Welcome to Watercolour: A Beginner’s Guide to Everything

Thursdays from 10 a.m. -1 p.m. For absolute beginners and intermediate painters who want clear instruction and no pressure skill building.
About this Event

Celebrate the beauty of Watercolour

Choose between the fully comprehensive 5-week daytime watercolour course or single sessions designed to fit seamlessly into your week. Perfect for absolute beginners who have never touched a brush, as well as practicing artists wanting to refine their workflow - From retired folks looking for a warm, social environment to practice, freelancers and remote workers needing a refreshing creative break, and parents looking for a rewarding morning activity within school hours.

The advantages of this course:

• Zero Prep, Zero Cleanup: Walk in and paint. All high-quality materials are provided for you in-studio (a £65+ value), so you don't have to carry supplies around.
• Personalised Pace: Small class sizes mean you get supportive one-on-one guidance from a professional artist with 30 years of experience devoted to your progress.
• Accessible Techniques: Learn water behaviour, colour mixing, and composition layouts for a variety of subjects using a clear and structured, step-by-step method.

Limited Single Session Tasters are available! Short on time, or just want a wee experience? Join us for a relaxing, risk free single class right here in Glasgow. Just pick the Thursday you'd like to join and book your ticket. Learn a little watercolour, and leave with a painting.

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Course Summary
Week 1 (10 Sept): Getting to Know the Medium
Understanding the behavior of water mixed pigment. We'll start with painting a simple object and background monochromatically in a controlled manner, acquainting you with the material and "personality" of pigment on surface.

Week 2 (17 Sept): Introduction of the Colour Palette
Grasp basic theory and palette organisation for clean, effective applications. Explore control in colour intensity and temperature shifting. We'll paint a small flower, witnessing the full spectrum of what's possible with colour!

Week 3 (24 Sept): Useful Techniques in Context
Expand upon applied techniques of adding paint to surface such as wet into wet, charging, dry brushing, glazing and more. Create a beautiful highland landscape using these exciting new brush marking methods!

Week 4 (01 Oct): Painting a Still Life - Blocking In
Extending the palette, we will make additions to colour organisation. Begin a two part still life painting with a pleasing and dynamic composition.

Week 5 (08 Oct): Painting a Still Life - Final Revisions
Continuation of the still life creating rich light and shadow relationships, colour punches, and detail. A culmination of your new skills and creative journey.