Watercolour Workshop, The Shambles York by Joss Cole

Watercolour Workshop

by Joss Cole created for Cole’s Gallery

Watercolours on The Shambles,

Day One: Wed 18/02/26

6-8:30

Day Two: Sun 22/02/26

1-4pm

Cole’s Gallery

5-6 Kings Court, The Shambles, York

Y01 7LD

An evening and day painting course

painting for all levels:

2 Day Course:

Day 1: Day One: Wed 18/02/26: 6-8:30pm: In Cole’s Gallery. Starting techniques and ideas

Day 2: Day Two: Sun 22/02/26: 1-4pm:

Painting from life around historic York

The course is for two days, please book each day as a separate ticket. You can attend the days individually or get the full benefit of the course over the two days.

During these 2-day courses, students will be able to have the opportunity to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills of the following:

o Exploring and experimenting with watercolour paint, techniques and processes.

o Understanding, tone, composition and colour.

o Drawing / mark-making preparation for paintings

o Watercolour as a living medium in situ and everyday life

Watercolour painting has a rich history from Chinese landscape painting, Indian miniatures, Victorian British painted records of, ‘The Grand Tour,’ across Europe, to expressive experimentation in the 20 Century and beyond.

We will be treating Watercolour painting as the opposite to camera phone photos taken like everyone else.

You will bring back records of scenes, people, places with delicate touches, unique expressive marks of the brush, images felt by you and no other, no need for likes.

Materials available and needed for the workshop

Paper: Saunders Waterford, rough watercolour paper will be available.

Colour: My basic palette includes the following bright colours: please bring any colours you like to use for your own personal palette; some Wallace Seymour vintage watercolour paint will be available to use.

Cobalt blue, Alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow, lemon yellow, Viridian, Cadmium scarlet, Ultramarine blue, Cerulean blue, Phthalo blue, burnt sienna, yellow ochre, van dyke brown.

Palette:

I recommend a good size watercolour plastic palette I use a John Pike one also a few ceramic saucers are very useful for extra washes, some will be available.

Brushes:

Keeping things simple for the course these are suggested brushes but please bring any extra you like to work with, some extra brushes will be also

flat brushes: 2”, 1”, I suggest the inexpensive synthetic type, but you may like sable

round pointed brushes, size 6 and 10-12

A wooden board cut to the size your paper, this will be available for 30-20 cm

So, if you wish to work to a larger size bring your own board.

Other materials:

Paper tower, or a sponge, a soft graphite pencil (6B).

Joss Cole is a painter interested in the threshold between literature and visual art specialising in watercolour painting.

He received his MA from Wimbledon College of Art, University Arts London in 2011 and he has exhibited regularly with the Royal Watercolour Society's open exhibitions.

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