Description
Painting Carefree Summer Flowers
Instructor Amy Nieto-Cruz
Sept. 21 10am-2pm
Imagine you’re sitting next to a wildflower patch on a breezy, warm summer afternoon and the flowers are moving gently in the wind. You are delighted with the soft sway of light, color, and shapes. It almost looks like an abstract painting, you think to yourself. In this class, we’ll learn how to capture that feeling with watercolor and gouache. We’ll learn how to play with color theory, shapes, and mark-making to paint loose florals that are recognizable yet abstract. Amy will show you her favorite color mixes and encourage you to work intuitively to create colorful “flowerscapes” and bouquets. She will share her own work, provide printed inspirations, and demonstrate her painting process.
ARTIST BIO Amy Nieto-Cruz is a color and flower-obsessed artist drawing from her Puerto Rican heritage to create vibrant paintings with acrylic, watercolor, and gouache. Based in Portland, Oregon, she received her B.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. After two decades working in photography, running a backpack design company, and curating art and craft shows, she returned to drawing and painting in 2021. Currently, she is a vendor at the long-standing Portland Saturday Market where she sells a rotation of original work.
You can view her work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littlebrightstudio
- SUPPLY LIST
Paints These are my favorite watercolor and gouache colors (bring what you have or try new-to-you colors!): - Holbein Opera pink
- Holbein Mustard
- Holbein Lilac
- Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor – Quinacridone Purple
- Holbein Bright Rose (Luminous)
- Holbein Smalt Blue
- Holbein Vermillion
- Burnt Umber
- Holbein Peacock Blue
- Liquitex Emerald Green
Mark-making supplies like ink, pen, color pencils, oil pastel
Surface Arches 140 lb watercolor color press paper (I like to work several small paintings at a time, usually 8×10 and 5×7)
Brushes Round 10, Round 6, Flat/wash ½”
Palette
Artist tape (low-tack tape)
Water Container
Pencil, Eraser
Sketchbook
