Never throw away a "lost" watercolor again! I will show you how to salvage watercolor paper with gesso. After applying gesso (a plaster/water mixture used to cover canvas before painting) to watercolor paper, you will have a pristene white surface that is absorbant and liftable. The video is up now at www.showcaseartcenter.com showing how I got this petroglyphs detail by lifting the abstract background paint. If you come to class for the afternoon step-by-step next week,

Using acrylic paint can add dimension to your art. This introduction to the medium uses fluid and heavy body acrylic paint with additives of gel, medium and fiber paste. The video is up now at www.ShowcaseArtCenter.com . Next week in class I will let you test drive all the acrylic products used in the video. I will also give you the substrate to paint on. Leave all the baggage at home and just come have fun trying out another water based medium: acrylic. Classes (clas

Make up your mind! Is it Acrylic or Gouache? It's a hybrid! Acrylic gouache. It is permanent, not rehydratable, dries with a velvet matte finish and opaque or transparent depending on how much water is added. We will try it out next class at Showcase. I will provide the paint. The video is up now at www.showcaseartcenter.com . (subscription is $10/month for nearly 400 choices). We meet next week for classes ($25/month): Tuesday and Wednesday 10:00 to noon for independ

Gouache (Ga-wash) is opaque watercolor. This video is up now at www.showcaseartcenter.com . I paint the rocks and water and use white paint to make the white water. Usually white is left as the white of the paper and white paint is not allowed in a transparent watercolor painting. I painted on gray paper for a quick undertone. Next week we will try gouache (provided) in class at Showcase. Classes: 10:00-noon Tuesday for independent painting 10:00-noon Wednesday for Gra