BOTANICAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING | BWP_01 | 14 Sept

Start Date: 14 Sept 2023
Time: Thursdays 17:30 – 19:30 British Summer Time | 12:30 – 14:30 Eastern Time | 09:30 – 11:30 Pacific Time
Duration: 6 weeks
Fee: £200
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Supported by Winsor & Newton

Course Description

Artist Andrew Carter guides you through the materials, processes and techniques necessary to make your own botanical paintings in watercolour. This practical course is encouraging and supportive, and available to anyone with the necessary materials, a table-top to work on and access to Zoom. Session recordings are available for absentees. Key outcomes from BOTANICAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING include:

Development of watercolour techniques
Insight into materials and their properties
Production of own watercolour paintings
Investigation of botanical subject matter
Feedback from professional artist
Peer group chat forum
Supported by Winsor & Newton

BONUS!

One year’s free subscription to TALKS PROGRAMME

BOTANICAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING is for:

All artists including beginners
All nationalities (sessions conducted in English)
Age 16 +

Materials

Faculty

Timetable & Guidelines

Thursday 14 Sept 2023 / 17:30-19:30	Botanical Study Sheets 1	Experimentation with watercolour, brushes, dry/damp paper colour saturation and transparency. Working from botanical specimens, weeds, sprigs and wildflowers, you will experiment with observing and mixing specific local colour and perceived colour. Emphasis will be placed on exploring the use of under drawing and constructing an image by layering colour and using washes. Includes a brief introduction to colour mixing and developing an understanding of mark making.
Thursday 21 Sept 2023 / 17:30-19:30	Botanical Study Sheets 2	As above
Thursday 28 Sept 2023 / 17:30-19:30	Plants as Still Life 1	Including plants as part of a still life, these classes will focus on the arrangement of colour and shapes to create a geometrically well organised composition. Exploring how you can locate colour in space through simple measuring and awareness of tonality and saturation. In these two classes you will experiment with painting from direct observation and learn how to be in control of your composition.
Thursday 05 Oct 2023 / 17:30-19:30	Plants as Still Life 2	As above
Thursday 12 Oct 2023 / 17:30-19:30	Botanical Pattern & Design 1	Taking a number of plant, leaf, sprig, flower, branch and twig motifs you will explore designing with an underlying pattern. Working with a grid to help structure the design, emphasis will be placed on creating a complicated, interlocking, overlapping series of shapes that will connect to form an intricate pattern motif.
Thursday 19 Oct 2023 / 17:30-19:30	Botanical Pattern & Design 2	As above

Fee

Price:

£200 for access until 14 October 2023

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Watercolour set	recommended:	Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolours Sketchers' Pocket Box
Watercolour brushes	recommended:	Winsor & Newton Cotman Brush Short Handle - Pack of 5
Watercolour paper	recommended:	Winsor & Newton Cotman 300g Cold pressed gummed watercolour pad
Pencils,drawing paper,eraser