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Brighten up Your Watercolors: From Mud to Brilliance

Master the art of luminous watercolor by learning how to avoid muddy color and achieve clean, vibrant washes. Explore essential techniques like glazing and lifting while building a palette that enhances transparency and brilliance. This online class includes a supply list and offers 15 CEU hours.

  • Intermediate
  • 18 and older
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  • Online via Zoom
  • 15 hours over 5 sessions

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Class Description

Description

Learn how to overcome one of watercolor’s most common challenges—muddy color—and replace it with clean, bright, glowing washes. You will focus on preserving the pure beauty of a transparent watercolor. Explore techniques like glazing and lifting out to enhance luminosity. Learn which colors to select for your palette that let the beauty of the white paper show through, enhancing the vibrancy, clarity, and impact of your watercolor artwork. A supply list will be sent. 

This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online wo days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance.

The School’s CEUs=15 hours

ART elective

Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Refund Policy

Refund requests must be submitted to [email protected] 2 business days prior to the program’s start date and time. The registration fee will be refunded less a 15% processing charge. A refund is issued in the form of a credit on file (to be used for future programs).

Refund requests submitted less than 48 hours prior to a program start date are non-transferable and are not eligible for a refund.

Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable on and after the program’s start date. We cannot refund fees requested on or after the start date of a program or for sessions missed due to student illness or other personal situations.

Registration fees for courses grouped and priced as a series will be considered one program and subject to all of the above guidelines. A refund request must be received prior to the start date of the series' first class session and will subsequently cancel your registration in every session of the series.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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Chicago Botanic Garden

The Chicago Botanic Garden is a world-renowned living museum and conservation science center that offers multiple unique nature courses spread throughout 26 gardens and four natural areas on 385 acres.

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