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Lorraine Watry Studio Newsletter April 2021 View this email in your browser Lorraine Watry is an award winning artist who paints bright, colorful, detailed watercolors. She paints in her studio full time, teaches watercolor classes and workshops, and is available for demos, and jurying. My demo painting (Mute Swan, 10"x10") from the just completed Swan Reflections Online Workshop with the Colorado Watercolor Society. My painting is available for purchase. (link on image)  2021 Classes and Private Lessons 2021 Classes & Workshops - for more information click on the class name below. If you would like to request a subject for a future class let me know and I will consider it. lwatry@lorrainewatrystudio.com Private Watercolor & Drawing Lessons - If you are interested in setting up an ONLINE Private Lesson, please contact me lwatry@lorrainewatrystudio.com. Private lessons are $45 per hour. You will need a video camera on your laptop, tablet, or phone so that I can see what you are working on and access to Zoom. Online Video Lessons - Shore Bird in Water and Painting Glass in Watercolor are now available as a self-paced video lesson. Blue Jay in Snow should be available by March 5th. Check my Classes Page under the Video Lessons section. Online Waterlily Watercolor Workshop -Dates - April 10, 17, 24, 2021, $TBD, 10am-noon (MST). In this 3 week online watercolor workshop this class will focus on painting a waterlily, the lily pads, and the reflections created in the surrounding water. LINK To Arvada site for class purchase In conjunction with the Arvada Center for the Arts 720-898-7200, Spaces Still Available. Painting Clear Glass in Watercolor Workshop - Dates - April 28, May 4, May 18, 2021, $150, 2pm - 4pm (MST). Have you ever wondered how to paint clear glass in watercolor? This online watercolor workshop will teach you how to paint transparent glass. Students will learn methods to “see” the abstract shapes and patterns that make up reflections in glass to accurately paint the subject. Limit 20, Spaces 17 _______________________________________ Reflections in Water - Birds Workshop, LWS - $350/$400, Oct. 19, 20, 21, 2021, Louisiana - 10am to 4pm. This (in person) 3 day workshop sponsored by the Louisiana Watercolor Society will focus on creating a bird's reflection in water with lots of techniques. Limit 15min/22max    'New' Video Lessons Now Available: Now Available - Blue Jay in Snow, Shore Bird in Water, and Painting Glass Video Lessons. I have converted my online classes and made them available as a video lesson. The instructions, reference photo, supply list, and drawing are included. Paint at your own pace and videos do not expire. See Links on images below. NEWS - "Summer Salad" was juried into the Illinois Watercolor Society 37th National Exhibition by Juror Elaine Daily-Birnbaum. Gallery Representation Arati Artists Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO  www.aratiartistsgallery.com Cornflower Boutique & Gallery, Frisco, CO www.cornflowerboutique.com 'Shore Bird Study' (11"x11" framed) is currently available at Arati Artists Gallery  Contact Information Lorraine Watry Fine Art Watercolors 719-291-2748 email - lwatry@lorrainewatrystudio.com website - www.LorraineWatryStudio.com   Share Tweet Forward Pin My Website www.LorraineWatryStudio.com Follow me on Instagram to see posts of what I am currently working, upcoming shows, etc. Instagram PUZZLES NOW AVAILABLE If you love doing puzzles or know someone who does, many of my paintings are now available to purchase as a 500 or 1,000 piece puzzle. (select image above to see all options) Watercolor Tidbit Shadowing Oranges - Have you ever tried working with a color that was hard to know how to shadow it without creating "mud" or really muted shadows? I just finished the above painting (this is only a portion of the full painting). "Coral Chorus Line" was one I had on watercolor paper for many years, but got busy and it sat in my flat file until recently when I pulled it back out and determined to actually paint it.  I have painted oranges in several paintings in the past, but I have never really worked with coral as the main color. I wanted to keep the coral as vibrant as I could, while shadowing it and getting the values as dark as they needed to go. There are several things you can do when darkening any color and trying to keep it vibrant: first, try using a color in the same family like adding a darker green to the green you are using; second, try using an adjacent color family to darken that color (for example to darken orange I use reds, to darken greens I use blues, to darken reds I use purples, etc); finally, to get a color dark enough you may have to add a red-purple or a blue-purple depending on your base color. For more information, I have a blog post on my website that goes through creating vibrant colors at this link: How to Mix Vibrant Colors in Watercolor. I did some color charts prior to working on the painting (see video below) and decided that I was going to use my tube paints, Quinacridone Coral, Perinone Orange, and Permanent Orange by Daniel Smith for some of my main colors. I followed the the suggestions above to keep the colors vibrant and some of my mixes became the Quin. Coral with Perinone and Quin. Coral with Permanent Orange. However, I realized pretty quickly that I was not going to be able to get the color dark enough for the shadowed areas. In the end, I used my Carbizole Violet mixed with some Perinone or Quin. Lilac mixed with Perinone to create semi-vibrant darks. The shadow areas may not always appear vibrant and we don't always want them to be, but I would rather start with vibrant mixes and then neutralize them later. It is almost impossible to bring the vibrancy back in watercolor once it is gone.  To see the full painting, click on the image above (you will be redirected to my website). The children's book I illustrated, "For I Am Yours', is available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Select the image below to see more about the book on my website. YouTube Watercolor Tips & Tricks Series New Watercolor Tips, Tricks, And Techniques Video: Tip #56 - How to Paint Aspen Trunks in Watercolor New Watercolor Tips, Tricks, And Techniques Video: Tip #57 - Watercolor Oranges Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences  *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*