Discover Egypt, Venice and the Caribbean … without leaving the comfort of your home! In this two-hour workshop, you will draw inspiration from travel-themed photos to paint inspiring watercolour journals. A variety of techniques will be covered: composing and transferring a drawing into a notebook, washes, pigment dispersion, etc. Julie will share all her tips and tricks! A workshop that allows you to develop your watercolour techniques and travel through your paintbrush.
Open to intermediates.
Ages 15 to 99.
*This workshop is recorded (you will receive the video link 48 to 72 hours after the workshop).
Part 1: Composition
To begin, you will examine the images and gather your ideas through simple freehand sketches. You will then work on composition, choice of colours and transferring your drawings into your travel journal.
Part 2: Adding colour
In Part 2, you will add your colours. You will use watercolour wash and pigment dispersion techniques, alternating from one drawing to the next. This will allow the paint to dry and make it easier to layer the washes.
Part 3: Final touches
To complete your creations, you will add lettering, paper collages and permanent marker outlines.
List of materials to bring:
✓ Travel watercolour set (in pans or tubes; minimum one dozen colours of your choice; ideally of professional quality)
✓ Another useful Daniel Smith® colour: Cobalt Teal Blue
✓ Strathmore travel journal (140 lb paper) or Fabriano® watercolour paper (25% cotton, 9 x 12 in)
✓ Synthetic brushes
✓ Flat goat hair wash brush (for wetting)
✓ Raphaël® Pure Squirrel brush
✓ Watercolour palette for mixing colours
✓ Plexiglass board (11 x 14 in) *if using paper rather than a travel journal
✓ H, 2B graphite pencil and eraser
✓ Canson® tracing paper
✓ Faber-Castell® permanent markers (sepia and black, fine tips 0.7 and 0.3)
✓ Ecoline® liquid watercolour (White)
✓ Paper Towels
✓ Bowls of water
✓ Hair dryer
✓ For collage technique: Liquitex® liquid matte medium, tissue or rice paper and a 1 in synthetic flat brush
✓ Reference document
