...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$276

7 sessions

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Photographs as Inspiration for Watercolor

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Students will create watercolor paintings by drawing stimulus from photographs. Discover ways to solve visual problems using photographs as your point of departure.We focus on specific watercolor techniques in each class to create paintings using provided floral, landscape and architecture photographs.  Best for students familiar with watercolor. Materials list: HB or 2H pencil White plastic eraser 2 small containers for holding water...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$287

6 sessions

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Summer Evenings in the Garden: Watercolor

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Enjoy the cool, quiet beauty of the evening garden while painting watercolors. This summer, we’ll focus on water features, including the lily pools, the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, and the new Shelby White and Leon Levy Water Garden. For the first class, watercolor supplies will be available, but if you have your own materials, please bring them.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$286

7 sessions

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Summer Blooms Watercolor Workshop

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

This class focuses on painting seasonal flowers using both loose and controlled watercolor techniques. We emphasize initial massing in layered, transparent washes, with a gradual buildup of detail through color and tone.   Particular qualities of various pigments are examined and incorporated to build up areas of transparency and opacity, with emphasis on composition and rhythm.   You will learn to understand and organize values and handle...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$122

2 sessions

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Mixed Media Watercolor

Wagner College Lifelong Learning @ 1 Campus Rd, Staten Island, NY

Color theory, as well as color mixing techniques, will be taught in this class. You will learn the use of darks and lights, and what to look for, while learning different techniques in developing a painting.  We will work from photos to create water color mixed media paintings using a variety of water colors, gouache, water color pencils, and permanent black ink. Merryl will work with students individually at their level; therefore, knowledge...

(5) All levels 18 and older
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$399

10 sessions

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Watercolor Painting for Beginners

Creatively Wild Art Studio Dumbo @ 98 Water St, Brooklyn, NY

Learn the luminous method of Watercolor painting in this essential in depth foundation course. We will begin with preliminary sketching exercises, and then move on to learning the process of dry- brush technique & application of washes. Demonstration & discussion on how to approach composition, tone & form and how to set up your personal palette & capture light & transparency -the true character of watercolor painting! ...

(179) Beginner 18 and older
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Watercolor Pencil Techniques

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Join this class to study and practice the various techniques of dry application and methods of glazing the colored areas with water to create watercolor washes. Artist-quality watercolor pencils offer the controlled application possible with colored pencils along with the transparency and fluidity of watercolor. Advanced methods include wet-on-wet and dry-on-wet painting. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? No. Here's the...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$232

6 sessions

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Capturing Fall Foliage in Watercolor

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Capturing the vibrancy of fall foliage is the primary goal of this class. We will focus on color and the elements of design to create interesting and successful compositions while retaining the transparency and immediacy of the medium. Students who have sketched and made notes outdoors may further develop their fall landscape in the classroom. We will also look at works by traditional and contemporary watercolorists for a broad perspective on the...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$214

4 sessions

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Winter Greens in Watercolor

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

This workshop focuses on painting seasonal motifs such as holly and other cool-season greens and on discovering color in winter branches through a combination of loose and controlled watercolor techniques. Emphasis will be on massing in layered, transparent washes with a gradual buildup of detail through color and tone.  The particular qualities of various pigments will be examined and incorporated to build up areas of transparency and opacity...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$241

6 sessions

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Watercolor Portrait Painting

Trestle Workshops @ 850 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Watercolor is the perfect medium for painting portraiture and skin tones. Students will learn to see, mix, and apply a range of colors that convey light and shadow in any skin tone, under any light. We will learn how to draw the human head, mix skin tone accurately, convey detailed facial features and various expressions.  Students will experiment with techniques such as wet on wet, wet on dry, dry on dry and overlaying washes to visually...

(326) All levels 14 and older
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$185

3 sessions

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Watercolor: Understanding Color

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Whether you are an advanced artist, a beginner, or just curious, this class is for you. We will study color theories and put their ideas into practice, learning to mix and match colors to achieve harmonious schemes. We will study the colors present in plants and flowers with a view to enhancing an appreciation of nature's rich palette. Although we will work in watercolor, the lessons learned can be applied to other media: pastel, colored pencil,...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$223

4 sessions

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Modern Calligraphy with Floral Watercolors

Il Fiorista @ 17 W 26th St, New York, NY

We will learn how to make ink from flowers and plants, the creative process to make botanical illustrations and the basics to modern brush calligraphy.

(1) All levels 6 and older
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Summer Watercolor Painting in the Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Enjoy the beauty of Brooklyn Botanic Garden as you paint trees, flowers, and landscapes outdoors in watercolor. Explore watercolor techniques, values, and color through demonstrations, discussions, and individual instruction. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? No. If you already have watercolor supplies, bring them. This is a suggested list: HB or 2H pencil White plastic eraser Plastic container with a wide lid for carrying...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$199

5 sessions

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​Watercolor: Focusing on Color Saturation & Tonal Value

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Get the most out of your colors and color interpretation. Whether you prefer to slowly build your paintings by layers or use rich tonal values from the start, you'll develop knowledge and confidence in choosing colors for highlight, shadow, and mid-tones.  We will begin practicing various techniques and color analysis in the classroom and experiment with them on location.  Appropriate for all levels. Notes: Bring your own materials; ...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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$159

3 sessions

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