Landscape Watercolour Painting

Inspired by Joseph Mallord WilliamTurner

Explore the inventive drawing and painting techniques of master draughtsman and watercolourist J.M.W.Turner, observed from examples from his sketchbooks found at Tate Gallery London, U.K.

Fridays and One Thursday:

March 15th, 22nd and Thursday 28th (instead of Friday due to Easter weekend)

Time: 10:00AM-12:00PM

Cost: $99

Class Overview

Re-create a selection of his images to better understand his process.

Apply these learnt techniques to your own compositions, working with photographs of local landscape that inspire the atmosphere of a Turneresque study.

Practice Mark-Making:

• Working with a variety of conventional and unconventional painting tools - explore a range of surface marks on paper

• Vary application methods - pressure, movement and flow of brush-marks

• Paint to water ratio, paint liquidity on dry or wet watercolour papers