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Watercolor Limited Palette - A Focus on Value, Technique, and Color Harmony with Tara Connaughton

Start
Wednesday, October 08, 2025
End
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Schedule
4 sessions
#1.
Wednesday, October 08, 2025, 9:00 AM 12:00 PM (EDT)
#2.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 9:00 AM 12:00 PM (EDT)
#3.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 9:00 AM 12:00 PM (EDT)
#4.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 9:00 AM 12:00 PM (EDT)
Location
157 Old Main Street Marshfield
Spaces left
12

Registration

Member – $145.00
Nonmember – $185.00

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In this class students will grow their fundamental watercolor skills by using limited color palettes in a series of guided painting studies and exercises. We’ll begin with an ‘extreme’ limited palette of Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna to explore value, tone, and technique with this beautiful and versatile pairing of pigments. In the following classes we’ll add in select colors (provided by the instructor) to see how different limited palettes impact a painting and how limited palettes can strengthen your understanding of color theory. You’ll learn how to choose a limited palette for each painting you create to help unify and create harmony in your finished work, and also to help simplify the painting process.

Some previous experience with basic watercolor technique is needed for this class

Your instructor will be providing additional paint pigments for our in-class exercises (beyond the 2 tubes that you are required to bring) to keep materials costs down and facilitate class lessons.

About the Instructor: Tara Connaughton

Tara Connaughton is an artist/illustrator & art instructor living near the coast in Scituate, MA. Her botanical and nature-inspired paintings have earned multiple awards, and she has exhibited her artwork through numerous local and regional galleries and venues around the Boston area.

Tara teaches watercolor and botanical illustration through local workshops, privately, and at organizations around the Boston area and South Shore. She has a Certificate in Botanical Art & Illustration, and uses her passion for painting and love of nature to teach and inspire others to find their creative spirit and connect with the world around them.

Tara also creates custom art and illustration for clients across a wide range of subjects, with a focus on custom art for wedding invitations and stationery.

Materials List: TC_NRAS_WatercolorMaterialsFall25 (1).pdf