October 9, 2024 Monthly Meeting:

In October, we will welcome a new instructor, Jolee French. Jolee is a professional western artist located here in Waco, Texas. She uses oil and watercolor to create paintings of wildlife, the outdoors, and the western way of life. Artwork is the medium she uses to share her passion for the outdoors and animals with others.

Her main desire as an artist is to share the western world with others who, like her, weren’t born into it. So her focus will be to share Western Watercolors and Horse Portraits. The goal is to learn how to realistically portray the forms, textures and colors of horses through watercolor. We’ll talk about technique, horse anatomy, color theory and more!

Members should bring:

1. A sheet of watercolor paper large enough for an 8x10” work, at least 140 lb weight, any finish is fine cold, hot, or rough watercolor paper.

2. A medium sized brush and a small brush. Jolee uses a 10 round and a 6 round.

3. Your palette of watercolors. Jolee will use watercolors from the tube but members can use tubes or cakes.

4. A plastic palette or plate for mixing.

5. A cup for water.

6. Paper towels.

7. A device that allows you to view the reference photo or have the image printed out beforehand for you to reference.

8. The workshop image sketched lightly on your paper.

Colors in Jolee’s palette:

Vandyke brown, burnt umber, French ultramarine blue and cerulean blue, burnt sienna and raw sienna, ivory black, alizarin crimson, transparent orange, hooker’s green and permanent sap green. If you don’t have these specific colors, it’s fine.

Just bring what you have. You will be provided the image before our workshop via email. Please have the image lightly sketched out on the paper prior to meeting and leave out the background! Feel free to trace, no one is keeping score. Come ready to learn and laugh. Bonus points for anyone dressed western!

Sarah Pick - CTWS Monthly Program Chair Person