Watercolour Art (Shape, Space and Measure) - The Grove Methodist Church - Adult Learning

• Date: 6 January - 10 February 2025
• Sessions: Mondays: 1pm - 3pm
• No. sessions: 6
• Venue: Grove Street Methodist Church Hall, Retford
• For ages: 19+
• Group size: 5 - 12
• Cost: FREE - £42

Would you like to try your hand at watercolour? Perhaps you were not sure if you could paint but now have the time to explore as a beginner.

This course will help you build confidence in painting, beginning on a small postcard, you will explore six watercolour techniques, then move on to larger paper. Also, you do not have to be able to draw, as we will use tracing, and squaring up an image, to paint shapes from nature. We will also use angles to create perspective, and rule of three to create a simple landscape composition.

What will be covered on the course?

Session 1: Experimenting with watercolour samples

Session 2: Exploring correct ratio in colour mixing

Session 3: Using shapes and grids to help draw forms,

Session 4: Exploring methods of creating perspective

Session 5: Analysing different shaped brushes to create patterned strokes.

Session 6: Creating watercolours of favourite images, using a combination of these techniques.

No previous knowledge is required, just an interest in painting!

Resources required:

None, but you can bring your own materials if you wish, as well as inspirational images.

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING, AND
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

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Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required). As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
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