Watercolour Painting Skills

12-week course.

Many artists dream of capturing the serene beauty of woodland scenes, where the charm and tranquility of nature come alive. However, painting trees in watercolour can be a challenging endeavor for many. It’s no wonder that some artists hesitate to tackle this captivating subject until they feel more confident in their techniques.

Jason's course, “Tree Painting Projects – Watercolour,” will help you develop your skills and understanding of tree painting step by step. By breaking down the painting process into simple, easy-to-follow methods, you will build your confidence and soon be painting alongside Jason's projects. These projects will guide you in creating pictures with a sense of realism, including beautiful woodland scenes.

Painting trees has been one of Jason's passions throughout his artistic career. He has explored a wide range of styles, from Victorian woodlands to abstract representations of trees. Over the years, he has discovered numerous techniques that can assist any painter in enhancing their tree rendering skills.

Medium

Jason will be drawing with pencil and painting with watercolour. However, if you are an acrylic or gouache painter, you are also welcome to join the class, as many of the skills demonstrated can be applied to these mediums as well.

Level

This course would suit a relative beginner and the more experienced painter who is looking to tune their painting skills.

Day, location and time

Mondays from 10:00 to 12:00 at the Hearth Arts Centre, Horsley

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

Trees are incredibly fun to paint once you've mastered the basics. Why? Because they are highly adaptable. You don’t always have to copy your reference material directly; you can change elements and still create believable tree forms. Trees can appear playful and magical, dark and ominous, ethereal, or brittle. They possess many characteristics and can set the mood or add drama to a picture. By gaining confidence in your tree painting, you open up a whole new world of creativity, transforming what you once dreaded into the most enjoyable and artistic element of your work.

What will you do on the course?

• Look at how to handle the brush to more effectively paint trunks and branches.

• Examine how other artists have rendered trees – what can we learn from it?

• Look at the common structure of trees so you can more easily recreate them

• Explore varied mark-making and effects to render foliage, both in and out of focus, near and far.

• Discover ways to render texture on the trunks and branches.

• Try common methods of constructing tree pictures.

• Illustrate light and shade on trees.

• Create a completed tree painting using the skills explored.

• See the value of negative painting to add depth

• Paint a stand-alone 3D tree

• Paint a copse of trees

• Paint wind-swept trees

• Paint a woodland image

• Create your tree images

What do you need to bring?

Please bring your usual watercolour painting kit to the first class, plus a misting water spray bottle and a kitchen J-cloth. Please note that you will need to bring a drawing board and water pots as these are not provided at the centre.

You will also need to bring drawing paper, a pen and pencil, an eraser and sharpener, some drawing paper, watercolour, and paper to the first lesson as well as your painting kit.

Tea and coffee are proivided

CONTACTING JASON:

Either click on the BOOK NOW button at the top of the page to book via Jasons website OR If you wish to email Jason to enrol onto the course please email  jskill@tiscali.co.uk