Hi everyone! I am so excited to offer a new multi-day camp where we will have fun painting one of my favorite subjects, beautiful sunsets! I also hope that the learners will practice being fearless when it comes to layering and mixing their colors on the page. In this camp, we will be creating four paintings small paintings on one sheet of paper and 3 stand-alone paintings, all using slightly different techniques and methods. Over the four days, you will create a sunset study, a sunset with hot air balloon silhouettes, a city skyscape sunset, and a tropical sunset with palm trees. At the beginning of each class, the students will say hi and be encouraged to share something fun. I will then guide them through the day's painting, encourage questions, check-in often with them, and ask them to share their paintings at the end of class (if they choose not to, that is okay also). By the of the week, your students will have four very different paintings, all of which they will be proud of and hopefully learned something along the way.

Day 1:  Sunset Study-- we will be doing 4 different sunset scenes on one sheet of paper to work on layering and mixing colors on the paper. 

Day 2:  Sunset with Silhouette Hot Air Balloons-- on our second day, we will put our practice from day one into practice as we paint hot air balloons floating off into the sunset.

Day 3:  City Skyscape--  for our third day, we will use the wet-on-wet method to paint a beautiful city skyline at sunset. We will also practice layering our colors for our buildings.

Day 4:  Tropical Sunset-- on our last day, the learners will put everything they have practiced to work in creating a beautiful tropical sky with palm trees. They will also practice being fearless when it comes to letting their colors mix on the page.

**It is IMPORTANT that learners have paper specifically meant for watercolor painting (not printer paper, cardstock, or mixed media paper) and soft bristle brushes meant for watercolor; this will lead to less frustration for your learner down the road. 

Supplies:
-Watercolor paper 140lb (100% cotton paper will give your learner the best experience)
-Paintbrushes (soft bristles, meant for watercolor)
-Watercolor paints
-2 cups of water
-Masking/washi tape (no wider than an inch)
-Paper towel
-white gel pen or 0.7mm sized Posca
-White Posca pen, gouache, or acrylic paint
-Hairdryer
-Pencil and eraser
-compass or circle template