Watercolor and Gouache Painting with Carol Fabricatore

Learn to use watercolor and gouache together to create vibrant paintings

This workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, May 5, 2026 and will meet rain or shine. The New Dawn Foundation will be able to provide a sheltered space in the event of inclimate weather.

For this workshop an extra $7.00 is included in the ticket price and will be donated to The New Dawn Foundation for allowing us to use the space.

This workshop will focus on different techniques, from intermediate to more advanced, using watercolor and gouache together. Attention will be paid to creating vibrant, rich color, and applying it in transparent watercolor first, then layering, and finally building gouache over it. The class will work from life, learning to respond in an expressive, individual way. Working from direct observation in a natural setting will strengthen drawing skills. There will be demos and individual instruction to help each student work with these two mediums.

Carol will first do a demo for 30-40 minutes. Then participants will paint for 1-2 hours. During this time, Carol will walk around and give individual guidance to each person, do a quick demo, or leave them alone if they prefer. In the last 30 minutes the group will reconvene to share their work and discuss challenges and discoveries from the experience.

Suggested Supplies:

Paper - One watercolor pad or block - 9 x 12, 11 x 14, or 15 x 20 inch - use whatever brand you like, Or a watercolor sketchbook. Get any brand of watercolor sketchbook that fits your budget. It needs to be 7.5 x 9.75 or 8.5 x 11 inch minimum.

Basic set of watercolors - a range of tube watercolors or pans. If you already have a set of watercolors that you like, use that. Recommended are Winsor & Newton or Holbein artist’s professional watercolor and gouache. Recommended colors: Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Viridian, Raw Umber

Basic set of Gouache paints - 5 tubes, including black and white gouache.

Palette – either a paper or tray palette

Brushes - Watercolor and Gouache (rounds) – one large, (#10 - 12) one small (#6 or 8); they can be a synthetic blend, squirrel hair or Kolinsky sable brushes

A few watercolor pencils

Containers for water.

Paper towels & tape

A spray dispenser

Lead pencils –2B & 4B

Sketching stool

Please Note: There are no refunds or exchanges for this workshop.

About the instructor

Carol Fabricatore is an award-winning artist who received an MFA at the School of Visual Arts. She has taught at SVA since 1994. She has had several artist residencies in the US and Mexico and participated in many exhibits in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and France. To learn more about Carol and her work, see her website: carolfabricatore.com or Instagram: @cfabricatore

Tickets for this event are not refundable or exchangeable.