Beautiful Botanicals in Watercolour with Sonia Mocnik
June 26, 2021
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When: June 26th @ 11am
Beautiful Botanicals in Watercolour with Sonia Mocnik
Buckle up and join Sonia Mocnik for another iconic watercolour demonstration! Here is a break down of June 26th’s Botanical Watercolour program.
In the first 20 minutes, Sonia will paint some Oregon Grape foliage and discuss pre-mixed greens in watercolour including: Cobalt turquoise, Perylene green, Winsor Green (blue shade), Hookers Green Dark, Sap green, Chromium green, and Terre Vert. As she paints, Sonia will discuss how the various greens could be made by mixing other colours together. She will also discuss the pros and cons about using pre-mixed versus mixing. Sonia will demonstrate some of these issues, such as ensuring the paint does not become too opaque or turn to a neutral colour. She will also discuss glazing versus wet on wet, shadows and the amount of paint needed to create a similar consistency as the pre-mixed tubes. In between Sonia will try to include how to use your brushes to create foliage shape – including lifting.
In the following 10 minutes, Sonia will discuss flower shapes and give some additional names of extra flowers besides the ones she will be painting. I will draw the shapes and some of the petals of each flower using the “pink” as a very quick sample of drawing from start to finish.
Flower shape discussion will include…
- Trumpet (petunia)
- Multiheaded (hydrangea)
- Spike (bees balm)
- Simple Star (flower like the pink – small carnation)
Sonia’s next 20 minutes we tackle the painting of a Hydrangea and Petunia – as well as their foliage. This portion will include the mixing of the aforementioned greens. Check out water colours Sonia will be using in the materials list below! Finally, the last 10 minutes will be spent painting a very fast and loose version of Bee Balm.
Sonia will also discuss reading the back of the tube to help learn to mix some of your favorites and try new ideas and will have reference photos on her tablet next to the piece that she is demoing for your viewing pleasure. This demo is highly recommended for those interested in learning about painting botanicals in watercolours, learning about different flower and leaf shapes, and those who would like to experience one of Sonia’s popular demos for themselves!
Sonia’s Materials List
Greens and Extras for Foliage
Opus Essentials Watercolour in Cobalt turquoise
Daniel Smith Watercolour in Perylene green
Opus Essentials Watercolour in Quinacridone Burnt Orange (for branches)
Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour in Winsor Green (blue shade)
Daniel Smith Watercolour in Aureolin Yellow (Cobalt Yellow)
Van Gogh Watercolour in Hookers Green Dark
Opus Essentials Watercolour in Sap green
Daniel Smith Watercolour in Chromium green
Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour in Terre Vert
Hydrangea Colours
Opus Essentials Watercolour in Permanent Quinacridone Rose
Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour in Cobalt Blue
Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour in French Ultramarine
Imperial Purple – Daniel smith
Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour in Winsor Green (yellow shade)
Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour in Prussian Blue
Daniel Smith Watercolour in Aureolin
Daniel Smith Watercolour in Perylene green
Opus Essentials Watercolour in Quinacridone burnt Orange
Petunia Colours
Gray made from Burnt Sienna and Cobalt Blue and adding in extra cobalt
Daniel Smith Watercolour in Perylene green
Opus Essentials Watercolour in Permanent Quinacridone Rose
Daniel Smith Watercolour in Cadmium Yellow Pale
Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour in Winsor Blue (green shade)
Van Gogh and Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour in Sap Green
Bee Balm Colours
Daniel Smith Watercolour in Perylene Scarlet
Daniel Smith Watercolour in Cad Yellow Pale
Holbein Watercolour in Alizarin Crimson
Daniel Smith Watercolour in Perylene Green
Opus Essentials Watercolour in Olive Green
Daniel Smith Watercolour in Cad Yellow Pale 
Brushes
Sonia will be using a #1 petit gris pur Da Vinci quill brush and possibly…
Da Vinci Casaneo rigger or liner brush # 8
Da Vinci Micro Maestro Brush (any of these little tiny brushes should work!)
Da Vinci CosmoTop Spin Dagger Brush #10
Royal Talon Decorative stippler brush
Pebeo’s High Precision Masking Fluid Marker (0.7 mm)
Hahnemuhle 140 lb Expression Cold-Press watercolour paper (11.8 x 15.7 in), she may also use the extra white Fabriano that has just arrived at Opus! Stay tuned.
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Artist Bio
Sonia Mocnik is Vancouver born and raised and has always enjoyed creating art. Her watercolour paintings capture colour, light and their relationship to the narrative she tries to express. Sonia has taken art instruction through the Federation of Canadian Artists Foundations Program, as well as other art workshops in Canada and Mexico. She is an Active Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, a member of Hycroft Painters, the International Watercolour Society of Canada, the West Vancouver Community Arts Council, Richmond Arts Coalition, North Vancouver Arts and the Art Rental Program. She instructs watercolour classes online and through the West Vancouver Community Center and the Roundhouse. She will be participating in the upcoming Eastside Culture Crawl virtually with Portside Studios where she shares studio space.
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