Author: catherinebealeart

My January beginners workshop (Bath Canal) is now full and a new date has been added to the schedule:

Saturday 23 April 2022 Beginners’ retreat – local landscape (10 – 3:30)
In this packed day we will be experimenting with watercolours before completing a beautiful motif of a hilltop near Bath in saturated colour.

I am happy to have sold my watercolour “Dusk at Catherine Hill ” last month at the Victoria Art Gallery (Bath Society of Artists’ Exhibition).

I’m excited to have sourced a sleek, black frame for my limited edition prints. I think it provides a nice contrast to the watercolour detail.
Signed, giclee prints are £70 or £90 framed plus £8 UK postage.
Last orders for Christmas post is Wednesday 15 December.
Delivery/collection available in Bath area until 24 December.

Today I enjoyed showing visitors to Cam Valley Arts Trail a small sample of how I go about constructing an image from wet-in-wet watercolours and my imagination.
The hardest thing was choosing the colour scheme as I went along. You may have noticed that I have a mount offered up to the painting. This is a useful tip to help me identify the final shape of the painting around the focal point and it also helped me pare back the colours.

Get ready for Christmas with this “chilled” watercolour session.
Catherine will share her own source photo and help you to create a frosty and atmospheric scene using her wet-in-wet “gravity painting” techniques.
Mince pies and coffee supplied!

My Beginner’s Retreat on Saturday 29 January is now full but a new Beginner’s Retreat has been added in April. Bookings are now being taken via my workshops page: https://catherinebeale.com/bath-watercolour-workshops-2/

I am excited to have four beautiful new designs ready for a series of winter watercolour workshops on Zoom.
Based around Catherine’s own images, the workshops will take place on the middle Wednesday of each month.
Each workshop includes step-by-step demos and Q & A with Catherine, plus source photo, Zoom link and materials list supplied by email in advance.
Find out more and book at: https://catherinebeale.com/online-watercolour-workshops-with-zoom/

I am happy to have my watercolour Dusk at Catherine Hill showing at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath with the annual Bath Society of Artists’ Exhibition.
This vibrant, mixed exhibition continues until 20 November 2021.

So lovely to celebrate the opening of our 2021 exhibition with Kate’s gorgeous portrait (below). I have a family portrait of my sons hanging in the virtual exhibition.
See all the fabulous works at https://onlinegalleryswa160.oess1.uk/ until the end of the year.

Combe Down Art Trail was great fun last weekend, with a relaxed vibe and sunny weather. Thank you to all of you who popped over to see my work!