SUNDAY WORKSHOP November 9th - Wax resist, watercolour and black pen.

You'll choose your subject - I chose to do a still-life but it could be an image or flowers & stems from which you choose to work.

This is a day about mixing very specific media, the initial wax resist allows for a lovely looseness with the watercolour. The black pen brings some precision to the loose watercolour.

Sunday workshop, November 9^th – wax resist, watercolour and black pen – subject of your own choice (I’ve used a still-life). Pimperne Village Hall, 10am – 4pm.

You’ll need some scraps of clear wax candle, watercolours & watercolour paper and black gel pens (available from Tesco, Smiths etc.)

·         Set up your subject (or refer to an image if that’s been your choice).

·         Using your wax scraps, with confidence, mark your lightest places. Of course, you won’t see clearly where you’ve marked but we’re going to accommodate. Accommodating means that, after the wash, wherever you’ve found your wax resist will be the light places around which you’ll set your painting.

·         Mix a very plentiful wash in a neutral colour (yellow ochre, raw umber or a mix of two colours) in a saucer.

·         Using your biggest brush, really load it up with the wash and spread it across the whole page. A common mistake is not loading the brush with enough wash. It’s difficult to overdo it but easy to under-do it!

·         While your wash is still wet, paint the colours into it from your subject. You have a very good idea of where you’ll be painting because your light places will anchor the subject for you. Let the colours flow!

 ·         Now you’ll let your painting dry and introduce the pen. With your pen you have access to a variety of marks – fluid hatching, cross-hatching, dotting, dashing…whatever your hand guides your pen to do!

·         You can see I’ve used a lots of fluid hatching and cross hatching, plus line to outline some (but not all) of the subject.

 ·         Lastly, I added more watercolour to the work to increase the contrasts, to make some stronger dark tones.

Next workshop: Last one of 2025! Sunday December 7^th Pimperne Village Hall