Watercolours| Painting Flowers with Saba Manesh | short course
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This watercolour painting course is designed for art enthusiasts and beginners who want to explore the beauty of floral art through the medium of watercolours. This course will provide participants with the opportunity to learn and practice various watercolour techniques in 4 weeks. Students will be introduced to wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry painting, dry brushing, gradients, layers, colours and shading, how to create volume and more.
Saba Manesh is a watercolour artist, originally from Iran who trained in watercolours as part of her degree in Urban Design. "Watercolour is my passion, and each painting tells a story of places I've explored and tried to depict emotions I've felt and the connection I have with the world around me as an artist and landscape architecture. My art is a reflection of the seasons, the landscapes, and the beauty that exists everywhere either in a landscape or a bunch of flowers."
What to expect
Over the 4 weeks of this course, you will:
Week 1: Introduction to watercolours and basic techniques
Week 2: Introduction to colour indicators: transparency, lightfastness and staining
Week 3: Introduction to lights, shadows and how to maintain lights by keeping the white of the watercolour paper
Week 4: Introduction to composition such as balance, focal point, contrast, rhythm and movement. How to create visually pleasing and balanced artwork.
Is this course right for me?
This course is suitable for all artists of all levels keen to learn how to paint flowers in watercolour.
Materials Required
- High-quality 100% watercolour paper, approx. A4 size or A3 size preferable -Arches or Fabriano are preferred brands.
- An A4 size pad of good quality cheaper watercolour paper
- A set of quality paints such as Mijello Mission Gold Water Colour Set, 24 Colours
- Montmart dragger brush, 5/8 or 3/8 or both, Round pointed shape watercolour brush number 8 and 10 (Officeworks has a good set for $13.60), Natural hair brush (pointed) size 10.
- Kneadable eraser and H2 pencil
- Box of tissues
- Lightweight Sketch Board
- Masking tape
About studio classes
Our class sizes are small, ensuring you receive the individual tuition you need. We have a maximum of 12 students per class.
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