This is a series of 3 full days. Dates are: Wed 7th, Wed 14th, Wed 21st May 2025.
Join artist Karen Innes to explore the wonderful world of painting plants and flowers over three consecutive Wednesdays. Over the three days you will explore the wonderful world of botanical water colour painting, Karen will encourage the use of self expression and developing technique to create and produce the beautiful shapes, form, colours and detail of plants and flowers in the study of botanical painting. Over the three days you will cover the use of detail and abstract to produce a finished piece of work/ experimental projects and a sketch book of ideas by;
• learning to observe and investigate botanical subjects to understand form and detail
• explore various water colour techniques and associated mediums
• learn how to use composition and layout a piece of work for impact
• learn how to mix colour and use tonal values
• learn how to observe detail and use it to create abstract ideas
• working on developing a sketch book of ideas
• learn how to layout a composition and design
• Understand the intricacy’s of detail
• learn techniques used to develop abstract art.
You will be encouraged to choose subjects that are of a personal creative relevance. By the use of detailed observation and by understanding the subjects specific characteristics, drawings and design can be developed and with the investigation of techniques in watercolour and other complimentary mediums, a catalogue of experimental sketches and mini projects can be used to gain insight into producing a finished piece of work. It doesn’t matter if you are a total beginner or an experienced botanical painter, the focus will be for each individual to realise aspirations on what they want to learn and develop. Each weeks progress will be reviewed and the next stage of process and production will be developed to lead to the application of realism into abstract in botanical painting.
Please bring along a selection of subjects to draw from. . . These can be potted plants, flowers, bark or and natural artefacts . . i.e. shells, dried skulls, bark . . These could be used as a subject to draw from or even include in your work.
A selection of papers will be available to use and the cost for these and the paints will be £7.
Click on the title below to find a list of what you’ll need to bring with you if anything.