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Watercolor Wings: Mastering Birds in Watercolor with Leslie Lambert
Watercolor Wings: Mastering Birds in Watercolor
with Leslie Lambert
Wednesdays, April 9 – May 7 | 5-7pm
$120 / MVAC Members
$150 / Non-Members (membership begins at on $25/year! Click here to join or renew your membership and save.)
Register online below, or call 208-734-ARTS (2787) to sign up!
This watercolor course is dedicated to painting birds, designed for artists of all experience and levels. Throughout this course, we’ll explore techniques needed to capture vibrant colors, textures, and unique character of different bird species. From songbirds to majestic birds of prey, you’ll learn how to bring these subjects to life through detailed brushwork, color layering, and washes of color.
Suggested Supply List (alternatively, you can buy a supply kit from the instructor for $75)
Paints
Any professional brand of tube watercolor or Cotman Student Brand will work.
- Winsor Blue (also called Thalo Blue) or Intense Blue or Prussian Blue
- Cadmium Yellow Light OR Winsor Yellow
- Permanent Alizarin Crimson
- Permanent/Quincradone Rose
- French Ultramarine Blue
- Burnt Sienna
- Raw Sienna
- Quinacridone Sienna (optional)
Paper
- A full sheet (22×30”) of 100% cotton, 140 lb cold press watercolor paper (I prefer Arches or Winsor & Newton brand). We will be doing the paintings on quarter sheets (11×15”) or smaller. You may also choose the size you prefer.
Brush
- #4 round watercolor brush
- Good quality #6 round watercolor brush
- #12 round watercolor brush
Palette
Other (items not included in the supply kit)
- Water container
- Paper towels/cloth
- Pencil and eraser
- Board large enough to hold a ¼ sheet of paper (foamcore works well for this)
- Masking tape
- Scrub brush or child’s size toothbrush
- Spray bottle (light mist)
- Transfer paper (optional)
About the Instructor
Leslie Lambert (also known as Leslie Redhead) is an award-winning artist, teacher, illustrator, and author known for her dramatic watercolors. Her art focuses on the combination of spontaneity and detail that watercolor has to offer. She continues to explore the possibilities and pushes the medium beyond its limitations to achieve luminous and incredible results.
Leslie’s paintings are in private and corporate collections worldwide. She has a Master of Education in Art Education and holds signatures with Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS) and the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC). Leslie teaches painting and drawing at the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC and conducts workshops in Canada, the U.S., and Spain. She currently resides near Spokane, WA.
Her work is featured in Splash 10: Passionate Brushstrokes from the Splash: Best of Watercolor series, Leslie Redhead: the life of an artist, and Making It! Case Studies of Successful Canadian Artists. She is the author of Watercolor 365 and illustrator the children’s book, Island in the Salish Sea by Sheryl McFarlane. Leslie is represented by Horizon Fine Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Trail’s End Gallery in Chewelah, Washington, and the Kube Gallery in Fort Langley, BC.