Working With Watercolour | Tanya Baily | The Holiday Sketchbook
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<p>Getting ready for the summer season and learn how to use this most
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Course Overview
Getting ready for the summer season and learn how to use this most portable and beautiful of mediums to record happy moments.
Workshop theme: The Colour of Shadows and Capturing Light
Tanya will discuss how to simplify what you see and to capture what you see in a minimum of time. You will learn about limiting your palettes to a few pigments, and how to set up compositions with colour washes. You will practice shorthand ways of describing familiar subjects, and how to capture light and mood with efficient use of water management and techniques. After a short introduction in the studio, students will practice from life in the streets and parks around Art Est. The workshop also includes ideas about nimble and efficient watercolour kits and making your own sketchbooks.
This is one of a series of nine workshops by Tanya Baily in 2024 — click below to explore them all...
- February: "The Sketch No. 1 - Techniques and Method"
- March: "The Sketch No. 2 - Working Plein Air from Life"
- April: "Buildings and the Urban Environment"
- May: "Colour No. 1 - Colour Theory and Mixing"
- June: "Colour No. 2 - The Colour of Shadows and Light"
- July: "Colour No. 3 - Expressive Colour in Watercolour"
- September: "Back to Basics"
- October: "People and the Portrait"
- November: "The Holiday Sketchbook"
You can sign up for all nine workshops, or pick and choose particular workshops that match your interest.
What to expect
Each workshop is designed around particular themes and goals, with exercises and ideas to practice a full range of watercolour techniques. You will learn the methods of the masters and of contemporary artists, and Tanya will guide you to develop your own style.
Workshop Delivery
This workshop will be studio-based with students working from still-lives in the studio or from photographic images
Is this course right for me?
Suitable for beginners to watercolour as well as experienced artists.
Recommended Material List
Paper: 1x Large sheet: 56x76cm 100% cotton 300gsm cold pressed watercolour paper.
Paints: A basic palette of warm and cool reds, yellows and blues, for instance:
Lemon Yellow, Raw Sienna, Cadmium (or Windsor) Red, Permanent Rose, Ultramarine Blue, Pthalo (or Prussian) Blue.
Students are welcome to bring previously owned paints. Tanya recommends artist quality brands, such as Windsor and Newton, Daniel Smith, Shmincke etc...
- Paint Brushes: 3x soft watercolour brushes sizes 4, 8, 12
- Pencil, Rubber, Sharpener
- 1 Roll of Kitchen Paper/ Rag/ Towel