Watercolours
Watercolour classes, held via zoom, each Tuesday evening. Fee £10 per session. Or if you cannot make the actual session times, can buy the recording of the session and use for up to two weeks at your convenience.
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This class is ideal for people wanting to improve their watercolour technique. yes, if a beginner, get a free session, to see how we paint as this class is designed to teach you watercolour technique.
art classes, now online, via zoom
now you can learn online! Via zoom.
places on this course tend to go quickly. If interested best to contact me quickly.
You want to take up art, but don't want to travel to the nearest art class. Then consider doing zoom classes with me.
Never used zoom before? Worried about using this 'new technology' and feel out of your depth? No problem, because I'd never heard of zoom before last March. Now it feels so natural to use. If interested in joining any of the below classes, I will arrange a free introduction for you, to familiarize you with it so you can enjoy it. Members who use zoom are very happy with it.
Instructions on how to download the zoom app and join your first meeting, find out more...
The classes are designed to give you a relaxed and comfortable class which allows you to learn art.
Weekly handout sent to you explaining classes for the coming week.
The format of the class is roughly as follows. When all participants have joined, we relax with a drink and we take a look at the subject I will have sent you in advance. I then discuss it with you and explain the lesson outcome. I then start you off by demonstrating the first phase. You watch and then make a start and catch-up. I then continue with the next phase. Again you will follow on. We have several pauses so we can look at each other's effort and I can give you further help and suggestions. We end the session with a final look at your work, not to judge it, but to give positive feedback to encourage you. I never say to anyone that their work is 'bad', because art doesn't work on a it's either good or bad. The class is designed to teach you techniques.
Beginners class starts late September early October 2024.
All day Saturday with plenty of breaks. Fee £30 per Saturday.
Tuesdays
Yes, watercolour is the most difficult medium to master, as it's very unforgiving for beginners. I know! I was like everyone else, made terrible mistakes when I first started, now it's my favourite medium. It allows you to achieve a painting quickly, as it won't allow you to overpaint too much. The secret to watercolour is 'not to over brush' my constant advice to beginners is 'couple of brush strokes then move on' You can return to areas and make adjustments.
This advice sounds simple enough, but putting it into practice does require patience and constant practice!
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Tuesday evenings watercolour, 7pm to 9pm
Watercolour class for those with some experience of using watercolour. You don't need to be very experienced to join this class, just an understanding of how to use the medium in a basic way. You will learn how to improve your technique. This class is designed to keep pushing you forward by experimenting with application of paint, even using ink, pastel.
It's not important to end the session with a finished painting, though often we do. It's intended that you 'learn'. I'm a strong believer in an 'impressionistic' approach - loose brushwork, more instinctive and spontaneous approach to watercolour, rather than a highly detailed approach, though if that is your preferred technique, fine, I will still give you help.