Local Time

  • Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem
  • Date: 15 May 2024
  • Time: 12:15 - 14:15

Location

NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE
NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE
55, Westgate Road, Newcastle
Category

Date

15 May 2024

Time

10:15 - 12:15

Cost

£165.00

Novel ways to use watercolour and mixed media – Projects. Sold out

Watercolour can work well with a surprizing range of media including inks of all kinds, oil pastels, gouache, most drawing tools and even pastels. For example in ‘Fish on a plate,’ seen below, was created using watercolour with quink ink and a dip pen, a clear candle, pearlized oil pastels and watercolour pencils.

This semi abstract still life was created using a combination of watercolour, acrylic inks, oil pastels and gouache

Artists can sometimes feel constrained by watercolor, feeling they must fall into the conventional ‘pure’ watercolour thinking. This course intends to help you free yourself of this ‘ one medium only’ mentality and help you enjoy combining media and feel good about the results. To help you achive this Jason will take you through a series of projects that help you see how you can combine mediums and layer up your images. The intention of the course is to help you become a more effective and flexible picture planner, becoming bolder and braver, trying new combinations of drawing and painting materials and exploring new stylistic approaches to picture making.

Medium

Watercolours and mixed media

Level

This course would suit those who have a little experience of watercolour painting

Day, location and time

Wednesdays from 10:15 to 12:15 at Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne

Duration

11 weeks – see calendar for all dates

Why does Jason think this course would be of value to you as a painter ?

Using mixed media can be a liberating experience, but it can also be frustrating if you are unsure of how to best layer up your images. Following projects set by Jason is intended to help you get a more rounded picture of the handling properties of various drawing and painting materials. The projects will be varied and will provide you with several exciting ideas to explore in your own picture making.

What will you do on the course ?

  • Explore various drawing materials and tools handling qualities
  • Set down established layering norms with mixed media
  • Explore layerieng up images following Jason’s projects set
  • Discuss potencial projects and creating order lists to help you plan the layering.
  • Work on your own project with help and guidence from the tutor and the other members of the class.

What do you need to bring ?

You will need to bring your usual watercolour painting equipment to class, and a bottle of black and also white ink plus a drawing dip pen.

Don’t worry about having all kinds of drawing and painting materials. Jason will often be able to provide some of the materials required if you don’t have them yourself. There is also an well stocked art shop on site where you can buy anything you are likely to need. You will be informed ahead of time of the materials required for each new project.This is important because you want to keep your kit as light as possible and not feel inclined to bring in all of your art kit.

If you are unable to purchase the course online then please send a cheque for – course full £165.00

– made payable to; Painting with Skill to:

Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. To avoid disappointment – book early.