I was fortunate to have the kids and my wife Monica along with me to help teach classes at the Paper Garden! We did 8 sessions over 3 days for a total of 150 students!
I saw many familiar faces - students who had come to classes before (and I've gotten to know them over the years).
Here is a student carefully adding another layer of paint over a yellow wash, as we slowly fill in the G1795 Autumn Collage.
The watercolor session requires a lot of patience - we'll complete one layer on a piece, then allow it to dry, and then add another layer later. It came as no surprise that the projects dried much quicker in Sacramento than in Seattle! Everyone laughed when I told them it might take a few hours in Seattle, but in sunny California, it only takes a few minutes!
The students learned all the tricks and techniques of working on different watercolor paper types with watercolor paints as well as watercolor pencils! Cooper helped teach the Colored Pencil class - he sharpened pencils and helped everyone use the die cut machines, while Emma helped teach the last sessions. It was funny to hear them repeat some things they have heard me say before to the students - "That was stamped in Brilliance Graphite Black" or "The pencil sharpener works best this way...". Maybe some day they'll take over for me!
Hi Dave! It's always so wonderful to see you in Sac-town! Thank you for great classes - always. Love the new stamps for the holidays. Enjoy the rest of your Summer artistic journey! See you in September!
Posted by: Wanda G (stampcat) | July 27, 2011 at 10:42 AM