Birds - loose & colourful brushwork in watercolour

Tuesday 9th November 2021

7pm - 9pm (UK time)

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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")

• How to construct and think about our subject in a way that leads us to be able to "free up"

• Creating looser and more expressive brushwork

• How to mix clean bold colours, as well as more muted ones

• Paint consistency; being one of the keys to watercolour painting

• How to create a variety of edges and interest points

• How to bring a painting to a finish

• 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)

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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

• How to construct individual birds as well as create a working composition

• How to use multiple photos to create a painting

• Considerations when working bigger. Both technical and theory

• Creating looser and more expressive brushwork at a larger scale

• How to get the painting to hold together and "work" as one

• As well as the usual colour mixing, paint consistency, edges, tonal values etc that all go into painting

• 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

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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:

• A theory section on the colour wheel, colour choices and how this affects your colour mixing within a painting

• How to choose colours for specific subjects

• Followed by two A3 painting demonstrations using different limited palettes (one snow scene and one of boats)

• We will look at the colour mixing specifically and the way the limited colour mixing choices play off each other

• As well as the usual principles of paint consistency, edges, tonal values etc that all go into painting

• 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)

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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

• How to construct individual animals, touching on basic anatomy, as well as create a working composition

• Using multiple photos to plan a painting

• Considerations when working bigger. Both technical and theory

• Creating looser and more expressive brushwork at a larger scale

• How to get the painting to hold together and "work" as one

• We will also be using the more muted reference to explore really stepping way from the subjects colour to create exciting and colourful paintings

• As well as the usual colour mixing, paint consistency, edges, tonal values etc that all go into painting

• We will also cover materials as well as processes and techniques

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Expressive Coastal Scenes - watercolour

Tuesday 30th November 2021

7pm - 9pm (UK time)

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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

• A variety of ways to use expressive brushwork in different areas of the scene

• How to use tonal values & edges to create depth, atmosphere and light

• Mixing nice cleans colours and paint consistency

• 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)

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Painting faces in watercolour is a challenge but also enormous amounts of fun and incredibly rewarding

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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

• Creating clean simple shadow shapes and picking out the odd bit of detail where needed

• Mixing nice cleans colours and paint consistency

• How to bring out a few little details here and there

• As well as how to tackle individual features and hair to bring the painting to a finsih

• 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)

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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

• A close look at proportions and how to create a feeling of character and life in your figures

• How to look for the light and paint the light

• What to look for and what to leave out when creating a setting

• Tackling faces and other features at a smaller scale

• Mixing nice cleans colours  and paint consistency

• 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

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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

• Using tonal values to create a feeling of light and form, and then how stripes and spots move around this form

• Plus how to use tonal values & edges to create depth, atmosphere and light

• Mixing nice cleans colours  and paint consistency

• We will also cover materials as well as processes and techniques

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