Paint a Leaf - Botanical Watercolours for Beginners
Paint a Leaf - Botanical Watercolours for Beginners
Event description
Lesley Alexander will demonstrate basic watercolour techniques after which you will have a go yourselves at painting an autumn leaf.
(Book your place on this course, $75)
Ideal for complete beginners in watercolour or those wanting to try a new medium
You will:
- understand what watercolour is and how it differs from other art mediums
- learn different watercolour techniques
- learn how to mix colours using a limited palette of 3 colours
- transfer an outline of a leaf to your watercolour paper
- begin your painting using techniques learnt earlier
What to bring:
Essential materials and equipment will be provided, but please bring
- white plate for mixing on
- paper towels or soft cloth
- HB pencil and sharpener
- eraser
- 30cm ruler
- 2 x water containers/jamjars/plastic beakers
- notebook or sketchbook
- A4 piece tracing paper
Feel free to bring watercolours, watercolour paper (Hot Press) and brushes you may already have - ideally they would consist of
Magenta - Winsor & Newton,
Phthalo Blue or Winsor Blue Green Shade and
Yellow - either Pure Yellow (Schminke) or Winsor Yellow
Booking: https://events.humanitix.com/paint-a-leaf-botanical-watercolours-for-beginners-emux25v3