Watercolor Lessons List - at some point I'll fill in details on this rough list. These are most of the lessons I've taught since summer. 

Winter/spring 2007

Easter - photo of Steiff bunny and colored eggs
A Steiff Bunny and Colored Easter Eggs for Watercolor Class

Free Choice
Faces/portraits - grid, Chuck Close

Edward Hopper - Talbot's House
On "Talbot's House" painting by Edward Hopper 

St. Patrick's Day - Irish landscapes, greens?

Circus Acrobats - papercuts, figures from triangles
Does the Circus Still Come to Town in March?

Chinese New Year - Year of the Golden Pig

Valentine's Day - bird/finch sumi-e  painting
A Bird Painting Lesson for Valentine's Day -blog post
continues further: A Bird Painting Lesson for Valentine's Day

Mardi Gras masks

winter - dog sledding, alaskan huskies
Dog-Sled Mushing, Alaskan Huskies - Watercolors and Coloring Page

penguins - papercuts, sumi-e painting
Painting Penguins Art Lesson- Blog Post continues further: Painting Penguins Art Lesson 

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 6:35 PM EDT

Updated: Saturday, 7 April 2007 7:38 PM EDT

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Here is an Easter/Spring subject for watercolor class. The background is not lettuce but a lime green tee shirt. Try some practice painting of eggs first. Notice how the highlights on the egg face different directions. They follow the part of the surface that faces the light source (sunlight). This scene was set up in a window. These are shiny plastic eggs so the highlight is more exact and specific. If they were real dyed eggs, the highlight would be more diffused because the chalky calcium eggshell would absorb the light rather than bounce it back.

Enlargement: Steiff Bunny and Colored Easter Eggs

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 6:12 PM EDT

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 A Spring Coloring Page - Cat, Rabbits and Duck gather to watch a hatching egg. Here is a larger view of "Spring Watch" a Spring Coloring Page.

More Easter and Spring coloring pages at Catinka's Maine and Animal Coloring Pages

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 8:12 PM EDT

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Cat and Rabbit's Easter Greeting Coloring Page. You'll have lots of Easter eggs and flowers  to color in this scene. Click the link for the enlargement to print out. Have fun!

Catinka's Maine and Animal Coloring Pages 

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 11:32 PM EDT

Updated: Sunday, 1 April 2007 9:03 PM EDT

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