Jason Skill

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Jason Skill is a watercolour painter and teacher with over thirty years of experience inspiring and teaching adults how to paint with watercolour. Jason is based in the North East and is known particularly for his seascapes. He is skilled in demonstrating and explaining a multitude of methods and approaches and approaches to this versatile medium.

He has also taught on several painting/ sketching holidays in Italy and the UK as well as demonstrating for several museums explaining to the public the painting approaches of the old masters. In the last few years he has branched out into online teaching creating a video education site called studio and has become one of SAA’s [Society of All Artists] demonstrators.

“It was excellent, I’m just starting to paint and Jason answered all my questions and puzzles.”

– Peter
Watercolour - Key Skills

Jason’s Courses

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Painting Snow Effectively

Painting Snow Effectively

Sat, 15 Nov 2025

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Don't miss this chance to lift your snow painting skills to another level with tutor Jason Skill. When Jason Skill was in his late teens he painted snow falling on his back garden...

£95

Info & Book

All Levels

8 spaces available

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Key Drawing Skills for Beginners - Landscapes

Key Drawing Skills for Beginners - Landscapes

Thu, 4 Sep 2025

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Landscape is one of the most fun areas of drawing because it allows you to be more free and experimental in your mark making than other areas of drawing such as still life...

£95

Info & Book

Novice

3 spaces available

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Painting Beaches Like a Pro in Watercolour

Painting Beaches Like a Pro in Watercolour

Wed, 9 Jul 2025

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Ever wanted to be able to paint beach scenes with more flair and panache? Or to capture the shapes and rhythms within the sand? How about the sheen of water on sand reflecting...

£95

Info & Book

All Levels

4 spaces available

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Dramatic Skies in Watercolour

Dramatic Skies in Watercolour

Thu, 13 Mar 2025

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

A dramatic sky can transform a watercolour landscape or seascape, changing a somewhat bland scene into something that's truly eye catching. Jason Skill, our watercolour expert, will share a whole host of exciting...

£95

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All Levels

0 spaces available

Painting Trees in Watercolour for Beginners

Painting Trees in Watercolour for Beginners

Fri, 2 May 2025

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Trees can be an tricky subject to tackle, especially if you're relatively inexperienced.  Join Jason and get to grips with how to paint trees effectively with watercolour. Learn techniques that can push your...

£95

Info & Book

All Levels

8 spaces available

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Painting Bright Sun-lit Scenes Using Watercolour and Gouache

Painting Bright Sun-lit Scenes Using Watercolour and Gouache

Sun, 22 Jun 2025

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

John Singer Sargent understood better than any other watercolour artists of his age how to paint bright sunlight. His watercolours sing with heat and intense, sparkling sunlight. This was partly done though combining...

£95

Info & Book

All Levels

9 spaces available

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Moving away from realism- flowers

Moving away from realism- flowers

Fri, 4 Apr 2025

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Artists including Shirley Travenor, Paul Riley and Anne Blockley have forged new ways of painting flowers in the last thirty years, with a confident shift from botanical illustration to more impressionistic abstract renderings....

£95

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All Levels

0 spaces available

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Drawing - Photo-Realistic Animals

Drawing - Photo-Realistic Animals

Wed, 22 Oct 2025

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join artist, Jason Skill, for this workshop exploring some of the drawing techniques used by artists to create highly realistic drawing of animals. It's no surprise that many art books on on bookshelves...

£95

Info & Book

All Levels

5 spaces available

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