This weekly course at The Hearth, Horsley is the perfect way to improve your understanding of colour mixing. Your tutor, Jason, is well known for creating a happy, relaxed learning experience. So expanding your understanding of colour should be fun and enjoyable.

In the five weeks you should be able to mix the colours you need as well as understand a little more about how colour works. Nothing will be too taxing and everyone will make mistakes…. that’s all part of learning. So don’t think you are going to be judged. We won’t be trying to make art, just learning the basic mechanics of using colours effectively.

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 will be the main medium used

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

5 weeks – see calendar

Starts the 23rd of January and ends on the 27th of February

Cost – £70

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

Most painters learn to handle colour simple through trial and error. This can be a lengthy and sometimes frustrating process. ‘No More Mud’ aims to cut down the time it would normally take to become skilful with colour by giving you the knowledge you need when you need it most, at the start of your learning journey, so colour can quickly become a joy instead of a troubling aspect of painting.

What will you do on the course ?

• Look at the process of mixing paint on the palette and on the paper
• Ways to alter the tonal value of colours
• Useful colour mixes to comit to memory
• Colour bias theory and how it helps you make the right colour choices
• Hot colours – advancing colours
• Cold colours – receeding colours
• Triad mixing – making greys
• Common colour combinations in art

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 £70

– made payable to; Painting with Skill to:

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