Water colour painting with Moira Frith, 25th June 2024

This class is perfect for those who live in a different time zone or couldn’t join the class on the 25th June 2024

All levels are welcome.

Please scroll along the pictures to see close up’s of the real flowers we painted - you will need to have access to these during the class so take screen shots or print them out.

Materials you will need…

Any paper that can handle water is suitable...this includes:

• Cartridge paper – ideally at a heavier weight e.g. 150gsm but don’t worry if it’s a bit thinner than this.

• Sketchbook paper – as above

• Watercolour paper -numerous different brands in any texture....there’s a wide range of price/quality when it comes to watercolour paper, but in the interests of play I’d say the

cheaper the better.

You’ll find that different papers bring out different qualities of the paint, so if you want to bring a range of paper please do.

I most often use:

https://www.clairefontaine.com/gb/3090-painton-naturel-bloc-colle-30f-a5-250g-96539c.html

https://flyingtiger.com/collections/sketchbooks-canvases/products/sketchbook-a5-1450090

Brushes

It’s useful to have a couple of brushes in different shapes and sizes, but please don’t feel you have to buy extra – work with what you have. I don’t feel it’s necessary to spend a lot of money on brushes,

and can in fact be good to have scruffier brushes in your collection, as they are great for creating

texture.

I use flat brushes in a medium and larger size:

Round brushes in a mix of sizes (larger are great for shapes, smaller for details):

Small and medium Chinese calligraphy brushes for texture:

A pencil and pen – whatever you like using best.

Paint

There’s a lot of choice when it comes to watercolour paint. Broadly you can buy paint in pans (dried pans of paint, which activate upon wetting with a brush) or tubes (paint is already wet when squeezed out). I use a mix of both. Pans are brilliant for convenience and are generally less messy.

Tubes allow greater colour intensity.

Bring as many or as few colours as you like to work with – we’ll focus on colours that feel good to you, rather than colours that are true to life.

In the UK good budget brand options include:

Cotman, Jacksons own brand, Cass Art own brand.

Cassart often has great deals on sets of paint, so can be worth a look if you want multiple colours.

This a recording of a live class held on Zoom so the quality of the video can vary.