This is a series of six 3 hour afternoon sessions.
Dates: 17, 24, 31 Mar, 07, 28 Apr + 05 May
Join artist Karen Innes to explore the wonderful world of painting plants and flowers over 6 weeks. Learn how to express and paint their beautiful shapes, fabulous details and colours, creatively using watercolour techniques to produce a piece of finished art work. During this series of half days you will:
– Gain a brief historical insight into botanical painting
– Learn how to observe closely and investigate botanical subjects
– Learn how to lay out a piece of subject matter for impact
– Learn techniques used in watercolour and gouache painting
– Use specific techniques such as mixing greens and use of tonal values
Explore the processes of selecting your subject, drawing up and layout of a design for your piece, practice and develop your painting techniques as you work to complete your botanical artwork. You will begin to observe plant materials and use pencil drawing to understand the way that plants grow and identify their unique textures, shapes, and linear qualities and patterning. You will have practice in using water colour, setting up a work sheet. The focus will be on each individual’s development – building on skills in order to produce a finished piece of art work. You will review the previous week’s outcomes before moving on to the use of composition to create an exciting finished piece of artwork. Karen will be on hand to advise and give guidance and feedback throughout.
Please note there is a £5 material charge.
Click on the title below to find a list of what you’ll need to bring with you if anything.
***Please note that tuition and refreshments only are included in the cost of this workshop and not lunch***
