catherine beale

A return to physical BathWatercolour Workshops?
As we gradually leave lockdown this Spring, I will be continuing with my Zoom workshop programme with one eye on the potential for opening physical workshops back up again this June.
Last planned Portrait Workshop over Zoom
My final three hour portrait Zoom workshop is on Friday 19 March and open for bookings here: https://catherinebeale.com/online-watercolour-workshops-with-zoom/
Landscape workshops continue over Zoom
Meanwhile watercolour landscape workshops will continue into the summer on Zoom on the middle Wednesday of each month.
All Zoom workshops include a materials list, plan and source photo sent in advance with the Zoom link itself. You can also opt to purchase videos of each class.

Happy that my portrait “The Calling ii” has been picked up by the editors at Artists & Illustrators Magazine. There is a short interview about my inspiration for the painting and watercolour portraits in the March edition.

This portrait masterclass is for painters who have attended a previous portrait workshop.
Get straight down to drawing and building up paint using the techniques I have described in prior sessions.  We will paint one eye and one nose from a single A4 source photo (above left), designed to print off and paint.

Start by analysing the feature in the photo, creating a pencil drawing to establish proportions and to describe the way light falls. Identify paint colours that will effectively  describe light and prepare them in the palette. Lay on watercolours within “wetted zones”, using the dry paper to create definition. Then lift off to add more light back in to our painting and end with final focussed detailing.
Watercolour artboard is required to help us explore the full subtlety of these lifting-off techniques.

Go to https://catherinebeale.com/online-watercolour-workshops-with-zoom/ to book.

Looking forward to this Wednesday’s watercolour workshop when we will be looking at lavender fields as a subject and colour in particular.

Find more details on the workshop page

Please click here to join in!

Following the new lockdown announcement, it is sadly necessary to postpone all physical Bath Watercolour Workshops until later this Spring. Bath will need to be out of Tier 3 health alert level before they can be reorganised. I am individually contacting those who have bookings.

If, like me, you can see the wintery weeks stretching out ahead of you, you may like to join in my Zoom alternative workshops. There are monthly landscape workshops and a new January portrait masterclass over two Saturday mornings. Please visit my Online Workshop page for more: https://catherinebeale.com/online-watercolour-workshops-with-zoom/ 

January Bath Watercolour Workshop:
Bath is now in Tier 3 health alert level. I am seeking clarification for the January 27 workshop and will be contacting those with bookings individually.

To hear about future workshop events:
Please email Catherine to be pencilled in for the physical February and March Workshops and/or to be kept up to date about future dates. Bath Watercolour Workshops are designed to help you brush up on your watercolour techniques, loosen your painting style or learn to use this expressive watercolour medium. I hope to see you later in 2021!

Zoom Workshops Programme: There is a new monthly watercolour workshop January-April 2021 on a Wednesday mid-month on Zoom. For more details and to book visit: https://catherinebeale.com/online-watercolour-workshops-with-zoom/

There is now a new weekend watercolour session planned for Saturday 20 February 2021 at Widcombe Social Club. (This has replaced the Friday 19 February date.) All the above workshops take place at this spacious upstairs venue. Should the venue have to close temporarily under new government guidelines, you will be offered a replacement workshop date or a refund.

Dear painters,
Please click here to book my final two Zoom 2020 Workshops:

Friday 27th November 2020Watercolour portraits on Zoom – intermediate watercolour workshop. Explore tone and sculpt features in extreme shadows and highlights to create a portrait in profile from a photograph.
Tuesday 1st December 2020 Still waters – Beginners Watercolour Workshop on Zoom Escape for two hours onto the river and into a calmer space, with a scene reminiscent of Beatrix Potter.Try pooling paint to create soft reflections in contrast to the clean lines of the rowing boat above. 

You can also register interest by email for the new physical Bath Watercolour Workshops:
SPRING 2021: 
Wed 27 January – line & wash (replacement date)
Fri 19 February – Beginners winter retreat
Thurs 18 March – Atmospheric landscapes
Wed 24 March Dramatic dusk skies

Christmas gift idea: Workshop Vouchers make thoughtful gifts –
Voucher values can be £80 – covering one of my physical Spring Bath Watercolour Workshop Days – or £20 for each beginners’ Zoom workshop. I have also designed a starter pack of £20-worth of art materials to compliment my workshops.
To find out more and purchase vouchers please visit: https://catherinebeale.com/workshop-gift-vouchers

Happy painting! 
best wishes,
Catherine

Thank you to Ottervale Art Society for co-hosting my watercolour demo last week which I based on a semi-abstract wave.
Here is the summary the Society created for their website:
https://www.ottervaleartsociety.com/catherine-beale-nov-20