Intermediate Watercolour Painting with Julia Roach (Part 1)
Five week Creative Course
Mondays
9.30–12pm
Dates
9, 16, 23 May 2022
6, 13 June 2022
Half Term: 30 May – 5 June 2022 (no teaching)
£125
Gift vouchers available
Please read our Booking Terms and Conditions below carefully before booking.
Who is this class suitable for?
Ages 16+
Have a good understanding of watercolour painting and drawing (For example have completed a previous course).
What will be covered in the class?
This course is structured to ensure participants enhance their established painting skills. All will create individual painting’s and explore ideas with guidance of an experienced watercolour tutor. You will have opportunity to incorporate medias such as gold leaf and collage as well investigate contemporary watercolour artists that are known for using these approaches.
Week 1: Create tonal watercolours, exploring suggestion and definition opportunity to work on a bigger scale.
Week 2: Theme British Wildlife with opportunity incorporating gold leaf into your watercolour painting as well as look at to look at contemporary watercolourists who use this illustrative approach.
Week 3: A picture within a picture (e.g. inside looking outside) using Gum Arabic with watercolour. The focus of this session is compositional development.
Week 4: Outside – an opportunity to develop a watercolour painting interlinking with the previous week’s theme with a nod to Eric Ravillous palette amongst others and mark making.
Week 5: Opportunity to create a painting celebrating nature. A variety of approaches/mediums will be demonstrated and we will also take ook at trio of female water colourists who are known for their interpretation of Nature.
What will students leave the class with?
Preliminary drawings in a variety of mediums, paint exercises and test pieces as well watercolour painting(s).
Ages 16+
Have a good understanding of watercolour painting and drawing (For example have completed a previous course).
What will be covered in the class?
This course is structured to ensure participants enhance their established painting skills. All will create individual painting’s and explore ideas with guidance of an experienced watercolour tutor. You will have opportunity to incorporate medias such as gold leaf and collage as well investigate contemporary watercolour artists that are known for using these approaches.
Week 1: Create tonal watercolours, exploring suggestion and definition opportunity to work on a bigger scale.
Week 2: Theme British Wildlife with opportunity incorporating gold leaf into your watercolour painting as well as look at to look at contemporary watercolourists who use this illustrative approach.
Week 3: A picture within a picture (e.g. inside looking outside) using Gum Arabic with watercolour. The focus of this session is compositional development.
Week 4: Outside – an opportunity to develop a watercolour painting interlinking with the previous week’s theme with a nod to Eric Ravillous palette amongst others and mark making.
Week 5: Opportunity to create a painting celebrating nature. A variety of approaches/mediums will be demonstrated and we will also take ook at trio of female water colourists who are known for their interpretation of Nature.
What will students leave the class with?
Preliminary drawings in a variety of mediums, paint exercises and test pieces as well watercolour painting(s).
What will I need to bring?
Please note as an intermediate course material are not included. You will need to bring:
Location
Art Studio: The art studio is situated at the top of a flight of stairs. Tools are all light and accessible. Work benches are not currently height adjustable.
Tutor
Julia Roach is an established visual artist and facilitator whose practice is primarily focused on experimenting with mixed media, graphite and inks. Julia’s work often features collected and found objects. Drawing is intrinsic part of her creative process and my approach is predominantly figurative incorporating colour and exploring a variety of mark making approaches. Julia holds a BA in Painting from Canterbury College of Art and an MFA from Newcastle University.
Please note as an intermediate course material are not included. You will need to bring:
- Watercolour paints
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Watercolour brushes
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A household paint brush
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Palette
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Water container
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Watercolour pad A3 (preferable) or A4 (minimum 300gsm
weight)
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Pencil (soft e.g. 2–4b)
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Putty rubber
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Pencil sharpener
- Drawing pad
Location
Art Studio: The art studio is situated at the top of a flight of stairs. Tools are all light and accessible. Work benches are not currently height adjustable.
Tutor
Julia Roach is an established visual artist and facilitator whose practice is primarily focused on experimenting with mixed media, graphite and inks. Julia’s work often features collected and found objects. Drawing is intrinsic part of her creative process and my approach is predominantly figurative incorporating colour and exploring a variety of mark making approaches. Julia holds a BA in Painting from Canterbury College of Art and an MFA from Newcastle University.
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