Wednesdays, May 6 - May 27, 12:15pm - 3:15pm -
4 Sessions

Learn All About Painting Watercolor Animals!

Get ready to unleash your inner animal ( literally! ) with watercolorist Mickey LaFave. Learn to blend like a pro, bring eyes, noses and mouths to life and master the art of making cute critters with a limited color palette – all without losing your mind!

LEVEL

Any

SUPPLIES TO BRING

Please read carefully. I have students buy the wrong things and its so disappointing when they cannot return them as they were opened!

Watercolor Paint: Any quality watercolor paint will  work just fine. I am known for my colors so if you want  to mimic my colors, I am listing my paints that I will be  working with in class (and use consistently with all my  art). FYI, I find my students end up buying my paints after  our first class as they like them so much so if you don't  already have your paint, you may want to consider buying  off my list!  

Guiry’s, & Meinigers carry my paints locally and they are  also available on the internet from Amazon, Jerry’s  Artarama & Blick Art Materials. These suppliers are good  sources for most supplies.  

Dr. PH Martin Hydrous watercolors: I only use the  following colors! These paints come in sets and not all  these colors come in one of the sets so I buy individual  bottles of only these colors!  

5H Quinacridone Magenta 

9H Colbalt Violet 

2H Gamboge 

16H Cobalt Blue

1H Hansa Yellow Light

8H Ultramarine

34H Turquoise Blue

Dr. Ph Martin’s Bleed Proof White

300 lb Watercolor paper. I use Fabriano Artistico 300

lb weight cold press paper. I do not recommend 140 lb

weight paper for my projects. We will work on 8” x 10”

paper so be sure to add an extra 1/2” boarder around

your paper so you can mount your finished piece!

Guirys and Meinigers carries large single sheets that

you can cut down to size or you can buy bulk at Jerry’s

Artarama for a good price.

Watercolor brushes: Good quality brushes are highly

recommended. If you want to try out brushes and get

help you can do so at Guirys or Meininger’s. I use Steve

Quiller / Richeson Professional 7000 brushes which are

good quality and reasonably priced. They are sold at

Jerry’s Artarama or Rex Art on the internet. For our

classes, we will use round size 4 and 6 and

Other Supplies:

MASKING TAPE, PENCIL, FINE POINT BALLPOINT PEN,  FINE POINT PERMANENT MARKER PEN, ART ERASER,  WATER CONTAINER, PALLET TO MIX PAINT AND  BACKING BOARD TO TAPE YOUR PAPER ON TO.  

I use blue 1” painter masking tape. I use 1/4” foam  board backing board just larger than my sheet of  paper. This is available at Michales or Hobby Lobby. I  recommend laying wide packing tape strips over the  foam board so the masking tape does not tear the form  board and can be reused indefinitely!  

I find larger size triangular white porcelain tasting  plate from World Market works the best for hydrous  watercolor paints as a pallet. 

 I use Vanish brand erasers.  I think they are getting  harder to find by Amazon still carries them.  

I use Copic Multi Liner size 0.3. there are several great  brands out there but the finer the point the better!  

Scrubber brush: This is a very valuable tool that I use on  almost every painting I do! I use Royal & Langnickel #2  model Z83SC. I ordered several and if you want, you can  buy one from me for $4.50. I will demonstrate the magic of  this tool.  

Pentel Metallic MED gel Pen: This pen is sold in dual  packs with silver or gold or both. I use the silver pen the most. Its super helpful in doing animal whiskers! I use to get them at Hobby Lobby but they no longer carrie them. I last  ordered them from Amazon. 

Tracing paper: Saral graphite transfer paper, 12” roll.  MAKE USE TO BUY ONLY THE GRAPHITE TYPE. I buy this  from Amazon.  

Finetec Pearlescent, F0600 paint set. This set cost  around $28 at Amazon. However, I find I use primarily the  Olympic Gold (F0621) or Beach gold which can be  purchased separately for around $10.00 from Amazon,  Meinigers or Guiry’s. This is optional but it really enhances  a painting! We will only use this gold paint in our lessons. 

NOTE: I WILL HAVE EXTRA SUPPLIES IF YOU FORGET SOMETHING.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

I have created art for most of my life, but I actually became a professional artist 15 years ago. I have a strong background in watercolor painting, and I teach a step-by-step approach so that anybody can learn my Methods. I provide the students with tricks of the trade that aren’t often taught by other artists!

I have been very active in the art community since I became a professional artist.

I have participated in numerous shows and I’m currently in two mountain co-op galleries. I have won several awards for my art over the years.

My promise is to help each student achieve their goals and to make the classes fun!

See more about Mickey at https://mickeylafave.com.

QUESTIONS

Please direct questions to mickeysfineart@gmail.com.

Class will be limited to 20 students so sign up early!

** Photo does not necessarily reflect actual class project but similar concepts!