Linda H Matthews Artiste Peintre

AQUARELLE POUR DEBUTANTES

"If everyone produces the same painitng I have failed"

Starting
Thursday 4 September 2025 14h30
at 11 Rue Paul Riquet 34500 Béziers

in English and French

This 10 session Course, with Linda, will teach you the traditional techniques of Watercolour painting.

The Subjects covered will graduallly give you the building blocks and confidence to go away and develop your own style.

SESSION	SUBJECT	SKILLS
1	Monochrome ; one colour painting	Looking at tonal values, getting used to proportion of water to paint
2	Three colour painting, simple perspective	Using the primary 3 colours to achieve all colours. Perspective to give depth and a level playing field
3	Watercolour washes, skies	Using water surface tension to control wet paint, different skies from sunny calm to stormy and sunsets
4	Water and reflections	Creating movement and depth in water
5	Negative shapes, using the white of the paper	Looking at shapes between not the object, using white paper and shadows -
6	Boats in the water	Wines glasses and figure of 8s ?
7	Figures in the landscape	Creating and using figures, to add interest and scale.
8	Building perspective	different view points, and creating distance
9	Still Life - nature morte	Using all skills learnt to work from life in the studio
10	Landscape on Plein Air	Working outside in the field, light chasing

Places are limited to 8 students each week,
book the whole course and you can save 10€ each week

10 SESSION WATERCOLOUR COURSE. - 30€ PER SESSION IF FULLY PAID IN ADVANCE
40€ PER SESSION PAID INDIVIDUALLY
8 places only to be booked in advance
contact Linda for more info or to reserve place

Each session will be minimum 2hrs.

Required course materials list will be sent on booking