Tutor Ian McManus
10am - 4pm
Lunch & afternoon tea provided
Click here for Timings & Refreshments
This two-day workshop is designed for those with a little experience of watercolour and those at a more intermediate level
Workshop Details
Join Ian McManus - a highly experienced watercolourist - to paint atmospheric scenes of Venice which will of course include typical Venetian architectural elements, water, gondolas and figures. The subject matter can often seem very challenging however Ian’s demos and one to one support will help you improve your art work and simplify the subject.
Ian’s guidance through the creation of a painting per day helps improve your understanding of effective composition, accurate perspective and how connection of elements in your artwork and a clear focal point is vital to the success of good picture creation. These core principles of simplified yet well placed elements in your initial drawing allow you to then progress to using strong tonal values and limited but lively pops of colour to give your Venetian scenes atmosphere and zing ; freeing you up to apply paint with confident and direct brushwork in a loose and lively manor to create more appealing watercolour artworks filled with ambience and atmosphere.
Skills / Techniques Covered
Materials
Materials are not included in the booking fee
Students Please Bring
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 two-day workshop is designed for those with a little experience of watercolour and those at a more intermediate level
Workshop Details
Join Ian McManus - a highly experienced watercolourist - to paint atmospheric scenes of Venice which will of course include typical Venetian architectural elements, water, gondolas and figures. The subject matter can often seem very challenging however Ian’s demos and one to one support will help you improve your art work and simplify the subject.
Ian’s guidance through the creation of a painting per day helps improve your understanding of effective composition, accurate perspective and how connection of elements in your artwork and a clear focal point is vital to the success of good picture creation. These core principles of simplified yet well placed elements in your initial drawing allow you to then progress to using strong tonal values and limited but lively pops of colour to give your Venetian scenes atmosphere and zing ; freeing you up to apply paint with confident and direct brushwork in a loose and lively manor to create more appealing watercolour artworks filled with ambience and atmosphere.
Skills / Techniques Covered
- Improved ability to draw the subject
- Understanding composition and content to create defined focal point
- How to simplify the subject dealing with the key points
- Understanding tone, and how to control the edges within the subject to add atmosphere to the finished work.
Materials
Materials are not included in the booking fee
Students Please Bring
- Pencil
- Rubber
- A3 Board to tape paper onto (School can provide a board if you don't have one)
- Masking tape
- Watercolour paper - Rough texture 300 grams weight 4 sheets at least good quality such as Saunders Waterford or similar (cotton rag quality is best).
- Water pot
- Brushes - large and medium squirrel mops or similar, Escoda size 10 synthetic or similar pointed round
- Kitchen roll
- Tube watercolour paints preferable to pans.
- Colours as below or similar
- Basics - yellow ochre or raw sienna, light red or burnt sienna , burnt umber, sepia, cobalt turquoise, lemon yellow, cadmium yellow, red, cobalt blue, ultra-marine blue, neutral tint, Lavender.
- White Gouache is also helpful.
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.