Into The Myst

Embrace the joy of painting by setting aside fears and creating art that truly matters to you.

During these past few years, I’ve realized that in order to paint what really matters to me, I had to let go of my fear. It’s natural to want to know how our painting is going to turn out, or if people will like it or what others will think. All this is very common and normal. I face the same fears. We all do at some point.

But we are going to put that aside for a moment and ask ourselves some questions.

“What do I want to paint?” What do I wish to express?” “What can I create for the pure joy of just creating?”

Let’s lay aside any fears or pre-conceived ideas about what we ‘should’ paint, or what kind of art we think others would ‘want’ or ‘expect’ to see. Let’s just do this for ourselves, and for the joy it brings, shall we?  

  • Watercolors*  (you don't need to get them all but these are the colors I used)
    • Danielle 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
  • 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
  • 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

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