Want to paint in watercolours but worried about their scary reputation? Spend two full days of demos and guidance in a small group to make a brave start mixing colour to create drama and harmony and experimenting with different brushes, materials and paper surfaces. Enjoy the positive feedback from using rich tubed paint (provided) whilst creating beautiful landscape scenes and…
This one day workshop with a clothed life model is designed to familiarise you with the way watercolours can be used to loosely describe the seated figure. Follow demos and build a likeness in paint using ideas around proportion, fluid mark-making and preserving light and shadow. Look at backgrounds and 'framing' as the afternoon draws to a close with a…
Take an in depth look at reflecting and glowing sunlight. Trace its path across moving water, filtering past buildings and doorways and interrupted by leaves. Compose and record its drama using the full range of tone from the white of the paper to intense tubed paint. Mix colours cleanly for added 'freshness' and help your paintings 'come alive'. The group…
An exciting opportunity for a private morning sketching tour within these Grade-1 listed Italianate gardens., followed by an afternoon with tuition to work up your drawings into loose watercolour masterpieces. Includes: garden entry and talk, coffees/teas, handout and tuition. Please bring a packed lunch. Timings: 10:15-16:00 Please arrive by 10:15 for 10:30-12:30 garden tour; drive back to Museum of Bath…
Harness the language of wet-in-wet watercolour and add acrylic inks and chalk pastels to them to find your own loose style. Follow Catherine's demos to make swatches of pattern, texture and watermarks. Practice composition and explore colour compliments, harmony and tone to develop your own visual language. All welcome. Includes acrylic inks, pastels, artboard and teas/coffees. Please bring watercolour materials…
