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Paint a Bird on Small Paper in watercolour or gouache
Led by Jo Hall
Paint a blackbird or a cheeky robin or other small bird on white or tinted paper.
Gouache is particularly useful for working on coloured papers but watercolour and a tube of permanent white gouache will work just as well.
We will be painting on paper as small as three by four inches up to about five by seven inches or similar size square formats.
Some photo reference will be provided or bring your own.
Please bring the following
Watercolours pan or tube, brushes, palette, water pots, paper towel, small sponge, pencil
Drawing board, block of wood about 2 x 2 x 6 inches to tilt the board (may be better than a table easel for this workshop), masking tape
Watercolour paper - hot or cold pressed surface and about 300gsm, or small Khadi paper
If you are bringing quarter size watercolour paper or A3 please bring a 12 inch ruler to mark out the painting areas.
There is no need to purchase small papers especially for the workshop.
Spare paper or small sketchbook for composition sketches
Some paper will be available at cost from the tutor including some handmade Indian paper (Khadi). Additional photo reference will also be available.
Sat 10 Dec
11am - 4pm
£40
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