Botanical Watercolour Painting – Light and Shadow on Fruit with Karen Green
Course Description
Working directly from fruits of the season, botanical artist
Karen Green will guide you through observational drawing;
discussing various botanical features to consider- sharing
what makes a fruit a fruit. Cutting it open as a cross
section to observe and draw the seeds inside. You will be
shown, through demonstrations and one to one support,
different techniques for applying watercolour and accurate
colour mixing focusing on light and shadow, and how to
create hi-lights using a range of methods. You will produce
a finished botanical painting in watercolour to take home
and plenty of tips and advice to progress your watercolours.
Course Information
Ability level
All abilities welcome
Medium
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- Watercolour paper- hot pressed- x3 A4 sheets
- Set of watercolour paints – half pans or tubes- a basic set is fine,
we can work with whatever you have but a suggested range of
colours is: Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red,
Alizarin Crimson, Sap Green, Hooker’s Green, Yellow Ochre, Burnt
Umber, Prussian Blue, Payne’s Gray.
Watercolour brushes with fine points (suggested
sizes 2 or 3 and a 6) - Small paint palette or white ceramic plate for mixing colours
- 2 x fineliner pens – black- WATERPROOF- size 0.1 and 0.2
- Jam jar or equivalent
- Pencil- H
- Pencil sharpener
- Putty rubber
- Kitchen towel
Provided by Cornwall School of Art if required
- Easels
- Drawing boards
- Water jars
- Pencils
- Erasers
- Rulers
- Scissors
- Clips
All art materials are available to purchase in the Truro Arts shop, 26 River Street Truro TR1 2SJ, and you will receive a 10% discount on all supplies for the course.
KAREN GREEN
Painting professionally for nearly 20 years, Karen Green has exhibited in solo and shared exhibitions in Bristol, Stroud and Cheltenham. Her studio, just outside Stroud, is opened regularly to visitors with the annual SITE Open Studios Festival. She began teaching seven years ago, across Gloucestershire, including regular workshops at Pegasus Art, for whom she has written several articles on painting botanically. She loves sharing her passion for plants and flowers; how we as humans are interwoven with the natural world, through medicine, folklore, religion and symbolism. Working from the fundamentals of the science and techniques of botanical illustration, Karen is currently exploring the themes of motherhood, fertility and the language of flowers to create her watercolour paintings. Karen’s painting Botanical Womb was used on the front cover of a book by Leo Kalovynas ‘Mother of Zero Children’ exploring the pressure on Greek women to have children. Her artwork featured in November 2020 edition of Period Living magazine.
Find Out MoreOur courses usually begin at 10am and end at 4:30pm, with a half an hour lunch break at around 1pm. There will also be brief morning and afternoon breaks, with free tea and coffee available in the kitchen area. At Lunch time you can make things nice and easy by pre-ordering a freshly prepared Coach House Lunch. Alternatively, you’re very welcome to bring along a packed lunch and any other refreshments you like.
On sunny days students and tutors are invited to enjoy breaktimes outside in the leafy courtyard or gardens surrounded by birdsong.
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