BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter Dec. 31st, Night Light

Published: Tue, 12/31/19

Hello

Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #240, Night Light

Happy New Years Eve. I wish everyone a great start to a new year! Here is a toast to painting up a storm!

January 9th, I will be doing my first demonstration of the new year. This demo will be for the club which I am the president for, the Lakes Region Watercolor Guild. I will be doing a demo on Stonehenge Aqua Black watercolor paper with Holbein watercolors. Something just a little different but very cool. For information on the demo go HERE

The day after the demonstration at LRWG January 10th I head to Florida for 2 weeks of demos, workshops, classes, and paint parties. 1st will be the Villages where I will be demonstrating for a Dillman's Artist Festival, which will be January 12th. the 13th- 14th I will have a watercolor workshop, the 15th -16th I will be doing an acrylic workshop at the Villages INFO HERE The following weekend January 24th I have a paint party in Dunedin INFO HERE and the next day the 25th I run an all-day class in Watercolor INFO HERE. For all my classes in Florida this January you don't need to bring any supplies, all the supplies are provided, just bring yourself!

Yes to Class at the Civic Center in Libertyville,Thursday, Jan. 2nd 1pm to 3:30pm

Yes to Class at the BeckerArt Gallery in McHenry, Saturday, Jan. 4th 9:00 am to 11:30 am

Night Light

Next week I will be demonstrating doing a very dark scene on Stonehenge Aqua Black watercolor paper but when there is a lot of light in a night scene like there is in the demo below I still like using a sheet of Stonehenge Aqua White watercolor paper.

Below I show you how to make a night scene glow.

The image below was provided to me by watercolorist Erin Renier of Minnesota, who had spent Christmas overseas and was gracious enough to lend me this incredible image of the Vatican in Rome this holiday season.

Step 1- I drew up as best I could the line drawing of the buildings and people of the scene on Stonehenge Aqua White 300lb watercolor paper.

Step 2- I add masking fluid with the NEW Holbein masking pen and then when the masking dried I applied a thin wash of light color over the lights of the buildings.

Step 3- I painted in the wet looking street and the foreground pillar.

Step 4- I now added my extreme darks and tried to make sure I get them in one wash, this keeps the wash very fresh and transparent even though it is a very dark wash.

Step 5- I remove the masking fluid and put in all the remaining details.

WORKSHOPS and DEMOS of 2020

DILLMAN'S FEST & PAINT PARTY Village Art Center, Summerfield, Florida, Jan 12th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Village Art Center, W/C, Summerfield, Florida, Jan 13th and 14th, INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Village Art Center, Acrylic, Summerfield, Florida, Jan 15th and 16th, INFO HERE

PAINT PARTY Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida, Jan 24th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Dunedin Fine Art Center, W/C, Dunedin, Florida, Jan 25th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Morris Watercolor Guild, W/C, Morris, IL., March 6th INFO TO COME

WORKSHOP Brevard Watercolor Society, W/C, Melbourne, Florida, March 15th-17th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Lake Superior Watercolor Guild, W/C, Duluth, MN, March 26th- 28th INFO HERE

DILLMAN'S FEST at my Gallery in McHenry, IL. May 3rd INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, W/C, Wisconsin, June 29th to July 2nd INFO TO COME

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