Watercolor & Gouache Workshop
With instructor
Jessica Falcone
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Tues. 10am - 1pm
Starting October 7th!
Course Description
Embark on an exciting artistic journey, exploring the vibrant worlds of both watercolor and gouache. You'll discover the unique qualities of each medium, from watercolor's luminous transparency to gouache's bold opacity. Through demonstrations and hands on projects, you'll learn essential techniques like layering, blending, creating capIvaIng textures, mastering quick sketches, and detailed studies. This class will equip you with the skills to express yourself with confidence, develop a unique artistic style, and confidently translate your observations into art, whether in the comfort of your studio or amidst the beauty of nature on your travels. Gain practical knowledge on selecting portable art supplies and adapting to changing light and conditions to capture the essence of a scene quickly and effectively!
What You'll Learn
Understand Transparency vs. Opacity: Students will learn the fundamental difference between watercolor's translucent layers and gouache's opaque, matte finish, and learn how to use both effectively in your paintings.
Identify suitable materials and tools: Students will become familiar with the different types of watercolor paper, brushes, and other necessary supplies.
Practice watercolor & gouache techniques: Students will explore techniques like washes, layering, and wet-on-wet with watercolor and experiment with building opaque layers and adding details with gouache.
Explore combining watercolor and gouache: Students will learn how to use gouache to add highlights or corrections to watercolor paintings. And how to add watercolor glazes over gouache to create depth.
Layering & Blending Mastery: Develop skills in blending colors and effectively layering both watercolor and gouache to create depth, dimension, and varied textures. Learn how to build up layers with each medium – light to dark with watercolor and the flexibility to layer light over dark with opaque gouache.
Travel Sketching: Learn how to create a travel sketching kit using watercolor & gouache to capture colorful memories from your next trip.
Personalized, one-on-one instruction tailored to refine artistic vision and technique.
About
Jessica Falcone
Jessica Falcone is an artist, based in Los Angeles, whose paintings are about connections...to the earth, to people, to awe inspiring places and moments of time. Her passion for painting is intertwined with her love of hiking and travel. She captures fleeting moments through impressionistic realism that vibrate with color and energy.
A California native, Jessica graduated from California State University of Northridge with a Bachelor Degree of Arts majoring in Humanities and Fine Art. After years of working in graphic design, web design, fashion, film production and photography she decided that it was time to start her fine arts journey. She has studied at Los Angeles Associates in Art, The Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art and the Kline Academy of Fine Arts. She has taught at the O’Neill’s Fine Art Studio. Some of the artist memberships she enjoys include the California Art Club, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association and the American Impressionist Society.
Jessica’s paintings have been exhibited up and down the California coast from Santa Barbara to San Diego. She is currently working on a collection of paintings inspired by the highest peaks in southern California. If she’s not in the studio you can usually find her outside with her easel plein air painting & trying to capture the dancing light.
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Jessicafalcone@gmail.com
(818) 620-9911
Testimonial
Eliott Kahn
Landscape Painting Student
I have been a student at Kline Academy since last April. I’ve been taking Impressionist Landscape classes from Sharon Weaver, and have been having a blast! The atmosphere is supportive and challenging, with the results being unexpected and fulfilling. The experience has been exciting, fun, and inspirational.
