xTravel Sketching&Ink Class P. Katz

Patricia Katz of Saskatoon is a watercolor artist whose works are known for their lively colors and lyrical lines. Sketchbooks and paints are her constant companions. She captures whatever is in front of her at any given time – from streetscapes and tablescapes to seascapes and landscapes.

Over the years, Pat has studied with a variety of international watercolor artists including: Charles Reid, Judi Whitton, John Lovett, Karlyn Holman, Brenda Swenson, Sterling Edwards, and many more. She has participated in three artists’ trips to Europe, painting in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Morocco.

Pat published her paintings featuring the sights and scenes of her hometown in the best-selling book, Sketches of Saskatoon.  She works and shows as a member of the Artists’ Workshop group in Saskatoon and delivers ink and watercolor classes in person and online.

Recommended Supplies List

(Note: Be sure to bring a bag lunch to enjoy mid-day

while we hold an informal Q & A session over the lunch break)

Watercolor Paper

One 22×30” sheet of  Arches or Fabriano 140 lb Cold Press Cut into nine pieces approx. 7” x 10” in size.

Watercolor Brushes

• A couple of round WC brushes ranging in size from #6 to #12
• A half inch to one inch flat WC brush

Watercolor Paints

The better the paints, the better the results. Winsor Newton, Daniel Smith and QOR are all excellent brands. For what we will be doing it will be much easier to work with freshly squeezed out tube paints rather than pre-formed dry pans of pigments.

These are my favorite basic pigments.

• Hansa Yellow Medium
• Quinacridone Gold
• Scarlett Lake
• Permanent Alizarin Crimson
• Cobalt Blue
• French Ultramarine Blue

Often Used Additional Colors:

• Quinacridone Burnt Orange
• Raw Sienna
• Serpentine Green
• Sap Green

Pens

• A couple of sizes of waterproof permanent Black Ink Pens – size 0.3, 0.5, and 1.0 will give you quite a bit of variety (Copic Multiliner, Micron Pigma, Faber Castell, and Mitsubishi UniPin Fine Line are all good brands)

Other Supplies

• Palette – If you already have a palette, use that. If you are wanting to keep it simple to start, a plain flat white plate (10” or so) would work to squeeze paint on and use for a palette. If you are starting from scratch and want to invest in a palette you can use in your studio and also on the go, the Heritage 18 well paint palette is versatile.

• Support Board – on which you will tape your wc paper. Masonite panel or firm corrugated plastic or coroplast or plexiglass. Choose a size that’s a couple of inches larger in each direction than the paper you plan to use (i.e. – 10” x 12” or bigger)

• Pencil (mechanical 0.5 or regular HB pencil)

• A kneaded eraser

• Small spray bottle for water (Approximately 3-5” tall version is great – must be one that sprays a very fine mist)

• Water containers ( two 500 ml sour cream containers will work just fine )

• Roll of paper towel

• Box of Kleenex (tissues without any lotion in them)

• Masking tape (3/4” – 1” width) to use to tape wc paper to backing board

Be sure to bring a sense of curiosity

& a spirit of discovery!

I’m looking forward to a fun session!

Hope you are, too.

See you soon, Pat