Vivid Watercolors from Black and White Photos

Chicago Botanic Garden

4.4 148 reviews

Explore the creative possibilities of watercolor by painting from black-and-white reference photos. Learn to strengthen your understanding of light, middle, and dark values while making independent color choices that bring your artistic vision to life. This approach encourages greater confidence with color and composition while revealing the powerful role value plays in creating depth and impact. A supply list will be provided.

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Vivid Watercolors from Black and White Photos

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Thu. Nov 12th, 6–9pm CT

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Let your color imagination loose by painting from black and white photos. Since these images capture the various light, middle, and dark values without color, this approach strengthens value awareness while separating color decisions from tonal accuracy. You will be free to engage your artistic color senses to interpret the scene. By releasing yourself from the palette of colors recorded in a photo, you will gain a greater understanding of the powerful role that values play in a watercolor painting. A supply list will be sent. Prerequisite: Botanical Drawing 1 or permission from the instructor.

Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Refund Policy

Refund requests must be submitted to [email protected] 2 business days prior to the program’s start date and time. The registration fee will be refunded less a 15% processing charge. A refund is issued in the form of a credit on file (to be used for future programs).

Refund requests submitted less than 48 hours prior to a program start date are non-transferable and are not eligible for a refund.

Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable on and after the program’s start date. We cannot refund fees requested on or after the start date of a program or for sessions missed due to student illness or other personal situations.

Registration fees for courses grouped and priced as a series will be considered one program and subject to all of the above guidelines. A refund request must be received prior to the start date of the series' first class session and will subsequently cancel your registration in every session of the series.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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The Chicago Botanic Garden is a world-renowned living museum and conservation science center that offers multiple unique nature courses spread throughout 26 gardens and four natural areas on 385 acres.

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