Art Course £45.00

Date: 10 October 2020

Time: 10:00am - 12:30pm

Location: Online (Zoom)

 

Watercolour sky techniques are a useful tool to enhance drawings by providing background colour and interesting effects. A great addition to any sketch!

 

Skies are key to any landscape painting and help set the mood through lighting and colour. During this two-session course, you will paint from beautiful inspiration images and gain the skills and techniques needed to venture into the open air and capture the sky with confidence.

 

“The sky is the ultimate art gallery just above us.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Details of the techniques and elements covered in each session are as follows:

 

October 10th

10.00am – 12.30pm

First session: sunrise/sunsets/clouds/watercolour gradient wash techniques / lifting / mingled washes / glazing

 

October 17th

10.00am – 12.30pm

Second session: rain/lighting/clouds / glazing / mixing rich greys / masking techniques

 

Zoom

The sessions will be hosted through Zoom.

Please download the Zoom app. If you haven’t zoomed before don’t worry, it’s not complicated. A little blue camera symbol will pop up on your phone, pad and laptop.

You’ll find the Zoom link for the sessions on the booking ticket AND I will send you the link via email that will take you directly to the sessions (no pasword required) on the day of the workshop.

I will start the session 15mins before the official start of the workshop. This will give us an opportunity to iron out any technical difficulties if there are any and have a chat 🙂

 

 

Materials List

– Printed inspiration sky photographs

– Watercolour paper / scrap paper

– Watercolour paints, either in pans or tubes

– Board (to support your paper)

– Tissue (paper towel, tp)

– Rubber / Pencil

– Sponge can be a sea sponge or any sponge you have

– Cup for water

– Palette or white plate

– Brushes (a variety of sizes and shapes)

– Painters tape

– Scrap paper to text colours

 

*Optional Materials

– Blade or pocket knife

– Cling film

– Spray bottle

– Pipette

– Coarse sea salt or table salt

– Piece of clear or white candle OR masking fluid

– Isopropyl Alcohol