Painting trees has been one of Jason’s obsessions throughout his painting career. He has painted everything from victorian style woodlands in watercolour to modernistic acrylic abstracts tree paintings.In that time he has found a multitude of tricks that can help any painter improve rendering trees.

This course looks specifically at the key skills that upgrades the look of your tree painting and helps lift your work to the next level.

Medium

We will be drawing with pencil and also painting, mainly with watercolour, but you are free to use acrylics and gouache if that is your preferred medium.

Level

This course would suit a relative beginner, and the more experienced painter who is looking to tune their painting skills.

Day, location and time

Fridays from 10:00 to 12:00 at St Gabriels Church Hall, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne

Duration

12 weeks – see calendar

Starts on September the 15th and finishes on 1st of December

Cost – £180

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

This course will help you understand what is required to make convincing tree images – the marks, methods, pictorial tricks and show you how to harnes this knowledge within your own work.

What will you do on the course ?

• Look at how to handle the brush to more effectively paint trunks and branches.
• Examine how other artists have rendered trees – what can we learn from it?
• Look at the common structure of trees so you can more easily recreate them
• Explore varied mark makingand effects to render foliage, both in and out of focus, near and far.
• Discover ways to render texture on the trunks and branches.
• Try common methods of constructing tree pictures.
• Illustrate light and shade on trees.
• Create a completed tree painting using the skills explored.

What do you need to bring ?

Please bring your usual watercolour painting kit to the first class, plus a misting water spray bottle and a kitchen J cloth. Please note that you will need to bring a drawing board and water pots as these are not provided at the centre.

You will also need to bring drawing paper, a pen and pencil, eraser and sharpener, some drawing paper, watercolour, paper to the first lesson as well as your painting kit.

If you are unable to purchase the course online then please send a cheque for £180 –

– made payable to; Painting with Skill to:

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