Creative Drawing and Watercolour – Course Access Page

Week 1 – Gesture,  layout and use of space – click here

Week 2 – The magic of line – click here

Week 3  – Studies in light and dark – creating volume – click here

Week 4 – Colour practices – translating theory into practice. – click here

Week 5 – .Fluid washes – developing context and atmosphere – click here

Week 6 – Perspective in all it’s guises – click here

Week 7 – Composition and expression – click here

Week 8 – Finishing touches – click here

 

Resources

Reference Gallery

Materials Information

Materials for the course are very flexible. Many of you, like me, are working with whatever is currently in the studio, perhaps resorting to buying on-line when stocks as stocks deplete!

Suggested materials for the first week: Cartridge paper pad or large sketch book, willow or soft vine charcoal, compressed charcoal, graphite pencils, kneadable eraser.

Suggested Course Materials: (Materials will be discussed in the first week) As above, plus a few sheets of 60-80 lb drawing paper (15”x 20” approx.), Conté crayon in black, white, sepia (or similar neutral shade), 140 lb cold-press watercolour paper (15×20” approx), selection of tube or block watercolour paints (cerulean blue, ultramarine blue, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow, lemon yellow, burnt sienna, yellow ochre, Paynes gray), optionally, a small amount of opaque white (Chinese or similar), selection of watercolour brushes, small flat stiff bristle brush, watercolour resist, palette, bulldog clips, tissues, masking tape, plumb line, mirror, viewfinder.

Additional watercolour materials Information: click here