Wes Hanson | Art Instructor
Instructor: Wes Hanson
Contact: (208)651-1346
Email: wesleyrhanson@gmail.com
Wes is an accomplished watercolor artist from Coeur D' Alene. He is an instructor at North Idaho College and provides occasional weekend classes at Spokane Art Supply. His classes cover watercolor, gouache, and drawing techniques.
2025 Classes:
Graphite & Colored Pencil Drawing - Sat, March 29th & Sun, March 30th
10am-4pm $100.00
Description: Learn how to use graphite pencils to draw compositions and insert values and bring your drawings to life with colored pencils.
Supply List
Subject Reference Materials: A still life setup of small colorful objects that you can arrange in different compositions to draw and color. Photographs and magazine pictures of various still lifes, people, buildings, and landscapes. Try to select pictures that have middle to large shapes.
Drawing Materials: A 20 by 30-inch cold pressed illustration board, a spiral bound cold pressed sketchbook (such as a 9 by 12-inch Aquabee Super Deluxe or Strathmore 400 Series), a Prismacolor Black No. 935 pencil, 2B and 6B pencils, colored pencils (A primary yellow, red and blue, white, burnt umber and a colorless pencil for blending), an eraser and a hand-held pencil sharpener. We will be using colored pencils dry, so wax or oil-based colored pencils would work, as would watercolor pencils. Look for brands such as Prismacolor, Derwent, Lyra, Faber-Castell, Koh-i-noor, Bruynzeel, and Caran D’Ache.
Plywood Support Board: Measuring at least 24 by 17 inches. Masking Tape.
Acrylic Painting - Sat, April 19th
10am-4pm $50.00
Workshop Description: Learn how to use traditional and experimental painting tools and techniques to blend realism with abstraction.
Supply List
Subject Reference Materials: Photographs and magazine pictures of subjects having distinctive shapes.
Drawing Materials: Some blank typing paper and a soft pencil.
Painting Materials: One sheet of 30 by 40-inch cold press illustration board or cold press watercolor board A 17 by 24-inch piece of plywood (smooth on one side) or gator board. Tubes of transparent or semi-transparent red, blue, yellow acrylic paint, and black and white acrylic paint. A synthetic one-inch flat watercolor brush and a number 10 or 12 synthetic round watercolor brush. A one-inch flat stiff bristle oil painting brush and a round stiff bristle oil painting brush. A palette knife. A brayer roller. Plastic wrap. Newspaper. Spray bottle. Kitchen sponge. Rubbing alcohol. Old credit cards.
A Wide-Mouth Water Bucket. White, undivided plastic plate. One-inch Masking Tape. Paper Towels.