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SOLD OUT! Watercolor Basics: Fall Botanicals

  • Workshop SLC 153 2100 South South Salt Lake, UT, 84115 United States (map)

Watercolor Basics with Kaori Fairbourn

Dates: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021

Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Cost per session:
$45 with no supplies included / $65 with all supplies included


Supply List

We provide: Paper towels, cups, watercolor paper, and artist tape. Additionally, we can provide all painting supplies for use in this class for an added fee. 

  • Paper: watercolor paper – Canson, Arches, Aquarelle or Fluid. You can either get them in blocks or you can get one big piece 16x 20 and then cut them to a 11x 14 size or 10x8.

  • Waterproof ink pens.

  • Watercolor paint. Brand – Daniel smith, koi watercolors, Winsor & newton, Blick’s or M.Graham – or any of their palettes.

  • Brushes: 4, 6 and 8 round brushes – recommended: Princeton, Blick’s, master’s touch (Hobby Lobby, affordable) – if you want to get something cheaper that is fine.

  • Other: Palette (for mixing) – any kind is okay.

Recommended art store – Blick’s, Michael’s, and Hobby Lobby.


About the instructor

Kaori Fairbourn was born in Kobe, Japan and is now currently residing in SLC, UT. She has had the opportunity to live in 3 different continents as a child which has helped her mind expand to the beauty of landscapes and sceneries. She has studied Art and Art History at Utah Valley University and coupled with her extensive travel experiences and her love for colors has helped influence her to become the artist that she is today. Kaori has done numerous commissions in the past which specializes in wedding invitation designs and landscape paintings.

She believes that watercolor has not only impacted her creativity but also has given her the power to let her mind rest and breathe through the everyday stress in life. Her hopes and wishes in life are to help anyone feel at ease and joyful as they see her paintings.

Follow her on Instagram.

Earlier Event: November 16
Oil Painting with Susan Jarvis
Later Event: November 20
Creative Composition with Roger Burrows