WORKSHOP: Light & Transparency: Landscape Painting in Watercolour: with Neil Pittaway RWS

In this workshop you will be given a comprehensive introduction to creating watercolour landscape paintings. You will learn about how different artists use colour and transparency to create various styles of landscape painting and will be shown how to hone these techniques to create your own watercolour paintings.

You will learn how to mix colours using different watercolour techniques to achieve various effects of light and transparency, exploring both abstract and figurative painting. The workshop draws inspiration from the works of Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Raoul Dufy, JMW Turner, Edward Lear and John Singer Sargent to inspire your own watercolour painting.

Throughout the day, you will learn how to use artist references, apply different washes using a broad tonal range, understand some of the qualities of watercolour through various techniques including transparency and light effects, develop an understanding of composition in both abstract and figurative forms, and master colour mixing.

This course is suitable for all levels of ability including beginners and those willing to have a go.

This workshop will take place at the new RWS Gallery on Whitcomb Street, just off Trafalgar Square.

All bookings are non-refundable.

Workshop Outline

Please note that the materials list is not provided

RWS Gallery

3 - 5 Whitcomb Street

London, WC2H 7HA

*Friend Discount: Must have a Watercolour Artist Friend membership card

** A student discount of £50 is available to students in full time higher education on an art related course. If you are eligible for discount and would like to book onto this course, please send a scan/photo of your student ID and proof of enrolment to info@royalwatercoloursociety.com to recieve a discounted payment link.