7. Watercolor Summer Excursion 1

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Dec 1

Written By Erin McGee Ferrell

SUMMER Watercolor Painting

Let’s Start:

Welcome to Youth Art Studio 2. Part 2.

It is time to grab your watercolor paints and head outside. This series of videos are fun and full of imperfections. The wind blows paper around, the bright sunlight prevents seeing the light shades of paint in the wetlands video, and sometimes lawn mowers interrupt my teaching. Welcome to the adventure of outdoor painting.

Gather Your Materials:

Watercolor paint
brushes
watercolor paper
pencil
fine black ink pen
cup of water
paper towels
masking or blue painters tape

Watch Teaching Videos:

Lesson 1. Painting in the car. (Rest Stop in Pennsylvania)

Lesson 2. Perspective. (Crescent Court. Louisville, Kentucky)

Lesson 3. Bridge Architecture. (Ohio River, Louisville, Kentucky)

Lesson 4: Maine Wetlands (Falmouth, Maine)

SHARE YOUR WORK:

Upload your Watercolor sketches to the Youth Art Facebook Page!

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Erin McGee Ferrell

Erin McGee Ferrell (b. Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is an internationally exhibiting visual artist whose practice centers on large-scale oil painting as a language of place, memory, and lived experience. Working at the intersection of figurative symbolism and architectural space, Ferrell explores how movement, land, and cultural context shape meaning over time. She received a BFA in Studio Art with a minor in African Studies from Mount Holyoke College and holds a Teaching Artist Certificate from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Her formation includes immersive study in Nigeria and Italy, grounding her practice in observation, material rigor, and cross-cultural awareness. Ferrell’s work has been exhibited internationally, with projects in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, and North America, including the Jeju Art for Earth Festival, World Art Dubai, and Bahrain’s Spring of Culture. She has participated in researchbased residencies with Columbia University, Arizona State University, and the National Cancer Institute. Ferrell lives and works in Louisville, Kentucky.

http://www.artistamerican.com/