Get started with watercolour painting
Learn how to set up, draw and paint a still life in watercolour, as you gain confidence in colour mixing, and experiment with wash and brush skills. Gain the confidence to produce a finished still life study.
Ability: Beginners
The minimum time required to watch and respond to the video content and complete the tasks is 6 hours. The tutor also recommends how you can develop your work further so that you can continue to use the skills acquired on this course for future projects. Six months of online access to all of the course content.
Ability: Beginners
The minimum time required to watch and respond to the video content and complete the tasks is 6 hours. The tutor also recommends how you can develop your work further so that you can continue to use the skills acquired on this course for future projects. Six months of online access to all of the course content.
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Introduction to tutor Christine Forbes and workshop overview
Getting Started
Workshops
Completion
Getting Started
- Health and safety
- Tools, materials, and set up requirements
Workshops
- Understanding the importance of drawing
- Selecting your colour palette and exploring painting techniques
- Painting a finished study of your still life
Completion
- Completing your painting
- Ideas going forward
Course includes:
You will need:
Tools
- Access to our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) with course content
- A series of instructional videos to work through and repeat at your own pace
- Practical tasks to complete
- Helpful materials suppliers list
- Student online gallery where you can post images of your work for tutors to review and comment on
- Support from the college and tutors via email should you need it during the course
- Additional notes and ideas
You will need:
Tools
- A work board size A31 round synthetic brush No 8 (short handle)
- Plastic daisy palette
Materials
Set up
All you need is a table with space for your board, paints, water and objects of inspiration.
- HB pencil
- 6B solid graphite stick
- Plastic eraser (Staedtler)
- Pocket watercolour set (Winsor and Newton – Cotman)
- Masking tape
- Cartridge paper, 140g gsm
- Approximately 4 x A4 sheetsWatercolour paper, ‘Not’ 300gsm. (Bockingford.) 2 X A4 sheet
- Tracing paper 1 X A4 sheet
Set up
All you need is a table with space for your board, paints, water and objects of inspiration.
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Tutor
Christine Forbes
Course content
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