Art - Watercolour Flowers **COURSE Cancelled - PLEASE TELEPHONE 01825 761820 FOR ALTERNATIVES** (HE09F28B)
Course overview
Learn how to capture the movement and feeling of flowers through watercolour painting.
This course will introduce you to painting with watercolours. You will be shown how to paint a selection of different garden flowers. You will learn and/or improve some basic watercolour techniques. The activities will enable you to create a collection of studies. There will be advice and support about watercolour materials and also ideas and guidance on how you could combine studies to create more complex compositions.
Where Five Ashes Village Hall, Five Ashes, East Sussex, TN20 6JA.
When
Friday, 09:30am - 12:00pm from 4th November 2022 until 2nd December 2022 for 5 weeks.
Cost
The full fee is £92.00.
The concessionary fee is £49.00.
What you already need to know
This course is suitable for complete beginners or those who have some experience and wish to build on their existing skills.
What you will learn
With Emma you will explore:
- Applying washes to large and small areas in a flower picture and how to layer paint successfully
- Techniques such as dropping in colour or mixing on the paper to create effects
- Using different brushes for a variety of marks and techniques
- A variety of colour palettes and application of colour theory
- Different sorts of washes for creating backgrounds
By the end of the course, you will have experienced painting watercolour flowers in different colours and washes. You will come away from the course with enough information to get started with your own projects at home.
How you will learn it
- Tutor-led tuition and demonstration
- Hands-on practice of skills
- Exploration and discussion of other artists and techniques used to achieve their finished works.
- Self, tutor and group reviews and feedback using a secure online platform (Padlet) to share resources and track your progress.
Bring to the first session
Materials and items you will need to do the course
- Watercolour paints in tubes or pans in a box. If possible bring a variety of warm and cool reds, blues and yellows, for example, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt blue, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red. Some earth colours such as Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber are also useful. If you already have a set of colours just bring those along.
- A selection of soft brushes suitable for use with watercolour paints.
- A drawing pencil, B/2B, and an eraser.
- A water container.
- Sheets of 300gsm watercolour paper
- A board for taping work to (optional)
- A table easel (optional)
- Masking fluid (optional)
- Flowers to work from directly (optional)
To avoid unnecessary cost please do not purchase any materials or textbooks until you are certain that your course will run. Course decisions are normally made a week prior to the course start date. Please contact the office for details.
Extra study or practice
You may wish to spend time practising skills and techniques between classes.
How to enrol
You can enrol by phoning ACRES' House on
01825 761820 on Monday to Friday between 9:30 am and 4 pm. Alternatively, to register your interest in a course please email
adultlearning@acres.org.uk with the course title and your contact details and a member of the team will call you back to enrol you on your chosen course.
Previous students say
Feedback from Emma's previous drawing and painting courses
"Emma is a lovely teacher - very patient and encouraging. She provides a very calm atmosphere - always feel better after class!"
"Emma is an excellent tutor, very encouraging."
I feel most confident with "Drawing". I've learnt to use perspective which has definitely improved my drawing.
"Actually knowing that I can draw and paint! I am most proud of the faces I have drawn and painted and tonal value and colour paintings."
Additional Course Information
- Concessionary/reduced fees, are available to students in receipt of certain means-tested benefits on some courses.
- Course fees over £139, can be paid in one single payment at enrolment or in instalments by Standing Order where applicable.
- Fees and payment options: See the Financial Support page.
- Other course related information: See the Policies & Procedures page, or contact the ACRES office.
Next steps within this subject with ACRES
Emma will offer a second and third term with different study themes in February and April 2023.
ACRES offers a variety of art and craft courses both online and face-to-face in local venues and colleges. Please check the ACRES website for up-to-date information on all of our upcoming courses.
Future steps beyond ACRES
Find out about other courses with the
National Careers Service for opportunities to extend your skills and knowledge.
Further information
Please visit the
ACRES website, see our brochure, or alternatively contact a member of the team on 01825 761820.