Watercolour Painting – Tuesdays 11am – 5 wks – Starts 7th Oct

Fully Booked

Marie Le Men is a French artist based in Dublin. She specializes in figurative art and has exhibited in the National Gallery and the RUA amongst others. She teaches figure drawing and watercolour techniques at RHA, Schoolhouse for Art, Crafty Studio to adults and teens.

This course designed to develop your observational drawing practice, providing solid foundation for your paintings and sketches in watercolour. We will learn how pigments mix and respond to different papers, allowing us to create contrast and various effects. Through a variety of forms, you will learn to adapt your skills to any subject, giving volume and depth to your representations of nature, whether objects or landscapes. We will also develop a greater understanding of perspective, depth and composition through thumbnails and speed sketching a number of subjects.

Level:

Beginner and Improver

Tutor:

Marie Le Men

Content:

  • Colour mixing
  • Basic techniques (glazing, washes, transitions, edges, mopping, erasing, salt, scratching, preserving whites, etc)
  • Working with values (shading) – Choice of materials
  • colour theory: how to associate colours, darken, lighten, neutralise, create contrast.

  • learn to draw perspective and architecture
  • Sketching techniques: varying textures and linework to create interest: trees, foliage, grass, bricks, stones, paths, windows

  • learn how to play with different watercolour techniques and effects
Date: 30th Sept, 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th  October 4th Nov
Time: Tuesday Morning 11 – 1pm
Location: Crafty Studio, 2a Prospect Ave, Harts Corner, Glasnevin Dublin 9.
Class is suitable for both beginners and those who want to improve painting skills.
Upon booking a list of materials and an outline of the course will be sent to you with your receipt.

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