Color and Composition for Beginning & Intermediate Watercolor (16W26)

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January 13–March 24, 2026
10 weeks, Tuesdays,
No Classes: February 17

Taught by: David B Gardner

This class will help you learn how to handle watercolor and build your confidence with the medium. We will focus on the elements that make a good painting, including design, perspective, composition, tonal value, color concepts, background and foreground relationships, and atmospheric effects. Each week, the instructor will discuss and demonstrate one of these topics, showing how they can be used in your work. We will observe each other’s work and share ideas and thoughts about our paintings. The instructor will work with every student one-on-one as well as in groups. This class is a great fit for both beginning and intermediate watercolor painters.

Materials

Students need to purchase materials for this class.

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Registration Information

Registration for this program starts on Monday, December 8, at 10:00 am for MAG Members, and Monday, December 15, at 10:00 am for Not-Yet-Members. Online registration ends on Sunday, January 11, at 9:30 am.

Programs with inadequate enrollment are cancelled one week before the first meeting. We will attempt to contact you via email to find an alternative program or to refund your registration fee.

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