More Information:
What you'll need:
I will supply materiels for the first day and guide you through the basic things you will need to buy for the remaining weeks:
1 good brush,
watercolour pad,
3 x small tubes of primary colours
pencil, eraser.
(All materiels should not cost more than €25)
What you'll learn:
Starting with colour mixing, and progressing on to painting found objects from life, learning how to paint washes, create textures with salt, splattering etc. and progressing on to painting simple landscapes, a little bit of technicality (like perspective) - but mostly just a bit of fun...
By the end of the course you should be creating your own masterpieces!
Two hours each week, with a nice coffee break in the middle -
What you'll Pay:
€50 in advance of each 5 week term.
Times of Classes:
Mondays 10.00 - 12.00
Tuesdays 10.00 - 12.00
Tuesdays 2.30 -4.30
I will supply materiels for the first day and guide you through the basic things you will need to buy for the remaining weeks:
1 good brush,
watercolour pad,
3 x small tubes of primary colours
pencil, eraser.
(All materiels should not cost more than €25)
What you'll learn:
Starting with colour mixing, and progressing on to painting found objects from life, learning how to paint washes, create textures with salt, splattering etc. and progressing on to painting simple landscapes, a little bit of technicality (like perspective) - but mostly just a bit of fun...
By the end of the course you should be creating your own masterpieces!
Two hours each week, with a nice coffee break in the middle -
What you'll Pay:
€50 in advance of each 5 week term.
Times of Classes:
Mondays 10.00 - 12.00
Tuesdays 10.00 - 12.00
Tuesdays 2.30 -4.30
Sticking to Three Primary Colours:
Who'd have thought...
just three colours
could make
all these other
colours!!
just three colours
could make
all these other
colours!!
Creating Textures in Watercolours:
A sprinkle of ordinary
kitchen salt -
just one way of creating
amazing textured detail
in watercolour!
kitchen salt -
just one way of creating
amazing textured detail
in watercolour!
Letting the water do the work:
You can protect
part of your
painting with
masking fluid
and "go mad"
with a bit of
splattering
and salt for an
atmospheric
background!
part of your
painting with
masking fluid
and "go mad"
with a bit of
splattering
and salt for an
atmospheric
background!
No need to be wish washy:
Some people think
watercolours are "
wishy washy" -
but they don't have to be.....
learn the importance
of tonal values
using just one colour.
watercolours are "
wishy washy" -
but they don't have to be.....
learn the importance
of tonal values
using just one colour.
Learning to "See":
Sometimes we look
but we don't "see" -
Painting nature's little
details is a great way to
learn to see and appreciate
the world around us!
but we don't "see" -
Painting nature's little
details is a great way to
learn to see and appreciate
the world around us!