Spring 2025 Fridays 12.45-3pm

Service Description

A seven week course of watercolour classes for adult beginners and improvers. Each week I provide a project, a live painting demonstration and a step-by-step illustrated guide to the painting project. During a demonstration, I will show you various techniques and methods for creating different effects with watercolours and tips for using different brushes, paints, and paper. The demonstrations are also shown on a large television so you can see the detail in the live demonstration. I also provide individual guidance where you can ask questions and get feedback on your own work. Each term I provide an illustrated step by step book of the projects with reference photos. The book includes guides for; choosing a colour palette and mixing colour, stretching paper and using white. Painting projects will be: painting on black paper (black watercolour paper will be provided), painting: a still life, creating depth in a landscape, a pen and wash landscape, painting tulips and painting a daffodil. You are welcome to bring any project of your own each week if you prefer. The classes are for adults over the age of 18. Term dates are: Friday January 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st and February, 7th 14th and 21st. Attendees are encouraged to arrive at 12.45 to settle in and I start teaching 1pm and we finish at 3pm. Free tea, coffee and biscuits (including gluten free) are provided. Free parking in the church car park and there is free on street parking on Cavendish and Hills Avenue. I will provide Black watercolour paper for one of the projects. You will need to bring : • A large wash brush and a couple of smaller brushes for detail • 2B pencil and an eraser • 2 large jam jars • A large hard board and masking tape to tape your paper to the board • Arches Cold Pressed or Rough Paper min A4 preferably 11 x 15 inches weight 300gsm/140lb • Masking Fluid and masking fluid brush A large white ceramic palette White charcoal pencil Suggested colours (If you don't have these just bring your current colours) Cadmium Yellow Pale Vermilion or Cadmium Orange Winsor Red or Permanent Red Permanent Rose and Magenta Burnt Umber or Burnt Sienna or Sepia Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt, Winsor green or Viridian Titanium White or a pot of Dr Ph Martin’s Bleed Proof White. An old shirt or apron.