Winter Scene Pen and Wash Workshop: John Harrison

In a departure from John's usual palette of spring-like greens and fresh blue skies, you'll spend the day exploring the challenges of rendering a snowy winter scene- still following John's style of pen and wash, but with a distinctly wintery theme. John will supply the reference image for the main painting, but you're more than welcome to bring your own if you have a particular favourite image: there will also be a good range of alternative photos to choose from- who knows, you might create the image for this year's Christmas card?

John Harrison - Yorkshire born and bred - and proud of it.

John produces drawings and then adds colour in the form of watercolour washes, not too dissimilar to a traditional painter. He will often start with a pencil drawing, add watercolour washes, then add ink lines over the top, but usually starts with a line drawing in ink, or more often, a sketch.

He is an active Urban Sketcher - meeting up with other artists at a wide variety of locations to ‘show the world, one drawing at a time’ (a direct quote from the Urban Sketchers’ website).

The inspiration for much of his work is to be found within Yorkshire’s borders, and running a close second, the English Lake District: townscapes, landscapes (as long as there’s a building of some sort!), walls, hamlets, villages, ports and harbours as his main subjects. He's always looking for a different viewpoint of familiar places – a dynamic angle, with strong light and shade, which helps the drawing come alive.

John has a regular monthly feature in 'Dalesman' magazine showcasing his 'Line Drawing With Colour' and has work in galleries across Yorkshire with many originals in private collections both here and in the USA and Canada.

John was a participant in 2017's Sky Arts Landscape Artists of the Year competition, and undertakes commissions for large corporate clients and private individuals.

He has only just recently appeared on 2022 edition of Watercolour Challenge on Channel 5.

Calder Art will provide the following materials for the workshop:

• 1 x Table Top Easel
• 1 x MDF Board in various sizes
• 1 x Paint Pot
• 1 x Palette or PlateMasking Tape and other sundry products are also available.

• A waterproof ink pen, such as the UniPin, in a fine nib size. My preferred is a 0.1, with 0.2, 0.3 used for emphasis and contrast.
• Pencils –the softer the better: 2B ,3B or 4B
• Watercolour paints: either tubes or pans, and a range of colours. A limited palette of colours: Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, Alazirin Crimson and Paynes Grey are the main ones.
• Brushes: Watercolour brushes of decent quality, and larger sizes –a size 10, 12 or 14 would be good. I use a range of squirrel mop brushes for their versatility, but any good round brushes will do.
• Watercolour paper: the heavier the weight the better. I use a minimum of 300g Saunders Waterford in a rough finish, which helps enormously with the brush effects I use in my work.
• All materials are available online at www.calderartsupplies.co.uk. Or you can pick these up instore before the class begins.

Minimum numbers apply for courses to run. Payment is due in full at the time of booking, either through the shop, phone or online. All sales are final unless transferring to another class in which a price difference will be paid. Full refunds will be given if the courses cannot take place. If you cannot make the classes for any reason no refunds will be given. We will allow the cost of tickets to be transferred to an alternative workshop (if space is available) but this request must be made at least 30 days before the start of the event you wish to transfer from, in such circumstances please give us a call at Calder Art Supplies 01484 422991.

Phone: You can book by calling us on our telephone number 01484 422991 or visit in-store.

Facebook: We also have an online booking option through our Facebook site:

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This will also give you a breakdown of the class details and times to attend.

If you have any issues booking online please give the shop a call and we will endeavour to sort this out over the phone.

Refreshments are available all day (tea, coffee, biscuits etc.) and there will be a lunch break of approximately one hour.

There are plenty of local shops and cafes in the area within close walking distance from the arcade.

Alternatively, you may bring your own lunch.

There is lift access to the studio on the second floor for those with mobility issues. Toilets are located close by on the studio level, however there is a small flight of stairs to access these. Alternatively, there are also toilets located on one level on the ground floor.

The nearest car park available to the venue is the multi-storey next to Huddersfield bus station. Levels 4, 5 & 6 - Monday to Saturday (8am to 6 pm)

£4.10 for up to 5 hours

£6.50 up to 6 pm.

After 6pm £1.60 per visit

Further parking information can be found here.

Alternative car parks can also be seen within similar distances on the same link above.

Our venue is also a 2-minute walk from both the main bus and train stations.

PLEASE ARRIVE AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE START TIME OF THE WORKSHOP AND “CHECK IN” AT CALDER GRAPHICS ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

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