Saturday, July 11, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT
This is an online workshop held via Zoom.

Celebrate the vibrant colors and organic beauty of summer produce with this session focused on heirloom tomatoes. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced painter looking to refresh your skills, I will guide you through the process of capturing the rich textures, subtle color variations, and unique shapes of these seasonal gems.

You'll learn essential watercolor techniques such as wet-on-wet blending, layering, and color mixing to bring out the juicy, sun-kissed essence of tomatoes in all their forms. We'll explore composition, lighting, and how to create botanical-inspired studies so you can experience the fluidity of this medium. By the end of the session, you'll have a beautiful tomato-themed watercolour painting, as well as the skills and confidence to continue painting from nature.

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:
These guidelines are here to help you gather supplies from home—feel free to use alternate options you love or have on hand!

• Watercolour paints - some warms, cools, neutral like a grey, brown, or ochre, and maybe a neon if you have one!
• Mixing Palette
• Brushes - size 3-6 round medium and 0-2 round for smaller details
• 2 x Cups of Water
• Paper Towel / studio cloth
• Watercolor paper - I’ll be using my fave 140lb Arches cold press watercolour paper blocks but any 140lb/300gms watercolour paper will work (100% cotton preferred)
• Spare sheet of paper to swatch colours
• *optional - washi or artists tape
• **watercolor pencil for sketching - i like to use a neutral like grey
• ***A titanium white, or white gouache
• Reference Images will be provided but painting from life is encouraged!

ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
Claire Wilson-Oghedo is a fine artist, creative educator, and textile designer living in Brooklyn, NY. Through her work she explores the beauty of the female form, interior spaces & fashion while considering the use of colour, shape and textures. Having spent her career creating fabric designs in the fashion industry, colour palettes are the foundation of her practice.

smudgestudiobk.com / @smudge_studiobk

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!!