But before we begin, lets to do something brave! Let’s surprise ourselves! Let’s do something that makes us feel alive!
So for this first homework exercise, I would like you to think about something you’ve always desired or longed to do, and maybe never had the chance. We will pull our bucket list out of that rusty old box.
I’m not asking you to do anything crazy like skydiving (although that’s on my bucket list, to be honest :P) It could be anything, like going to a dance class, or maybe you’ve always wanted to go scuba diving, or cultivate your own veggie garden, ride a motorbike, sing at the top of your lungs in a crowded street, who knows?
WHAT it is isn’t that important. It’s the DOING part that is!
Who knows, you may even discover you hated doing it, or you may even discover you love it! Whatever it is, we are going to discover lots of amazing things about ourselves we maybe even had no idea about!
You don’t have to share your experience with us, it can be between you and yourself…. But it would be also fun to hear about it… It might encourage others doing this class to be brave!
So let’s begin our journey ‘Into the Myst’ together, and discover a little more about ourselves shall we? Let’s discover that world of magic we have inside of us, just waiting to be released!
SUPPLY LIST
- Watercolors* (you don’t need to get them all but these are the colors I used)
- Daniel Smith colors used –
- Moonglow
- Lunar blue
- Amethyst genuine
- Bloodstone genuine
- Rose of ultramarine
- Rich green gold
- Quinacridone gold
- Nickel Azo yellow
- Cascade green
- Indigo
- Piemontite genuine
- Schmincke colors used –
- Translucent orange
- Cerulean blue hue
- Permanent carmine
- Neutral tint
- Daniel Smith colors used –
- Watercolor paper, and two canvas boards or any hard substrate. (you can also use watercolor paper for the third lesson instead of a canvas board) *
- Medium grit sandpaper*
- Acrylics paints* (you don’t need to get them all but these are the colors I used)
- Heavy body Liquitex colors used –
- Naphthol crimson
- Cadmium yellow
- Alizarin crimson
- Burnt umber
- Payne’s gray
- Titanium white
- Golden Fluid colors used –
- Quiancridone crimson
- Transparent pyrrole orange
- Heavy body Liquitex colors used –
- Joint compound or plaster
- Watercolor ground
- Inktense crayons or other water-soluble crayons
- Assorted paintbrushes* (both acrylic and watercolor or just synthetic is ok too)
- An ink pen with black, permanent ink*
- A soft white colored pastel Matt medium and some napkins for collage
- Loose grained salt, a straw, and some rubbing alcohol
- white gel pen
- Masking fluid* either fine liner (I use a regular liquid type with a silicon clay shaping tool to apply it)
*essentials for this class