May & June Zoom 2026

This  month I want to focus on a few Spring favorites.  I love seeing the  fiery colored dianthus as it pops through the low intensity soil and the  dry remnants of last autumn’s leaves. 

I also love Spring Asparagus—to admire its delicate color and form, and also to eat! 

In  each of these subjects I want to emphasize the intensity contrast of  pure color against low intensity.  Using contrasting media in these  paintings, both dry and wet, will hopefully enhance the beauty of each  subject.

MEDIA OPTIONS INCLUDE watercolor paint, watercolor pencil, and graphite pencils including H or HB and 2-4H.

ASPARAGUS

WATERCOLOR PAINT:Aureolin, Quinacridone Gold, Winsor Blue Green Shade, Sap Green, Cobalt Violet

WATERCOLOR  PENCIL*: Cream, Light Yellow Glaze, Light Green, Permanent Green Olive,  Olive Green Yellow, Raw Umber, Middle Purple Pink, Red Violet, Light  Cobalt Turquoise

DIANTHUS 

WATERCOLOR  PAINT: Quinacridone Red, Quinacridone Pink, Cobalt Violet, Alizarin  Crimson, Sepia, Burnt Sienna, ***NOTE: I forgot Aureolin in the swatch,  but I used it.

WATERCOLOR  PENCIL*: Pale Geranium Lake, Prismacolor watercolor pencil Carmine,  Derwent watercolor pencil Madder Carmine, (possibly?)Crimson, Light  Purple Pink, Middle Purple Pink, Raw Umber, Burnt Ochre, Inktense Dark  Chocolate

*All watercolor pencils are Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils unless indicated.

The partially finished paintings above show the feather pattern and detail after class of the bluebirds as well  as a partially completed house. 

ADDITIONAL MEDIA INFORMATION

Below  I have listed my basic watercolor paint palette and my most used  watercolor pencils.  There is absolutely no need to have so many paints  or watercolor pencils.  I’m just including this list because someone was  interested in purchasing a few watercolor pencils at a time and wanted  some suggestions of ones I tend to use.  If you’ve taken several classes  you will probably recognize some of these are ones I use more than  others.