Tutor Kevin Scully
10am - 4pm
Lunch & afternoon tea provided
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This one-day, onsite workshop is designed for a range of abilities including beginners with a little experience.
Workshop Details
If you’ve ever wanted to point flowers in watercolour in a loose and expressive way, free from the constraints of all the dos and don’ts associated with this medium, this is your chance to throw caution to the wind and let your hair down. We will be looking at the different ways in which dramatic effects can be achieved using a variety of techniques and applications. You will be working from some flower arrangements where you will be encouraged to use loose and expressive brush strokes that capture the essence of the subject matter without trying to be too literal. You will have the opportunity to experiment with a variety of less conventional methods of applying paint, resulting in some unusual and exciting pictures.
There will be demonstrations throughout the day employing a variety of techniques, all painted in an adventurous and exploratory way, which will allow you to create some dynamic and individual paintings.
Skills / Techniques Covered
Materials
Materials are not incuded in the booking fee. The items you will need to bring with you are listed below
Students Please Bring
Paper:
Suggested colours: You don’t need all of these, but these are the colours I use most often.
Cadmium Yellow Light
Cadmium Red
Permanent Rose or Magenta
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Blue
French Ultramarine
Viridian Green or Phthalo Green
Hookers Green
Raw Sienna
Burnt Sienna
Raw Umber
Burnt Umber
Payne's grey
Winsor Violet or Dioxazine Purple
Brushes:
Other Materials:
If you wish, you can bring along some of your own flowers that you might like to paint
We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.
10am - 4pm
Lunch & afternoon tea provided
Click here for Timings & Refreshments
This one-day, onsite workshop is designed for a range of abilities including beginners with a little experience.
Workshop Details
If you’ve ever wanted to point flowers in watercolour in a loose and expressive way, free from the constraints of all the dos and don’ts associated with this medium, this is your chance to throw caution to the wind and let your hair down. We will be looking at the different ways in which dramatic effects can be achieved using a variety of techniques and applications. You will be working from some flower arrangements where you will be encouraged to use loose and expressive brush strokes that capture the essence of the subject matter without trying to be too literal. You will have the opportunity to experiment with a variety of less conventional methods of applying paint, resulting in some unusual and exciting pictures.
There will be demonstrations throughout the day employing a variety of techniques, all painted in an adventurous and exploratory way, which will allow you to create some dynamic and individual paintings.
Skills / Techniques Covered
- Choosing appropriate materials
- Experimenting with materials
- Choosing colour schemes
- Painting in a free and loose way
- Wet-in-wet washes
Materials
Materials are not incuded in the booking fee. The items you will need to bring with you are listed below
Students Please Bring
Paper:
- Watercolour pad or loose sheets About A3 size
- 300 g/m2 (140 lb) Not surface. Bockingford, Fabriano, Arches, or Saunders Waterford are all excellent makes.
- Watercolours in tubes are best, as these allow you to mix large amounts of colour for washes. Or if you prefer, pans of colour in a folding palette. Artist’s Quality paint by Winsor & Newton, Schmincke, Jackson’s, and Daniel Smith are among the best quality watercolours.
Suggested colours: You don’t need all of these, but these are the colours I use most often.
Cadmium Yellow Light
Cadmium Red
Permanent Rose or Magenta
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Blue
French Ultramarine
Viridian Green or Phthalo Green
Hookers Green
Raw Sienna
Burnt Sienna
Raw Umber
Burnt Umber
Payne's grey
Winsor Violet or Dioxazine Purple
Brushes:
- Watercolour brushes in sizes 3, 8, and 10 or 12. It’s important that these brushes are of good quality and that they form a point when wet. Sables are expensive, so synthetic ones are a good substitute.
- A square ½”, or 1” brush
- Large brush for washes
Other Materials:
- HB pencil and sharpener
- Small tube of white gouache
- Masking tape
- Tissues/Kitchen towel
- Large palette with several mixing wells
- A small atomiser spray bottle to hold water, for re-wetting your painting
- Putty rubber
- Small bottle of masking fluid
- An old credit card
If you wish, you can bring along some of your own flowers that you might like to paint
We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.