Join watercolour artist and teacher, Jason Skill for a day of sharing some neat tips and techniques for representing woodland scenes in watercolour.
A number of years ago Jason developed several new, and fast, methods of painting woodlands. These tried and tested methods allow you to develop paintings that, though they look highly detailed and atmospheric, don’t require you to resort to the work-heavy methods of past masters. In this workshop Jason will share his secrets and take you through the process of creating your own dreamy woodland scene in watercolour.
Click on the title below to find a list of what you’ll need to bring with you.
What to expect
Time at ArtisOn is designed to take you away from it all. We provide the environment, the time and the guidance you need to create. You can expect a warm welcome, skilled and friendly tutors and the chance to meet like-minded people keen to share ideas. You can even leave us to clear up the mess! There will usually be two workshops going on and we encourage everyone to mingle and be nosey about what the other workshop is up to.
We encourage you to arrive at 9.30am. This will allow time to meet other participants over a cup of tea or coffee and biscuits before beginning workshops at 10am. There will be a mid-morning break for refreshments and a chance to talk over progress with others. Lunch is usually around 12:45 for about 45 mins – you can expect a delicious homemade 2 course lunch. There will be a further afternoon break with tea or coffee and cake. All food and refreshments are included in the price of your workshop.
The finish time given is a target. There are occasions when the session may overrun so do let us know if you need to be away promptly.
We aim for your day to be a real treat. You could always learn a new skill in a shed or a draughty village hall with a curly sandwich, but we want you to have more fun than that! So we make sure we provide a day where you will be looked after, with good food, good company and great inspiration!
What you’ll need to bring with you
We have water pots and boards available to use. The following list is to help you put together your kit for the day. Please do not feel this is a fixed list of materials that you must purchase as some materials may be borrowed from our supplies.
Please use this to help you check off the equipment you will need to bring when packing for the day.
Drawing equipment:
A soft graphite pencil eg. 2b
A pencil sharpener
An eraser
Accessories:
Masking tape
A palette knife
Several sheets of kitchen roll
Watercolour palette
A small water spray bottle
Brushes:
A wash brush
Large round approximately size 12 or 14
Flat chisel edged nylon brush also about half an inch wide.
Selection of smaller brushes you may have.
A stencil brush
Paper:
Watercolour paper cut or ripped down to quarter of a full imperial sheet. A quarter sheet is approximately [A3] if you are buying paper in a pad. Please bring about 10 sheets of paper.
Advise not [cold pressed] surface140lb / 300gsm. This is the standard surface quality of student papers like Bockingford and Langton sold in pads.
Several sheets of cartridge paper or computer printing paper . These will be used to practise brush strokes and sketch out picture composition ideas.
Colours:
Cobalt Blue
Lemon Yellow
Cadmium Red
Ultramarine blue
Cadmium yellow
Quinacridone Majenta / permanent rose (If you have an Alizarin Crimson this will work fine)
Prussian Blue
Cerulean blue
Cobalt turquoise light
Raw Sienna
Raw Umber
Burnt Sienna
Viridian green
Burnt Umber
Titanium white
Chinese white
