Jock Alexander
Sunday 13 March 2016
10am – 4pm
$165
$150 if registered by 29 February 2016
All materials included
Experienced artist Jock Alexander takes participants through watercolour painting techniques.
“To learn and master these skills and techniques will require attention, discipline and practice, but this does not exclude enjoying the experience, so there’ll be plenty of ‘cheer’ along the way.”
Register or phone 02 9557 0582
Tutor:Jock Alexander
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The following is an outline of the techniques to be shared and practised in this workshop. All images are examples of Jock’s work and skills
The Brush
A good brush is a necessity, and a wonderfully versatile tool. We’ll cover a broad range of it’s uses, from fine calligraphic linework to flooding wet on wet washes, and all manner of dynamic and subtle mark making.
The Gradation
Painting a smooth gradation, a gradual transition from one tone or colour to another, is a key technique for the rendering of form, space, luminosity, atmosphere, emotional drama, and directing pictorial and/ or narrative focus. We’ll do this exercise over small and large areas.
Thinking Ahead – Analysis and technical planning
As watercolour is a translucent medium, once you lose the “white” of the paper it’s gone for good. We must first consider the overall effect we are seeking, which areas of “white” we wish to retain, and the order in which we lay down washes and other painting techniques. Dried watercolour paint is always suseptible to reactivation as soon as it comes into contact with water, such as when overpainting with another wet wash, so it is crucial that we plan how the painting will be constructed.
Colour – simplify your palette
Too many colours to choose from? So many blues, reds and yellows, to say nothing of greens! You only really need three.
You already know that Red, Yellow and Blue are the primary colours, but the TRUE primaries, are very particular versions of those colours.