Outdoor Painting - International Peace Gardens, Salt Lake City 7/2/24

Sample Itinerary:

Set-Up - 9:00 am - 9:15 am

Paint - 9:15 am - 12:00 pm

Drive: International Peace Gardens (enter from the south east), Murray

Parkinglot is south of the entrance.

Activities: Outdoor Painting - Acrylic or watercolor flower painting. We will be finding a beautiful area in the gardens to work on painting close up flowers. There are so many places. We believe it's best to find good, comfortably shade and THEN find something to paint :). The Chinese pagota is fun but detailed.

Bathrooms - at nearby park, south of entrance to International Peace Gardens

Cell Reception - yes

Dogs - yes

Watercolor Clinic:

Step 1 - sketch drawing

• Use HB or B pencil, harder the better, use mitten to keep from rubbing, can trace over online image, grafite rubbing, carbon copy onto nice paper

• Structure - create framework

• Gesture - flow of action

• Symbol of object vs drawing shapes of what you see (Betty Edwards - Drawing with the Right side of the Brain)

Step 2 - Block in colors, light to dark, use water liberally

Step 3 - Use brush strokes to mimic petals, stems. Keep it simple!

Favorite books:

• "5 Simple Steps to Sketching Flowers with Watercolors" by Ai Nakamura

• "The Watercolour Flower Painters A to Z" by Adelene Fletcher

Tips:

• Using watercolor pencils is a fun way to try something new.

• Using electric erasers helps to erase dry watercolor

Gear: folding chair, easel or chair, 2 water bottles (one for dirty paint water, watercolor paints, pencils/erasers, palate or paper plate, brushes, watercolor paper on board, paper towels/tissues (for cleaning brushes), plastic bag (for garbage), sunhat, sunscreen