Painting can be very expressive without having to be detailed. The impression of a scene can sometimes be enough to make a delightful picture without illustrating any details. On this course, your tutor Jason, will show you how to explore watercolour to make lively, subtle impressionistic paintings with the minimum of fuss. Explore how the movement of wet paint on paper can help create the look of mist, mountains, trees or hedgerows.

This four week course at The Hearth, Horsley is the perfect way to take your watercolour painting to the next level. Your tutor is well known for creating a happy, relaxed learning experience.

Jason Skill, your tutor, has taught watercolour painting to adults for more that thirty years. He has taught art for Newcastle University, The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle City Learning and Newcastle and Gatehead Colleges. He is presently an artist partner with SAA and has his own online educational video buisiness – Studio

www.studio.jasonskill.com

Medium

Watercolour

Materials

Students attending this course must bring their own materials – Please look at the ‘What do you need to bring’ section of this page for details of materials required for the first class.

Level

The course would be suitable for beginners and those with some previous experience of painting.

Day, location and time

Mondays, The Hearth Horsley, 10:00 – 12:00 noon

Duration

4 weeks – see calendar

Starts the 13th of March

Cost – £60

Why does Jason think this course would be of value to you as a painter ?

Most painters want to have a more relaxed attitude to painting – letting the paints movement do some of the work for them, instead of feeling they should describe everything in detail within the image. you will learn how to decide which sections of a picture you should focus the viewers attention on with elements of detail and which areas can be left more vague.

What will you do on the course ?

• Look at artists work who paint in an impressionistic style
• Explore wet in wet to create impressionistic landscapes
• Explore making soft focus wet on dry marks
• Explore spattering to add dynamism and texture
• Create a basic impressionistic landscape following Jason’s demonstration
• Create your own impressionistic lanscapes working from imagination and reference material.

What do you need to bring ?

Please bring with you the following:

A drawing board, watercolour paper, some drawing paper – 5 sheets, watercolour paints, a pencil, pen, mixing palettes, two water pots, roll of masking tape, your paint brushes and some kitchen roll.

If you are unable to purchase the course online then please send a cheque for £60

– made payable to; Painting with Skill to:

Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. To avoid disappointment – book early.