-Swatch paint colours into warm and cool families
-Practise diluting paint and wet-in-wet technique
-work on thick and thin brush strokes
-mix a selection of greys and greens on a chart
-Introducing four sky samples on four pieces of 6” x 4” paper
-demo masking tape and the need for paper stability
-sky #1 blue sky with light clouds
-sky #2 gradated wash of blue
-sky #3 sunset wet-in-wet
-sky #4 storm clouds
-choose one sky to turn into a small composition
-painting trees; deciduous, evergreen, bare branches, bushes
-use a sky background to make a composition using trees
– Christmas Cards
– Triangle Tree
– Moon on Snow 1 & 2
– Snow Scene in a hanging ball
-painting rocks
-practise colours and shading
-Zen Rock composition on 5” x 7’ paper
-white flowers with a dark background
-5” x 7” or 4” x 6” Dogwood composition
-Simple pen and ink lighthouse
-watercolour wash over waterproof ink
-Mount Fuji composition with Cherry Blossom