Beginners Watercolour
Beginners watercolour basic colour theory, boats, beaches and landscapes.
My watercolour beginners course offers those struggling with watercolour, whether beginners or the more advanced artist the opportunity to paint along side me and learn from my many years of watercolour painting experience. The course is delivered in a relaxed style with the emphasis on loose expressive painting while staying representation. At the end of every exercise there is the opportunity to ask questions and upload images of your work for critic by me and other students on the course. The focus is on painting not drawing, my belief is a good standard of watercolour painting can be achieved with a very limited ability to draw. My lessons concentrate on colour and value, helping the artist achieve light and atmosphere within their work. Enrol today and take the next step in progressing your watercolour painting.
Your Instructor
I was first drawn to watercolour painting after moving to the Isles of Scilly 1984. Without any training but a real desire to paint I bought myself a box of watercolours, a pad and started to paint. The paintings were weak and timed at first but with help from books by the legendary artist Roland Hilder my confidence began to grow. By the late 80's I was working on commissions and had started to exhibit in galleries and public spaces throughout the Islands. In 1996 I opened my first gallery/studio on St Martins which was well received by visitors to the island. After a few years I moved my studio a mile down the road to an old listed granite building with an attached barn that was to be my new studio and gallery. With stunning Atlantic views inspiration flowed and a new looser style developed. I then started to teach residential three day watercolour painting courses this was a turning point in my career as I felt sharing and teaching painting was much more rewarding than sitting alone behind an easel. Now I live in Worcester and paint from my studio a short ten minute walk from the beautiful River Severn and Cathederal. A totally different landscape from the Isles of Scilly but just as rewarding.