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BIRD PAINTING WORKSHOP.

18th January 2025, 10am-4pm

Exeter Community Centre.

Beginner and Elementary painters.

£35

Learn how to paint delicate watercolours of birds, using watercolour paint and fine liners. No experience necessary. This course is designed for beginners and elementary painters.

If you have never painted or drawn before, don’t worry! I will show you simple ways of achieving great results very easily. My expertise lies in simplifying techniques so students feel confident that they have achieved reachable goals without a struggle.

By the end of the day, students will have completed a finished watercolour painting of birds, and will be furnished with a full understanding of how to draw and paint birds for their continued self-directed learning at home.

I love to teach people to draw and paint. There is no mystery or special gift needed, just an understanding of the little tricks and techniques that everyone can learn.

Fill out the Registration Form below to secure your place

COURSE SCHEDULE:

10-12:30 Welcome and introduction. In this first part of the course, students will learn drawing and painting techniques, how to construct a bird drawing, and various watercolour techniques which they will use in their finished project.

A 45 minute break for lunch.

1:15-4:00 Designing and painting the finished project.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

All these materials can easily be bought from Amazon or Hobbycraft.

An HB pencil and an eraser. Ideally a mechanical/automatic pencil is the finest tool to draw with, no sharpener is needed.

Fine liner waterproof 0.05 black pen by STAEDTLER or SAKURA

A small water colour set such as Cotman is ideal for starting out in watercolour

A4 300gsm Cold Pressed watercolour pad. Daler Rowney are an affordable brand.

A set of mixed pointed and flat brushes. Royal and Langnickle brushes are affordable, and good quality, such as the pack in the photo.

A plastic or ceramic mixing palette, or an old plate.

A glass jar

To book a place on this course, a £10 non-returnable deposit is paid to secure your spot. Two weeks before the course day, the remaining balance is paid.

Please fill out and return the registration form below.

For further details and any questions, please email me, Nadezhda, at nadezhda.portraitartist@gmail.com