​Watercolour reflections
Tutor: Charlotte Hird
Date: Saturday 11 June 2022, 9am - 4pm
Cost: $45 for Mana Art Society members or $75 for non-members

This workshop is suitable for students who have experience with watercolour painting. Extend your watercolour skills with exercises to capture reflections. You will use these techniques to produce two paintings to take home. 

Enrolments welcome from 4 May 2022 (members) or 11 May 2022 (non-members) - contact Suzy Pinguet
suzy@smartairsolutions.co.nz or 022 601 7944.

Workshop outline
Do you want to learn to paint deep reflections and sparkling water? Come and explore different techniques to capture the many moods on the surface of the water. We will refresh and extend your technical knowledge of watercolour materials and techniques.  There will be practice exercises followed by a guided step by step process to produce two paintings.

By the end of the day you will be able to:
  • use a variety of washes and edges in your paintings
  • use wet into wet techniques 
  • achieve spatial depth in your reflections.

Charlotte uses an overhead camera projected onto a 42 inch TV for easy to follow demonstrating and social distancing. Class limit of 14. Six hours of class time: 9am -12pm followed by a one hour lunch then 1pm - 4pm.
Students please bring your brushes, palette, paints and 6 sheets of A4 300gsm.
Tutor Charlotte Hird
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