Watercolor Live Instruction Fall 2025
Watercolor Painting – All Levels Welcome!
Instructor: Elvira Rascov
Join us for a creative and engaging watercolor course designed for both beginners and returning artists. In a friendly and supportive environment, you’ll explore a wide range of techniques — from the basics of brushwork and color mixing to more advanced methods for creating depth, texture, and detail.
Each class includes live demonstrations and step-by-step paint-along exercises. You’ll finish a complete painting by the end of every session — building both your skills and confidence as an artist.
Whether you’re picking up a brush for the first time or looking to refine your style, this course offers something for everyone.
🗓 Course Dates: October 30 – December 11, 2025
🕙 Time: Thursdays, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
💵 Price: $195
📍 Location: Los Gatos Adult Recreation Center, Room 214
208 East Main Street, Los Gatos, CA 95030
🎨 What You’ll Learn:
- Brush handling and control techniques
- Wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry painting
- Color mixing and value studies
- Creating floral compositions and landscape elements
- How to finish a painting with detail and contrast
🖌 Materials to Bring:
- Cold press watercolor paper
- Basic set of watercolor paints
- Brushes: round brushes (sizes 4, 6, 10) and a rigger brush for fine details
A complete materials list will be emailed two weeks before the first class.
✨ Drop-in Option Available
Want to try a class before committing? Drop-ins are welcome! Please contact the registration office for more information.
Elvira Rascov, an accomplished Colombian American artist, loves to render nature in watercolors and oils. Elvira has taken her art a notch further, and used these painting techniques to create groovy functional ceramics.
Inspired by her early teachers in Bogotá, Elvira teaches Art throughout the Bay Area, making painting fun and expressive.
When she is not busy capturing the soft California landscapes with its soothing hues of yellows and greens, she is experimenting with cityscapes.
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