WORKSHOP
With CATHERINE BEALE
£45 per person
Loose form ‘gravity’ and ‘alla prima’ painted watercolours.
This lovely workshop is perfect for any watercolourist as it encompasses so many varied techniques, including colour harmonies, complements, saturation and temperature.
Even before Monet’s much-loved Giverny masterpieces, waterlilies have signified purity and rebirth. Paint bright lilies, surrounded by shifting watery depths, and consider chiming colours, harmony, and contrast.
Master key techniques with Catherine, including brave painting from dark to light, semi-abstraction, dragging unifying washes and preserving bright flashes of sunlight.
About Catherine
Catherine specialises in ‘gravity-painted’ watercolour techniques across a number of surfaces and paints to commission and exhibition from her hillside studio in Bath.
She is a member of the Society of Women Artists and her work hangs in the Society’s annual summer exhibition in the Mall Galleries. This year she has also been accepted into the International Watercolour Masters exhibition.
She is the author of ‘Capturing light - creating radiant landscapes in watercolour’ (printed by Search Press Ltd, 2023).
Materials
Stretched or heavy watercolour paper
Drawing board and rest
Large watercolour mop brush or one inch flat - a smaller flat - a rigger brush.
2B pencil and eraser
Water jar
Kitchen roll
Masking fluid and brush
Generous-sized palette with large wells
Tubed watercolour paint - bring along all the colours that you own so that you can explore them during the workshop. Catherine’s suggested colours for this subject are - Indigo, Ultramarine blue, Phthalo and/or Cobalt turquoise, Quinacridone violet/mauve, Opera Pink/Cadmium red, Raw sienna, Burnt umber and Permanent sap green.
Schedule
We aim to begin the workshop at 10:00 and set up at 09:45 am. Hot drinks and biscuits will be available throughout the day. We will break for lunch at 12:30 pm, so please bring a packed lunch. After packing up in the afternoon, we will have the opportunity to share and view the selection of work we have created throughout the day.
We expect to finish by 3:30 pm.
You can see more of Catherine’s work at —
catherinebeale.com
instagram.com/catherinebealeart
facebook.com/catherinebealeart
Places are limited, and early booking is advised. Members get priority access to booking until two weeks before the event. After this, any available places will be open for non-members to book at an increased fee.
If you have questions about workshops, contact workshops@fromeartsociety.com