Watercolour for beginners

This course is for beginners who want to explore the fundamentals of watercolour painting. We will cover traditional techniques and introduce innovative ideas through understanding, colour, line, tone, composition, shading and perspective.

You will learn watercolour drawing, composing a work while looking at proportion and balance of colours, how to apply washes, colour mixing, layering colours, lifting off, textural experiment, cast shadow, use of gouache, stretching paper and how to use masking fluid.

There will be practical demonstrations observing from still life compositions and working from your own or Marguerite’s source material reflecting the subject and finish with group discussions and feedback.

Suitable for beginners. More advanced students welcome.

A standard adult enrolment for one full 9-week term is $420. For pensioners with a current pension card, the fee is discounted to $315.

Please note public holidays of 27 April and 8 June where classes will not be running.