Watercolour for Beginners

Fri 28th Feb – 4th April (6 week course)
2pm – 4.30pm | Jubilee Stores, Newport
£150  
*SOLD OUT* contact Box Office for Waiting List

This 6-week beginners course offers you the perfect opportunity to learn the fundamentals of working with watercolour paints. Under the guidance of Martin Swan, an accomplished artist and member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, you’ll be introduced to the essential techniques – applying paint in thin washes, of deepening, changing and fading colour. Advice on drawing will be included as one of the basics.

You’ll learn how to paint a simple landscape. No knowledge is assumed and the tutor will guide you at every stage. Along the way, you’ll pick up valuable tips on materials etc and acquire some of the tricks of the trade.

Finally, with your new skills, you’ll paint a landscape of your own, with the tutor to guide you.

No previous knowledge is assumed and the tutor will demonstrate at every stage. 

What tools and equipment do I need?
For information on materials to bring with you please see the list below.
All will be available to purchase in the Quay Arts Shop (at 10% discounted price for course participants.)

Suitable for all, 18yrs +
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Meet your Tutor:
My painting career started when I left university with unemployable qualifications. I spent my time in the countryside developing my skills with watercolour, painting landscapes. I found I could make a living. I later moved into painting marine subjects and changed from watercolours to oils. In 2000 I started exhibiting with the Royal Society of Marine Artists at the Mall Galleries in London. I was elected an associate member in 2003 and a full member in 2005.

I now like to paint a variety of subjects, including abstracts and portraits, and have started using watercolour again.

My work has been exhibited widely on the Island. In London, in addition to the Mall Galleries, it has been shown in The Houses of Parliament, The American Embassy, The National Maritime Museum, The RAC Club and the Bankside Gallery. Other notable venues include Portsmouth Cathedral and St Davids Hall, Cardiff and the Jonathan Grant Gallery in Auckland, New Zealand.

Mall Galleries Webpage

Materials for the course are available to buy in the Quay Arts Shop (at 10% discounted price for course participants)