Class Details

Festive Florals Workshop Overview:

November 15, 2025 from 10:00am - 1:00pm Central Time

The class starts at 10:00am Central time.

Cost: $27 or included in membership for members of The Garden Studio

If you can't make it to the live event, replays will be available starting a couple of hours after the event and will be available for your use forever.

This workshop will be held on Zoom. Zoom is a free program that you can use from your phone, tablet, or computer. Alex recommends watching the lessons on a computer so that you can see more details. We will email you a link to the Zoom Webinar an hour before class starts on November 15, 2025. You do not need a Facebook account to participate in this workshop.

This workshop is suitable for beginners or more advanced students. We’ll be diving right in with some simple and fun techniques to lay the groundwork for our painting projects. Here are some of the things we’ll be touching on:

Posture and brush handling
How to hold your brush for control and flow
Mixing colors in your palette
Flat wash techniques
Understanding paint consistency (and how it affects results)
Wet-into-wet application
Blending for soft transitions
Softening hard edges
Intro to glazing

What supplies do I need?

Feel free to use supplies that you already have. You’ll want high-quality watercolor paper, paints in colors you enjoy, and a couple basic round paint brushes. It is not necessary to have all of the supplies Alex will be using.

Alex will be using these exact supplies for this workshop and she recommends them for your regular painting practice.

QoR Watercolor Paints:

Princeton Heritage Round Watercolor Brushes:

Sizes 2, 4, and 6 (or 1, 3 and 5 if you already have those)

Arches 140lb Cold Pressed Watercolor Paper Please make sure you’re using high-quality, 100% cotton, watercolor paper for best results.

You’ll also want scissors, something to write with, and something to take notes on.

What Will Happen During the Workshop

We’re going to start by going over the essentials of watercolor painting.Alex will be covering tools and techniques during the first hour of class. This is a great opportunity for total beginners to get comfortable with watercolor or for more experienced painters to warm up and revisit some fun painting exercises.

Then, we'll apply those techniques to painting poinsettias, winter greenery, and berries.

After that, Alex will do some mini-demos for turning your artwork into gift tags, ornaments, cards, and bookmarks.