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Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolours: Painting a Botanical Fern with Reuben Negron
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolours: Painting a Botanical Fern with Reuben Negron
If you’re new to watercolor, have reached a plateau, or simply want to break free from old habits, this Winsor & Newton Watercolour demo with artist Reuben Negron is a wonderful opportunity to expand your artistic practice.
Using the Winsor & Newton’s introductory range of Cotman Watercolours, Reuben will guide you through drawing and painting a lush stag horn fern while sharing the attributes of this affordable yet quality range of watercolours. The demo will introduce participants to the different painting techniques of wet-on-wet, layering or glazing colour, colour mixing, and underpainting through his step-by-step process.
Materials
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolours: Lemon Yellow Hue, Ultramarine, Sap Green, Burnt Umber, Optional Colors: Permanent Rose, Ivory Black
Watercolour Brush: Round no 6, One Stroke 1/2”
Watercolour Paper Pads & Block: Hot Press
Hosted by Opus Art Supplies & our Experience leader
Reuben Negrón is an American visual artist best known for his narrative watercolour paintings and charcoal drawings. His work examines the stories of the people and places he depicts through richly detailed, vulnerable scenes, often grounded in themes of intimacy, identity, and memory. He is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, and the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. His work has been shown internationally with notable exhibitions in France, Spain, Norway, Australia, Los Angeles and New York. Reuben’s work has been written about in articles by La Razón, Cultbytes, Hyperallergic, and Juxtapoz, and featured in the pages of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Most recently, his work was published in My Neighbour Hayao: Art Inspired by the Films of Miyazaki, published by Abrams Books. Several of his works are scheduled to be archived on the Moon as part of the digital time capsule known as the Lunar Codex. Reuben Negrón is represented by H Gallery, Paris, France, and Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, North Carolina.Website: reubennegron.com
Instagram: @reubennegron
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