Instructor: Judith Haynes Levins

Cost: $175.00 for 4 classes

What: This class will be concentrating on painting techniques all the while having fun exploring a variety of subject matter. 

Class Limit: Limited to 6 vaccinated students.​

Class Description:

• Watercolor basics from beginner to intermediate

• Customized instruction allowing you to express your creativity

• Explore color, learn the color wheel

• How to paint your message and find your voice

• Explore composition

• Paint a variety of subjects while pushing the boundaries of what the medium can do 

• Loosen up your style and express with paint

• How to find the light by embracing the dark

• How to know if your painting is finished

• Paint a variety of subjects

• Small classes for personal attention​

Supply List from the Instructor: 

• Paper: I work with Arches 140-pound cold press paper. We will be mainly working on a quarter sheet size or 11 x 15. Other brands of paper are fine as long as they are 100% cotton like Fabriano, Winsor/Newton, please no student grade (Strathmore). Have plenty of paper as we will be having fun trying new things. 

• Brushes: The majority of my painting is done with a squirrel mop burhs, if purchasing one be sure to get #6 or #8. It is good to have a 1'' flat, a rigger, and a #8 round. Please bring what brushes you have, recommendations can be made during class. 

• Paint: please have tubes. We will squeeze fresh paint at the beginning of class.  I use mostly Daniel Smith paints, others are fine as long as they are professional grade. A range of pigments from warm to cool. ​

  • If just starting out: a limited palette of Hansa yellow light, Cobalt blue, Carmine, and neutral tint are the essentials. You can add pigments as you progress in your watercolor journey.

  • Hansa yellow light​, Holbein's Jaune Brilliant no. 1, Aureolin or Cadmium yellow, Brilliant orange or perinone orange, Carmine or Alizarin Crimson, Opera pink or Rhodonite Genuine, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna or Piemontite Genuine, Raw Sienna or Quinacridone Gold, Sap Green or Olive Green, Cobalt blue, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean blue or Maganese Blue or Verditer blue, Neutral tint

  • Extra pigments I enjoy: Holbein's Horizon Blue and Lavender 

• Palette: Like most artists, I have numerous palettes. In the field I use a small handheld palette, in the student I use a John Pike large well palette with a lid. Bring what palette you are comfortable with. If purchasing, I recommend a John Pike Pallete. 

• Board: gator board or hard surface large enough to accommodate quarter sheet of paper. 

• Sketch pad: 9 x 12 MULTIPLE SURFACE paper

• Miscellaneous: Soft pencil, kneaded eraser, masking tape (white or neutral), paper towels, a hand towel you don't mind getting stained, water container, small spray bottle

About the Instructor: Judy Levins is a Cazenovia NY based watercolor artist that has been painting her world for several years. Judy paints in a bold energetic manner. She is an active member of both the Cazenovia Watercolor Society and the Central New York Watercolor Society where she holds Gold Medallion Signature status and serves on the Board of Directors. Judy paints en plein air twice weekly both with the Cazenovia area painter and the Mountain Air Painters in the Adirondacks. She is an award winning artist that teaches private watercolor lessons in her home studio, teaches online classes, as well as traveling to teach watercolor workshops. She’s a popular instructor who’s enthusiasm for the medium is contagious. To learn more about Judy visit jhlevins.com