Thursday, June 25, 5:00pm - 6:30pm PT
This is an online workshop held via Zoom.

What if understanding how watercolor is made completely changed how you use it?

In this watercolor primer, CfM founder Alexis Joseph starts at the very beginning -- demonstrating how a batch of watercolor paint is made from pure pigment. Once you understand the material, everything else starts to click into place.

From there, we'll build together: color wheel, basic brush handling, color mixing, and a series of color charts where you'll practice creating gradations of tints and shades to keep as reference. By the end of class, you'll have a working toolkit -- and a much more intuitive relationship with your paints.

We'll close with one of Alexis's favorite techniques: color matching from source material using a viewfinder!

Walk away with the skills, the charts, and the curiosity to keep going.

Join Zoom 15 minutes early for an informal meet and greet with the instructor and class participants! Class will begin promptly at 5 minutes past the hour, so everyone has plenty of time to create!

SUGGESTED MATERIALS:

• Watercolor paints – We recommend a mix of warm/cool/earth tones and a few brights or neons if you have them. Or if you'd like to use the exact set Alexis uses snag a Color Mixing Palette here! Please allow at least a week for delivery.
• Watercolor paper 
  
• Brushes – we love Flat brushes for this exercise, but any will do! A flat 10 works great!
• Hard pencil - 2H/3H
• Erasers
  
• Scissors or xacto knife to make a viewfinder (small piece of paper with a square cut out)
• A magazine page or two with colors you like
• Optional: Washi, Artist's, or Nichiban masking tape

ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
Alexis Joseph founded Case for Making in 2014 as a space to explore all aspects of the creative practice. She's so excited to be able to teach workshops in our new Art Room space, and to be able to connect with our wonderful community!
@caseformaking / @caseformaking.bsky.social

THINGS TO KNOW
Zoom links are emailed 24 hours prior, and again 15 minutes prior, to the workshop start time. Please check out using the email address to which you’d like the link sent. If you have not received the link within 24 hours of your class, please check your spam folder first, then email [email protected].

Workshop recordings are sent automatically the day after class to everyone who paid for a spot, and are available for 30 days after the date of the workshop.

If you need to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible so we can open up your spot! We are only able to refund if we’re notified at least 48 hours prior to the workshop.

If you are planning to teach in the future using anything you’ve learned from us, we kindly ask that you credit Case for Making + the individual instructor where applicable.

Thank you so much for taking our workshops!!