Painting in watercolour is like an adventurer's quest, take one path and you will discover brilliant, gem-like colours, another path will lead you into a mire of colour-less mud. The difference is knowing how watercolour works and how different pigments react when mixed together.
I hope, that here, beginners will find guidance - away from the mire and muddy path, armed with newly aquired knowledge of well tried and practical techniques, to a realm where colours can glow.
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WATERCOLOUR CLASS
PROJECT
EXAMPLES
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Please read all the details on this page carefully
before you submit your booking form.
All classes are taken by professional artist Anthony Forster
– with 30 years experience in teaching and painting –
many of his works reproduced as Limited Edition Fine Art Prints
by his Publishers Hood and Broomfield Fine Art.
www.hoodandbroomfield.com
Anthony will be assisted on the day
by his friend and colleague Gordon Broomfield,
giving you the best of both worlds.
The WORKSHOP will give you a ONE DAY course,
Either Saturday or Sunday.
Starting at 10am – until 4.30pm
Please arrive by 9:45
am
Morning & Afternoon Tea/Coffee breaks
Lunch is provided.
Group numbers for the day course will be a maximum
of seven, so students can be assured of individual attention.
The workshop will be at
Chapel Cottage Studios, Morrilow Heath,
near Leigh
just two miles from Hilderstone.
Precise details of the venue's location will be given
a few days
before the appropriate date.
The cost of the workshop is only £68 for the day
inclusive of Lunch/Teas/Coffee and watercolour paper.
A non-returnable deposit of £15 is required with your booking form,
with the balance payable three weeks before the date of the workshop.
Print off your own copy of the
2010 BOOKING FORM issue 1
Which is a 34KB - PDF file
and send it with your cheque to
MWS Workshops
Chapel Cottage, Hill Lane, Morrilow Heath, Leigh,
Staffordshire ST10 4PF
If you encounter problems printing the booking form,
please don't hesitate to contact us on the numbers below.
Evening: 01889 505 493
Mobile: 07740 076 799
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To save valuable painting time
we will provide you with pre-drawn projects
so your picture is ready for painting.
A step by step - follow my lead painting tuition technique.
Printed colour examples of the projects, are also provided
as a pictorial aide-mémoire to assist our students.
Free 12 months membership to the online watercolour class.
The atmosphere is cheerful, supportive and relaxed
any nervous beginners needn’t worry!
Classes will be at Chapel Cottage Studios
just two miles from
the pretty village of Hilderstone,
in the heart of the Staffordshire countryside.
ample free car parking available.
Hilderstone is only 7 miles from Junction 14 M6
B & B accommodation
available in nearby Hilderstone, Stone and Sandon.
MATERIALS
Sufficient Watercolour paper
Bockingford 140lb NOT
will be provided for each class member.
Bring any Brushes and paints you have already.
However Brushes and paints can be purchased
at very reasonable prices on the day,
or if preferred hired for a nominal charge.
further notes on materials
Next Workshops
Availability Spring 2010
DATES
now confirmed
see below
Send an email to be
included on our
mailing list.
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DIRECTIONS TO HILDERSTONE
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Access is from Uttoxeter Road (B5027)
Which runs between Stone and Uttoxeter.
Further directions to Chapel Cottage Studios
will be provided with our reply to your bookings.
Contact numbers for all MWS activities
including our new
Spring and Summer
Watercolour Workshops.
CONTACT GORDON OR TESSA BROOMFIELD ON
Evening: 01889 505 493
Mobile: 07740 076 799
email: gordon@watercolourclass.co.uk
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The WORKSHOP will give you a ONE DAY course.
Starting at 10am – 4.30pm
Workshops
Available dates from April 2010
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Dates in red are no longer available/fully booked.
Dates in green - places still available.
Workshops are in the heart of the Staffordshire countryside.
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You may need some idea of the materials required to start painting in watercolour
especially if you are a beginner.
A FEW NOTES FROM YOUR TUTOR
When booking/registering please state whether you are a raw beginner or an
intermediate/improver wishing to refresh what you do know and upgrade your technique.
Also please indicate whether you will require materials to buy and keep.
Or will you want just enough colours and paper to complete the course
taking the option to only borrow the brushes, palettes boards etc.?
For a Hard-Copy list of recommended materials; click pdf file link below
MWS Watercolour Workshop - Material List and Order Form.pdf
MATERIALS YOU WILL BE USING
watercolours, brushes, palettes, water containers, watercolour paper, stretching support/boards,
bulldog clips/ masking tape, 12 inch ruler; Pencils HB and 1B, pencil sharpener/craft knife
Packs of 3 sheets of Bockingford watercolour paper will
be provided free of charge, one sheet of which will have
grid-lines already marked and this can be used as a template for the other sheets.
Some basic art materials will be available on the course, at prices below RRP.
If you would like to pre-order any materials on-line from me, please
use the workshop's ORDER FORM and I will have them ready for you on the day you choose to attend, the materials can be paid for when you receive them.
For available materials order options, go to the web page shop order form below.
www.watercolourclass.co.uk/mws/shop/
Easy-to-make fold-flat carboard easel.
Make your own very useful easel, see the PDF Instruction sheet: click the link below for instructions on how to make one yourself.
Easy-Easel.pdf
The course demo's are designed to guide and help beginners and intermediates or improvers
by using the simple step by step approach which always achieves the best results.
This will provide each student with individualized instruction while emphasising
colour theory, perspective and composition.
Starting with simple line drawings which will be supplied. we will
explore the classic method of redrawing an image to a larger sheet of paper
maintaining proportional integrity
We start with pencils, watching the pressure and ready with the putty rubbers.??
Or is there an alternative to those traditional erasers, which always damage the paper's surface.
Following a well practised structured regime:
1.The GRID as an aid to drawing - a map to guide your eye and pencil.
2. Producing a drawing
3. Exposing the mystery of perspective
4. Mixing colours - the trial pad an artist's friend
5. First washes of colour
6. Loading a brush and keeping it that way.
7. Fear of the Dark - dark/strong colours help to give depth
8. Contrast using it wisely to produce form
9. Repetition and practice. Why this is the secret of watercolour at any level.
End of day critique with Informal chats discussions and suggestions.
At the end of the session your finished picture is displayed in a mount
to show how effective it looks.
Look forward to seeing you soon.
If at this stage you would like more information, tell us a little about yourself,
just
fill in the on-line enquiry form
below click submit and we'll get back to you.
Don't forget to book early to make sure of your place,
send the BOOKING FORM with your cheque
then relax and just look forward
to a great experience.
You will need the Adobe Reader to view all PDF files, if you don't already have it on your computer get the latest version here:
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CONTACT GORDON OR TESSA BROOMFIELD ON
Evening: 01889 505 493
Mobile: 07740 076 799
email: gordon@watercolourclass.co.uk |
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CONTACT GORDON OR TESSA BROOMFIELD ON
Evening: 01889 505 493
Mobile: 07740 076 799
email: gordon@watercolourclass.co.uk
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