catherine beale

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!

Further to my summer of painting sessions at the Royal Crescent Hotel, I am delighted that the workshops have now been included on the Hotel’s recommended guest experiences!
https://www.royalcrescent.co.uk/royal-crescent-experience/experiences/paint-bath-experience/

This weekend 28-29 August I will be showing my work at The Widcombe Social Club (Lower Widcombe Hill, Bath BA2 6AA) as part of this popular local art trail.

I will be showing some recent original watercolours and will also have my new card designs with me.

I have been involved in the trail since my first WAT in 2013 (pictured here) when I was working from my own studio/gallery in the middle of Widcombe Parade!