Zoom Painting Demonstrations
Join me from the comfort of your own home for various painting demonstrations via Zoom
£12 per person
(Two demos are £15 as 2.5 hours)
INCLUDED:
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2 hour painting demonstration via Zoom
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Watch live and/or re-watch for 10 days afterwards
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Reference photo & materials list sent out 1 week before
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PDF teaching notes with photos will be sent out afterwards
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Various opportunities for Q&A, plus typed questions throughout
PLEASE NOTE: These are designed as demonstrations so I will be working at my usual pace with narration. However, I am more than happy for people to paint-along.
Birds - loose & colourful brushwork in watercolour
Tuesday 9th November 2021
7pm - 9pm (UK time)
How do we paint with exciting bold brushstrokes, using lots of colour and pigment? That's exactly what we will be looking at...
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Small intro & theory section followed by a single watercolour painting demonstration (at least half sheet size 15" x 22")
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How to construct and think about our subject in a way that leads us to be able to "free up"
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Creating looser and more expressive brushwork
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How to mix clean bold colours, as well as more muted ones
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Paint consistency; being one of the keys to watercolour painting
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How to create a variety of edges and interest points
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How to bring a painting to a finish
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We will also cover materials as well as processes and techniques
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Going Big with a group of Birds - watercolour
Tuesday 16th November 2021
7pm - 9pm (UK time)
Scaling up to a large size of watercolour is wonderful fun, as is painting a group of birds...however both have their challenges. This is what we will be looking at in this Zoom Demo:
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Small intro followed by a single Full Sheet watercolour painting demonstration (22" x 30") - reference photo ideas in side gallery
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How to construct individual birds as well as create a working composition
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How to use multiple photos to create a painting
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Considerations when working bigger. Both technical and theory
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Creating looser and more expressive brushwork at a larger scale
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How to get the painting to hold together and "work" as one
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As well as the usual colour mixing, paint consistency, edges, tonal values etc that all go into painting
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We will also cover materials as well as processes and techniques
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Using a Limited Palette in watercolour
Thursday 18th November 2021
7pm - 9:30pm (UK time)
£15
Using a limited or restricted palette - one were we use an often small and specific set of colours - not only makes colour mixing much simpler, but is also a great way to more easily create harmonious, dramatic and ultimately more successful paintings.
We will be looking at:
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A theory section on the colour wheel, colour choices and how this affects your colour mixing within a painting
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How to choose colours for specific subjects
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Followed by two A3 painting demonstrations using different limited palettes (one snow scene and one of boats)
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We will look at the colour mixing specifically and the way the limited colour mixing choices play off each other
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As well as the usual principles of paint consistency, edges, tonal values etc that all go into painting
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We will also cover materials as well as processes and techniques
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Going Big with Animal Groups ( + moving away from literal colour) - watercolour
Tuesday 23rd November 2021
7pm - 9pm (UK time)
Scaling up to a large size of watercolour is wonderful fun, as is painting wildlife in groups. This is what we will be looking at in this Zoom Demo:
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Small intro followed by a single Full Sheet watercolour painting demonstration (22" x 30") - reference ideas in gallery
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How to construct individual animals, touching on basic anatomy, as well as create a working composition
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Using multiple photos to plan a painting
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Considerations when working bigger. Both technical and theory
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Creating looser and more expressive brushwork at a larger scale
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How to get the painting to hold together and "work" as one
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We will also be using the more muted reference to explore really stepping way from the subjects colour to create exciting and colourful paintings
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As well as the usual colour mixing, paint consistency, edges, tonal values etc that all go into painting
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We will also cover materials as well as processes and techniques
BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED
Expressive Coastal Scenes - watercolour
Tuesday 30th November 2021
7pm - 9pm (UK time)
Join me for an evening of creating smaller Coastal Scenes using expressive brushwork. We will look at:
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Small intro followed by at two smaller watercolour coastal scenes
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A variety of ways to use expressive brushwork in different areas of the scene
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How to use tonal values & edges to create depth, atmosphere and light
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Mixing nice cleans colours and paint consistency
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We will also cover materials as well as processes and techniques
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Characterful Faces in watercolour
Thursday 16th December 2021- RESCHEDULED
7pm - 9pm (UK time)
Painting faces in watercolour is a challenge but also enormous amounts of fun and incredibly rewarding
We will kick off with a theory section looking at how to simplify breakdown the face into easy to understand shape, followed by a painting demonstration looking at:
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How these shapes translate to a simple watercolour process
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Creating clean simple shadow shapes and picking out the odd bit of detail where needed
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Mixing nice cleans colours and paint consistency
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How to bring out a few little details here and there
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As well as how to tackle individual features and hair to bring the painting to a finsih
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We will also cover materials as well as processes and techniques
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Figures in a Setting with watercolour
Wednesday 15th December 2021
7pm - 9pm (UK time)
In this demo we will be focusing predominantly on figures but with a hint of setting. This will include:
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Small intro & theory section followed by a full painting demonstration
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A close look at proportions and how to create a feeling of character and life in your figures
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How to look for the light and paint the light
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What to look for and what to leave out when creating a setting
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Tackling faces and other features at a smaller scale
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Mixing nice cleans colours and paint consistency
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We will also cover materials as well as processes and techniques
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Animal Markings (spots & Stripes) in watercolour
Tuesday 14th December 2021
7pm - 9:30pm (UK time)
£15
This slightly longer demonstration will give us plenty of time to really get stuck into two medium sized paintings where we can look at how to paint wildlife with Spots & Stripes. We will look at:
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Some basic anatomy and how to break down are subject into simple shapes
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Using tonal values to create a feeling of light and form, and then how stripes and spots move around this form
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Plus how to use tonal values & edges to create depth, atmosphere and light
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Mixing nice cleans colours and paint consistency
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We will also cover materials as well as processes and techniques
BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED