October PHOTO Gallery
Judy did a great job instructing members on just how easy watercolors can be as we created the beautiful Queen of the Night. This cactus has large blooms that display only after the sun sets. We learned that black backgrounds are not truly black and lifted some of that inky dark color to reveal the green petal like structures seen in background. Most interesting! Thank you, Judy.

October Program
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Meeting at Cape Coral Art League

Watercolor
NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS
                                                              with Judith MacLaren
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Queen of the Night…

“Queen-of-the-Night” is a great name for the night blooming cereus cactus with its stunning floral display seen on thick triangular stems.

What is most amazing is that this plant, reported to bloom in June, blooms over and over again throughout the Florida summer adding fragrance to the air and a profusion of blossoms like a nighttime bouquet! Each bud opens just after the sun sets and the show is usually over by midnight. To enjoy you will need to time your viewing during that short window… Grow your own cactus or even easier – paint with Judy. It will be fun and you can view your own Queen of the Night any time of day you want! The lesson will focus on brush control. You will have the POWER OF THE BRUSH!

Grow your club – Invite a Guest!

SUPPLY FEES:

  • Instruction Packet/Palette    $7.00
  •   …Please try to bring correct currency so we don’t have to make a lot of change

SURFACE:

  • If you use a painter’s choice surface you will need a 8×10 area to accommodate the pattern.
  • 140 # Arches Watercolor Paper, 1/4-sheet …FREE to members painting the program
  • The Painting will fit a standard 11×14 mat

SURFACE PREPARATION:

  • None

BRUSHES:

  • 1/2 and 3/4-inch Angle or Flat
  • Small Round, #3 OR #5
  • #10 Ultra Round, Loew-Cornell #7020  OR  Any Size you are comfortable using

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(JUDY’S FAVORITE: Ultra Rounds are discontinued by Loew-Cornell but the company has come up with a new line of brushes called KingArt available on Amazon)

PALETTE:

  • NOTE: teacher will supply the palette
  • Alizarin Crimson
  • Indian Yellow
  • Indigo or Payne’s Gray
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Masking Fluid

SUPPLIES:

  • Water Container (2)
  • Tracing Paper
  • Transfer Paper, only WAX-FREE (contact Judy if you are in need of borrowing some)
  • Masking Tape
  • Red Pen
  • Cardboard, (9×12 approximately) to tape your Watercolor Paper onto

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